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From Soldier to Strength and Conditioning Professional: The Development of a Training Philosophy
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elcome to the third edition of Research Notes which showcases research and scholarship produced by the staff and students of our academic community at Bucks New University. The 2020 Winter edition provides an opportunity to celebrate a range of research and knowledge exchange activities; from successes with Doctoral awards, to new research projects, publications and impact. We are also delighted to announce the launch of Bucks Institute for Health and Social Care. Our activities continue as we adapt to the changing face of research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether we are dealing with COVID-19, climate change, medtech, social care, injustice versus homeless people – we need to continue asking questions. This edition highlights a wide range of examples of research and enterprise activity at Bucks, including outcomes from a study looking at communication in the NHS during the coronavirus. We are also celebrating publication of the book “Living with Fear, Reflections on Covid-19” as a combined achievement between Bucks academic staff in Nursing and Allied health and NHS colleagues at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. Project updates include work on developing an innovative training philosophy for strength and conditioning professionals, investigating attitudes towards punishment and rehabilitation of offenders in the UK, initiatives to encourage Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boaters participation in Higher Education and insights in entrepreneurship education.
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In our enterprise work, we’re sharing updates on our MedTech SuperConnecter project and Health and Social Care Ventures programme. We’re also pleased to launch new projects in the development of innovative training programmes across Europe for the water management sector, evaluations of initiatives for mental health recovery and supporting healthcare for homeless people and work to investigate access to Higher Education for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. I am delighted with the work presented here. By exploring their own specific vocations, our researchers each seek the truth in their own way – we want to know answers. Let us not stop searching for answers. Finally, I thank those that have contributed to this publication and throughout the year as we continue to build on our achievements and deliver research and innovation that impacts and enhances lives and society.
Professor Florin Ioras
Director of Enterprise and Research
Institute of Health and Social Care Buckinghamshire New University is pleased to announce the creation of a new Institute for Health and Social Care. The Institute provides strategic oversight for all health and social care activities across the University; it serves as the focal point for all external health and social care partners for all health-related provision at the University. The University already has very strong links with NHS Health Care Trusts and social care providers in the South East region and is a partner in the recently established Buckinghamshire Health and Social Care Academy. The Institute and the Academy will both help to ensure that our work in primary, social, intermediate and secondary health care is further developed and set in the context of national, regional and local workforce requirements, supported by education frameworks developed in partnership with local colleagues and businesses.
The focus on health provides an exciting opportunity to ensure existing links are strengthened and new relationships forged with our partner NHS Trusts and further education colleges to co-create and deliver relevant work-based training programmes. The Institute will also streamline placement and apprenticeship activity in the University and ensure compliance with quality assurance and professional statutory regulatory bodies. Professor Karen Buckwell-Nutt, Director of the Institute, said “I am excited to take up this inaugural appointment and look forward to working with colleagues and stakeholders in shaping the health and social care agenda as we move forward. Recent months have shown us just how valuable our health and social care system is. My vision is that the Institute provides strategic leadership of the University’s healthcare-related provision, enhances our research portfolio and is widely recognised for its quality engagement and influence across the sector.�
Karen Buckwell-Nutt Director of institute of health & social care
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Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boaters into Higher Education Professor Margaret Greenfields School of Human and Social Sciences As many readers of Research Notes will know, researchers at Buckinghamshire New University have a long-standing history of collaborating with members of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma (GTR) communities and the Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) which work with them. In the last year, the University has been increasing activity to co-create a network of practice focused on supporting access to higher education for members of the GTR, Showmen and Boater (GTRSB) communities. This developing network (currently with 66 members from across the country) is part of a suite of activities which successfully incorporate policy engagement, action research and the development of inter-institutional networks attracting a considerable level of national and indeed international attention. The background to these activities lies in the University’s commitment to widening participation, including a developing focus on supporting members of the GTRSB communities into higher education. Although no data is gathered explicitly on differential educational outcomes for these communities, collectively the communities have the lowest outcomes at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 of any ethnic groups in the UK. The reasons for low attainment, early school leaving and disengagement from education are complex and include experiences of racism, exclusion, historical lack of engagement with formal education and often limited cultural capital to proceed to further or higher education. Ultimately, this leads to extremely low rates of university attendance for members of these communities. It has been estimated that there are only around 200 GTR students in higher education in the UK at any one time; equivalent to 3-4 per cent of the GTR population aged
