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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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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 - 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 - 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 - 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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Author Spotlight: Morphological properties of hair and their variation when subjected to oxidation via chemical bleaching
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2020-05-29
Another article in our latest edition of Fields, our open access student research journal was written by Raeesah Ismat Saddiq. Her article address the issues surrounding hair analysis and hair bleaching. We asked her to tell us about her research, his article and his experiences.My final year MSc project focussed on how hair analysis (particularly in cases of drug testing) can be inaccurate when [...]
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Author Spotlight:An investigation to determine how the introduction of outdoor education supports learning in Key Stage One
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2020-05-26
Another article in our latest edition of Fields, our open access student research journal was written by Emily Hooson. Her article address the currently relevant issues surrounding teaching and learning practices. We asked her to tell us about her research, his article and his experiences. This journal article offers an insight to how an effective outdoor environment in education impacts [...]
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Author Spotlight: UK SMEs and business students: An investigation into the perceptions of employability for entry-level positions in SMEs
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2020-05-22
Huddersfield student Thomas Shaw published an article in the 2020 edition of Fields, our open access student research journal. We asked him to tell us about his research, his article and his experiences. My research area focused on a comparison of perceptions of Employability between Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Undergraduate Business students.The article evaluates thoughts of [...]
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Author Spotlight: An empire of glass: Cracks in the foundations of Kipling's India
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2020-05-18
Huddersfield literature student Aaisha Raja published an article in the 2020 edition of Fields, our open access student research journal. We asked her to tell us about her research and her article. Rudyard Kipling’s Kim is a novel that attempts to reconcile Kipling’s love for India and his knowledge that his presence was undesired. He fabricates an idealised fantasy of colonial India—one that [...]
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Author Spotlight: Celebrating the individuality of young children: Participatory assessment through child-led imaginary play in Reception Class
Posted by Huddersfield Press on 2020-05-15
Huddersfield student Sally Bee-Booth published an article in the sixth issue of our student research journal Fields. We asked her to write a short overview of her research.The government’s increased emphasis on numeracy and literacy assessment in reception class is extremely worrying as it risks failing to celebrate all children, in all their varied strengths and abilities, as being equally [...]
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Fields: journal of Huddersfield student research is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals
Posted by Dawn Cockcroft on 2019-10-15
We are very excited to announce that, following the successful submission of 4 journals to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) earlier this year, we have now had the Fields journal accepted too, bringing our total to 5 journals indexed in DOAJ! We are very proud of this, showing that Fields: journal of Huddersfield student research publishes high quality research using a [...]
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