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Reading the Academic Library: an exploration of the conceived, perceived and lived spaces of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Fallin, L. (2021, December). Reading the Academic Library: an exploration of the conceived, perceived and lived spaces of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education. International Research Conference 2021: (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times

Focusing on the perspectives of ‘library users’, this paper argues for a reconsideration of dominant conceptions of academic libraries as dusty repositories of books and restrictive study spaces. Using the Brynmor Jones Library (BJL) at the Universit... Read More about Reading the Academic Library: an exploration of the conceived, perceived and lived spaces of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull.

INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience ‘INSECURE’ (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Parsons, K., Jones, L., & Halstead, F. (2021, April). INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience ‘INSECURE’. Presented at EGU General Assembly 2021 (European Geosciences Union), vEGU21: Gather Online

The Holderness has some of the most rapidly eroding coastline in the world, with sections of cliff retreating >10m per year. These rates are due, in large part, to the soft composition of the boulder clay cliffs, but rates are accelerating rapidly in... Read More about INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience ‘INSECURE’.

I'll be dead by the time it happens: Children's Perceptions of Climate Change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Halstead, F., Parsons, D., Jones, L., & Hackney, C. (2020, May). I'll be dead by the time it happens: Children's Perceptions of Climate Change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Paper presented at EGU General Assembly 2020 (European Geosciences Union), Sharing Geoscience Online

The Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam is one of the most at risk places globally to the effects of climate change and sea level rise, specifically in terms of flooding. It is predicted to change drastically over the next 100 years, with additional hum... Read More about I'll be dead by the time it happens: Children's Perceptions of Climate Change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

The Preschool Transition in Latin America: is it the same process than in developed countries? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Urbina Garcia, A. (2016, August). The Preschool Transition in Latin America: is it the same process than in developed countries?. Presented at European Early Childhood Research Association Annual Conference (EECERA), Dublin, Ireland

The main aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of transition between preschool and first grade primary school held by teachers, headteachers and parents in the public education system in Mexico City. The preschool transition-research has s... Read More about The Preschool Transition in Latin America: is it the same process than in developed countries?.

Our digital children (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, P. (2014, November). Our digital children. Presented at Scarborough Education Forum

The power relationship between adults and children in the West is shifting. Factors of age and life experience are becoming counterbalanced by children’s affinity for burgeoning developments in digital technology, where skills developed in online gam... Read More about Our digital children.

Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, P. (2013, December). Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs. Paper presented at London International Conference on Education

Developments in globalisation and new technologies are making significant impacts in higher education. Universities in a global market are increasingly concerned to reorient their degree programmes to meet the vocational needs of the Knowledge Econom... Read More about Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs.