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The role of formative ‘low-stakes’ assessment in supporting non-traditional students’ retention and progression in higher education: student perspectives

Journal Article
Sambell, K., & Hubbard, A. (2004)
The role of formative ‘low-stakes’ assessment in supporting non-traditional students’ retention and progression in higher education: student perspectives. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 6(2), 25-36
There is little doubt that strategies to widen participation in UK higher education are having a significant impact on institutions, curricula and staff (Collins & Lim, 2002)....

Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers

Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2004)
Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers. Lion and the Unicorn, 28(2), 247-261
The comic narrative strategies that Reeve uses in Mortal Engines set it apart from the bulk of deeply serious, starkly pessimistic science fiction for young readers. Sambell i...

Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people

Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2003)
Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people. Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, 88(2), 33-44
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What do parents feel they need? Implications of parents' perspectives for the facilitation of parenting programmes

Journal Article
Miller, S., & Sambell, K. (2003)
What do parents feel they need? Implications of parents' perspectives for the facilitation of parenting programmes. Children & Society, 17(1), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1002/chi.726
This paper is based upon in-depth interview studies with a range of parents and explores their beliefs, expectations and experiences of parenting support. Three dominant ways ...

Contemporary issues in childhood : approaches to teaching and learning

Book
Sambell, K. & Miller, S. (Eds.)
(2002). Contemporary issues in childhood : approaches to teaching and learning. ISBN 1904794009
Contemporary issues in childhood : approaches to teaching and learning takes a contemporary and in-depth look at the teaching of humanities where children and their world s ar...

Presenting the case for social change: the creative dilemma of dystopian writing for children

Book
Sambell, K. (2002)
Presenting the case for social change: the creative dilemma of dystopian writing for children. In Hintz, C. & Ostry, E. (Eds.). Utopian and dystopian fiction for children and youth, 163-178. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). ISBN 9780415940177, 9780415803649
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Debates in Skills development: world bank study on vocational skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa - a working group review.

Report
Caddell, M. & Holmes, K. P. (2002)
Debates in Skills development: world bank study on vocational skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa - a working group review. Edinburgh, Scotland: Working Group for International Cooperation in Skills Development

Assessment strategies to encourage partnership: students’ perspectives of the value of self and peer assessment in the development of written communication

Conference Proceeding
Johnson, R., & Sambell, K. (2000)
Assessment strategies to encourage partnership: students’ perspectives of the value of self and peer assessment in the development of written communication. In M. Graal, & R. Clark (Eds.), Writing development in higher education : partnerships across the curriculum :: proceedings of the 6th annual Writing Development in Higher Education Conference
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Towards a productive assessment practice : staff development guides

Book
Sambell, K., & The Assessment & the Expanded Text consortium, . (2000)
Towards a productive assessment practice : staff development guides. Northumbria University
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Learning from virtual experience: experiential learning mediated by information and communication technologies

Conference Proceeding
McDowell, L., Sambell, K. & Marples, G. (2000)
Learning from virtual experience: experiential learning mediated by information and communication technologies. In Rust, C. (Ed.). Improving student learning. Improving student learning strategically : proceedings of the 2000 8th international symposium /, 337-347. ISBN 1873576668, 9781873576663
No abstract available.
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The role of interactive technology in the co-creation of experience in Scottish visitor attractions

2014 - 2019
" As a sector that is reliant on the creation and management of memorable experiences, visitor attrac...
Dr Ellis Urquhart | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Dr Ivana Rihova

The potential for 'green' fiscal policy measures to influence individuals' vehicle purchasing decisions in Scotland

2009 - 2015
This research focuses upon measures targeting individuals’ future vehicle purchasing ...
Dr Sarah Borthwick Saddler | Director of Studies: Michael Carreno | Second Supervisor: Kevin Cullinane

Adult learning: Towards a framework for participation

2008 - 2014
This thesis explores participation in adult learning and focuses upon three key areas of interest: reasons for participation, the challenges of par...
Dr Lesley McLean | Director of Studies: Dr Monika Foster | Second Supervisor: Prof Anne Munro

The development of a hybrid racking panel

2007 - 2013
Throughout the U.K, Timber Platform Frame is increasingly being utilized in the high volume, low cost housing market. Here, the client’s desire for full...
Dr Kenneth Leitch | Director of Studies: Prof Robert Hairstans | Second Supervisor: Dr Jack Porteous

Investigation of Maintaining Nasogastric Feeding for Stroke Patients: A Mixed Methods Design

2004 - 2009
Explored the opinions of staff, patients and relatives concerning the ‘acceptability’ and ‘effectiveness’ of...
Dr Catherine Mahoney | Director of Studies: Dr Maureen Macmillan | Second Supervisor: Beth Alder

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Dr Kulpa organises a gender & sexuality-focused event to celebrate inclusive queer-feminist politics across the month of March 2024.

6 March 2024
Dr Kulpa organises an inclusive queer-feminist event celebrating our diverse lives and work across Edinburgh Napier University.

Dr Kulpa invited at the "Go West!" Die Idee des "Westens" in bildungshistorischer Perspektive, University of Münster

15 December 2022
Dr Kulpa spoke about "Post-Enlightenment: Can We Go Beyond Occidentalist Epistemologies and Geo-Politics in Queer Studies?" as part of the "Go West! Conceptual Explorations of “The West” in History of...

Dr Kulpa lunches project: ‘RESIST. Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics’

30 September 2022
Dr Roberto Kulpa with colleagues form 9 European organisations launches “Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics (RESIST)” research consortium ai...

Dr Kulpa invited to Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Leipzig, Germany.

31 May 2022
Dr Kulpa spoke about "Thinking About the Geo-politics of Knowledge Production: Non-anglophone Epistemologies in/of Queer Studies" at Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GW...

Dr Kulpa invited to speak on "Queer Politics of Post-Enlightenment" at Lund University

1 December 2021
The talk reflected on the contemporary queer studies and the geo-temporal ‘unsettlement’ of Central and Eastern Europe in the occidental (and occidentalist) imaginary.

Student nurses stage play on woman in mental health crisis

3 November 2017
Student nurses at Edinburgh Napier University are staging a play based on the traumatic experiences of a young woman in mental health crisis to highlight the importance of bringing health and social c...