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Tomato Trail: Tracking Food Loss and Food Waste in Madhya Pradesh
Authors: Lamba Shweta , Singh Ruchika , Anand Shaurabh
Published: October 2024

This working paper presents insights on food loss and food waste (FLFW) in the tomato supply chain in Madhya Pradesh. The latest estimates from a study undertaken by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) indicate that fruits and vegetables incur highest postharvest losses in India. Tomato incurs the second highest postharvest losses (11.61 percent), after Guava (15 percent) (NABCONS 2022). Tomatoes are also one of the important crops in the country due to their high nutritional, economic value to farmers and consumers, and their role in the local cuisines. This study has assessed FLFW across the tomato supply chain, identifying the critical loss points, key causes and drivers, role of gender and social inclusion, and potential solutions for reducing FLFW. It also looked at the role of energy and energy access in reducing FLFW.
Духовная преемственность в женских монастырях Санкт-Петербургской епархии XIX — начала XX вв.
Authors: З.А. Феоктистова
Published: October 2024

В процессе трансформации женских монастырей из особножительных в общежительные существенным было влияние старцев-подвижников мужских монастырей. Принятие общежительных начал организации монастырской жизни коснулся всех петербургских женских обителей, как ранее существовавших, так и вновь образованных. В статье раскрывается тема духовной преемственности, показывается личное наставничество старцев-делателей непрестанной Иисусовой молитвы, учивших насельниц женских монастырей практике откровения помыслов, добродетели послушания и церковного благочестия. Тема раскрыта на примере личностей игумений женских монастырей, находившихся в XIX — начале XX вв. на территории современной С.‑ Петербургской епархии, и их духовных отцов. Указаны аскетические воззрения старцев и основные формы попечения старцев о женских монастырях. Делаются выводы о едином духовном пространстве русского монашества в XIX — начале XX вв., созидаемом через личное общение носителей самобытной русской традиции монашества, обогащенной святоотеческим учением о старчестве.

In the process of transforming women’s monasteries from special to cenobitic ones, the influence of the elders-ascetics of the men’s monasteries was significant. The adoption of communal principles for the organization of monastic life affected all St. Petersburg convents, both previously existing and newly formed. The article reveals the topic of spiritual continuity, showing the personal mentoring of the elders who did the unceasing Jesus Prayer, who taught the nuns of convents the practice of revelation of thoughts, the virtue of obedience and church piety. The topic is explored using the example of the personalities of the abbess of convents located in the 19th — early 20th centuries on the territory of the modern St. Petersburg diocese, and their spiritual fathers. The ascetic views of the elders and the main forms of care of the elders for women’s monasteries are indicated. Conclusions are drawn about the unified spiritual space of Russian monasticism in the 19th — early 20th centuries, created through personal communication between bearers of the original Russian tradition of monasticism, enriched by the patristic teaching on eldership.
The Role of Digital Accounting for SMEs in Facing Business Challenges in the Digital Era
Authors: Badria Nuril , Hasanah Naimatul
Published: October 2024

Research Aims: This research aims to analyze the role of digital accounting in increasing operational efficiency and to examine how digital accounting supports MSMEs in adapting to the challenges of the digital era.
Design/methodology/approach: The research employed direct observation and interviews with MSMEs in Malang, encompassing various business types, ages, and education levels. This approach provided a comprehensive understanding of the significance of digital accounting for MSMEs in navigating the business environment in the digital era. Additionally, the researchers conducted digital accounting training for MSMEs to further enhance their understanding.
Research Findings: The findings indicate that the implementation of digital accounting offers significant advantages for MSMEs, particularly in improving operational efficiency and enabling quicker, more accurate business decisions. These benefits enhance the competitiveness of MSMEs in the digital era. However, the study also identified key challenges, such as the costs associated with digital accounting implementation and the limited understanding and knowledge among MSMEs regarding its use.
Theoretical Contribution/Originality: This study adds to the growing body of literature by emphasizing the critical role of digital accounting in enhancing MSME performance in the digital business landscape. It highlights the need for comprehensive training and support to overcome the barriers associated with digital accounting adoption in MSMEs, offering practical insights for both academia and practitioners.
The Impact of Income Diversification on the Performance of South Korea’s Commercial Bank
Authors: Muhammad Faruq Abdulhakim  , Vera Intanie Dewi  , Maria Widyarini
Published: October 2024

Research Aims: The aim of this research is to investigate the impact of income diversification on the performance of 12 commercial bank in South Korea.
Design/methodology/approach: Modern portfolio theory (MPT) is applied as theoretical framework. Panel data regression is used to reach the aim by collecting the yearly data started in 2015-2022 from BoK and South Korea’s FSS.
Research Findings: The outcome found the income diversification is negative and significant impact on the bank performance. It also found out that internationalized bank has a better performance than the bank that operates domestically. Last, the control variable (bank size and South Korea’s macroeconomic condition) has positive impact on the bank performance.
Theoretical Contribution/Originality: To show the research freshness, this research added internationalization as dummy variable to seize the difference on the performance between the bank that has additional income diversification strategy and the bank that just operates domestically.
Carbon Incentive Distribution in Review of Economic Benefit in Islam and Lucas Critique
Authors: Aptasari Fety Widianti , Falah Muhammad Helmi
Published: October 2024

