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The relationship between use of personal electronic devices and musculoskeletal pain in children : a systematic review
Presentation / Conference
Clark, A., Cooper-Ryan, A., Brown, T., & Preece, S. The relationship between use of personal electronic devices and musculoskeletal pain in children : a systematic review. Poster presented at Physiotherapy UK CSP Conference 2019, ICC, Birmingham

Purpose
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the adult population have increased over the past ten years. Evidence suggest that this is due to the rapid development and usage of computer technology and personal electronic devices (PEDs). Research has... Read More about The relationship between use of personal electronic devices and musculoskeletal pain in children : a systematic review.

Social media and political campaigning in India
Thesis
Yadav, R. (in press). Social media and political campaigning in India. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The concept of personalisation in politics has been well researched, where the candidate as an individual becomes more important to the electorate than the political party or affiliated policies. Personalisation as a concept has always existed in pol... Read More about Social media and political campaigning in India.

Examining the experiences of doctors as volunteers in Uganda and the potential tensions that arise when attempting to create ‘sustainable’ change through voluntary placements
Thesis
attempting to create ‘sustainable’ change through voluntary placements. (Dissertation). University of Salford

International professional medical volunteering of qualified doctors has grown in recent decades. It is claimed that this activity has the potential to both benefit and harm volunteers as well as the countries which host them. This research focuses o... Read More about Examining the experiences of doctors as volunteers in Uganda and the potential tensions that arise when attempting to create ‘sustainable’ change through voluntary placements.

Every Moment Counts Pitch Deck
Other
Court, A. Every Moment Counts Pitch Deck. [Design Document]

Pitch deck in support of application for £25.000 of funding for the NHS on Film - the 75th Anniversary of the NHS' fund offered by the British Film Institute in conjunction with the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Climate change and tuberculosis drive non-adaptive shifts in the faecal microbiota of wild meerkats
Journal Article
Risely, A., Müller-Klein, N., Schmid, D., Wilhelm, K., Clutton-Brock, T., Manser, M., & Sommer, S. Climate change and tuberculosis drive non-adaptive shifts in the faecal microbiota of wild meerkats. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1873485/v1

Climate change and climate-driven increases in infectious disease threaten wildlife populations globally. Yet, their combined long-term effects on gut microbial communities remain unknown. Over the past two decades, wild meerkats inhabiting the Kalah... Read More about Climate change and tuberculosis drive non-adaptive shifts in the faecal microbiota of wild meerkats.

Exploring a Taxonomy for Online Identity
Presentation / Conference
Anita, G., Fletcher, G., & Campbell, J. Exploring a Taxonomy for Online Identity

Western Silence - Davis Film TP 2019
Digital Artefact
Lichtenfels, A., Zibell, J., Powell, T., & Churchill, J. Western Silence - Davis Film TP 2019. [Film]

Contextual statement:

Western Silence is the result of two week-long devised filmmaking workshops between 2018 and 2020 based in London and California. The film connects the materiality of memory to the materiality of ecology, in particular askin... Read More about Western Silence - Davis Film TP 2019.

Becky
Digital Artefact
Lichtenfels, A., Powell, T., Zibell, J., & Churchill, J. Becky. [Film]

Contextual statement:

Becky is a durational, score-based film. Stylistically, it aims to adapt the theatre work of Samuel Beckett for the cinema, whilst also drawing on peformance traditions such as the work of company Forced Entertainment. Eschew... Read More about Becky.

A Qualitative IPA of the Motivations of Retirees’ Transitions to ‘Retirement’ Social Identities and the Consequences on Retirement Adjustment Satisfaction
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon in relation to
shifting from being a privilege for the few to becoming a
normative ‘third age’ of the life course. However, retirement
represents one of the major life course transitions in late adult
lif... Read More about A Qualitative IPA of the Motivations of Retirees’ Transitions to ‘Retirement’ Social Identities and the Consequences on Retirement Adjustment Satisfaction.