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18-30 years; as compared to 43 per cent of 18-30 year-olds in the general population entering university. In collaboration with Baroness Whitaker, Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on GTR affairs, Bucks convened a roundtable on GTRSB access to higher education held at the House of Lords in September 2020. At the event, Vice Chancellor Professor Nick Braisby gave a commitment that Bucks would develop and lead partnership working with specialist civil society organisations, educational policy agencies and collaborative higher education institutions to enable the collective development of a pledge of good practice for universities; and provide tangible evidence of support for members of the GTRSB communities entering higher education. Following on from the roundtable, cross-university work has enabled a research team consisting of Margaret Greenfields and Sherrie Smith who is a Romany Gypsy graduate (undertaking an MA in Education and working as a peer mentor and research associate) to develop a network of activities. The initiatives are in partnership with Bucks’ Directorate for Student Success and colleagues working on the University Access and Participation Plan and widening participation activities. Activities have therefore included internal engagement and development pertaining to recognition of GTRSB communities within curricula and cultural competence development. It has also required external collaborations with a number of stakeholders from NGOs, Universities, the National Educational Opportunities Network (NEON) and representatives from the Office for Students (OfS). In addition to the development of the good practice pledge which followed on from extensive consultation with community members and higher education institutions, we have
undertaken pilot research into the experiences of GTRSB students and graduates, and carried out focus groups with staff to understand more about the information and cultural knowledge they need to best support GTRSB students. Our collective work has attracted considerable attention on social media, enhancing the developing profile of Bucks as a ‘GTR-friendly, institution of choice’ for potential students, and foregrounding us as a source of knowledge and sharing of information for other universities. The network of practice which we’ve developed and administer enables civil society, GTRSB graduates and universities across the country to connect and share good practice in supporting students from these communities and enhancing outreach and engagement with local GTRSB populations. We’ve also as an institution, throughout the summer months celebrated and commemorated important events such as GTR History Month and Roma Holocaust Memorial Day and encouraged other universities to do the same. This network of activities, and the provision of bursaries to support GRTSB students into higher education, developed as part of the Pledge of Good Practice and in response to our research findings, has led both to increased numbers of students from the GRTSB communities enquiring about attending Bucks and making applications for diverse courses. We were also delighted to be nominated in partnership with other stakeholders for a prestigious Times Higher award for Widening Participation or Outreach project of the year, 2020. Fuller research findings and recommendations from this stream of work will be published in coming months, and disseminated through workshops, training sessions and conference proceedings.
National Inclusion Week To disseminate this work, Professor Greenfields supported and spoke during National Inclusion Week. As part of her discussion she spoke about steps Bucks has taken to widen participation of GTRSB communities in Higher Education. A recording of the debate can be accessed through this link here. facebook.com/terezia.terry/ videos/10219516530445819
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From Soldier to Strength and Conditioning Professional:
The Development of a Training Philosophy Senior Lecturer in Strength and Conditioning, Jonpaul Nevin has recently published a short article in the Professional Strength and Conditioning Journal titled “From Soldier to Strength and Conditioning Professional: The Development of a Training Philosophy”. Strength and Conditioning (S&C) as a profession is both an art and a science. However in this article, Jonpaul argues that the role of the S&C practitioner has become more that of a sports scientist, resulting in a lack of emphasis upon coaching. In order to address this he proposes a training philosophy for S&C professionals which considers the importance of both coaching and sports science. The development of a training philosophy based upon a synthesis of one’s own beliefs, knowledge, skills, experience and the latest peer-reviewed
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research, will allow the S&C practitioner to construct a flexible set of standard operating procedures to help guide their professional practice. With this in mind the article provided an overview of Jonpaul’s own S&C training philosophy developed through a combination of vocational and academic education, extensive practical coaching experience and 15-years of military service. The philosophy presented in this article was based upon the establishment of several key frames of reference which help to optimise the training environment and positively influence an athlete’s physical, cognitive, and emotional development. These key frames of reference include, but are not limited to, the promotion of a distinct set of values and standards; the development of a positive autonomy-supporting coaching
environment; an emphasis upon the fundamentals; the use of evidencebased training methodologies and finally the development of mental and physical resilience. The article was intended to challenge some existing beliefs and potentially inspire fellow S&C practitioners to reflect upon their own practice and perhaps consider the development of their own training philosophy by which to help guide their own professional practice within the field. The article can be accessed at: uksca.org.uk/uksca-iq/article/ coach-insights/2971/from-soldierto-strength-and-conditioningprofessional-the-development-of-atraining-philosophy
Current Attitudes Towards Punishment and Rehabilitation of Offenders in the UK: New Insights in an Age of Terror Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe and Claire Machan School of Human and Social Sciences Given the rise in terror-related instances dominating news headlines in recent times (Westminster Bridge, Manchester Arena, London Bridge/ Borough Market, Finsbury Park, Streatham), harsher punishment fads seem to be resurfacing in the UK, with the government in crisis over how to curb public panic surrounding terror, and the sentencing of offenders and emergency legislation introduced. Despite this, little contemporary research has focused on surveying attitudes towards punishment, specifically for terror-related crimes in the UK. Such attitudes are of importance as they have been drawn upon to inform policy which, in turn, informs changes (and funding) to the prison system. Typically, governments will favour punitive proposals if there is a sense of a more “punishment-held
attitude” amongst the general public. Conversely, funding for intervention programmes may increase if the public favour rehabilitation. Supported by Bucks’ core Strategic Priorities Funding, psychology academics from the School of Human and Social Sciences, Claire Machan and Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe, have collected data nationally on current public attitudes towards punishment. They also examined demographics that impact the degree of support for new harsher sentences, recent legislative changes and early release modifications for terror-related offences. The benefits of this research are widereaching; even at the data collection stage the public circulation of the survey link has been encouraged by key individuals in the field. Specifically, the Chair of the Division of Forensic Psychology (BPS); Dr Ruth Tully
(renowned Forensic Psychologist), as well as recruitment shares from industry individuals consulted during the design phase, including Carol Gaskin (Head of Residence Wormwood Scrubs), and Nikki Ross (Chief Executive Officer, Thames Valley Partnership). While analysis is still underway, the findings will inform policymakers and relevant agencies of public attitudes for particular approaches to punishment and new terror legislation. If the findings reveal a great appetite for rehabilitation, then it would additionally highlight current potential support and donations for NGOs (including charities). It is further anticipated that the final research report will be circulated to Thames Valley Partnership organisations, including Thames Valley Probation and the HM Prison and Probation Service, in addition to academic dissemination and informing our teaching.
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that may benefit from our hubs, contact greta.paakerner@bucks.ac.uk.
The Rapidly Changing NHS: Communication in the age of coronavirus Dr John Underwood, Dr Bill Nichols and Julie Hollings. Research by the Centre for Health Communication Research (CHCR), a partner of Bucks New University, has revealed that NHS communication managers are concerned that public support may start to erode as it faces the daunting task of restoring preCovid levels of service and dealing with rapidly lengthening waiting lists. The survey was conducted in May and June of this year in conjunction with NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation. It included over 150 NHS communications specialists from across the country and from all types of NHS organisation including hospital trusts, ambulance trusts, health commissioners and health regulators. Respondents spoke of the NHS benefitting from a ‘feeling of reverence’ during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic when the public came out to applaud frontline workers every Thursday evening. However, the research indicated a clear concern that
‘perceptions of the NHS will change quickly’ when the immediate pandemic threat passes and stories of delayed operations, missed cancer diagnoses and longer waiting lists for mental health services start to emerge. Other key findings from the survey included: •
A strong feeling that during the pandemic there has been less bureaucracy across the NHS with little resistance to change, greater flexibility and an ability for people to adapt quickly. Respondents wrote of, “tearing down barriers, doing things in days that would previously take years” and the development of a ‘just get it done’ attitude which has meant decisions can be made quickly and efficiently’. 82% of respondents said that during the pandemic management decision-making had been significantly faster with fewer unnecessary meetings and the abandonment of ‘pointless or aimless projects’.
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Professional communicators also felt the pandemic had triggered a strong wave of transformative innovation across the NHS with video conferencing, private staff Facebook groups, team collaboration software, video shot on smart phones, secure clinical messaging platforms and live streaming of events on YouTube… all becoming commonplace across the NHS. And, of course, technology is transforming the way in which clinicians interact with patients with many more GP and hospital outpatient appointments and consultations taking place by telephone or through video conferencing. Respondents felt the NHS is moving much closer to a system of “digital first” care.
