“This wall does more for mental health than the uni does”: Theorising Toilet Graffiti as a Safe House for Students
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (in press)
“This wall does more for mental health than the uni does”: Theorising Toilet Graffiti as a Safe House for Students. Innovative Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-024-09712-w
Despite sometimes being considered unworthy of scholarly attention, the study of toilet graffiti, also known as latrinalia, has nevertheless garnered increasing interest among...
Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory
Conference Proceeding
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Bratton, A. (2023)
Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory.
Degree apprentices have reported finding work-life-study balance challenging. This study uses the Theory of Conservation of Resources (COR) to investigate the resources invest...
“I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic.
Presentation / Conference
Ratz, S. (2023, December)
“I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic. Paper presented at International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) 2023, Nicosia, Cyprus
Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally
Book
Victoria, M. (Ed.)
(2022). Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
This book sheds light on the ‘unseen’ challenges encountered by qualitative researchers before, during and long after conducting their study. These issues, often shrouded in m...
Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students
Thesis
Ratz, S. (2022)
Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students. (Thesis). London Metropolitan University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2928619
This thesis investigates reflexivity and decision-making of language students by examining the interplay between what students care about (their multilingual ‘concerns’), and ...
What's in a Cake: Diversity, Inclusivity and Interculturality
Presentation / Conference
Victoria, M., & Smith, D. (2022, June)
What's in a Cake: Diversity, Inclusivity and Interculturality. Paper presented at Future Visualities: Visual Methods & Ethnography in Interdisciplinary Research, Edinburgh Napier University
Food, death and taxes have been claimed by anthropologists as some of the factors that are common to all human beings. Food is considered an important marker of identity and c...
Graffiti, Place and Society
Presentation / Conference
Victoria, M. (2022, May)
Graffiti, Place and Society. Paper presented at TBS Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University
‘DON’T KIL URSELF’. ‘ YOU SHALL OVERCOME.’ The impetus for this study comes from serendipitous encounters with certain types of graffiti around Edinburgh during the covid-19 ...
A Reflective Case Study on using Team Academy principles to integrate a university-based business incubator service into the mainstream curriculum
Book Chapter
Wu, W., Tan, H., & Miller Judd, P. (2022)
A Reflective Case Study on using Team Academy principles to integrate a university-based business incubator service into the mainstream curriculum. In B. Urzelai, & E. Vettraino (Eds.), Team Academy in Diverse Settings. (1). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003163176
The fast-changing world requires graduates equipped with the entrepreneurial skills necessary to solve real-world challenges. University based business incubators have largely...
Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law
Presentation / Conference
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019, October)
Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law. Presented at Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law, Edinburgh
Three funded workshops celebrating the work of the Scottish Parliament in the field of Child and Family Law. I co-organised and co-chaired each of the three day-long workshop...
Giving a voice to students & early career researchers in international science policy and diplomacy in the post-truth era
Other
Kerr, G., & Mauduit, J. (2019)
Giving a voice to students & early career researchers in international science policy and diplomacy in the post-truth era. https://blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogger/giving-a-voice-to-students-and-researchers-in-international-science-policy-and-diplomacy