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Student communications: a review of current practices and scoping a new vision

Shaw, J. and Gilani, D. 2025. Student communications: a review of current practices and scoping a new vision. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2024.2449395

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The agentic belonging workshop: a quasi-experimental evaluation of a social belonging intervention in two English universities

Gilani, D., McArthur, D. and Thomas, L. 2024. The agentic belonging workshop: a quasi-experimental evaluation of a social belonging intervention in two English universities. Student Success. https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.3667

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The form of AI-driven luxury: how generative AI (GAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming the creative process

Pantano, E., Serravalle, F. and Priporas, C. 2024. The form of AI-driven luxury: how generative AI (GAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming the creative process. Journal of Marketing Management. 40 (17-18), pp. 1771-1790. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.2024.2436096

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The promise and limitations of student belonging as a predictor of retention

Gilani, D., McArthur, D. and Thomas, L. 2024. The promise and limitations of student belonging as a predictor of retention. Trends in Higher Education. 3 (4), pp. 993-1016. https://doi.org/10.3390/higheredu3040058

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Autoethnography, storytelling and Lego® Serious Play®: embracing the subjectivity of practice to engage students within academic librarianship

Wheeler, A. 2024. Autoethnography, storytelling and Lego® Serious Play®: embracing the subjectivity of practice to engage students within academic librarianship. Legal Information Management. 24 (2), pp. 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669624000239

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How to better understand students’ sense of belonging

Gilani, D. and Connor, S. 2024. How to better understand students’ sense of belonging. Wonkhe.

Blog

Belonging Research Project: an analysis of innovative methodologies

Connor, S., Gilani, D., Cojocaru, C., Heron, E., Parkin, H., Thomas, L, May, M. and O'Connor, R. 2024. Belonging Research Project: an analysis of innovative methodologies. National Teaching Repository. https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.27248700.v2

Project report

Oracy for global learning

Loukopoulou, K. 2024. Oracy for global learning. Middlesex University Annual Teaching and Learning Conference 2024: Transnational Education. Dubai, UAE 11 - 11 Sep 2024

Conference item

The hidden labour of digital capitalism: changes, continuities, critical issues

Pizzolato, N. 2024. The hidden labour of digital capitalism: changes, continuities, critical issues. International Review of Social History. 69 (2), pp. 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020859024000336

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EDI and postgraduate research: report on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion review of postgraduate research at Middlesex University

Pizzolato, N., Saini, R., Stumbitz, B. and Sotiropoulou, P. 2024. EDI and postgraduate research: report on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion review of postgraduate research at Middlesex University. Middlesex University. https://doi.org/10.60528/1qw7q5

Project report

Revised approach for the calculation of groundwater flooding annual average damages: establishing a probability-based relationship for groundwater flooding

Viavattene, C., Hardman, D., Penning-Rowsell, E., Morris, J., Chatterton, J., Parker, D. and Priest, S. 2024. Revised approach for the calculation of groundwater flooding annual average damages: establishing a probability-based relationship for groundwater flooding. Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University.

Project report

Can you credit it? Towards a process for ascribing credit to apprenticeships in England

Bravenboer, D., Crawford-Lee, M. and Dunn, C. 2024. Can you credit it? Towards a process for ascribing credit to apprenticeships in England. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-09-2023-0255

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Book Review: The Impact of a sense of belonging in college: Implications for student persistence, retention and success by Bentrim, E. M., and Henning, G. W.

Gilani, D. 2024. Book Review: The Impact of a sense of belonging in college: Implications for student persistence, retention and success by Bentrim, E. M., and Henning, G. W. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/15210251241268868

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Challenging simplistic and deficit perceptions of belonging amongst historically underrepresented students

Gilani, D. 2024. Challenging simplistic and deficit perceptions of belonging amongst historically underrepresented students. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal. 5 (3), pp. 17-24.

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Leading engagement and learning in, out and between digital and non-digital interactions

Scollan, A. and Farini, F. 2024. Leading engagement and learning in, out and between digital and non-digital interactions. in: Guarcello, E. and Longo, A. (ed.) School children and the challenge of managing AI technologies: fostering a critical relationship through aesthetic experiences London, UK Taylor & Francis (Routledge).