The full research white paper can be accessed here bucks.repository. guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18106
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Innovation in Health and Social Care Greta Paa-Kerner Head of Business Engagement The European Regional Development Fund (EDRF) programme Bucks HSC Ventures continues its mission of accelerating the commercialisation and adoption of health and social care products and services in Buckinghamshire. Led by Bucks New University, the Bucks HSC Ventures virtual accelerator programme benefits early stage start-up companies because it provides unique access to market for these new technologies. The other delivery partners include Bucks Healthcare Trust, Bucks Council, Bucks Clinical Commissioning Group, and Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network. The following profiles are examples of the companies currently going through the programme: •
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Artha Health Ltd: This company provides nerve simulation technology, primarily aimed at treating pain in cardiovascular and diabetes patients. The business is seeking to run a clinical trial with Bucks Healthcare Trust. Caremark (Blueleys Ltd): Caremark offers a better social care pathway that more closely aligns to the routine of the patient. It is an area of social care that is in desperate need of innovation and there may be potential to run a pilot through the Council.
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Alpha MD: An app that allows appointments between patients and GPs to be recorded and sent to the patient afterwards. It also gives patients access to online videos to support their treatment needs.
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Horizon Rehabilitation: This company has developed a digital health platform to connect health and social care support that meet the needs of services that customers are seeking.
The programme is providing individual support to promising start-ups in addition to a suite of practical online webinars for a wider audience of small and medium enterprises. These cover a range of topics from medical device regulation to artificial intelligence in healthcare. Webinars are offered free of charge, both live and recorded, including: •
Pandemics, Public Health and Data Ethics: hscventures.co.uk/hsc_webinar/pandemics-publichealth-and-data-ethics/
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Funding for Your Innovation: hscventures.co.uk/hsc_webinar/funding-forinnovation/
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Medical Device Regulations for Products: hscventures.co.uk/hsc_webinar/medical-deviceregulations-for-products/
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AI for Health - Governing the Ecosystem: hscventures.co.uk/hsc_webinar/ai-for-healthgoverning-the-ecosystem/
Perhaps our most well attended and interactive webinar was a panel discussion that explored the UK’s progress in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship amongst under-represented groups in the health and social care sector. Facilitated by Dr Sam Shah, the panel shared their experiences in delivering innovation to both the private sector and in the NHS. A recording of it can be at: hscventures.co.uk/hsc_webinar/diversity-ininnovation/. If you are interested in listening to past webinars, please select any of them here: https://hscventures.co.uk/webinars/. Due to the pandemic, most support continues to be provided virtually, but this hasn’t slowed down the number of businesses receiving support, nor has it detrimentally affected the quality of support given. For more information about Bucks HSC Ventures, visit the programme’s newly revamped website hscventures.co.uk. If you have any questions or if you would like to become involved in supporting these businesses, please contact greta.paa-kerner@ bucks.ac.uk. It’s a great opportunity to work closely with industry and to develop live briefs for students.
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MedTech SuperConnector: Pain Greta Paa-Kerner Head of Business Engagement
functionality and practicality of the product. Richard has identified key shortcomings in the existing standards for child resistant containers and is working to overcome these in his implementation plan.
Buckinghamshire New University continues its active involvement in the MedTech SuperConnector (MTSC) Programme. In partnership with seven worldleading higher education institutions, the programme’s mission is to support entrepreneurial early career academic researchers to commercialise early stage medtech innovation. The theme of the current cohort is “pain�, co-sponsored by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK). The participating entrepreneurs have access to research and development labs as well as expertise both at Imperial College London and GSK. Bucks’ PhD student Richard Harlow is one of only 13 early career researchers to be selected to the current cohort. Richard is progressing his idea of “Safer-Cap�, which is a specially designed cap for child-resistant bottles that makes opening them safe and easy for someone who suffers from arthritis and has difficultly squeezing and twisting. Due to its ingenious design, the cap is also child resistant for ages 6 and below. While the process has been slowed somewhat by the current global situation, Richard has secured the services of a Patent attorney and will soon begin processing a patent application and is starting market and product research before undertaking user testing to prove the
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According to Richard, “This has been an excellent opportunity for the development of my design, and I am looking forward to seeing the product tested for implementation. While it has been difficult working during the Covid-19 restrictions, the Cohort and staff at Bucks have been very supportive in organising the resources and space needed.� Led by Greta Paa-Kerner, Bucks also participates in several programme workstreams including Strategy & Commercialisation and Knowledge Exchange & Dissemination. About the MedTech SuperConnector Programme: MTSC provides participants with the funding, training, mentorship and access to industry partners to help fast-track the translation of their research discoveries. Consortium partners include Imperial College London (lead partner), Buckinghamshire New University, The Francis Crick Institute, the Institute of Cancer Research, Queen Mary University of London, Royal College of Art, the Royal College of Music, and the Royal Veterinary College. In doing so, the MTSC aims to become a world-leading organisation for supporting and accelerating the commercialisation of early-stage medtech innovations. Visit their website to learn more: medtechsuperconnector.com. The programme is currently applying for funding from Research England in order to extend the programme for a further two years.
