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Lockdown learning : the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges (2021)
Journal Article
Power, E., Hawkins, D., & Lawrence, A. (2021). Lockdown learning : the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges. Innovative practice in higher education, 115-138

This paper explores three-key issues related to the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges within a UK higher education institution during the COVID pandemic. It is widely accepted that university graduates must be work-... Read More about Lockdown learning : the digital transformation of co-curricular interdisciplinary challenges.

Running costs indices for commercial buildings using the hedonic price imputation approach: a case of Sri Lanka (2021)
Journal Article
Hemba Geekiyanage, M., & Ramachandra, T. (in press). Running costs indices for commercial buildings using the hedonic price imputation approach: a case of Sri Lanka. Construction Management and Economics, 39(8), 704-721. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2021.1950790

Running expenses of a building consume a substantial share of its total life cycle cost and range between 70 and 80% in commercial buildings. Despite this, investment decisions are primarily based on construction costs due to the absence of a reliabl... Read More about Running costs indices for commercial buildings using the hedonic price imputation approach: a case of Sri Lanka.

Supporting Students to Engage Project – DTA (CAE) (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E. (2021, March). Supporting Students to Engage Project – DTA (CAE). Presented at Exploring Race Inclusion, Staffordshire University

Here we present the results of a study which uses an alternative procedure known as ?Fitness to Study? to re-engage students that are deemed as not attending but have had some engagement. Thus, tipping the model from effectively a withdrawal procedur... Read More about Supporting Students to Engage Project – DTA (CAE).

An interdisciplinary approach - connecting beyond the curriculum (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E., Hawkins, D., & Lawrence, A. (2021, March). An interdisciplinary approach - connecting beyond the curriculum. Presented at Eye on TAMK, Virtual - Tampere University of Applied Science, Finland

2020 will be remembered as a critical turning point for Education. An unpredicted pandemic took nations leaders by surprise and led to freedoms we had become accustom to, being suspended. The response from education was to diversify into virtual/blen... Read More about An interdisciplinary approach - connecting beyond the curriculum.

Sentiment analysis in English texts (2020)
Journal Article
Alshamsi, A., Bayari, R., & Salloum, S. (in press). Sentiment analysis in English texts. Advances in science, technology and engineering systems journal, 5(6), 1683-1689. https://doi.org/10.25046/aj0506200

The growing popularity of social media sites has generated a massive amount of data that attracted researchers, decision-makers, and companies to investigate people’s opinions and thoughts in various fields. Sentiment analysis is considered an emergi... Read More about Sentiment analysis in English texts.

Evaluation of the antimicrobial and odor-removing efficacy of Bio-Oxygen device for air decontamination (2020)
Other
Elgujja, A. (2020). Evaluation of the antimicrobial and odor-removing efficacy of Bio-Oxygen device for air decontamination

Background:
Maintaining a clean air in the contemporary environment laden with pollution from several factors has continued to be a challenge. Modern technological advancement has continued to make several attempts at ameliorating environmental poll... Read More about Evaluation of the antimicrobial and odor-removing efficacy of Bio-Oxygen device for air decontamination.

The use of self-reflection for enhanced enterprise education : a case study (2020)
Journal Article
Clarke, A., Cornes, C., & Ferry, N. (2020). The use of self-reflection for enhanced enterprise education : a case study. Education and Training, 62(5), 581-598. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-03-2019-0050

Purpose
A case study was undertaken to evaluate the use of self-reflection in enterprise education in a UK university, where the taught content was tailored to ensure relevance to the students who were from a variety of subject disciplines.

Desi... Read More about The use of self-reflection for enhanced enterprise education : a case study.

The view from Salford : perspectives on scholarly communications from a research-informed university (2020)
Journal Article
Bayjoo, J., Broadhurst, D., Clay, D., & Smith, E. (2020). The view from Salford : perspectives on scholarly communications from a research-informed university. Insights, 33, https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.511

This article presents a range of perspectives on the current state of the scholarly communications sector through the lens of a research-informed university, beginning with a short overview of research at the University of Salford and followed by our... Read More about The view from Salford : perspectives on scholarly communications from a research-informed university.

Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers (2020)
Journal Article
Stężycka, P., & Etherington, S. (2020). Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers. TESL-EJ (Berkeley, Calif.), 24(1),

The current study aimed at investigating the motivation of Polish EFL teachers working in state secondary schools in Poland. In order to collect research data, a mixed-methods approach involving the use of quantitative and qualitative research instru... Read More about Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers.