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The happy flyer
Physical Artefact
Shadbolt, R. The happy flyer. [Balsawood]

The Happy Flyer a balsa wood glider.

In collaboration with notedco.com and distributed quality retailers ranging from Urban Outfitters to MoMA design Shop to small boutique

Sea life balance
Physical Artefact
Rooney, J. Sea life balance. [Visual identity]

Visual identity created for the British Science Association to promote awareness of marine conservation

‘The Manchester Rambler’ : Ewan MacColl and the 1932 Mass Trespass
Journal Article
Harker, B. ‘The Manchester Rambler’ : Ewan MacColl and the 1932 Mass Trespass. History Workshop Journal, 59(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbi016

Best known for his post-war work in theatre, radio, folk music and song writing, Ewan MacColl was born in 1915; the 1930s was a key decade in terms of his political and cultural development. It was in the 1930s that he cut his teeth as a Young Commun... Read More about ‘The Manchester Rambler’ : Ewan MacColl and the 1932 Mass Trespass.

Total place - Discussion paper
Report
Dhar-Bhattacharjee, S., Baldwinson, T., Roy, S., & Thomas, A. Total place - Discussion paper

Total Place – Pooling public money
Total Place was a Labour Government initiative which started last year in April 2009 in Bichard’s work Operational Efficiency Programme, which looked at the scope for efficiency savings in the public sector. It in... Read More about Total place - Discussion paper.

Urban picnic
Exhibition / Performance

Following the success of ‘Picnic on the Screen’, presented at the Glastonbury Festival 2009, Paul and Charlotte were recently invited to develop a new version of this interactive public video installation for the MOVES10 Media Arts Festival at venues... Read More about Urban picnic.

Raul Ruiz Interview 1: 30/10/09
Digital Artefact
Goddard, M., & Ruiz, R. Raul Ruiz Interview 1: 30/10/09

This is the first of two interviews with the filmmaker Raul Ruiz undertaken for my forthcoming monograph on his work. Ruiz discusses his recent projects, places and people he has worked with and the concepts of synaesthesia and cryptosthesia

‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note
Presentation / Conference
Thurston, S. ‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note. Presented at Ambiguity and the search for meaning : English and American studies at the beginning of the 21st century (Eleventh International Conference), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

This paper was delivered at the Conference 'Ambiguity and the Search for Meaning' at the Jagiellonian University, Institute of English Philology, Krakow, Poland, April 2008. It explores the work of Gil Ott (1950-2004): poet, writer and publisher asso... Read More about ‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note.

Enhancing communication between academic staff and students to undergraduate degree level with a particular focus on assessment requirements
Report
Thomas, A., & Nixon, M. Enhancing communication between academic staff and students to undergraduate degree level with a particular focus on assessment requirements

The way that academic staff make their requirements known to students is varied -
for students of Art and Design this is usually a written brief, supplemented with a
verbal briefing. All assessment in Art and Design is by course work in a variety o... Read More about Enhancing communication between academic staff and students to undergraduate degree level with a particular focus on assessment requirements.

The teleporter zone
Exhibition / Performance

One of five permanent artworks incorporated within the outpatients waiting area of the new Evelina Children's Hospital at St Thomas' London, opened in October 2005. Envisaged by healthcare strategists Rawlinson Kelly Whittlestone and designed by Hopk... Read More about The teleporter zone.

Discover, extend and reposition the solo repertoire of the Salvation Army for the performing baritone/euphonium player
Thesis
Tee, E. (in press). Discover, extend and reposition the solo repertoire of the Salvation Army for the performing baritone/euphonium player. (Dissertation). University of Salford

This study seeks to discover, extend and reposition the solo repertoire of the Salvation Army for the performing baritone player. The solo repertoire for the baritone, a saxhorn instrument within the euphonium family, compared to other solo instrumen... Read More about Discover, extend and reposition the solo repertoire of the Salvation Army for the performing baritone/euphonium player.

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.

Colour accuracy in digitally-printed textiles: what you see is not (always) what you get
Journal Article
Collis, A. M., & Wilson, J. Colour accuracy in digitally-printed textiles: what you see is not (always) what you get. Journal of the International Colour Association, 9, 20-31

One problem faced when digitally printing textiles is ensuring that the colours of the final printed output are a satisfactory match to those of the design on a computer monitor or the original artwork. In other words, that there is a close enough ma... Read More about Colour accuracy in digitally-printed textiles: what you see is not (always) what you get.

Fictionality and tourism in the construction of national images. Studies on Japanese anime representations of Spain
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. Fictionality and tourism in the construction of national images. Studies on Japanese anime representations of Spain. Poster presented at XII congreso nacional y iii internacional : Japon. El turismo como via de conocimiento y desarrollo, Complutense University of Madrid

It is a fact that one of the biggest attractions of modern Japanese culture lies in its immense, outstanding cultural capital. In recent years, the fascination that Japan has on our collective imagination has been stimulated, even more if possible, b... Read More about Fictionality and tourism in the construction of national images. Studies on Japanese anime representations of Spain.