Collaboration between Edge Hill University and EMODnet Geology enhances understanding of coastal hazards and paves the way for sustainable coastal management in Europe. Edge Hill University (EHU) has made a significant contribution to the field of coastal management, as part of its collaboration with the European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODnet) Geology consortium. This work,…

Dr Dean Wilkinson is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, with an interest in how people can live improved lives. He has extensive experience of evaluation work in the criminal justice settings and has previously made use of large data sets to explore the relationship between specific variables.   Dean can help you with setting up data monitoring,…

Hannah Farrell and Karen Boardman Hannah, TSK Headteacher, has worked with architects, internal and external design teams and Karen Boardman, Head of Department, Early Years Education, as part of a knowledge exchange project together with British School of Kuwait and Edge Hill University. The Sunshine Kindergarten (TSK) provides early education for 260 children in their…

Dr Anna Mariguddi, Learning and Teaching Fellow, Senior Lecturer in Education (Music), Edge Hill University This is a question which has bothered me for some time, in the context of Higher Education. As a Learning and Teaching Fellow at the University, it is something that I now feel brave enough to explore and unpick. Informal…

Dr Karen Boardman and Hannah Farrell In our field of early years education, we talk at length about meaningful, authentic context within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (DfE 2023). Enabling environments, warm relationships, and plenty of time for talking about our experiences are some of the key aspects in supporting very young children with…

Delta Wright The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown have highlighted the need for crisis management in higher education. Crisis management in the form of crisis planning and the use of existing crisis management models to understand how crises occur and how they can help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) mitigate against damages (Karlsson & Offord, 2023; Spais…

Gavin Davenport Imagine what a 6-year-old thinks when they are first told that a computer program contains ‘bugs’. Their eyes widen, connections are made, and their imagination paints a picture of what is happening inside that black box. “My computer stopped working ‘cause it’s full of bugs!!” A lot of work has taken place in…

Anna Grey Many people struggle to get across the full range what their job involves but, on the whole, saying you are a nurse, lecturer or an accountant at least has people nodding as they have at least heard of them. When I say I work as a University Research Director, I get a quizzical…

Christina Blakey, Head of Knowledge Exchange Office For those in the Knowledge Exchange field within academia, one of the key dates in the calendar is the publication of the National Centre for University and Business (NCUB) Report on the State of the Relationship.  This annual report examines the interactions between businesses and universities in the…

Rachel Marsden Friday’s Child I’m sure we’ve all heard the nursery rhyme, ‘Monday’s Child is Full of Grace…’. I’d like to take a moment to reflect on Friday’s Child, who, according to the pseudo-prophetic poem, is ‘loving and giving’. This innocent nursery rhyme highlights an age-old issue that has only come to the fore in…