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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.

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.

‘I didn’t know this was possible’ : reflections on a variety of Web 2.0, classroom-based and online technologies (2011)
Journal Article
classroom-based and online technologies

This case study reports on the Engaging and Enhancing Student Learning (EESL) module which forms the core module of the newly HEA and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) accredited blended Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) offered... Read More about ‘I didn’t know this was possible’ : reflections on a variety of Web 2.0, classroom-based and online technologies.

Hooked on coaching (2011)
Journal Article
Nerantzi, C. (2011). Hooked on coaching

Coaching is widely used and recognised in Business as a driver for improved performance for some time now. Coaching has also been introduced to the Education sector and especially Further Education has embraced it through National Initiatives such as... Read More about Hooked on coaching.

Steganalysis of compressed speech to detect covert voice over Internet protocol channels (2011)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Tang, S., Bao, C., & Yip, Y. (2011). Steganalysis of compressed speech to detect covert voice over Internet protocol channels. IET Information Security, 5(1), 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-ifs.2010.0032

A network covert channel is a passage along which information leaks across the network in violation of security policy in a completely undetectable manner. This study reveals our findings in analysing the principle of G.723.1 codec that there are ?un... Read More about Steganalysis of compressed speech to detect covert voice over Internet protocol channels.

Using e-portfolios for learning and assessment within the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) at the University of Salford (2011)
Journal Article
Nerantzi, C., & Current, N. (2011). Using e-portfolios for learning and assessment within the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) at the University of Salford

The e-portfolio system PebblePad is being trialled since September 2010 by the Academic Development Unit (ADU) during the Engaging and Enhancing Student Learning (EESL) 30 credits module of the blended PGCAP programme. It is used as a personal learni... Read More about Using e-portfolios for learning and assessment within the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) at the University of Salford.

To act, or not to act, upon feedback? A case study in academic development, students’ experience and student feedback (2011)
Journal Article
Nerantzi, C. (2011). To act, or not to act, upon feedback? A case study in academic development, students’ experience and student feedback

This case study reports on a recent module evaluation of the Engaging and Enhancing Student Learning (EESL) module. This module forms part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) at the University of Salford and is offered mainly... Read More about To act, or not to act, upon feedback? A case study in academic development, students’ experience and student feedback.

A presentation of Herman Dooyeweerd's aspects of temporal reality (2011)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2011). A presentation of Herman Dooyeweerd's aspects of temporal reality

Dooyeweerd's suite of aspects is attracting interest as an aid in analysis, discussion and research, partly because the aspects express the diversity and coherence of meaning and normativity that we experience in everyday reality. Unfortunately, no s... Read More about A presentation of Herman Dooyeweerd's aspects of temporal reality.

Guest editorial: the end of the British public university? (2011)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2011). Guest editorial: the end of the British public university?. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 3(1), 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/17561451111122570

Purpose – This editorial aims to review key changes in the legislation that governs student finance in England, showing how these changes will have a significant impact on the concept of the public university in Britain.

Design/methodology/approac... Read More about Guest editorial: the end of the British public university?.

Application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) to model a machining process (2011)
Journal Article
Saraee, M., Moosavi, S., & Rezapour, S. (2011). Application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) to model a machining process. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 22(6), 818-830. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410381111149666

Purpose: This paper aims to present a practical application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) and decision tree algorithms to model a multi-response machining process and to provide a set of control rules for this process.
Design/methodology/approach: S... Read More about Application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) to model a machining process.

The social cost of variable tuition fees (2010)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2010). The social cost of variable tuition fees

Newspaper article outlining how variable tuition fees could penalise universities that offer the best chances to students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds

Racism in comedy reappraised: back to little England? (2010)
Journal Article
Peters, L., & Becker, S. (2010). Racism in comedy reappraised: back to little England?. Comedy Studies, 1(2), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1386/cost.1.2.191_1

The article was originally researched and presented to consider issues of taste in this ‘New British Comedy’ era exemplified by television, film, and stage shows of the previous decade, such as ‘Little Britain’, Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Borat…’ and ‘Mock... Read More about Racism in comedy reappraised: back to little England?.

Minerva's owl. A response to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim's 'The economic implications of alternative publishing models' (2010)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2010). Minerva's owl. A response to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim's 'The economic implications of alternative publishing models'. Prometheus, 28(1), 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/08109021003676375

Like Hegel’s owl of Minerva, scholars are arriving at the realization of the existence of the knowledge economy after dusk. (Drahos and Braithwaite, 2002, p. 39)

Houghton and Oppenheim’s cost–benefit analysis of different forms of scholarly publis... Read More about Minerva's owl. A response to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim's 'The economic implications of alternative publishing models'.

Examination of issues affecting the teaching and learning of large cohorts within practical-based subjects (2010)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2010). Examination of issues affecting the teaching and learning of large cohorts within practical-based subjects. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 3(2), 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/17543261003736010

The aim of this work is to advance the teaching and learning of practical-based subjects in the higher education (HE) sector. Part of the study involved the development of a model that enhanced the teaching and learning of textiles within large group... Read More about Examination of issues affecting the teaching and learning of large cohorts within practical-based subjects.

Performance of database driven network applications from the user perspective (2009)
Journal Article
Tang, S., YongFeng, H., & Yip, Y. J. (2009). Performance of database driven network applications from the user perspective. Transactions on internet and information systems (Seoul), 3(3), 235-250. https://doi.org/10.3837/tiis.2009.03.002

An understanding of performance of database driven network applications is critical in combating slow performance of e-commerce web sites, besides efficient web page design, and high quality and well-maintained web server equipment. This paper descri... Read More about Performance of database driven network applications from the user perspective.

XML data integrity based on concatenated hash function (2009)
Journal Article
Liu, B., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2009). XML data integrity based on concatenated hash function. International journal of computer science and information security (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1(1), 31-40

Data integrity is the fundamental for data authentication. A major problem for XML data authentication is that signed XML data can be copied to another document but still keep signature valid. This is caused by XML data integrity protecting. Through... Read More about XML data integrity based on concatenated hash function.