New Projects PARADOX: Innovative training approach in the technology-assisted environment for water Management Funded by the Erasmus+ capacity building programme, Professor Florin Ioras is leading this project in partnership with institutions in Estonia, Romania, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. The impacts of climate change on water availability and water quality affect many sectors, including energy production, infrastructure, human health, agriculture and ecosystems. However the water management sector across Europe is affected by limitations in staff qualifications and the inability to attract young workers. This Strategic Partnership proposes the creation of a flexible learning pathway in line with the needs of learners and companies in meeting environmental targets and securing sustainable conditions for EU citizens.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust: Innovative service evaluations Margaret Rioga from the School of Nursing and Allied Health is working with Dr Pras Ramluggan of Oxford Brookes University on two evaluation projects funded by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). The first evaluation considers the Trust’s One Community Group Projects. These projects were formed in 2018 to support adult service users recovering from a serious mental illness. The projects aim to develop tools and strategies to promote independence and autonomy to aid recovery, designed to build on the existing evidence base. This study will review the impact of the projects on the participants’ mental health and wellbeing. The second evaluation is a learning review to identify areas of good practice and to define the success criteria for a range of homelessness healthcare initiatives in Westminster. The Joint Homelessness Team (JHT) for Westminster forms part of a network of providers and third sector partners in Westminster and is commissioned to provide an integrated and flexible service for rough sleepers as a route out of homelessness and into mental health care. JHT completes street-facing mental health, housing and social care needs assessments, and then provides intensive care co-ordination and case management for those assessed to have eligible needs. In addition, CNWL has recently put in place a Homelessness Prevention Initiative, which identifies people early in the mental health pathway in order to ensure their needs are supported.
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people Funded by Go Higher West Yorkshire as part of the Office for Students UNICONNECT initiative, the research team will be investigating higher education opportunities for Gypsy Roma Traveller Young People in West Yorkshire. The research will be led by Professor Greenfields with colleagues from Northumbria University as well as NGOs Leeds GATE, the Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers (ACERT) and National Educational Opportunities Network (NEON).
Queen’s Nursing Institute: Homeless Health Professor Greenfields has been commissioned by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) to undertake an evaluation of their Homeless Health Programme. The Programme, joint funded by QNI and the Oak Foundation, supported the development of a specialist training network, resource bank and delivery of nurse-led homeless health grass-roots projects in England and Wales. The evaluation will be completed in partnership with specialist homeless health GP Dr Zana Khan, employed by University College London Faculty of Homeless Health.
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New PhD Awards
PhD student graduations September 2020 We give congratulations to all our Bucks students who have completed research degrees during 2020, we will have a dedicated celebration in july 2021 to recognise these achievements. Dr Marilyn McGowan was awarded a Professional Doctorate in Education for her thesis “How does the ethos of the school counselling service relate to the ethos of the host primary school? The Rainbow Room Narratives.” bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/18065/ Dr Anosha Madanjith Sirpath was awarded a Professional Doctorate in Nursing for her thesis “Perceptions and Experiences of Patients and Clinicians in Anal Cytology Screening and High Resolution Anoscopy: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study.” bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/18024/ Constanta Camelia Marinoiu was awarded an MPhil for her thesis “Carbon Storage in Kitchen Furniture: A Lifespan Analysis from Forest Products to People’s Attitudes.” bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/18095/
Dr Karen Harrison-White completed her Professional Doctorate in Education at Kings College London for her thesis “An investigation of student nurses’ experiences of learning within the Clinical Learning Environment.” bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18104/ Dr Russell Stone was awarded his PhD from the University of Birmingham for his thesis “Determinants of persuasion within electronic word of mouth messages in Facebook.”