Research Aims: This research aims to review the allocation of carbon incentive funds through the concept of justice in Islam and Lucas' critique, with a focus on the application of carbon incentives in Islamic economic concepts.
Design/methodology/approach: This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive exploratory method and a humanisteocentric approach to criticise the application of carbon incentives in the concept of Islamic economics and the concept of Lucas criticism.
Research Findings: The results show that carbon incentive policies in the context of Islamic economics should be designed to ensure that economic benefits are distributed fairly and in line with the principles of justice and social welfare. Revenues from carbon incentives should be used to support programmes that help reduce economic inequality, protect the environment and empower communities.
Theoretical Contribution/Originality: This research contributes to the literature by highlighting the importance of carbon incentive policy design that not only contributes to climate change mitigation, but also strengthens social and economic justice in accordance with Islamic teachings.
ATAXIA, NISTAGMO E VERTIGEM EM CRIANÇA: UM CASO DA VIARIANTE DE DANDY-WALKER
Authors: Silva Junior Pedro Pereira da , Euzébio Ian Cesar , Castro Edilson Raimundo , Queiroz Phellipe Proence Pereira de , Marchiori Ramone Sabaine
Published: October 2024

Este relato de caso apresenta uma paciente do sexo feminino, de 7 anos, diagnosticada com a Variante de Dandy-Walker (VDW), que manifestou ataxia, nistagmo e vertigem. A neuroimagem revelou dilatação cística do quarto ventrículo, hipoplasia parcial do vermis cerebelar e um cisto na fossa posterior, confirmando o diagnóstico. Embora a paciente tenha sofrido um traumatismo craniano leve antes do início dos sintomas, a condição foi atribuída a um distúrbio congênito exacerbado pelo trauma. O manejo clínico foi conservador, focando no controle sintomático e acompanhamento neurológico regular. O caso enfatiza a importância de diferenciar a VDW da Malformação de Dandy-Walker (MDW) clássica, já que as duas apresentam prognósticos e abordagens terapêuticas distintos. A correta identificação e diferenciação entre as duas formas da doença, utilizando neuroimagem, são fundamentais para o manejo adequado. O prognóstico da VDW é tipicamente mais favorável em comparação à MDW, com menos risco de hidrocefalia grave e outras complicações neurológicas.
FARMÁCIAS NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE: OPORTUNIDADES NA CIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Authors: Silva Wesley Nelo da , Rached Chennyfer Dobbins Abi , Liberal Márcia Mello Costa de
Published: October 2024

Desde a Lei nº 13.021 de 2014, farmácias são reconhecidas como estabelecimentos de saúde. Enxergar essas instituições além da venda de medicamentos permite explorar seu potencial para oferecer serviços de saúde de baixa complexidade, atendendo a demanda por cuidados de saúde dignos e de qualidade. Objetivo: Identificar quais os serviços com foco na Atenção primária à Saúde têm sido oferecidos em farmácias. Método: Trata-se de um estudo de caso múltiplo com análise quantitativa e qualitativa. Aplicou-se um questionário on line em 132 gerentes e farmacêuticos no intuito de compreender os serviços de saúde realizados in loco. Resultados: Dentre os vários serviços de saúde realizados nas farmácias, a aplicação de injetáveis está disponível em 87,1% das lojas, seguido por Aferição de Pressão Arterial disponível em 81,1% e Aferição de Glicemia presente em 77,3 % das farmácias. Conclusão: Diante deste estudo pode se perceber o enorme potencial que as farmácias possuem de servir a população com serviços que atendem as necessidades da atenção primária a saúde, desafogando o sistema público de saúde com a qualidade assistida do farmacêutico como agente de saúde.
Discurso sobre “vínculo” na Política Nacional de Assistência Social: uma análise documental
Authors: Silva Rafael Bianchi , Christie Ijiri Ribeiro Paola , Pedrosa Mandelli Jessica
Published: October 2024

O presente artigo objetiva analisar teoricamente o termo “vínculo” empregado no contexto da Política Nacional de Assistência Social (PNAS). Como metodologia, foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo de cartilhas e documentos parametrizadores da política, sendo as categorias de análise definidas a partir de sua emergência nos documentos analisados. Observou-se a presença nos documentos de quatro sentidos para o vínculo: (1) vínculo como elo/ligação (estabelecido entre os usuários do serviço e os profissionais); (2) vínculo como objeto (avaliado pela política através de alguns dispositivos); (3) vínculo como meio (utilizado para desenvolver ações dentro da política), e (4) vínculo como resultado (um fim a ser atingido pelos profissionais e pela política de assistência social). Desse modo, conclui-se que o vínculo abordado na PNAS é um termo polissêmico e necessita ser melhor compreendido, pois impacta diretamente na metodologia, nas ferramentas e nas ações de trabalho dos técnicos que operam a política no cotidiano.
Penas “humanizadas”: uma questão de (in)justiça?
Authors: Anacleto Adilson , Barroso Marcondes Bueno Ana Luiza
Published: October 2024

