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Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Language is a means of communication among people, and language fluency is influenced by how this language is acquired. The speed of articulation is affected not only by one's ability of retention but also by the amount of prefabricated chunks stored... Read More about Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications.

Application of case-based reasoning to support constructed wetland management (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Lee, B., & Scholz, M. (2006, February). Application of case-based reasoning to support constructed wetland management. Presented at Second International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) International Conference on ‘Advanced Technology in the Environmental Field’, Lanzarote, Spain

Review of capillary suction time testing (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Scholz, M., Sawalha, O., & Borges, D. (2006, February). Review of capillary suction time testing. Presented at The IASTED International Conference on Advanced Technology in the Environmental Field, Lanzarote, Spain

Decision support model for sustainable urban drainage system management (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Scholz, M., Kazemi-Yazdi, S., & Englmeier, M. (2006, February). Decision support model for sustainable urban drainage system management. Presented at The IASTED International Conference on Advanced Technology in the Environmental Field, Lanzarote, Spain

Raising awareness of health and social care careers amongst ethnic minority young people and their advisors using an action research approach (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Robinson, L., Burns, B., Chesney, M., & Jones, J. (2006, January). Raising awareness of health and social care careers amongst ethnic minority young people and their advisors using an action research approach. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment (ECE 2006), University of Salford, UK

This project aimed to investigate the reasons why applications to Health and Social Care (H&SC) programmes from Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) groups is low, and to attempt to address the problem, working with three colleges/schools. Qualitative (fo... Read More about Raising awareness of health and social care careers amongst ethnic minority young people and their advisors using an action research approach.

Foundation degrees: foundation for what? Skills needs, lifelong learning and widening participation? (2006)
Presentation / Conference
O'Doherty, E. (2006, January). Foundation degrees: foundation for what? Skills needs, lifelong learning and widening participation?. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

Foundation degrees were established as a policy solution to the intermediate skill needs of the economy and as a means to effect social justice. This paper examines the outcomes of this policy using an analysis of student enrolment data from 2004-05... Read More about Foundation degrees: foundation for what? Skills needs, lifelong learning and widening participation?.

Introducing PDP: reflections on the role of a school PDP co-ordinator (2006)
Presentation / Conference
school PDP co-ordinator. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

The requirement to provide structured and supported opportunities for students in higher education to engage in personal development planning (PDP), is the first national policy mandate for provision of a form of learning across the sector (Jackson... Read More about Introducing PDP: reflections on the role of a school PDP co-ordinator.

Why students avoid sandwich placements (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Morgan, H. (2006, January). Why students avoid sandwich placements. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

This paper outlines research undertaken to identify factors that dissuade accounting degree students at the University of Salford from taking a year’s work placement. Interviews with key staff and purposively-selected students were transcribed and an... Read More about Why students avoid sandwich placements.

Do the modern distance learning tools sufficiently address the social issues in learning? (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Keraminiyage, K., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. (2006, January). Do the modern distance learning tools sufficiently address the social issues in learning?. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

Modern Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) tools have been identified as one of the primary enablers of delivering modern Distance Learning courses. However, it is increasingly becoming apparent that these CMC tools are often developed to cater to... Read More about Do the modern distance learning tools sufficiently address the social issues in learning?.

Good practice guidelines for improving dissertation assessment: a case study (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Pathirage, C., Haigh, R., Amaratunga, R., & Baldry, D. (2006, January). Good practice guidelines for improving dissertation assessment: a case study. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

There have been increasing calls for higher education, during the last decade, to improve standards, increase the quality of assessment, and for greater accountability of lecturers. The need to ensure quality, consistency and improved criteria of ass... Read More about Good practice guidelines for improving dissertation assessment: a case study.

Using real-life consultancies in teaching, learning to enhance student employability (2006)
Presentation / Conference
enhance student employability. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

This paper reports the findings of a TLQIS project to investigate the approaches followed and the role that consultancy projects carried out for external corporate organisations currently play in student-centred learning and skills development at the... Read More about Using real-life consultancies in teaching, learning to enhance student employability.

Teaching and testing academic writing: exploring staff and learner experiences (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Etherington, S. (2006, January). Teaching and testing academic writing: exploring staff and learner experiences. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

This paper reports on a small scale action research project concerning subject lecturers' and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) learners' understandings and experiences of writing in a UK university setting and considers how this can usefully infor... Read More about Teaching and testing academic writing: exploring staff and learner experiences.

Assistive exoskeleton for task based physiotherapy in 3-dimensional space (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C., Caldwell, D., Kousidou, S., & Tsagarakis, N. (2006, January). Assistive exoskeleton for task based physiotherapy in 3-dimensional space. Presented at The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Pisa, Italy

Excess phase effects and modulation transfer function degradation in relation to loudspeakers and rooms intended for the quality control monitoring of music (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Holland, K., Newell, P., Castro, S., & Fazenda, B. (2006, January). Excess phase effects and modulation transfer function degradation in relation to loudspeakers and rooms intended for the quality control monitoring of music. Presented at Institute of Acoustics

Previous papers 1, 2 have discussed the effects of loudspeaker alignment and resonances on the accuracy of reproduction of low frequency audio signals, and a system of modulation transfer function (MTF) measurement was developed which incorporated bo... Read More about Excess phase effects and modulation transfer function degradation in relation to loudspeakers and rooms intended for the quality control monitoring of music.

European and Asian infrastructure advantage (EURASIA): Enhancing the teaching, training and research capacity of European and Asian higher education institutes (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Amaratunga, R., Haigh, R., & Keraminiyage, K. (2006, January). European and Asian infrastructure advantage (EURASIA): Enhancing the teaching, training and research capacity of European and Asian higher education institutes. Presented at Customising the Quantity Surveying Education to Face Challenges in Year 2020 Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Construction innovation: a literature review on current research (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Kulatunga, U., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2006, January). Construction innovation: a literature review on current research. Presented at Conference in the Built and Human Environment, Delft University of Technology and TNO, Delft University, Netherlands,