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With a little help from my followers – facilitating the #LTHEchat (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Rowell, C., Baff, D., Beckingham, S., Withnell, N., Soper, K., Jobling, C., & Tindal, I. (2016, December). With a little help from my followers – facilitating the #LTHEchat. Presented at Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference: The Empowered Learner?, Sheffield Hallam University

#BYOD4L – this time it’s personal (2016)
Presentation / Conference
MacNeill, S., Spiers, A., & Withnell, N. (2016, December). #BYOD4L – this time it’s personal. Presented at Association for Learning Technology – Winter Conference 2016, Online

Community Problems Community Solutions How To Solve A Problem Like Poverty (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Blezard, E. (2016, November). Community Problems Community Solutions How To Solve A Problem Like Poverty. Presented at 2016 Customer Engagement Summit, London Victoria Park Plaza

Presentation of the research approach for the Community Investment Review project at Trafford Housing Trust. The review used a mixed methods approach with 20 interviews, survey with over 600 respondents and six World Café consultation events with KE... Read More about Community Problems Community Solutions How To Solve A Problem Like Poverty.

Tackling the issue of FGM in Higher Education (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M., & Hesk, G. (2016, November). Tackling the issue of FGM in Higher Education. Presented at Tackling The Issue of Female Genital Mutilation In Schools, Manchester

Ch ch changes – from participants to leaders in an open online course (2016)
Presentation / Conference
MacNeill, S., Spiers, A., & Withnell, N. (2016, September). Ch ch changes – from participants to leaders in an open online course. Presented at Association for Learning Technology Annual Conference: Connect, Collaborate, Create, University of Warwick, UK

De-Mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., & Darvil, A. (2016, September). De-Mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders. Presented at International Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, University of Cambridge

Provide background to the topic area of role transition
To introduce the study design
To critically evaluate preparation for transition from the perspectives of key stakeholders
To identify the structures, processes and outcomes that impact on t... Read More about De-Mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders.

Digital public health & is sitting the new smoking? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Clarke-Cornwell, A., & Cooper-Ryan, A. (2016, August). Digital public health & is sitting the new smoking?. Presented at Manchester Science Festival, Library of Ideas at Victoria Station, Manchester

Supporting Roma Voice: a participatory research project. The 'lived experiences' of the Roma migrant community (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., & Brown, P. (2016, July). Supporting Roma Voice: a participatory research project. The 'lived experiences' of the Roma migrant community. Presented at Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference (JSWEC). Celebrating that which unifies us: Global and UK perspectives on generic social work education, research and practice, Salford, UK

This paper provided an overview of the findings from the research ‘Supporting Roma Voices’ and discussed some of the implications for policy and practice.

Positive cultural belief about adversity predicts posttraumatic growth in Chinese young adults (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Chim, K., Dubrow-Marshall, L., Eachus, P., Tang, A., Lai, T., & Chow, Y. (2016, July). Positive cultural belief about adversity predicts posttraumatic growth in Chinese young adults. Presented at British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology Conference, Brighton

Socio-cultural influences have been conceptualised to play multiple roles in the cognitive processing underlying posttraumatic growth (PTG), yet, existing literature in this area remains sparse. This study aimed to examine the effects of Chinese cult... Read More about Positive cultural belief about adversity predicts posttraumatic growth in Chinese young adults.

Cognitive processes of posttraumatic growth in Chinese culture : a conceptual framework (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Chim, K., Dubrow-Marshall, L., Eachus, P., & Tang, A. (2016, July). Cognitive processes of posttraumatic growth in Chinese culture : a conceptual framework. Presented at International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan

Posttraumatic growth (PTG) refers to psychological or personal positive changes which occur as a result of struggling with a major life crisis. Despite socio-cultural influences have been conceptualised to play an important role in the cognitive proc... Read More about Cognitive processes of posttraumatic growth in Chinese culture : a conceptual framework.

Men as caregivers : implications for occupational therapy (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Davys, D., & Collins, T. (2016, June). Men as caregivers : implications for occupational therapy. Poster presented at College of Occupational Therapists 40th Annual Conference, Harrrogate International Centre

There is an increasing demand upon families to provide care in a context of reduced resources and budgetary constraint. Occupational therapists are called upon not only to work with individuals but to collaborate with families and communities (World... Read More about Men as caregivers : implications for occupational therapy.

A flexible finite state controller for upper limb functional electrical stimulation (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sun, M., Kenney, L., Smith, C., Waring, K., Luckie, H., & Howard, D. (2016, June). A flexible finite state controller for upper limb functional electrical stimulation. Poster presented at 20th Annual Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society, La Grande-Motte, France

This paper reports on a flexible finite stage machine (FSM) controller for the real-time control of functional electrical stimulation (FES) during upper limb rehabilitation, and an associated setup Graphical User Interface (GUI) guides clinical users... Read More about A flexible finite state controller for upper limb functional electrical stimulation.

Creative entrepreneurial start-ups in Greater Manchester (2016)
Presentation / Conference
McCourt, A., Griffiths, M., & Martin, P. (2016, March). Creative entrepreneurial start-ups in Greater Manchester. Presented at American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco

Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ong, E., Eachus, P., Tang, A., & Thompson, C. (2016, February). Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking. Presented at th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2016), Singapore

Suicidal behaviour is a public health problem and there is increasing concern regarding the rise of such behaviour. Although past studies have identified the role of cognitive factors in suicide, little has been done to explore the cognitive processe... Read More about Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking.

The importance of education and training in effective resettlement (reentry) (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hazel, N. (2016, January). The importance of education and training in effective resettlement (reentry). Presented at Prisoners' Education Trust Academic Symposium, South Bank University, London

Effective resettlement (reentry or aftercare) of children who have been incarcerated is a longstanding concern for policymakers and practitioners. Factors related to education provision have been shown to be significantly related to whether a child... Read More about The importance of education and training in effective resettlement (reentry).

What’s the problem? Risk assessment using the HSE stress management standards indicator (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hudson, J. (2016, January). What’s the problem? Risk assessment using the HSE stress management standards indicator. Presented at Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference 2016, Nottingham

Psychosocial work stressors, such as excessive demands or insufficient manager support, have been consistently linked with a range of negative psychological and physical outcomes. However, to tackle stress-related issues employers need to know which... Read More about What’s the problem? Risk assessment using the HSE stress management standards indicator.