A população carcerária constitui um grave problema no Brasil, no entanto instituições civis propuseram a humanização do cumprimento da pena. Diante da escassez de estudos que retrate a percepção do apenado, foi realizada pesquisa exploratória descritiva que objetivou investigar junto a 34 apenados se o cumprimento da pena humanizada, através de métodos alternativos, transmite a sensação de justiça. A investigação demonstrou que 100% dos entrevistados consideraram que o modelo transmite a sensação de justiça, e apesar da recuperação  ter se mostrado uma realidade possível, uma análise aprofundada permite concluir que a humanização da pena por si não seria suficiente para transformar presos em cidadãos, é preciso que novas abordagens sejam adotadas para a inserção dos egressos de forma eficaz, dado que a transformação de indivíduos, em um ambiente excluído com estruturas sociais segregativas se mostra uma falácia que se destina a legitimar a privação de liberdade como sinônimo de justiça.
A participação dos usuários na Política de Assistência Social
Authors: Da Silva Vini Rabassa , Acosta de Medeiros Mara Rosange , Silva da Rosa Alene
Published: October 2024

Este artigo apresenta alguns dados de uma pesquisa realizada com assistentes sociais que atuam no Sistema Único de Assistência Social em quatro municípios do sul do Rio Grande do Sul, com o objetivo de  problematizar a opinião desses trabalhadores sobre a participação dos usuários na política de assistência social, buscando evidenciar desafios e possibilidades dessa participação não apenas na qualificação dos serviços socioassistenciais, mas, de forma especial, no processo de emancipação dos usuários. A pesquisa foi realizada através do Google Forms. Os resultados apontam que a participação dos usuários, embora seja uma prerrogativa prevista na referida política, não se materializa por si, tendo em vista a necessidade de criação de uma nova cultura, na qual a participação ocorra não apenas como um pressuposto de um estado democrático, mas como algo que pode impulsionar a emancipação política e, posteriormente, a busca da emancipação humana.
Palavras-chave: Política de assistência social. Participação. Emancipação política. Emancipação humana. Assistentes sociais.
De las murallas de Uruk al Río de la Plata
Authors: Fernández Cristina Beatriz
Published: October 2024

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el modo peculiar en que se produce la reescritura del clásico poema épico Gilgamesh, así como su traducción intersemiótica, en la historieta / novela gráfica Gilgamesh: El inmortal, del historietista (dibujante y guionista) Lucho Olivera, publicada en 1969 (Buenos Aires). A partir del atributo de la inmortalidad, se analiza el recurso a la ciencia ficción como una estrategia para actualizar el antiguo mito del héroe épico acadio / sumerio.
Implikasi Eksekusi Kurator Atas Aset Debitor Pailit Yang Berada Di Luar Batas Yuridiksi Indonesia
Authors: Saija Ronald , Nabila Syadzwina Hindun , Panjaitan Wijaya Natalia , Lenggono Roy Prabowo
Published: October 2024

Introduction: The development of an increasingly advanced economic system seems to have opened up opportunities for cooperation that can be built by entrepreneurs both at home and abroad. The business world is also conducted not only within one's own country, but the business world is now developing to establish business relationships with other countries in the world (transnational). In this way, the assets owned by debtors or creditors are not in their own country but are in other countries. Business relationships carried out between debtors and creditors do not always run smoothly, if these business relationships fail, it will happen that both debtor and creditor assets are located in several countries and this also results in multiple jurisdictions.Purposes of the Research: This research aims to analyze the implications of the curator's execution of assets of bankrupt debtors outside the jurisdiction of Indonesia.Methods of the Research: This research uses a normative juridical method with a statutory approach and a conceptual approach, and legal materials are analyzed using a deductive method.Results of the Research: That Law No. 37 of 2004 concerning Bankruptcy and PKPU does not regulate the authority of curators in executing bankruptcy cases outside the jurisdiction of Indonesia, especially those that conflict with the jurisdiction of other countries, so it is necessary to revise the Bankruptcy Law regarding Cross-Border Bankruptcy, especially in terms of supporting ease of doing business.
Interpretasi Hakim dalam Menyelesaikan Sengketa Pelanggaran Myanmar terhadap Konvensi Genosida
Authors: Nisa’ Aulya , Nirwana Nirwana , Kosho Philippa Philomena
Published: October 2024

