Outputs (32)

Nature-based Solutions for Urban Biodiversity Governance (2020)
Journal Article
Xie, L., & Bulkeley, H. (2020). Nature-based Solutions for Urban Biodiversity Governance. Environmental Science and Policy, 110, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.04.002

In this paper, we examine how cities are working with nature-based solutions for biodiversity. Drawing on a sample of 199 nature-based solutions across Europe, we identify how cities work with nature-based solutions to conserve nature, restore nature... Read More about Nature-based Solutions for Urban Biodiversity Governance.

Estranged Students: (Widening) Participation Postcards (2020)
Digital Artefact
Singh, S. (., Taylor, Y., & Costa, C. (2020). Estranged Students: (Widening) Participation Postcards. [[Media unknown]]

The ‘Estranged Students’ project aims to understand the challenges faced by estranged students. Funded by the Carnegie Trust and the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), work is already informing policy, to ensure these students feel as... Read More about Estranged Students: (Widening) Participation Postcards.

Exploring rurality and ethnicity in globalised higher education: ideologies, intersections and narratives in doctoral research theses (2020)
Journal Article
Montgomery, C. (2020). Exploring rurality and ethnicity in globalised higher education: ideologies, intersections and narratives in doctoral research theses. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 50(7), 978-994. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2020.1756744

The concept of rurality is at the centre of complex geopolitical, geosocial and cultural debates and research which foregrounds the concept of rurality is scarce. This paper seeks alternative perspectives on rurality through a secondary analysis of i... Read More about Exploring rurality and ethnicity in globalised higher education: ideologies, intersections and narratives in doctoral research theses.

Diversity in complex systems: measuring parts of the distribution to the whole (2020)
Journal Article
Rajaram, R., & Castellani, B. (2020). Diversity in complex systems: measuring parts of the distribution to the whole. Journal of Physics Communications, 4(4), Article 045008. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ab8488

Despite the utility of the Hill numbers, measuring diversity within complex systems and complex datasets, particularly regarding parts of a distribution to the whole—that is, different portions of diversity types to the entire system or dataset—is a... Read More about Diversity in complex systems: measuring parts of the distribution to the whole.

Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of the National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England: qualitative study with service users, intervention providers and deliverers, commissioners and referrers (2020)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, A., Haste, A., Penn, L., Bell, R., Summerbell, C., White, M., …Sniehotta, F. (2020). Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of the National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England: qualitative study with service users, intervention providers and deliverers, commissioners and referrers. BMC Health Services Research, 20, Article 307. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05160-2

Background: The National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England, (NHS DPP) aims to identify people at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and offer them a face-to-face, group-based, behaviour change intervention for at least 9 months.... Read More about Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of the National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England: qualitative study with service users, intervention providers and deliverers, commissioners and referrers.

Obesity in young children and its relationship with diagnosis of asthma, vitamin D deficiency, iron deficiency, specific allergies and flat‐footedness: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Malden, S., Gillespie, J., Hughes, A., Gibson, A., Farooq, A., Martin, A., …Reilly, J. J. (2020). Obesity in young children and its relationship with diagnosis of asthma, vitamin D deficiency, iron deficiency, specific allergies and flat‐footedness: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews, 22(3), Article e13129. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13129

There is evidence that a number of medical conditions and co‐morbidities are associated with obesity in young children. This review explored whether there is evidence of associations with other conditions or co‐morbidities. Observational studies of y... Read More about Obesity in young children and its relationship with diagnosis of asthma, vitamin D deficiency, iron deficiency, specific allergies and flat‐footedness: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.

What guidance is there on portion size for feeding preschool-aged children (1 to 5 years) in the United Kingdom and Ireland? A systematic grey literature review (2020)
Journal Article
Porter, A., Kipping, R., Summerbell, C., Dobrescu, A., & Johnson, L. (2020). What guidance is there on portion size for feeding preschool-aged children (1 to 5 years) in the United Kingdom and Ireland? A systematic grey literature review. Obesity Reviews, 21(7), Article e13021. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13021

Large portion sizes of food can lead to excessive energy intake and weight gain in young children. Although portion size guidance is available, parents are often unaware it exists. Our systematic grey literature review aimed to identify the portion s... Read More about What guidance is there on portion size for feeding preschool-aged children (1 to 5 years) in the United Kingdom and Ireland? A systematic grey literature review.

The U.S. military is not sustainable (2020)
Journal Article
Belcher, O., Neimark, B., & Bigger, P. (2020). The U.S. military is not sustainable. Science, 367(6481), 989-990. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb1173

Edges and flows: Exploring legal materialities and biophysical politics of sea ice (2020)
Book Chapter
Steinberg, P., Kristoffersen, B., & Shake, K. (2020). Edges and flows: Exploring legal materialities and biophysical politics of sea ice. In I. Braverman, & E. Johnson (Eds.), Blue legalities : the law and life of the sea. Duke University Press

Development of online activities to support PGCE students’ academic writing (2020)
Journal Article
Sequera, J., Bruce, M., Gill, A., & Simpson, R. (2020). Development of online activities to support PGCE students’ academic writing. Practice and evidence of scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 14(1), 18-36

This article outlines a collaboration between the Foundation Centre and the Education PGCE department at Durham University to support student teachers on a particular academic writing assignment (the Self Directed Study assignment). This project invo... Read More about Development of online activities to support PGCE students’ academic writing.