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Sustainable developments in knitting (2012)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2012). Sustainable developments in knitting. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 9(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2012.047519

The global community is aware that policies and practices regarding human consumption of resources need to change. Sustainability is a dominant factor within government policies worldwide. A recent report compiled on behalf of the European Union iden... Read More about Sustainable developments in knitting.

Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Mak, C., James, P., & Scholz, M. (2012, June). Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) have been shown to be the preferred solution in dealing with excess urban flooding compared with traditional drainage methods (Woods-Ballard et al, 2007). Aside from flood prevention and water purification, SuDS a... Read More about Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).

Promoting employability skills through active learning (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E. (2012, March). Promoting employability skills through active learning. Presented at 2nd Employability, Citizenship and Enterprise Conference, Manchester, UK

The Higher Education (HE) landscape in England has changed dramatically in the last two decades. There is a political drive to improve accessibility and transparency of information available to current and prospective students. This combined with the... Read More about Promoting employability skills through active learning.

New concepts of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) utilizing BIM benchmarking techniques and sensing devices (2012)
Conference Proceeding
coates, S., Arayici, Y., & Ozturk, Z. (2012). New concepts of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) utilizing BIM benchmarking techniques and sensing devices. In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (319-329). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27509-8_27

Traditionally Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is conducted against the prescribed performance specification and it mainly relies on two activities; i) The effective collection of real world data and information and ii) the formulation of this data /... Read More about New concepts of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) utilizing BIM benchmarking techniques and sensing devices.

Developing information literacy skills in re-registration nurses: An experimental study of teaching methods (2012)
Journal Article
Brettle, A., & Raynor, M. (2012). Developing information literacy skills in re-registration nurses: An experimental study of teaching methods. Nurse Education Today, 33(2), 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.12.003

Aim

To compare the effectiveness of an online information literacy tutorial with a face-to-face session for teaching information literacy skills to nurses.
Design

Randomised control trial.
Participants

Seventy-seven first year undergraduat... Read More about Developing information literacy skills in re-registration nurses: An experimental study of teaching methods.

Worsley New Hall: A Guide to Sources (2012)
Other
Alexandra, M. (2012). Worsley New Hall: A Guide to Sources. Salford

A bibliography of archives, published works and online resources relating to the history of Worsley New Hall, Worsley, Salford.

Inequality and higher education: marketplace or social justice? (2012)
Book
Hall, M. (2012). Inequality and higher education: marketplace or social justice?. London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

Professor Hall’s paper addresses the key social issues of poverty and inequality of educational opportunity, comparing the UK’s policy history and experience with that of South Africa and identifying the important roles that higher education leaders... Read More about Inequality and higher education: marketplace or social justice?.