Introductioan: A case of international dispute between Gambia and Myanmar where both countries have ratified the Convention on The Prevention of The Crime of Genocide.Purposes of the Research:  The purpose of the research is to identify the legal standing of the parties, analyze the judges’ interpretation of the dispute, and propose potential approaches to resolve this case.Methods of the Research: This research uses a qualitative approach to understand the issue under study, with legal analysis methods to evaluate legal aspects and case studies of Gambia vs. Myanmar.Results of the Research: Legal standing is important. With recognition as a legal subject and participation in international agreements. Then it can claim rights and demand obligations based on international law. In this paper, there are three relevant approaches that judges can use in resolving such dispute, namely geographical, political and humanitarian approaches. When the three are combined, it will enrich the legal analysis and possibly find the best solution for all international communities.
Yurisdiksi Mahkamah Pidana Internasional Terhadap Penegakan Hukum Bagi Pelaku Kejahatan Perang Yang Bukan Negara Pihak Statuta Roma 1998
Authors: Patty Jetty Martje , Makaruku Steven
Published: October 2024

Introduction: The establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a new history in law enforcement crimes of genocide, humanity, war, aggression. The Roma Statute of 1998 became the constitutional basis for International Criminal Court.Purposes of the Research: To find out the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to enforce the law for perpetrators of war crimes war that is not a state party to the Roma Statute of 1998.Methods of the Research: The method used in this study is normative juridical with an approach to international legal regulations and concepts. The sources of legal materials used in this study are primary legal materials, secondary legal materials and tertiary legal materials.Results of the Research: The results of the discussion are that in the ICC efforts to enforce  the law based on the provisions of article 12 concerning the requirements for exercising jurisdiction related to the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin is contrary to the provisions of article 12 paragraph  (1) which confirms that the country that is a party to this statute, thus accepting the jurisdiction of the court with regard to the crimes referred to in article 5.  This is because both Rusia and Ukraina are countries that are not parties to the Roma Statute 1998, so that the arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin is null and void. However , there is an exception in article 13 paragraph (3) of the statute which state that if a state which is not a state party declares that it accepts this statute and ratifies this statute, then the ICC can exercise its jurisdiction over the state which has accepted the jurisdiction of the ICC. So that the attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin can be carried out constitutionally under the statute.
A TRIBUTAÇÃO DO SOFTWARE NO BRASIL: COMENTÁRIOS À JURISPRUDÊNCIA DO STF E ÀS POSSIBILIDADES TRAZIDAS COM A REFORMA TRIBUTÁRIA DA PEC Nº 45/2019
Authors: Daniela Froener  , Fernanda Linden Ruaro Peringer
Published: October 2024

O artigo visa expor a temática da tributação do software no Brasil. Para tanto, abordar-se-á o histórico de decisões do Supremo Tribunal Federal sobre a forma da tributação do software: se serviço ou mercadoria. Comentar-se-ão as decisões singulares sobre o tema, especificamente: RE nº 176.626-3, de 1998, de relatoria do Ministro Sepúlveda Pertence; a ADI nº 1.945, de 2010, de relatoria da Ministra Cármem Lúcia; e, o julgamento em conjunto das ADI nº 1.945 e nº 5.659, em 2021, essa última de relatoria do Ministro Dias Toffoli. Após, será comentada a proposta de reforma tributária, PEC nº 45/2019, e analisados os possíveis impactos na tributação do software no país.
DEDUTIBILIDADE DE DESPESAS DE HOME CARE
Authors: André Severo Chaves  , Ana Claudia Borges de Oliveira  , Ana Carolina Borges de Oliveira
Published: October 2024

O presente artigo busca analisar a controvérsia instaurada, nos âmbitos administrativo e judicial, quanto à possibilidade de dedução das despesas provenientes de cuidados médicos prestados em domicílio, conhecidos como home care, por profissionais da saúde não expressos no rol disposto pela alínea a, inciso II, artigo 8º da Lei 9.250/95. Para isso, foram utilizadas pesquisas bibliográfica e documental a respeito da temática, bem como a análise de casos concretos advindos dos tribunais judiciais brasileiros e do Conselho de Recursos Fiscais (CARF). Diante dessa análise, concluiu-se que o Poder Judiciário tem aplicado de forma extensiva o termo “serviços hospitalares” para os serviços de atendimento domiciliar, bem como aplicado princípios constitucionais para reconhecer a dedutibilidade desses serviços. No âmbito do CARF, a matéria é bastante controversa, prevalecendo na Câmara Superior de Recursos Fiscais o entendimento pela interpretação literal da norma, no sentido de que os serviços prestados por profissionais não previstos na norma não podem ser deduzidos do imposto de renda.
The effect of parenting type on anxiety level of hospitalised children: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Juli Widiyanto  , Hasambua  , Yeni Yarnita
Published: October 2024

Objective: To determine the influence of parenting type on the anxiety level of hospitalised children.Method: The cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in June 2021 at the paediatric ward of Arifin Ahmad General Hospital, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia, and comprised inpatients and their parents. The Data analyses was performed with SPSS 16.0. Statistical test results were considered significant at a p <0.05 level when 95% confidence intervals did not include zero. A personal Chi-Square test was applied to determine the influence of parenting type on the anxiety level of hospitalised children.Results: There were 25 children with mean age 4.04±4.84 years, while the mean age of 25 parents was 34.87±36.89 years. Among the parents, 15(60%) were mothers. A significant influence was found between the type of parenting and the anxiety levels in hospitalised children (p=0.037; odds ratio:2.750; 95% confidence interval: 1.33-18.89).Conclusion: Good parenting patterns during treatment could reduce anxiety levels in hospitalised children.Keywords: Odds Ratio, Anxiety, Sadness, Emotions, Anger, Confidence, Parenting.
The effect of the roles of clinical educators on patient safety competencies in nursing profession students
Authors: Dyah Wiji Puspita Sari  , Yuni Sufyanti Arief  , Ahsan  , Muhammed Abdurrouf
Published: October 2024

