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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 [...]
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The not so ‘secret’ lives of further education’s teacher educators…
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2023-07-19
by Roy Fisher and David Powell. Anja Swennen, a Dutch teacher educator and one of the editors of the European Journal of Teacher Education, told the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) conference in 2015 that ‘good teachers need good teacher educators.’ Who are these teachers of teachers? What constitutes a primary school teacher or a secondary school teacher is [...]
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Volume 8 of 'FIELDS: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research' is now live
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2022-05-19
We are excited to announce that the eighth volume of FIELDS: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research is now live and the content is available to read completely free online at https://www.fieldsjournal.org.uk/ Fields was developed to disseminate the very best of predominately undergraduate research, and this eighth volume presents student research on a wide array of topics from across the [...]
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Book review: 'From Mummers to Madness: A Social History of Popular Music in England, c.1770s to c.1970s'
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2022-05-11
Our title ‘Mummers to Madness’ has been reviewed by Dave Russell, the author of ‘Popular Music in England, 1840-1914. A Social History’ (1997, second edition). Dave has also published numerous essays and articles on the history of popular music and popular leisure.Although the ‘Madness’ in the title of this excellent new book clearly refers to the north London pop band, I could not help wondering [...]
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Author Spotlight - Measuring the relationship between workplace opportunities and motivation among women in the technology industry.
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-06-08
Huddersfield graduate Jess Murdoch was one of the students featured in the 7th edition of FIELDS, our open-access student research journal. We asked Jess for some insights into her article and research:The issue of gender imbalance is one that effects almost all industries but is particularly aggressive within tech. Just 14.4% of the overall science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) [...]
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Author Spotlight - Living with the mantle of the Strong Black Woman, in the face of adversity.
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-06-01
One of the students featured in our 7th Edition of FIELDS (our open-access student research journal) is Laura Pusey from the school of Human and Health Sciences, whose article analysed the mantle of 'the strong black woman'. We asked Laura for a short comment and summary of her work:Often mistakenly perceived as difficult and sassy diva’s; African-Caribbean women have long found themselves [...]
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Author Spotlight - To what extent do game design features impact children's engagement on digital education games?
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-06-01
We asked Huddersfield student Sidra Akram, from the School of Education and Professional Development to talk to us about their research and article in our 7th Edition of FIELDS. Read what Sidra had to say about this here:This study explores the extent to which game design features impact children’s engagement on digital education games (DEG’s). Research has highlighted that the topic of digital [...]
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Author Spotlight - SLOWcial Media: A practice based project exploring the alternatives to social media.
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-05-24
We asked Megan Gregory from the school of Art, Design and Architecture to talk to us about her article in FIELDS, our open-access student journal. Megan wrote about 'slowcial media' as an alternative to social media and the need to disconnect from being online.‘ROOT’, an exploration into the need for rebalancing of natural and digital lifestyles, challenging the human disconnect with nature. The [...]
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Author Spotlight - Combination treatment with migrastatic inhibitors to target brain tumour spread
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-05-20
We asked Hayley Butler from the School of Applied Sciences whose work is featured in our 2021 edition of FIELDS to talk to us about her research:My article proposed a novel treatment to target brain tumour spread and to prevent tumour reoccurrence after surgical resection. This is a highly devastating disease which can lead to mood disorders, seizures and alter personalities. [...]
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Author Spotlight - Investigating the Performance of Rail Steels
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-05-18
Daniel Woodhead from the School of Computing and Engineering is one of the students whose work is published in the 7th edition of FIELDS, our students research journal. We asked Daniel about his research and his article:This study focusses on aiding the understanding of how various material properties effect the different damage mechanisms of rail steels. This will support the future development [...]
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Author Spotlight - Calligraphic Architecture: Stroke to form, space and surface. How does Arabic Calligraphy influence the design process of Zaha Hadid in her creation of architectural forms?
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-05-17
Huddersfield literature student Hammad Haider published an article in the 2021 edition of Fields, our open access student research journal. We asked him to tell us about his research and his article.A design research article that aims to visually investigate the possible connection between Arabic Calligraphy and Architectural forms using the design process of Star Architect Zaha Hadid. The [...]
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Author Spotlight - The child’s perspective on what is the purpose of preschool
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-05-11
One of the students featured in our 2021 edition of FIELDS is Olivia Tumini from the School of Education and Professional Development. We asked Olivia to talk to her about her research:This article focuses on the child’s perspectives of their preschool provision. Examining how the child’s voice is recognised and facilitated within their Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). The 2017 Early [...]
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Author Spotlight - Analysing different aspects and dimensions of rebranding, what is the efficacy of urban rebranding strategies?
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-05-11
The 7th 2021 edition of FIELDS is now available for open access download in our journal section! One of the students featured is Stacey Baratt, who researched rebranding strategies and urban architecture. We asked Stacey to talk to us about her research:Over recent decades, the urban environment has transformed due to rapid global advancements in transportation and communication technology – [...]
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Author Spotlight - Speech presentation in newspapers: An empirical reader response
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-05-10
Huddersfield linguistics student Matthew Butler is one of the students whose work is being featured in our 7th edition of FIELDS; our student research journal. We asked him about this research and the aims of his research:The research I report on in this paper is primarily concerned with how readers perceive speech to be presented in newspapers. I became interested in how speech is presented in [...]
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New Book: The Political Economy of the Hospital in History
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2021-03-10
Our latest publication The Political Economy of the Hospital in History (Eds. Martin Gorsky, Margarita Vilar-Rodríguez and Jerònia Pons-Pons) examines the history of the hospital across different countries and times.As the healthcare sector has grown and developed so its costs have risen, with hospitals playing an essential role in healthcare and promoting economic activities and [...]
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