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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.

Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Tomlinson, A., & Stern, J. (in press). Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, https://doi.org/10.53761/7yvrw787

Compassion was a theme of the COVID-19 pandemic era scholarship. The traumatic nature of the pandemic experience for many led to a greater humanising discourse around education, alongside the need to be embracing pedagogies of compassion. This scopin... Read More about Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review.

Young people's right to flourish: A 21st century social justice issue for youth and community work (2024)
Journal Article
Christtmass, R., Hughes, G., Marley, J., Mckinney, S., Spencer, Z., & Smith, C. (2024). Young people's right to flourish: A 21st century social justice issue for youth and community work. Support for Learning, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.12499

This article argues for youth and community work (YCW) to be recognised for its critical role in working alongside young people to enhance their well-being. We supply amalgamated vignettes as evidence from student's placement practice and explore the... Read More about Young people's right to flourish: A 21st century social justice issue for youth and community work.

In Conversation: LGBT+ Transitions Before and During Prison (2024)
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Glazzard, J., & Thomas, S. (2024). In Conversation: LGBT+ Transitions Before and During Prison. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, 3(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijelt.85

Prison environments can be dangerous places in which hypermasculine discourses prevail. They are often dehumanising, inflexible and viewed as places of punishment rather than rehabilitation. Regimes of power circulate to reinforce informal hierarchie... Read More about In Conversation: LGBT+ Transitions Before and During Prison.

Developing University Students’ Assessment Literacy: Theory and Practice (2024)
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Holmes, A. (2024). Developing University Students’ Assessment Literacy: Theory and Practice. Innovare Journal of Education, 2(5), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.22159/ijoe.2024v12i5.52282

Assessment literacy skills are increasingly recognized as being important for student success in higher education. However, as a field of study, it is not well-researched except in the context of language assessment. This paper delves into critical t... Read More about Developing University Students’ Assessment Literacy: Theory and Practice.

Immersed in the transitioning HE sector: the impact of transitions in the higher education sector in England on staff and students (2024)
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Glazzard, J., & Tate, A. (2024). Immersed in the transitioning HE sector: the impact of transitions in the higher education sector in England on staff and students. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.5334/ijelt.77

The increasing marketisation of the UK higher education sector in recent years has resulted in multiple transitions for universities. Student evaluations of teaching and university league tables have placed greater importance on both the quality of t... Read More about Immersed in the transitioning HE sector: the impact of transitions in the higher education sector in England on staff and students.

Reimaging activism to save the planet: Using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to support collective youth action (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, L., Parsons, K. J., Halstead, F., & Wolstenholme, J. M. (2023). Reimaging activism to save the planet: Using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to support collective youth action. Children & society, https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12819

This article offers new insights into the important role that transdisciplinary, participatory action research approaches offer young people as a safe space to ‘act’ on climate change and environmental degradation. Drawing upon methodological meta-re... Read More about Reimaging activism to save the planet: Using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to support collective youth action.

From the conference and beyond: collaborative writing with the journal of learning development in higher education and the learning development community (2023)
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Buckley, C., Fallin, L., Grayson, N., Loughlin, E., Lowe, T., Malone, C., Morley, C., Sedghi, G., & Syska, A. (2023). From the conference and beyond: collaborative writing with the journal of learning development in higher education and the learning development community. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi29.1142

This workshop set out the process of collaborative writing explored by the JLDHE editorial teams in partnership with the ALDinHE community at and following ALDCon’22 through The Collaborative Conference Proceedings and Reflections. We discussed how t... Read More about From the conference and beyond: collaborative writing with the journal of learning development in higher education and the learning development community.

Fostering Learner Autonomy in Higher Education through Coaching and Mentoring for Non-Traditional Learners (2023)
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Holmes, A. G. D. (2023). Fostering Learner Autonomy in Higher Education through Coaching and Mentoring for Non-Traditional Learners. Shanlax International Journal of Education, 11(4), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.34293/education.v11i4.6185

This article considers the potential ways for coaching and mentoring practices in higher education to support the development of learner autonomy, a key espoused aim of university education. I argue that coaching and mentoring can foster self-regulat... Read More about Fostering Learner Autonomy in Higher Education through Coaching and Mentoring for Non-Traditional Learners.

'I was really upset and it put me off': The emotional impact of assessment feedback on first-year undergraduate students (2023)
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Holmes, A. G. D. (2023). 'I was really upset and it put me off': The emotional impact of assessment feedback on first-year undergraduate students. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 11(2), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v11i2.529

Assessment feedback can have an emotional impact on students. This qualitative research contributes to the existing body of literature on students' emotional reactions to assessment feedback by investigating the negative responses to summative feedba... Read More about 'I was really upset and it put me off': The emotional impact of assessment feedback on first-year undergraduate students.

Young peoples’ perceptions of digital, media and information literacies across Europe: gender differences, and the gaps between attitudes and abilities (2023)
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Jones, S. L., & Procter, R. (in press). Young peoples’ perceptions of digital, media and information literacies across Europe: gender differences, and the gaps between attitudes and abilities. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2023.2210152

The need to develop digital, media and information literacies in young people is not a new idea. Increasing numbers of regional, national and international policies make the case and offer frameworks for such literacy development in schools. However,... Read More about Young peoples’ perceptions of digital, media and information literacies across Europe: gender differences, and the gaps between attitudes and abilities.

