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Hedgerows: Mapping The Gaps. Phase 2 Final Report (2025)
Report
Wolstenholme, J., Townsend, E., Nolan, J., Ahmed, J., Parsons, K., Davidson, G., Thomas, R., & Parsons, D. (2025). Hedgerows: Mapping The Gaps. Phase 2 Final Report. Natural England

From Introduction:
This report aims to improve upon previous work of Wolstenholme et al. (2021). Artificial intelligence and computer vision was utilised to automatically identify hedgerows from high-resolution aerial imagery across the East Riding... Read More about Hedgerows: Mapping The Gaps. Phase 2 Final Report.

Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network (2025)
Journal Article
Clare, M. A., Yeo, I. A., Nash, J., Hunt, J. E., Panuve, S., Wilkie, A., Williams, R., Dowey, N., Rowley, P., Barclay, J., Phillips, J., Scarlett, J., Engwell, S., Henstock, T. J., Seabrook, S., Watson, S., Wysoczanski, R., Ribo, M., Cronin, S., Talling, P. J., …Robertson, R. (2025). Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network. Bulletin of volcanology, 87(6), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01832-1

When the first transoceanic telegraph cables were laid in the mid-1800s, rapid communication between continents became possible. The advent of fibre-optic submarine cables in the 1990s catalyzed a global digital revolution. Today, a network of > 1.7... Read More about Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network.

Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal (2025)
Journal Article
Coelho, D. P., Ham, M., & Jones, S. L. (2025). Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal. British Educational Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4155

The purpose of ‘doing’ education is often unconsidered or assumed in educational thinking and practice, despite the diversity of understandings. Gert Biesta's perspective that education has a threefold purpose of qualification, socialisation and subj... Read More about Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal.

Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic (2025)
Journal Article
Celbis, O., van de Laar, M., Windsor, W. L., Papatsiba, V., Ofosu-Ampong, K., Kurawa, G., Sadat Bole, A., Ani-Amponsah, M., & Xu, L. (online). Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-06-2024-0065

Purpose
This study aims to contribute to the growing body of literature documenting responses to short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctoral students. This study examines support practices at different levels of the education s... Read More about Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century (2025)
Book Chapter
Lee, K., Boyd, D., & Scollan, A. (2025). Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century. In A. Bradbury, R. Swailes, & P. Thompson (Eds.), A Manifesto for Early Childhood (23-37). SAGE Publications

This chapter investigates levels of sustainability awareness and early childhood professionals confidence to engage with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in practice. It explores how understanding and knowledge of Education for Sustainable Develo... Read More about Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century.

Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5 (2025)
Journal Article
Kurawa, G. (online). Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2025.2489860

Opening paragraph:
Promoting Inclusive Systems for Migrants in Education, edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, is an essential and timely addition to the current debate surrounding migrants in education. This edit... Read More about Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5.

What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship (2025)
Book Chapter
Fallin, L. (2025). What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship. In A. Syska, C. Buckley, G. Sedghi, & N. Grayson (Eds.), Transformative Practice in Higher Education: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning (79-86). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503149-11

Professional associations and learned societies are valuable resources, offering Third Space practitioners networking, connection, support, and scholarly opportunities. External pressures, however, often limit the time available for professional scho... Read More about What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship.

Play and Sustainability (2025)
Book Chapter
Scollan, A., Lee, K., Boyd, D., Auger, S., & Mason, G. (2025). Play and Sustainability. In A. Bradbury (Ed.), Play Matters: Why Play Matters in Early Childhood (70-79). Early Years Reviews

This chapter discusses the concept of sustainability as a lens to understand how the world of play enables adults to engage and learn about sustainability with and for young children in environments that enable. Scollan and Farini introduce environme... Read More about Play and Sustainability.

The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development (2025)
Journal Article
Fallin, L., & Turton, C. (2025). The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 34, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi34.1314

This opinion piece argues that Design Thinking (DT) can facilitate a more empathetic and student-centred approach to service development and problem-solving in Learning Development (LD). While DT is already established within higher education, we arg... Read More about The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development.

Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boyd, D., Lee, K., & Scollan, A. (2025, January). Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond. Presented at Middlesex University Childhood and Society Seminar Series 2025, online

The seminar will consider how adults and children are preparing to manage sustainability in the 21st Century. UNESCO (2017) reminds us of the urgency of the current planetary situation. Gunther and colleagues (2024) stress the need for children to ha... Read More about Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond.

Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
Thomas, S., & Glazzard, J. (in press). Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, Article 1465599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1465599

This opinion piece, drawing on the lived experiences of a life sentenced prisoner (first author), serves to highlight our concerns related to the HM Prison & Probation Service Security Categorization Policy Framework (HMPPS, 2024) in the United Kingd... Read More about Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom.

