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Learning from the career stories of international graduates (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Christie, F. (2011, March). Learning from the career stories of international graduates. Presented at AGCAS PMI2 Final Dissemination, University of Warwick

A study into the career paths of Salford's international graduates conducted as part of PMI2 funded research in 2010. The presentation took place at a dissemination conference and includes links to detailed case studies.

Open access: beyond the numbers (2011)
Report
Hall, M. (2011). Open access: beyond the numbers

Much of the discussion about the merits of Open Access (OA) publishing has centred on the numbers; on whether, when all costs have been taken into account, it is cheaper to publish on an OA basis than in commercially run, subscription journals.

Mobile reflections (MoRe) pilot, developing reflection within initial teacher training for students with dyslexia (2011)
Other
Nerantzi, C. (2011). Mobile reflections (MoRe) pilot, developing reflection within initial teacher training for students with dyslexia

The MoRe (Mobile Reflections) pilot was designed to explore whether the use of freely available Web 2.0 technology and mobile phones could assist dyslexic student teachers to develop reflective skills by capturing their reflections using audio within... Read More about Mobile reflections (MoRe) pilot, developing reflection within initial teacher training for students with dyslexia.

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.

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.

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?.

Automatic detection of pectoral muscle with the maximum intensity change algorithm (2010)
Book Chapter
Zhang, Z., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2010). Automatic detection of pectoral muscle with the maximum intensity change algorithm. In Research and Development in Intelligent Systems. Springer

The accurate segmentation of pectoral muscle in mammograms is necessary to detect breast abnormalities in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of breast cancer. Based on morphological characteristics of pectoral muscle, a corner detector and the Maximum In... Read More about Automatic detection of pectoral muscle with the maximum intensity change algorithm.

Effiency and effectiveness: Digital futures in innovation (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, M. (2010, October). Effiency and effectiveness: Digital futures in innovation. Presented at The future of research? Meeting the challenges facing research today and the strategic role of technologies, London

The Keynote address at the JISC conference; considering how new and future digital technologies can increase both efficiency and effectiveness in research conducted in our universities.

Efficiency and effectiveness: digital futures in innovation (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, M. (2010, October). Efficiency and effectiveness: digital futures in innovation. Presented at The Future of Research?, JISC, London

A presentation that considers how new and future digital technologies can increase both efficiency and effectiveness in research conducted in universities.

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?.

Open Access celebratory event 2010 (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, M., Aouad, G., & Berry, J. (2010, September). Open Access celebratory event 2010. Presented at Open Access celebratory event, The University of Salford, UK

A powerpoint presentation to accompany the University of Salford's Open Access event. The event was held to celebrate the work Salford researchers have made with the Open Access agenda over the past twelve months. Presentations were made by the Vice-... Read More about Open Access celebratory event 2010.

There was an ocean (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, M. (2010, September). There was an ocean. Presented at Professorial Inaugural Lecture, University of Salford

Do worlds collide? Revisiting experiential learning (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, M. (2010, September). Do worlds collide? Revisiting experiential learning. Presented at Association for Learning Technology Conference - “Something Rich and Strange – Making Sense of the Sea Change”, Nottingham

Memory work (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, M. (2010, September). Memory work. Presented at Engaging the Recent Past: Public, Political, Post-Medieval Archaeology Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, University of Glasgow