Objective: To assess the correlation between clinical educator roles and patient safety competence in nursing students.Method:The cross-sectional study was conducted from December 21, 2021, to June 7, 2022, at the Sultan Agung Teaching Hospital, Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia, and comprised nursing students in the clinical stage of their training. Data was collected using an observation sheet, while the role of clinical educator was explored using a structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS 21.Result: There were 232 nursing students. Of these, 203(87.5%) were females. The age range of the students included was between 21 and 25 years with an average of 23.14±0.543 years. All the students were hospital oriented and had received training on patient safety measures. Patient safety competencies were related to the roles of resource person (p<0.038), role model (p<0.004), evaluator (p<0.020), facilitator (p<0.006), manager (p<0.013) and supporter (p<0.007). The role of the manager had the most significant effect on patient safety competencies (p<0.001).Conclusions: Patient safety competencies were significantly related to the roles of resource person, role model, evaluator, facilitator, manager and supporter, but the role of the manager had the strongest correlation with patient safetycompetencies.Keywords: Students, Nursing, Patient Safety, Surveys, Questionnaires, Hospitals, Teaching, Evaluator, Facilitator, Supporter
Creating online, inclusive spaces for learning: ‘Study Together’ with the personal learning advice service
Authors: Lindley Janet , Wilton Mary-Jayne
Published: October 2024

There is a wealth of scholarship on the benefits of synchronous writing sessions for staff and students in higher education (Kornhaber et al., 2016; Eardley et al., 2021; Morley and Aston, 2023). In the Personal Learning Advice (PLA) Service at the Open University UK (OU), we developed bespoke, online study spaces for students from groups currently underrepresented in higher education – known as ‘Study Together’ sessions. The sessions prioritise students from minoritised ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and students with mental health needs who are at risk of poorer study outcomes. This presentation charted the development of Study Together in response to student feedback and evaluation and sought to show the value of ‘targeted’ invitations to engage students with spaces for learning development. Our presentation began by outlining the rationale for a 2022-23 Study Together pilot and its impact on community and belonging for students with mental health declarations (Lavery et al., 2023). We shared our approach to hosting Study Together and the techniques used to create an inclusive, productive study space; we showed how these approaches allowed us to incorporate timed study bursts and reflective practice, building positive study habits among students. Finally, we presented findings from the evaluation of Study Together in 2023-24 and situated this within the wider literature on the benefits of virtual communities of practice for learning. Our presentation spoke directly to the ALDcon24 theme ‘Building inclusive learning development spaces’ and invited delegates to consider the place of virtual, guided study spaces in their own practice.
First Ink: the development of a magazine of exemplary academic writing ‘by students, for students’
Authors: Clough Gerard
Published: October 2024

Exemplars of student work can help demystify the critical, rhetorical, and linguistic expectations that underpin academic writing. Marking criteria, no matter how plainly expressed, are necessarily abstract and so may seem remote—even opaque—to our students. Seeing ‘critical thinking’, ‘breadth of research’, or ‘clear expression’ exemplified in a piece of student writing can make the conceptual concrete. Certainly, research attests to the power of student exemplars in making tacit knowledge about academic writing visible and making disciplinary notions of quality clear (see, for instance, Handley and Williams, 2011; Hendry, Bromberger and Armstrong, 2012; Wingate, 2015; To and Carless, 2016).
This paper began by tracing the conceptual evolution of First Ink from its origins in an internal proposal paper in 2014 to the idea of a website that combines the engaging properties of a student magazine with the educational benefits of a learning resource. First Ink 2024 offers a range of first-class undergraduate writing across different genres in the Arts and Humanities. The magazine invites readers to discover the stories behind the writing through author interviews, essay commentaries, podcasts, lecturer advice, and other resources that shed light on the craft of good writing—what it looks like on the page, what inspired it, and how it was put together. Following an account of how the magazine was developed by a staff-student team in the summers of 2022 and 2023, the presentation reflected on several issues related to co-creation, exemplar selection, student engagement, the representation of diverse voices, funding, and sustainability.
Plagiaruedo*: teaching of academic integrity through a ‘whodunnit’ game (*any likeness to other games is intentional!)
Authors: Johnson Ian , Barclay Laura
Published: October 2024