Research Student Colloquium The research student conference took place in June and received the following presentations. Matthew Amoah “Wind implications on PV panels at Temperatures below the STC (25ºC)” Louisa Berry “Countering Radicalisation or State-Sponsored Surveillance. A Critical Review of Prevent” Wayne Palmer “You Should Only Die on the Battlefield”
We also give congratulations to our academic colleagues for their Doctoral success.
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Publishing special recognition Margaret Rioga School of Nursing and Allied Health Academic colleagues from the School of Nursing and Allied Health have partnered with Central Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) to publish ‘Living with Fear, Reflections on Covid-19’ This book takes you on a journey into the impact of Covid-19 from the perspectives of clinicians, therapists, nurses, student nurses, doctors, people with lived experience and academics. The concept of fear is the underlying thread weaving the book into one whole and it is a great mixture of academic and easy read pieces. Margaret Rioga Associate Professor said “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the following colleagues from our School who have written chapters for the book; Professor David Sines, Mary Mosoeunyane, David Rawcliffe, Kevin Acott, Sanj Nathoo, Brian Sheppard and Maggie Pratt. Mary, David, Kevin and I are part of the editorial team and we have worked collaboratively with Ade Odunlade, Divisional Director CNWL and Ryan Kemp, Head of Psychological Therapies CNWL to publish the book. A special thank you to Professor Sines who reviewed the book for us. We hope that you will enjoy the book and please do order a copy because it is a ‘must read’ for all of us who have gone through the Covid-19 pandemic.” All book proceeds will be donated to the CNWL charity which supports staff and service users within the Trust. Read more about this on the Bucks website bucks.ac.uk/ news/2020/september/living-with-feat-book-launch
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Conferences
People’s History? Radical Historiography and the Left in the 20th Century Dr Sofia Mali Senior Lecturer in Cultural theory, was invited to present her paper “Neo-national(ist) Histories: The product of European national museums’ alienated labour’” at the conference People’s History? Radical Historiography and the Left in the 20th Century. The event was organised and hosted by the School of History at the University of East Anglia in partnership with Socialist History journal and the Institute of Working-Class History, Chicago. Her paper discusses the way that current, neoliberal contexts feed into national museums’ curatorial work, and explores the reasons why today, curating in national museums is still ‘mystified’. In other words, why museum meaning is ideologically constructed, and why it adheres to dominant ideas, values and beliefs around the national history and identity of the country to which each national museum belongs. It explains ‘mystification’ as an effect and end result of power politics/relations and alienation.
John, Mariampillai (2020) Collaborative Provision Within UK Higher Education Motives, Tensions and Implications. In: 14th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 2nd - 4th March, Valencia Spain.bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/ id/eprint/18006/
Ramesh, Marasini (2020) Formulating sustainability policies for middle-and low-income countries A case study of Nepal. Proceedings of 5th SONEUK Conference. In: Promoting cultural change in engineering practices for the Development of Nepal: Learning from the UK. Proceedings of 5th SONEUK Conference, 27th April 2020, London.bucks.repository.guildhe. ac.uk/id/eprint/18055
Sofia, Mali (2020) Neo-national(ist) Histories The product of European national museums’ alienated labour. In: People’s History? Radical Historiography and the Left in the Twentieth Century, 15th February 2020, University of East Anglia. https://bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/ id/eprint/18025/
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New Publications Latest additions of all our publications can be found on Bucks repository: bucks.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/ Moody, Elaine, Martin-Misener, Ruth, Carrier, Jaimie, MacDonald, Marilyn, MacMillan, Kathleen and Axe, Sue (2020) The Educational Terrain of Preparing Registered Nurses to Prescribe: An Environmental Scan. Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.), 33 (2). pp. 54-66. ISSN 1910-622X Morse, Tracy, Luwe, Kondwani, Lungu, Kingsley, Chiwaula, Levison, Mulwafu, Wapulumuka, Buck, Lyndon, Harlow, Richard, Fagan, G Honor and McGuigan, Kevin (2020) A transdisciplinary methodology for introducing SODIS to rural communities in Malawi formative research findings. Integrated environmental assessment and management. ISSN 1551-3793 Ingle, Lee, Rigby, Alan, Brodie, David and Sandercock, Gavin (2020) Normative reference values for estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy British men and women. PLOS ONE, 15 (10). e0240099. ISSN 1932-6203 Chappell, Anne and Welsh, Elaine (2020) Resilience, Relationality, and Older People: The Importance of Intergenerationality. Sociological Research Online. 0-0. ISSN 1360-7804 Crawley, Greer (2020) A Scenographic Expedition: Working with Edwin Landseer’s Man Proposes, God Disposes’ special issue. Scenography and Art History. Crawley, Greer (2020) An Academic Publication About Artist Mariele Neudecker: The Practice, Ideas And Context of Her Works.
