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Author discussion: 'Maths & Music'

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2024-07-16

Author Julia Winterson discusses the latest publication from the University of Huddersfield Press, 'Maths & Music': This book on mathematics and music is aimed at a wide audience from musicologists to mathematicians as well as those simply interested in maths-inspired music. In all, the book covers over 200 pieces of music ranging from classical symphonies to electronic dance music with [...]

Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research Vol. 11 Open for Submissions

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2024-03-20

Calling all final year undergraduate students! Volume 11 of Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research is now open for submissions. Each year Fields showcases outstanding student work from across the University by giving final year students the chance to publish their dissertations or final year projects as a journal article or practice-based output (e.g. a poetry collection, music [...]

International Women's Day Article Collection

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2024-02-20

To mark International Women's Day on 8 March, we've curated this collection of six articles from across our journals, highlighting the diverse experiences of women across the world and the past, present, and future challenges we face as we strive towards gender equality.Quality of care in maternal and neonatal health in Jumla, rural Nepal: Women’s perspective | Pasang TamangWomen’s [...]

International Day of Education 2024

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2024-01-17

To celebrate International Day of Education on 24 January we’ve put together a collection of five articles from across our journals showcasing innovative approaches to research in childhood and adult education. An investigation to determine how the introduction of outdoor education supports learning in Key Stage One | Emily Hooson This study focuses [...]

Open Institutional Publishing Association

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-10-10

We are pleased to announce that we are now a member of the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA). This group is a community of practice for publishing operations affiliated with institutions which are striving for open access, from small and medium-sized university presses to individuals based within university libraries working on scholarly journals. The association offers a new [...]

First PGR edition of Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-10-02

We’re delighted to announce the publication of the first PGR edition of Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research. The volume, edited by Psychology PhD student Louisa Peters and Dean of the Graduate School Monty Adkins, draws on research presented at the 2022 PGR Conference on ‘Recovery and Resilience’ and includes 7 papers from postgraduate researchers working across the [...]

British Journal of Pharmacy accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-08-02

We're delighted to announce that the British Journal of Pharmacy is the latest University of Huddersfield Press journal to have been accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). DOAJ is a global open access index and a gold standard for open access publishing and we're very happy that the high quality articles published in the British Journal of Pharmacy will now be [...]

Author Spotlight - Grassroot responses from the Black community towards the race riots of the 1980s

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-07-25

One of the students whose work was published in our 9th edition of Fields was Marva Bibi from the School of Arts and Humanities.We asked Marva to tell us a bit more about the research below and you can read the full article here:"My research provides agency to the Black community to articulate their rightful lived experiences, emotions, and perceptions of the 1980s race riots [...]

Author Spotlight - Moral transgressions against Victorian society in the tragic plays of Oscar Wilde

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-07-25

One of the students whose work was published in our 9th edition of Fields was Qurratulain Javid from the School of Arts and Humanities.We asked Qurratulain to tell us a bit more about the research below and you can read the full article here:"Oscar Wilde’s reputation as a scandalous celebrity was enough to destroy his role as one of the most prolific writers of the [...]

Author Spotlight - Can ensuring that people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) have effective education reduce the risk of incarceration?

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-07-25

One of the students whose work was published in our 9th edition of Fields was Claudia Quintans Costa from the School of Human and Health Sciences.We asked Claudia to tell us a bit more about the research below and you can read the full article here:"The world is already hard to navigate as it is, but that paired up with a disability and society’s general disinterest in [...]

Author Spotlight - Over to you: Lonely professionals and the Thinking Environment

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-07-25

One of the students whose work was published in our 9th edition of Fields was Amber Frankland from the School of Education and Professional Development.We asked Amber to tell us a bit more about the research below and you can read the full article here:"In March 2020, a virtual community of practice was created for Further Education practitioners from across the UK to meet and [...]

Author Spotlight - How architecture expresses character traits in Middle Earth: Analysing the Great Dwarven Cities of Moria & Erebor

Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-07-25

One of the students whose work was published in our 9th edition of Fields was Nadim Rana Afzal from the school of Arts and Humanities.We asked Nadim to tell us a bit more about the research below and you can read the full article here:"This article is an exploration of architecture and design through J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth, answering questions regarding character traits and [...]