An academic crime has been committed – someone has been caught plagiarising!
Did Prof. Crastinator forget quotation marks due to poor time management, or did Larry Lastminute deliberately cheat by submitting text generated by artificial intelligence (AI)?
This workshop invited delegates to play ‘Plagiaruedo’, a board game designed and used to raise students’ awareness of academic integrity. In the game, participants visited departments of the University of Portsmouth, tasked with figuring out who plagiarised, how they did it and why they did it, before submitting their answer to ‘Turnitin’ … but beware – an incorrect answer meant failing the assignment!
Academic integrity is often regarded as a serious topic, making it potentially challenging to teach without resorting to dry or even punitive materials. Through Plagiaruedo, presenters hoped to challenge traditional teaching methods and play with a subject matter that is not traditionally played with (Sicart, 2014), creating an open learning environment that encourages students to try something new (Whitton and Moseley, 2019). Presenters reflected on experimenting with their Learning Development (LD) practice and finding that play has purpose within higher education (James, 2019).
Following the game, delegates were asked for feedback on using Plagiaruedo as a catalyst for subsequent academic integrity activities, before the presenters shared their own in-class examples. Feedback from this ‘playtest’ will help improve future iterations of Plagiaruedo. Playfully-minded colleagues had the opportunity to join presenters for a potential research project about perceptions of the game, to enhance the evidence base for playful learning in higher education.
Learning Developers as scholars: raising our voice
Authors: Johnson Ian , Bishopp-Martin Silvina
Published: October 2024

This mini-keynote encouraged attendees to consider their stance towards LD scholarship, including current enablers and barriers to engagement. Like many other third space professionals, learning developers’ participation in scholarship is somewhat constrained, due to the lack of contractual requirements to engage in such endeavours. Despite this, we view the development of LD’s pedagogical and theoretical knowledge base as a vehicle which will allow LD to disseminate its values and principles, beyond the confines of learning developers’ individual practice. Thus, this mini-keynote drew on key principles from the LD Scholarship Manifesto recently published (Bishopp-Martin and Johnson, 2023), a manifesto which has captured the voices of the LD community. The following questions acted as provocations for participants to consider what encourages or prevents them from joining the call to expand this growing field’s knowledge base:

As learning developers, we are committed to student education and disseminating best practice beyond our field. How can scholarship support this commitment?
Engagement with scholarship is endemic to the ALDinHE values, which have come to help us identify as a professional group. Thus, do you believe that practising according to those values, including an on-going commitment to our professional development is essential? If so, what may be holding you back?
If Learning developers sit alongside students and other HE colleagues invested in academic literacies development, arguably our praxis can only be truly enacted if we are ourselves immersed in such development. To what extent is LD scholarship rooted in Academic Literacies? If not, what else underpins it and why?
Developing new Learning Developers: survey results and roadmap
Authors: Coulson Kate , Crofts Matt , Thomas Sam
Published: October 2024

Did you know that only 7.7% of new Learning Developers are taught how to conduct a one-to-one tutorial, and only 38.5% are taught how to lead a workshop? (all data according to our survey: Coulson & Crofts, 2023). Despite this, nearly half (45.6%) of new Learning Developers have had the opportunity to complete a Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Teaching in Higher Education, which is not tailored for such an expert role.
Kate and Matt met at #ALDCon23 in Portsmouth and discussed how new community members develop their expertise. Matt is a new Learning Developer, and Kate has worked in Learning Development for over a decade; they recognised that there was a gap in the ALDinHE CPD provision and agreed to find out if this was true. This presentation outlined the results of a survey they designed and shared with the ALDinHE community in November 2023. This online survey asked new and established Learning Developers about their experiences of CPD, including what was useful, what they experienced and what would have benefitted them.
The survey showed a clear gap in Continued Professional Development (CPD) provision for Learning Developers. Kate and Matt are now in the process of designing a CPD framework that not only meets the needs of new Learning Developers but also enhances the skills and knowledge of more experienced colleagues. Participants had the opportunity to contribute their own experiences of CPD to the group to enhance further the quantitative data collected in the survey. As part of this session and beyond, Kate and Matt are keen to include community members in the design process, including being critical friends, designing and contributing resources and teaching development sessions within the framework.
Engaging men aged 18-24 in Learning Development through social media
Authors: Lake Ellliot , Langford Anne-Marie
Published: October 2024

Our usage data demonstrates that men aged 18-24 have lower rates of engagement with Learning Development. Furthermore, statistics show that men are more likely to drop out of university than their female counterparts (Hillman and Robinson, 2016). A possible reason for this could be the social stigma around seeking help that generally effects men. In contrast, evidence suggests men aged 18-24 engage with social media readily; the most popular sites being Instagram, with around 14 million users in 2023, and TikTok, which has around 9.1 million users. Data from January 2023 suggests that the number of men engaging with social media is significantly increasing (Kemp, 2023). Learning Development Student Mentors at the University of Northampton have been exploring how social media use can be harnessed to increase engagement with our services. Holding a unique position to be change agents as they are active both as students and staff members, they enable Learning Development to create links with ‘hard to reach’ students such as men aged 18-24. This talk will discuss the interview findings in relation to men’s use of, and engagement with, social media and the types of content with which men engage, and considers how Learning Development might use these insights to improve engagement with our services. This session would be of interest to Learning Developers who wish to discuss and explore engaging men aged 18-24 using social media.
Bringing embodied approaches to on-campus research methods teaching for large STEM cohorts: design, challenges, learning
Authors: Tomlinson Nicola , Kneen Sarah
Published: October 2024