a Foundation for Strategic Educational Transformation. In: Evidence-Based Faculty Development Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration and Leadership . IGI Global, Hershey USA, pp. 20-41. ISBN 978 1 7998 2212 7 Senior,Rowena, Cleaver, Elizabeth, Queiros, Gilmar, King,Helen and Barnett, Kirstin (2020) Doctoral Apprenticeships and the “ladder of opportunity”. Emerald Insight. ISSN 1463-6697 Dutca, Ioan, Mather, Richard and Ioras, Florin (2020) Sampling trees to develop allometric biomass models: How does tree selection affect model prediction accuracy and precision? Ecological Indicators, 117. 0-0. ISSN 1470-160X Evangelatou, Aphrodite (2020) Konstantin Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov: tracing the two practitioners’ “lures” for emotional activation. Stanislavski Studies, 8. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2056-7790 Fryer, Nic and Conroy, Collette (2020) Rancière and Performance. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-4657-6 Lewis, Nathan A., Simpkin, Andrew J., Moseley, Sarah, Turner, Gareth, Homer, Mark, Redgrave, Ann, Pedlar, Charles R. and Burden, Richard (2020) Increased Oxidative Stress in Injured and Ill Elite International Olympic Rowers. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 15 (5). pp. 625-631. ISSN 1555-0265 Haroune, Valerie and King, Liz (2020) Factors contributing to parental ‘vaccine hesitancy’ for childhood immunisations. Nursing children and young people. ISSN 2046-2344
Crawley, Greer and O’Neill, Harriet (2020) A Dynamic Bipoloarity: The Royal Holloway Chapel Project, Scenography and Art History. In: Scenography and Art History. Performance Design and Visual Culture. Bloomsbury. (Submitted)
Lee-Price, Simon (2020) Q&A with Writer-Scholar Simon Lee-Price. Sirius Editorial.
Cleaver, Elizabeth, Mclinden, Mike, Lintern, Maxine and Birch, Andy (2020) The Enquiring University: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as
Nichols, Bill, Underwood, John and Hollings, Julie (2020) The Rapidly Changing NHS. Communication in the age of coronavirus. [Report]
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Lee-Price, Simon (2020) A Writer’s Work is Never Done. Sirius Editorial.
Drinkwater, Kenneth, Dagnall, Neil, OKeeffe, Ciaran, Ventola, Annalisa, Laythe, Brian, Massullo, Brandon, Caputo, Giovanni, Jawer, Michael and Houran, James (2020) Things That Go Bump In The Literature: An Environmental Appraisal of ‘Haunted Houses’. Conscious Research, 11 (1328). 0-0. ISSN 1664-1078 Lange, Rense, Houran, James, Sheridan, Lorraine, Dagnall, Neil, Drinkwater, Kenneth, OKeeffe, Ciaran and Laythe, Brian (2020) Haunted people syndrome revisited: empirical parallels between subjective paranormal episodes and group-stalking accounts. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1469-9737 Estévez-López, Fernando, Mudie, Kathleen, Wang-Steverding, Xia, Bakken, Inger Johanne, Ivanovs, Andrejs, Castro-Marrero, Jesús, Nacul, Luis, Alegre, Jose, Zalewski, Paweł, Słomko, Joanna, Strand, Elin Bolle, Pheby, Derek, Shikova, Evelina, Lorusso, Lorenzo, Capelli, Enrica, Sekulic, Slobodan, Scheibenbogen, Carmen, Sepúlveda, Nuno, Murovska, Modra and Lacerda, Eliana (2020) Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Burden of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Across Europe: Current Evidence and EUROMENE Research Recommendations for Epidemiology. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9 (5). e1557. ISSN 2077-0383 Mengshoel, Anne Marit, Helland, Ingrid Bergliot, Meeus, Mira, CastroMarrero, Jesus, Pheby, Derek and Bolle Strand, Elin (2020) Patients’ experiences and effects of nonpharmacological treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – a scoping mixed methods review. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 15 (01). p. 1764830. ISSN 1748-2631 Pheby, Derek F.H., Araja, Diana, Berkis, Uldis, Brenna, Elenka, Cullinan, John, de Korwin, Jean-Dominique, Gitto, Lara, Hughes, Dyfrig A, Hunter, Rachael M, Trepel, Dominic and Wang-Steverding, Xia (2020) The Development of a Consistent Europe-Wide Approach to