The Design and Use of Questionnaires in Educational Research: A New (Student) Researcher Guide (2023)
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Holmes, A. G. D. (2023). The Design and Use of Questionnaires in Educational Research: A New (Student) Researcher Guide. Innovare Journal of Education, 11(3), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i3.47599

Questionnaires are widely used in educational research to gather data about the top under investigation. This is because they are cost-effective, relatively simple to use and can provide researchers with a large amount of data... Read More about The Design and Use of Questionnaires in Educational Research: A New (Student) Researcher Guide.

Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity (2023)
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Mendrik, F., Fernández, R., Hackney, C. R., Waller, C., & Parsons, D. R. (2023). Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00690-z

Rivers are the major conveyor of plastics to the marine environment, but the mechanisms that impact microplastic (<5 mm) aquatic transport, and thus govern fate are largely unknown. This prevents progress in understanding microplastic dynamics and id...

Exploring teachers’ perceptions of critical digital literacies and how these are manifested in their teaching practices (2023)
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Gouseti, A., Lakkala, M., Raffaghelli, J., Ranieri, M., Roffi, A., & Ilomäki, L. (2023). Exploring teachers’ perceptions of critical digital literacies and how these are manifested in their teaching practices. Educational review, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2022.2159933

Digital systems are increasingly becoming central to the running of contemporary schools. A range of digital tools are also adopted by teachers to facilitate face to face teaching and learning and more recently to accommodate remote schooling. Simila... Read More about Exploring teachers’ perceptions of critical digital literacies and how these are manifested in their teaching practices.

Finding the balance: the choreography of participatory research with children and young people (2022)
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James, F., & Shaw, P. (2022). Finding the balance: the choreography of participatory research with children and young people. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2022.2136158

Participatory Research (PR), which places participants at the foreground, is an evolving field spanning several disciplines. This article critiques conceptual tensions surrounding the notion of participation itself and how PR tenets can be engaged wi... Read More about Finding the balance: the choreography of participatory research with children and young people.

Assessing global competence within teacher education programmes. How to design and create a set of rubrics with a modified Delphi method (2022)
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Parmigiani, D., Jones, S. L., Silvaggio, C., Nicchia, E., Ambrosini, A., Pario, M., Pedevilla, A., & Sardi, I. (2022). Assessing global competence within teacher education programmes. How to design and create a set of rubrics with a modified Delphi method. SAGE Open, 12(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221128794

In today’s world, Global Competence represents a fundamental disposition for teachers who must be able to teach effectively in classrooms with students from diverse backgrounds and manage multiple learning contexts. For these reasons, it is necessary... Read More about Assessing global competence within teacher education programmes. How to design and create a set of rubrics with a modified Delphi method.

Gendered childhoods and the inequity of accessing the outdoors (2022)
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Parsons, K. J., & Halstead, F. (2022). Gendered childhoods and the inequity of accessing the outdoors. Area, https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12831

Understanding our beliefs and experiences means we must often explore our childhood experiences, and reflect on how, at certain points in our life a range of barriers, obstacles and societal or social constructs have resulted in shaping the opportuni... Read More about Gendered childhoods and the inequity of accessing the outdoors.

Conceptualising Translational Research in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review. (2022)
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Jones, S., Procter, R., Connolly, C., Hall, A., & Fazlagić, J. (2022). Conceptualising Translational Research in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Educational Research, 114, Article 101998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101998

Since Stenhouse (1975) called for teachers to have ownership of research, there have been initial forays into teacher led research and evidence based practice in schools. However the notion of translational research in schools remains contested, in s... Read More about Conceptualising Translational Research in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review..

Religious Education and Its Interaction with the Spiritual Dimension of Childhood: Teachers’ Perceptions, Understanding and Aspirations (2022)
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Hill, E., & Woolley, R. (2022). Religious Education and Its Interaction with the Spiritual Dimension of Childhood: Teachers’ Perceptions, Understanding and Aspirations. Religions, 13(4), Article 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13040280

In England, religious education (RE) is a part of the basic curriculum mandatory for all pupils in the compulsory years of schooling. This paper explores how RE and spirituality interact and whether one can contribute to the effective delivery of the... Read More about Religious Education and Its Interaction with the Spiritual Dimension of Childhood: Teachers’ Perceptions, Understanding and Aspirations.

Re-imagining approaches to learning and teaching: Youth and Community work education post Covid-19 (2022)
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Curran, S., Gormally, S., & Smith, C. (2022). Re-imagining approaches to learning and teaching: Youth and Community work education post Covid-19. Education Sciences, 12(3), Article 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12030201

This article draws on research undertaken by the Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work (PALYCW) in collaboration with the Open University, University of Glasgow and the University of Hull. The authors are all part of a co... Read More about Re-imagining approaches to learning and teaching: Youth and Community work education post Covid-19.