Book chapter

How do childhood and children's rights mean what they mean? Innovating the debate around the social semantics of childhood and children's rights through an interdisciplinary approach

Farini, F. and Scollan, A. 2024. How do childhood and children's rights mean what they mean? Innovating the debate around the social semantics of childhood and children's rights through an interdisciplinary approach. Children & Society. 38 (6), pp. 2022-2035. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12865

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Student attitudes and preferences towards communications from their university – a meta-analysis of student communications research within UK higher education institutions

Gilani, D. 2024. Student attitudes and preferences towards communications from their university – a meta-analysis of student communications research within UK higher education institutions. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 46 (3), pp. 274-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2344234

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Introduction: Gender and work in twentieth-century Italy: new approaches

Bracke, M.A., Favretto, I. and Pizzolato, N. 2024. Introduction: Gender and work in twentieth-century Italy: new approaches. Modern Italy. https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2024.7

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Digital transformation: A multidisciplinary perspective and future research agenda

Paul, J., Ueno, A., Dennis, C., Alamanos, E., Curtis, L., Foroudi, P., Kacprzak, A., Kunz, W.H., Liu, J., Marvi, R., Nair, S., Ozdemir, O., Pantano, E., Papadopoulos, T., Petit, O., Tyagi, S. and Wirtz, J. 2024. Digital transformation: A multidisciplinary perspective and future research agenda. International Journal of Consumer Studies. 48 (2). https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.13015

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Constructing debt: discursive and material strategies of labour coercion in the U.S. South, 1903-1964

Pizzolato, N. 2024. Constructing debt: discursive and material strategies of labour coercion in the U.S. South, 1903-1964. in: Batista, A., Müller, V. and Peres, C. (ed.) Coercion and Wage Labor: Exploring Work Relations through History and Art UCL Press. pp. 275-300

Book chapter

Facilitating narratives of cultural identity in the classroom

Farini, F., Baraldi, C. and Scollan, A. 2024. Facilitating narratives of cultural identity in the classroom. in: Race, R. (ed.) Evolving Dialogues in Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education Milton Keynes Open University Press.

Book chapter

Reconceptualising the factory as plant-ation: Black radicalism and the politics of history in a Detroit automobile plant

Pizzolato, N. 2024. Reconceptualising the factory as plant-ation: Black radicalism and the politics of history in a Detroit automobile plant. Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory. https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206x-bja10062

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"That's bang out of order, mate!": Gendered and racialized micro‐practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools

Śliwa, M., Gordon, L., Mason, K. and Beech, N. 2024. "That's bang out of order, mate!": Gendered and racialized micro‐practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools. Gender, Work and Organization. 31 (5), pp. 1852-1872. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12920

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L&T Chat Show S3E4: Alan Wheeler on evaluating learning gain through Lego Serious Play

Wheeler, A. 2023. L&T Chat Show S3E4: Alan Wheeler on evaluating learning gain through Lego Serious Play. Spotify

Digital or visual media

Pedagogical innovation for children’s agency in the classroom: building knowledge together

Farini, F. and Scollan, A. 2023. Pedagogical innovation for children’s agency in the classroom: building knowledge together. Palgrave Macmillan.

Authored Book

The outcomes of an international Research Project. Horizon2020 Child-UP

Farini, F. and Scollan, A. 2022. The outcomes of an international Research Project. Horizon2020 Child-UP. Horizon2020 Child-UP Final international conference. Centre La Vallée, Brussels

Conference item

The discourses on children’s right of self-determination. Early Childhood Education and the positioning of children as agents in their own (and adults') learning

Scollan, A. and Farini, F. 2022. The discourses on children’s right of self-determination. Early Childhood Education and the positioning of children as agents in their own (and adults') learning. WERA International Research Network. University of Swansea 10 May 2022

Conference keynote

Innovating the concept of trust to research the positioning of Children with Migrant Background in education

Farini, F. and Scollan, A. 2022. Innovating the concept of trust to research the positioning of Children with Migrant Background in education. European Sociological Association Mid-term Conference. University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness

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Between marginalisation and agency. Primary school teachers’ narratives in London and the position of children with migrant backgrounds

Farini, F. and Scollan, A. 2021. Between marginalisation and agency. Primary school teachers’ narratives in London and the position of children with migrant backgrounds. Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny = Migration Studies Review of Polish Diaspora. 182 (4), pp. 79-96. https://doi.org/10.4467/25444972SMPP.21.053.14806

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This is my truth, tell me yours. Positioning children as authors of knowledge through facilitation of narratives in dialogic interactions

Farini, F., Baraldi, C. and Scollan, A. 2023. This is my truth, tell me yours. Positioning children as authors of knowledge through facilitation of narratives in dialogic interactions. Practice: Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education. 5 (1), pp. 4-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/25783858.2023.2177185

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Mapping UX: the Cultural Web and cultural change

Clover, D. 2023. Mapping UX: the Cultural Web and cultural change. in: Priestner, A. (ed.) User Experience in Libraries: Yearbook 2023 Lincolnshire User Experience in Libraries. pp. 207-212

Book chapter

Inclusive or exclusive? Investigating how retail technology can reduce old consumers’ barriers to shopping

Pantano, E., Viassone, M., Boardman, R. and Dennis, C. 2022. Inclusive or exclusive? Investigating how retail technology can reduce old consumers’ barriers to shopping. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. 68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2022.103074

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