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The 24 hour challenge : creating a multidiscipline environment for design and entrepreneurship in engineering and design (2014)
Book Chapter

This Innovation and Creative Exchange (ICE) is an inter-school enterprise opportunity exclusively for second year Engineering and Design students at the University of Huddersfield. Its primary objective is to bring the best of innovative design and i... Read More about The 24 hour challenge : creating a multidiscipline environment for design and entrepreneurship in engineering and design.

Ultra-high temperature materials I: Carbon (graphene/graphite) and refractory metals (2014)
Book
Shabalin, I. (2014). Ultra-high temperature materials I: Carbon (graphene/graphite) and refractory metals. Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7587-9

This exhaustive work in three volumes with featuring cross-reference system provides a thorough overview of ultra-high temperature materials - from elements and chemical compounds to alloys and composites. Topics included are physical (crystallograph... Read More about Ultra-high temperature materials I: Carbon (graphene/graphite) and refractory metals.

Rural water supply projects and sustainable development in Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
Ihuah, P., & Kakulu, I. (2014). Rural water supply projects and sustainable development in Nigeria. Journal of sustainable development in Africa, 16(1), 56-68

The study reviews the sustainability issues that are associated with rural community water provision and some of the
challenges experienced in the in Niger Delta region of Nigeria within the context of project benefits sustenance. Several
rural com... Read More about Rural water supply projects and sustainable development in Nigeria.

Formative, andragogic, interactive reflection (fair) assessment tool : A development project addressing transferrable learning recognition from open life-wide co-operative engagements (2014)
Book Chapter

Current economic problems have reinforced the already strong sense of uncertainty and risk associated with the end of classic models of public education; potentially limiting opportunities and educational access to the detriment of social trajectorie... Read More about Formative, andragogic, interactive reflection (fair) assessment tool : A development project addressing transferrable learning recognition from open life-wide co-operative engagements.

Fabric objective measurements for commercial 3D virtual garment simulation (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose – The aim of this paper was to explore the use of objective fabric parameters in 3D virtual
garment simulation.
Design/methodology/approach – Two methods (fabric assurance by simple testing and
Browzwear’s fabric testing kit) of obtaining... Read More about Fabric objective measurements for commercial 3D virtual garment simulation.

Promoting positive gender outcomes in higher education through active workload management (2013)
Report
Barrett, P., & Barrett, L. (2013). Promoting positive gender outcomes in higher education through active workload management

The Higher Education Funding Council funded report 'Promoting Positive Gender Outcomes in HE Through Active Workload Management' includes HEI case study interviews, surveys and workload data analysis to investigate the disparity between the genders... Read More about Promoting positive gender outcomes in higher education through active workload management.

An exploration of institutional blockages in relation to the use and development of the VLE (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It is widely accepted that technology offers many opportunities to transform learning. Despite there being significant investment made by most UK universities to support technology enhanced learning, it is still reported to be a significant challenge... Read More about An exploration of institutional blockages in relation to the use and development of the VLE.

Salford postgraduate annual research conference (SPARC) 2012 proceedings (2013)
Book

These proceedings bring together a selection of papers from the 2012 Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC). They reflect the breadth and diversity of research interests showcased at the conference, at which over 130 researchers from... Read More about Salford postgraduate annual research conference (SPARC) 2012 proceedings.

A smart textile for measuring the impact of energy used in competitive contact sports (2013)
Book Chapter

Technological advances that combine electronics with textile fabrics are becoming more of a reality into modern day wearable apparel. This has fashioned the concept of wearable electronics. More products have become available with some new and innova... Read More about A smart textile for measuring the impact of energy used in competitive contact sports.

Perspectives (2013)
Journal Article
Research and Enterprise. (2013). Perspectives

Perspectives sets out to demonstrate the
impact of the University of Salford’s research and
enterprise activity on the communities we serve,
while also highlighting our engagement with,
and relevance to, issues of direct concern to you.

It is... Read More about Perspectives.

Technology enhanced learning in the creative arts and humanities (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Worsley New Hall final report (2013)
Report

Final report on the Worsley New Hall project, a joint ventury between The Library at the University of Salford and Peel Holdings (Management) Ltd.

Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training (2013)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2013). Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training. Legal Information Management, 13(4), 231-235. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669613000534

At the University of Salford it is a struggle to find sufficient timetable space to deliver in-depth legal research training to new first year students. The training delivered often alienated students due to the information overload they experienced.... Read More about Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training.

Blogging in context: reviewing the academic library blogosphere (2013)
Journal Article
Adams, R. (2013). Blogging in context: reviewing the academic library blogosphere. Electronic Library, 31(5), 664-677. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-05-2012-0054

Purpose – This article aims to set a context for blogging within academic libraries in order to identify key themes and examples of good practice for others considering blogging as a future activity.

Design/methodology/approach – The study encompa... Read More about Blogging in context: reviewing the academic library blogosphere.

Current trends in UK university libraries (2013)
Journal Article
Hurst, S. (2013). Current trends in UK university libraries. New Library World, 114(9), 398-407. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-04-2013-0032

Purpose – The paper aims to describe the effect of changes in UK higher education policy on services and staff in university libraries.

Design/methodology/approach – A survey of academic literature, higher education statistics and news pieces was... Read More about Current trends in UK university libraries.

Sustainable developments in knitting (2012)
Journal Article

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).

Development of a sizing system for Ghanaian Women for the production of ready-to-wear clothing. (2012)
Book Chapter

All papers and posters presented at the conference and covers all topics, including: Dyeing, Finishing & Printing, Technical Textiles, Sustainability, Smart Fabrics and Design, Fashion & Footwear. The papers have been reproduced directly from the aut... Read More about Development of a sizing system for Ghanaian Women for the production of ready-to-wear clothing..

Promoting employability skills through active learning (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.