Diversity and inclusion in UK Higher Education: staff perspectives on institutional representations and their reality
Journal Article
Richards, K., Pilcher, N., Galbrun, L., Forster, A., & Richards, J. (2023)
Diversity and inclusion in UK Higher Education: staff perspectives on institutional representations and their reality. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 28(4), 647-669. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2023.2253654
This paper examines staff perspectives on institutional representations of a range of areas of diversity and inclusion in a key post-compulsory education sector: that of UK Hi...
'Qualitative' and 'quantitative' methods and approaches across subject fields: implications for research values, assumptions, and practices
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Pilcher, N., & Cortazzi, M. (2024)
'Qualitative' and 'quantitative' methods and approaches across subject fields: implications for research values, assumptions, and practices. Quality and Quantity, 58, 2357-2387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-023-01734-4
There is considerable literature showing the complexity, connectivity and blurring of 'qualitative' and 'quantitative' methods in research. Yet these concepts are often repres...
Political and technical complexities of electronic toll collection: Lessons from Taiwan
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Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2022)
Political and technical complexities of electronic toll collection: Lessons from Taiwan. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10(1), 444-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.01.005
Traditional manual toll collection (MTC) imposes a significant queue length near toll plazas and results in road users delay (travel time loss), administration, fuel consumpti...
Estimating the emissions potential of marine transportation using the Kra Canal
Journal Article
Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2022)
Estimating the emissions potential of marine transportation using the Kra Canal. Maritime Transport Research, 3, 100041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2021.100041
The Panama and Suez canals greatly reduced pollutant emissions from shipping through much reduced sailing distances. Another possible future canal is across the Kra isthmus in...
Ethanol-driven building fungus colonisation: “Whisky Black” in urban built environments
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Craig, N., Pilcher, N., Forster, A. M., & Kennedy, C. (in press)
Ethanol-driven building fungus colonisation: “Whisky Black” in urban built environments. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-05-2021-0079
Purpose
The spirits industry is a major economic contributor worldwide, often requiring years of maturation in barrels that is associated with significant release of ethanol i...
Scotland’s History of Animation: An Exploratory Account of the Key Figures and Influential Events
Journal Article
Mortimer, J., Pilcher, N., & Richards, K. (2021)
Scotland’s History of Animation: An Exploratory Account of the Key Figures and Influential Events. Animation, 16(3), 190-206. https://doi.org/10.1177/17468477211052598
Scotland’s history of animation is a forgotten past accomplishment in the animation/VFX sector, with key influential animation professionals having had an impact both at home ...
Examining the opportunities and challenges of the Kra Canal: a PESTELE/SWOT analysis
Journal Article
Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2022)
Examining the opportunities and challenges of the Kra Canal: a PESTELE/SWOT analysis. Maritime Business Review, 7(2), 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1108/mabr-02-2021-0011
Purpose – Much literature considers future impacts of the Kra Canal on shipping times and on individual countries. In this paper, the authors consider the maritime business po...
Piracy defense strategies for shipping companies and ships: A mixed empirical approach
Journal Article
Tseng, P., Her, Z., & Pilcher, N. (2021)
Piracy defense strategies for shipping companies and ships: A mixed empirical approach. Maritime Transport Research, 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2021.100020
Piracy attacks constitute a serious threat against which ships must be ready to defend themselves, particularly given the financial, political and logistical challenges involv...
Dealing with the Competition of English-language Export Editions: Voices from the Dutch Trade Book Market
Journal Article
Trentacosti, G., & Pilcher, N. (2021)
Dealing with the Competition of English-language Export Editions: Voices from the Dutch Trade Book Market. Publishing Research Quarterly, 37, 278-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-021-09798-6
This project explores the responses of the Dutch trade book market to the ever-increasing influx of Anglophone publications. Based on in-depth interviews (n = 42) carried out ...
Study Skills: neoliberalism’s perfect Tinkerbell
Journal Article
Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (in press)
Study Skills: neoliberalism’s perfect Tinkerbell. Teaching in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1839745
We argue that current approaches to Study Skills support are presented as being a panacea for resolving the issues presented by neoliberal approaches to educational expansion....