KOC Soil Contamination Information Tool
Report
Wang, Y. (2024). KOC Soil Contamination Information Tool. Civil Engineering

KOC Soil Contamination Information Tool (KOC-SCIT) is a site-specific database software for soil contamination information of two oil lake areas in Kuwait. The information in the database tool is primarily supported by a 3D mapping analysis using a s... Read More about KOC Soil Contamination Information Tool.

Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach
Report
Broster, P. Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach. The University of Salford

Academe has faced many challenges over recent years including a cultural shift to increase collaboration to provide a greater interdisciplinary approach to teaching, learning and programme delivery (Englund, 2018).
This paper aims to explore what t... Read More about Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach.

Can We Talk About Death? Adaptation of Autobiographical Performance and Participant Response in the Development of Performance to Enhance Conversations Around Death and Dying
Data

The Can We Talk About Death? Adaptation of Autobiographical Performance and Participant Response in the Development of Performance to Enhance Conversations Around Death and Dying project happened in 2023 at the University of Salford with a test perfo... Read More about Can We Talk About Death? Adaptation of Autobiographical Performance and Participant Response in the Development of Performance to Enhance Conversations Around Death and Dying.

Using authentic learning experiences and simulations to enhance employability
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Co-Modifying Diversity in Higher Education
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It is taken as a writ that social and cultural diversity is a good, in and of itself, and something for which education and education research must embrace. As former international students become immigrants become public sector employees in Europe,... Read More about Co-Modifying Diversity in Higher Education.

How do we pay for it? A beginner's guide to basic income costing
Preprint / Working Paper

To begin our new ‘Basic Income Briefings’ series, we tackle how to go about costing a basic income – and avoid some of the most common errors.

Key points:

It is not the gross cost of a basic income that matters, but the net cost. If you want to... Read More about How do we pay for it? A beginner's guide to basic income costing.

Weather Systems
Digital Artefact
Haffenden Cornejo, S. Weather Systems. [Audio]

WeatherSystems is a generative composition driven by 30 hours of weather data collected in the Lake District.

Arduino sensors and Max/MSP captured, processed and quantised the data to trigger audio recordings and control different synthesis parame... Read More about Weather Systems.

Behaviours that Stick
Report
Haffenden Cornejo, S. (2014). Behaviours that Stick. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Behaviours that Stick aims to explore the emotional connection between home energy users and home energy objects (electrical appliances) in order to design visual interfaces that cultivate daily usage habits towards energy saving. In this project we... Read More about Behaviours that Stick.

The importance of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Armed Forces Champions
Report
Scullion, L., Pardoe, J., Martin, P., Young, D., & Hynes, C. (2024). The importance of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Armed Forces Champions. DWP

Introduction In 2010, as part of its commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) introduced the role of dedicated Armed Forces Champion (AFC), an initiative that was augmented in 2021. The purpose of this briefi... Read More about The importance of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Armed Forces Champions.

Decolonising through reflexive practice - starting with ourselves
Other

I have developed a resource and approach to decolonising which looks to decolonise academic practice through staff development. This centres around the need to decolonise through reflexive practice. As well as the resource, I have also created a work... Read More about Decolonising through reflexive practice - starting with ourselves.

Book of Short Papers: 10th International Workshop: When Social Science Meets Lean and Digital Technologies: 10 years and beyond
Book
Tzortzopoulos, P., Torres Formoso, C., Bastos Costa, D., Kagioglou, M., Soliman Junior, J., Pedo, B., & Sefrian Peinado, H. (2023). Book of Short Papers: 10th International Workshop: When Social Science Meets Lean and Digital Technologies: 10 years and beyond

During the last decade, the application of Lean and digital technologies has transformed the way in which construction is designed, planned, executed and operated. Advancements on the use of digital technologies have enabled exploring the application... Read More about Book of Short Papers: 10th International Workshop: When Social Science Meets Lean and Digital Technologies: 10 years and beyond.