All Outputs (10)

Embedding interdisciplinary and challenge-led learning into the student experience (2018)
Book Chapter

The Innovation and Creative Exchange (ICE) presents a blueprint for challenge-led learning within Higher Education (HE). It uses a combination of wicked and commercial challenges to develop knowledge exchanges and communities of practice for learning... Read More about Embedding interdisciplinary and challenge-led learning into the student experience.

Measuring student success - are there alternative metrics? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is a plethora of literature to support the importance of student engagement in the wider university experience as a measure of value and contribution to success. Various reports have acknowledged that students who engage with the wider Higher E... Read More about Measuring student success - are there alternative metrics?.

Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions In shaped weft knitwear. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E., & Almond, K. (2018, July). Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions In shaped weft knitwear. Presented at The 91st Textile Institute World conference 2018: Integrating design with Sustainable Technology, Leeds, UK

The research aims to quantify the relationship between traditional mathematical theories used for the calculation of fully-fashioned, weft knitwear and the physical measurements of the garment. In contemporary weft knitting it is important to establi... Read More about Comparative study of calculated and actual dimensions In shaped weft knitwear..

A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics (2018)
Journal Article
Harris, W., Langan, A., Barrett, N., Jack, K., Wibberley, C., & Hamshire, C. (2018). A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics. Studies in Higher Education, 44(12), 2281-2292. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1490893

Benchmarking is used in higher education as a means to improve and compare performance. Comparative metric benchmarks may take two forms, based on direct standardization (DS) or indirect standardization (IS). DS can be used to measure variation in pe... Read More about A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics.

Exploring interdisciplinary challenge-led learning opportunities for knowledge co-creation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Embedding interdisciplinarity into the UG experience is not without its challenges. The practical arguments and value to learning is strong, supported by policy makers, funding councils and professional bodies. The aim of this session is to present i... Read More about Exploring interdisciplinary challenge-led learning opportunities for knowledge co-creation.

Significant Factors Influencing Operational and Maintenance (O&M) Costs of Commercial Buildings (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Geekiyanage, D., & Ramachandra, T. (2018, June). Significant Factors Influencing Operational and Maintenance (O&M) Costs of Commercial Buildings. Paper presented at The 7th World Construction Symposium 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Usually, the costs incurred during the operational phase of a building are much greater than the initial construction cost. Amongst, the running cost of a typical commercial building varies between 70-80% of its
total LCC depending on its determinan... Read More about Significant Factors Influencing Operational and Maintenance (O&M) Costs of Commercial Buildings.

Knowledge co-creation connecting through interdisciplinary commercial/complex challenges. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation highlights the value of embedding interdisciplinary challenge based learning into the undergraduate student experience. It presents a blueprint for experiential learning in practice based on a case study from a post 92 university (U... Read More about Knowledge co-creation connecting through interdisciplinary commercial/complex challenges..

The power of challenge-led learning (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It is widely accepted that innovative/sustainable solutions for complex global-challenges reach beyond a discipline boundary or single methodological approach, and as such the practical argument for embedding interdisciplinary collaborations into Hig... Read More about The power of challenge-led learning.

Challenge led learning - building interdisciplinary learning communities for impact (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library (2018)
Journal Article
Carlton, S., & Francis, I. (2018). Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library. Art Libraries Journal, 43(02), 101-105. https://doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.9

Salford Zine Library is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collection of approximately 2,000 zines and other self-published materials housed at Nexus Art Café in Manchester. The makeup of the collection, the way it has been built and its comparatively l... Read More about Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library.