In the post-pandemic world, Learning Development researchers have posited a ‘new hybrid era of teaching’, in which lessons from lockdown in best practice for online and remote teaching play a key role in increasing the inclusivity of higher education (Kantcheva and Bickle, 2023). At the same time, as many students have returned to campus, research has begun to interrogate the role that campus spaces and in-person interaction play in teaching and learning in this new era (Hrach, 2021; Cox et al., 2022). Whether through explicit pedagogical design or implicitly, courses with practical elements, particularly in many scientific disciplines, tend to favour principles of embodied learning through ‘learning-by-doing’. Courses incorporate hands-on interaction with laboratory equipment and social constructivist approaches through student co-creation (Deshmukh, 2021), the centrality of which to students’ professional training was made even more apparent during the move to remote learning. However, these same principles have not underscored the pedagogical approach to research methods education on the undergraduate Engineering degree programmes at the University of Manchester, which has typically been taught more didactically in recent years. This lecture-format approach has been used partially due to challenges of practicality, with the course unit being delivered to a large cohort that can reach 500 students in a typical year. With these principles in mind, this academic year, the Library Teaching, Learning and Students team has collaborated with academic leads across Engineering disciplines to deliver embedded research methods workshops that incorporate elements of an embodied, social constructivist approach, playing to the unique strengths of in-person group learning. This presentation charted the process of Learning Developers and academic staff co-designing these workshops, highlighting challenges encountered, and outlining learning from the process to take forward into future collaborations with disciplines with large cohorts.
I'm a chatbot, ask me anything: building Learning Development for the future
Authors: Otermans Pauldy , Baines Stephanie , Pickard-Jones Beverley , Thompson Sarah
Published: October 2024

We explored whether artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can aid learning by offering more effective and dynamic ways for students to interact with learning material. Through a survey, we assessed how students perceive and use AI tools, their impressions of the importance of these tools to their future careers and their awareness of AI policies within their universities. Results show mixed responses in terms of students’ familiarity with the tools and what they believe the AI tools could and should not be used for. The results also indicated that students have a thirst to know more about AI tools and their applications. Based on these, we designed customised teaching sessions to teach students those skills that they highlighted in the survey. In addition, we designed an L4 assessment where students need to demonstrate their abilities to critique a ChatGPT output (assessment yet to be submitted by students). These teaching sessions could be rolled out at university level as they are not subject-specific. This conference session shared the design and delivery of the AI-specific teaching sessions and how these were perceived by students. In addition, it demonstrated the design of the L4 assessment with the AI element and how students performed on this. This innovative research on pedagogical methods supports a broader long-term ambition to better understand and improve our teaching, learning, and student engagement through the adoption of AI and the effective use of technology.
Deficit to development: rethinking centralised workshops
Authors: Schneider Michelle , Hiskey Clara
Published: October 2024

Centralised academic skills provision has been criticised for being ‘generic’, ‘remedial’, or ‘bolt on’ (Wingate, 2006). Critics argue it takes a deficit approach towards student learning, simplifying academic processes and failing to meet students’ discipline-specific needs. Embedded provision is often seen as the solution. However, embedded does not necessarily mean non-deficit. Indeed, Schneider (2023) highlights that academic tutors can perceive students in relation to skills they are lacking. Subsequently, Learning Developers can be brought in to ‘fix’ students, and as such, embedded sessions may still be disconnected from the curriculum and designed to offer pre-prescribed solutions, reflecting deficit approaches. As Webster (2023) asserts, the Learning Developer’s role is not ‘to give students academic skills’ but rather to help them make sense of the skills and literacies that are hidden in the curriculum.
In this workshop, we discussed how we redesigned our entire skills programme using a non-deficit pedagogic approach that aims to help students ‘uncover their curriculum’. Inspired by the University of Manchester’s constructive and collective approach (Blake and Illingworth, 2015), we see our co-curricular offer as providing a unique opportunity to create empowering and developmental learning spaces which sit alongside embedded provision. To meet these aims, our redesign was informed by four principles:

Reflection: centring students’ prior knowledge and experience.
Collaboration: harnessing knowledge from a community of learners, rather than a ‘sage on the stage’.
Choice: students customise their own learning experience, tailoring sessions to meet their own needs.
Application: students relate session content to their own discipline and apply learning to their own work.