Investigating the Economic Impact of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS): A Report from the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE). Healthcare, 8 (2). e88. ISSN 2227-9032 Fletcher, Andrew and Mather, Richard (2020) Hypertemporal Imaging Capability of UAS Improves Photogrammetric Tree Canopy Models. Remote Sensing, 12 (8). p. 1238. ISSN 2072-4292 Nevin, Jonpaul (2020) The Anthropometric, Physiological, and Strength Related Determinants of Handcycling 15-km Time Trial Performance. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 0-0. ISSN 1555-0265 Nevin, Jonpaul and Smith, Paul (2020) The Relationship Between Absolute and Relative Upper Body Strength and Handcycling Performance Capabilities. The Relationship Between Absolute and Relative Upper Body Strength and Handcycling Performance Capabilities. ISSN 1555-0265 (In Press) Rehman, Fayyaz and Marasini, Ramesh (2020) Re-Design and Prototyping of an Electric Outboard Propulsive Leg using Additive Manufacturing Techniques. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7 (9). p. 35. ISSN 2395-0056 Odunlade, Ade, Rawcliffe, David, Acott, Kevin, Rioga, Margaret, Mosoeunyane, Mary, Kemp, Ryan, Murdoch, Claire, Sines, David and Doran, Robyn (2020) Living with Fear: Reflections on COVID-19. In: Living with Fear: Reflections on COVID-19. Independent Publishing Network. ISBN 978 1 8385 3603 9 Robertson, Julia M and Kingsley, Barbara E (2020) On the Face of It: Social Heuristics Are Mediated by Age and Sex, But Not by Faciometrics. OBM Geriatrics, 4 (2). 0-0. ISSN 2638-1311
Rogers, Carol (2020) Inclusion or Exclusion: UK education policy and Roma pupils. In: Social and Economic Vulnerability of Roma People - Key Factors for the Success and Continuity of Schooling. Level Springer. (In Press) Ikechukwu Nwanji, Tony, Howell, Kerry E., Faye, Sainey, Egbide, Ben Caleb, Otekunrin, Adegbola Olubukola, Lawal, Adedoyin Isola, Obadiaru, David and Eluyela, Damilola Felix (2020) The Role of Accounting Information for Effective Corporate Financial Reporting: A Case Study of Flour Mill of Nigeria. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7 (19). p. 671. ISSN 2394-5125
Warnock-Smith, David, Cameron, Derek and O’Connell, John F. (2020) Organisational Trust: a case Application In The Air Transport Sector. Transport Policy, 88. pp. 69-78. ISSN 0967070X Woodbridge, Philip, Konstantaki, Maria and Horgan, Gill (2020) Nutritional deficiencies in vegan runners: a comparison of actual versus recommended food intakes and dietary recommendations. British Journal of Nutrition, 3 (14). ISSN 0007-1145, 1475-2662
Madugba, Joseph U, Howell, Kerry E., Ikechukwu Nwanji, Tony, Faye, Sainey, Egbide, Ben-Caleb and Felix Eluyela, Damilola (2020) Audit Committee Quality and Financial reporting in Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. Asian Economic and Financial Review. ISSN 2305-2147 (In Press) Vincent, Lauren, Mulholland, Rosie and Timmons, Wendy (2020) The challenges of providing a quality certificated dance education within secondary schools – findings from a comparative study exploring the experiences of eight English and Scottish dance teachers. Research in Dance Education. ISSN 1470-1111 O’Connell, John F., Avellana, Raquel Martinez, Warnock-Smith, David and Efthymiou, Marina (2020) Evaluating drivers of profitability for airlines in Latin America: A case study of Copa Airlines. Journal of Air Transport Management, 84. p. 101727. ISSN 0969-6997 Shaw, Mark, Tiernan, Siobhan, O’Connell, John F., Warnock-Smith, David and Efthymiou, Marina (2020) Third Party Ancillary Revenues in the Airline Sector: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Air Transport Management. ISSN 09696997
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