An exploration of Chinese Doctoral Student’s motivations and expectations of studying in the UK. (2025)
Thesis
Liu, J. (2025). An exploration of Chinese Doctoral Student’s motivations and expectations of studying in the UK. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5087929

This qualitative research study delves into the perceived impact of UK doctoral programmes on Chinese doctoral students (CDS), aiming to elucidate their motivations, experiences, and expectations throughout their academic journey. Focused on understa... Read More about An exploration of Chinese Doctoral Student’s motivations and expectations of studying in the UK..

Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025)
Journal Article
Wolstenholme, J. M., Cooper, F., Thomas, R. E., Ahmed, J., Parsons, K. J., Parsons, K. J., & Parsons, D. R. (online). Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.432

Hedgerows are a key component of the UK landscape that form boundaries, borders and limits of land whilst providing vital landscape-scale ecological connectivity for a range of organisms. They are diverse habitats in the agricultural landscape provid... Read More about Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

PO369: Introduction to the UK PIVOT-vWD Study: A direct to community, cross-sectional study to capture and quantify the impact, voice and outcomes of VWD (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morgan, G., Burt, K., Traunter, J., Morgan, D., Yarnell, H., & Bristow, S. (2025, February). PO369: Introduction to the UK PIVOT-vWD Study: A direct to community, cross-sectional study to capture and quantify the impact, voice and outcomes of VWD. Poster presented at 18th Annual Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders, Milan, Italy

Objectives There is a paucity of new evidence/literature on the clinical outcomes, healthcare resource use (HCRU), cost and the quality-of-life (QoL) impact on those with von Willebrand Disease (VWD). The PIVOT-VWD study aims to collect patient gener... Read More about PO369: Introduction to the UK PIVOT-vWD Study: A direct to community, cross-sectional study to capture and quantify the impact, voice and outcomes of VWD.

Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America (2025)
Journal Article
Urbina-Garcia, A. (2025). Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 20(1), Article 2454518. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2454518

Traditional research on parenthood and wellbeing often employs a positivist perspective and focuses on non-LA samples -limiting our knowledge and understanding of the influence that strong components of the LA culture such as Machismo and Marianismo,... Read More about Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America.

Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module (2025)
Journal Article
Minott, M., Holmes, A., & Hopkins, P. (2025). Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2, 95-130. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.21

Assessment rubrics are a central component of developing students’ assessment literacy. They are usually used both for the summative assessment of learning, and, formatively, to develop students’ understanding of the standard of work required to be s... Read More about Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module.

Combined Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality and Electroencephalography in the Study of Working Memory (2024)
Thesis
Durnin, A. (2024). Combined Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality and Electroencephalography in the Study of Working Memory. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5005212

Modern head-mounted display virtual reality (HMD-VR) is used to present immersive virtual environments which reduce external distractions during research. Working memory load (WML) is commonly measured using electroencephalography (EEG), which non-in... Read More about Combined Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality and Electroencephalography in the Study of Working Memory.

Mediating learning with mobile devices through pedagogical innovation: Teachers' perceptions of K-12 students’ learning experiences (2024)
Journal Article
Burke, P. F., Schuck, S., Burden, K., & Kearney, M. (2025). Mediating learning with mobile devices through pedagogical innovation: Teachers' perceptions of K-12 students’ learning experiences. Computers & education, 227, Article 105226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105226

This article presents a quantitative study demonstrating that digital pedagogy using mobile devices (e.g., laptops, mobile phones, tablets) impacts teachers' perceptions of pedagogical innovation. We further find that innovative mobile pedagogy adopt... Read More about Mediating learning with mobile devices through pedagogical innovation: Teachers' perceptions of K-12 students’ learning experiences.

From third space professional to first-generation academic: Navigating new identities (2024)
Book Chapter
Fallin, L. (2024). From third space professional to first-generation academic: Navigating new identities. In D. Conrad, & W. Archer (Eds.), Portraits of Academic Life in Higher Education: From Hiring to Retiring (216-229). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004716117_018

This chapter reflects on my transition from fresh graduate, student union bureaucrat, learning developer, and then to my first academic role as a Lecturer in Education Studies. I like to think of this as a story of perseverance, hard work and perhaps... Read More about From third space professional to first-generation academic: Navigating new identities.

The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia (2024)
Journal Article
Mendrik, F., Hackney, C. R., Cumming, V. M., Waller, C., Hak, D., Dorrell, R., Hung, N. N., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia. Journal of hazardous materials, 484, Article 136762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136762

Rivers are primary vectors of plastic debris to oceans, but sources, transport mechanisms, and fate of fluvial microplastics (<5 mm) remain poorly understood, impeding accurate predictions of microplastic flux, ecological risk and socio-economic impa...