Workshop participants considered debates around deficit thinking in relation to centralised training, working together to redesign learning activities and reflect on the opportunities and challenges of such an approach.
Glasgow Essentials: redeveloping induction resources to improve the students’ sense of inclusion and belonging
Authors: Purcell Stuart , Brown Clare , McCormick Lucy
Published: October 2024

driving positive results in attainment, retention, and wellbeing. The ability of students to belong and self-identify as members of the academic community has been referred to as a key ‘intangible asset’ (Smart et al., 2020) in Higher Education. Indeed, MacFarlane (2018) asserts that this sense of belonging is closely aligned with learner identity and student engagement, and that students who do not feel properly engaged or that they belong are unlikely to successfully transition into university. It is therefore crucial that universities begin to foster feelings of inclusion and build a sense of belonging among students at the earliest stages of the induction process.  
This presentation showcased the reevaluated and redesigned ‘Glasgow Essentials’ resource produced by the newly formed Induction and Transitions team at the University of Glasgow. The resource follows the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Hidden Curriculum model (Birtill, Harris and Pownall, 2022), utilising the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (Rose and Meyer, 2000) to promote new students’ sense of inclusion and belonging and improve their experience of transitions through each stage of their studies. Glasgow Essentials is an interactive and informative online resource, covering both academic and non-academic aspects of induction, and is shared with all offer holders as they prepare to begin their studies. It is therefore likely to be the first resource they will engage with at the University, playing a crucial role in new students’ induction into the institution and setting them up for success in their studies. The presentation explained the evaluation undertaken in redeveloping Glasgow Essentials and the rationale for its redesign before showcasing the resource itself and discussing our plans to evaluate its impact on students’ inclusion, belonging, and – hopefully – success going forward.
Step away from the paraphrase: teaching note-taking as a gateway to knowledge transformation
Authors: Weber Zephra
Published: October 2024

In this presentation, we examined the role note-taking can play as a gateway to knowledge transformation in the reading-to-write process and challenged an academic focus on the teaching of paraphrasing. Much research has been done into the role that note-taking plays in lectures (Morehead et al., 2019), the impact of longhand notes compared with digital (Allen et al., 2020) and student writing strategies (Wingate and Harper, 2021). Although notes play an important role in evidence-based writing, in both providing a clear record of a student’s reading and increasing encoding and engagement (Voyer et al., 2022), very little research directly addresses the impact of note-taking strategies in the reading-to-write process. This study builds on work done in educational psychology by Cuevas et al. (2016) examining writing beliefs. It aims to understand student approaches to evidence gathering and explore links between their current practices and their writing beliefs.
Understanding current student practices and the link with epistemological beliefs will allow us, as learning developers, to more effectively create targeted activities and interventions to support student understanding and engagement with texts in the reading-to-write process. It will also provide a foundation for explicit discussion and reflection of student beliefs about the nature of reading and writing and the link between these beliefs and note-taking practices, encouraging students to see reading and writing as knowledge construction and, importantly, encouraging deeper cognitive engagement and learning.
 
The study builds on work done in educational psychology by Cuevas et al. (2016) examining the link between writing beliefs and students’ ability to create argumentation and synthesis and attempts to answer the questions: (1) In the reading-to-write process, what common strategies are students using to record information from their reading? (2) What potential impacts do common practices have on learning, focus, source integration and academic integrity? (3) How are students’ epistemological beliefs about reading and writing reflected in their notetaking practices? (4) How do common practices impact students’ ability to transform knowledge and incorporate it into existing beliefs?
 
Understanding current student practices and the link with epistemological beliefs will allow us, as learning developers, to more effectively create targeted activities and interventions to support student understanding and engagement with texts in the reading-to-write process. It will also provide a foundation for explicit discussion and reflection of student beliefs about the nature of reading and writing and the link between these beliefs and notetaking practices, encouraging students to see reading and writing as knowledge construction and, importantly, encouraging deeper cognitive engagement and learning.
The rise of study skills at Strathclyde (and our part in its downfall): a bildungsroman
Authors: Cuthbert Alexander John , Keenan Derek
Published: October 2024

In 2012, three members of staff were recruited by the University of Strathclyde to sit in a room and talk to students. That was the whole of the plan. That is not how this story ends. The talking was supposed to ‘help’ students to do things ‘right’. That is not what we spoke about. That year, the student-facing part of the Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement (CAPLE) established in 1987, which at its height consisted of six permanent academics with varied research interests within the, then emergent, field of Learning Development (LD), was replaced by a generic Study Skills Service, staffed by LD practitioners with a considerable collective experience and who shared a vision that was more critical and looked to a more authentically (learning) developmental approach (Asher, 2024). In so doing, the university had created a service model which we would spend the next nine years dismantling (or, to be more accurate, redeveloping).
 
What follows is our story. The story of how the Learner Development Service (LDS) came into being, and how the spaces and places we have inhabited (both hostile and hospitable) have shaped our practices (Gravett et al., 2023) and how, in June 2022, we took up residency in a dedicated LDS Centre designed by us for us. To date, we have occupied three physical locations and been positioned under three different university services. These spaces and places have defined what we could do but they have also informed the design of our current physical, virtual and conceptual environment, as this paper details. This session highlighted the need for Learning Development practitioner resilience and perseverance in difficult circumstances. It foregrounds the usefulness of initiating, developing, and nurturing productive and mutually rewarding professional relationships with academic departments, course leaders and individual academics in order to advance the growth of Learning Development provision in institutions.