M. Osborne

Publication List Details

Period

1978 - 2009

Number

45

Co-Authors

Improving What is Learned at University:An exploration of the social and organisational diversity of university education (2009)

Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Jary, D, Houston, M, Lebeau, Y, Osborne, M, ...

Drawing on the findings of the SOMUL project, this book examines ‘what is really learned at university’ and how much the social and organisational factors influence on shaping these outcomes. It...

and (2008)

R. Brent, L. Grosz, D. Harrar Ii, M. Hegl, M. Kahn, G. Keating, ...

Project is a joint research program involving staff at the Aus-tralian National University and Fujitsu Japan. The aim of the project is to produce a library of mathematical subrou-tines for the...

Improving What Is Learned at University: An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education (update Jan 2009) (2008)

Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Houston, M, Jary, D, Lebeau, Y, Osborne, M, ...

What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what, where...

Higher education's many diversities: of students, institutions and experiences; and outcomes? (2008)

Brennan, J, Osborne, M

This paper is part of the TLRP Special Issue ‘Challenges of diversity for widening participation in UK Higher Education’ (Research Papers in Education 23:2). The paper examines the extent to...

What is learned at university? The social and organisational mediation of university learning - TLRP Research Briefing 32 (2008)

Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Houston, M, Jary, D, Lebeau, Y, Little, B, ...

This project was intended to increase our understanding of the learning outcomes of an increasingly diverse higher education system via an examination of the conceptions of learning, and of...

Design of the Scientific Subroutine Library for the Fujitsu VPP300 (2008)

R. Brent, L. Grosz, D. Harrar, M. Hegland, M. Kahn, ...

A research agreement between the Australian National University and Fujitsu Japan has led to the development of a library of parallel mathematical subroutines and the extension of the library of...

Implementation and Performance of Scalable Scientific Library Subroutines on Fujitsu's VPP500 Parallel-Vector Supercomputer (2007)

R. Brent, A. Cleary, M. Dow, M. Hegland, J. Jenkinson, Z. Leyk, ...

We report progress to date on our project to implement high-impact scientific subroutines on Fujitsu's parallel-vector VPP500. Areas covered in the project are generally between the level of...

Computational Techniques and Applications: CTAC97 1 World Scientific Computational Techniques and Applications Conference: Can MARS be improved with B-splines? (2007)

S. Bakin, M. Hegland, M. Osborne

Let y represent a single response variable that depends on a vector of n predictor variables x = (x 1; : : : ; x n). Assume we are given M data points xm = (x 1m; : : : ; xnm), m = 1; : : : ; M in...

Talking about learning generations: the role of historical time and generational time over the life course (2007)

Field, J, Malcolm, I, Osborne, M, Houston, M

Age-related inequalities in access to adult learning are widely recognised. However, most studies have focussed on chronological age groups, and relatively little previous research has considered the...

The effects of social and organisational mediation on the student learning experience: an introduction to the SOMUL Project (2007)

Edmunds, R, Houston, M, Watkins, R, Osborne, M, Houston, M, Toman, N

A chapter from a book on the pedagogy of lifelong learning and teaching in the international context. It presents an overview of the SOMUL project that explores how the social and organisational...

Community Efficacy and Social Capital: Modelling how Communities Deliver Outcomes for Members (2007)

Kilpatrick, Sue, Abbott-Chapman, Joan, Osborne, M, Sankey, K, Wilson, B

In this analytical chapter we introduce a new way of thinking about the social capital of a community, linked to the community's capacity to deliver favourable outcomes for its members. This capacity...

Researching literacy for learning in the vocational curriculum, chapter 7, pp 79-89 (2007)

Carmichael, J, Edwards, R, Miller, K, Smith, J, Osborne, M, Houston, M, ...

This chapter starts by mapping out the theoretical and methodological terrain of the literacies for Learning in Further Education project, and giving two extended examples of the sort of data...

The organisational mediation of university learning - Working Paper 2 (2005)

Brennan, J, Osborne, M

The second paper in a series of Working Papers to disseminate information about the SOMUL (Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning) project. It explores the inter-relationship...

Organisational mediation and Higher Education diversity (2005)

Brennan, J, Osborne, M

In an important sense, the SOMUL project is about diversity in higher education, diversity in terms of the organisational forms through which it is provided, and diversity in terms of the social...

The organisational mediation of university learning (2005)

Brennan, J, Osborne, M

The paper was presented at a research seminar of the SOMUL project, which explores the inter-relationship between the organisational forms of diversity and the social diversity, and its relationship...

Does an acute increase in dietary sodium intake violate the use of urinary indices of hydration status? (2005)

King, T, Slater, G J, Pelly, F, Leech, K, Osborne, M

The assessment of hydration status via urinary indices is common practice among many athletes. However, numerous factors are known to violate the use of urinary indices, including rapid rehydration...

The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL) - Poster (2004)

Brennan, J, Jary, D, Osborne, M, Richardson, J

This poster describes the rationale and methods of the project The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL). With a focus on three subject areas, the project will explore...

A comparison of two methods for the calculation of accumulated oxygen deficit (2003)

Gardner, A, Osborne, M, D'Auria, S, Jenkins, D

The aim of this study was to compare accumulated oxygen deficit data derived using two different exercise protocols with the aim of producing a less time-consuming test specifically for use with...

A comparison of two methods for the calculation of accumulated oxygen deficit (2003)

Gardner, A, Osborne, M, D'Auria, S, Jenkins, D

The aim of this study was to compare accumulated oxygen deficit data derived using two different exercise protocols with the aim of producing a less time-consuming test specifically for use with...

Learning Computational Grammars (2001)

Nerbonne, J., Belz, A., Cancedda, N., Dejean, H., Hammerton, J., Koeling, R., ...

This paper reports on the LEARNING COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS (LCG) project, a postdoc network devoted to studying the application of machine learning techniques to grammars suitable for computational...

Mix and match? Further and higher education links in post-devolution Scotland (2000)

Osborne, M., Cloonan, M., Morgan-Klein, B., Loots, C.

This article examines the links between Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) at the time when the power to determine Scottish educational policy was being devolved to the new Scottish...

Learning Unification-Based Natural Language Grammars (1999)

Osborne, M

When parsing unrestricted language, wide-covering grammars often undergenerate. Undergeneration can be tackled either by sentence correction, or by grammar correction. This thesis concentrates upon...

The use of cost-benefit analysis in funding continuing education: steering the fifth wheel? (1999)

Cloonan, M., Hearinger, A., Matarazzo, B., Murphy, M., Osborne, M.

This article builds upon recent interest in models of funding Continuing Education (McGivney 1990, Berrell and Smith 1996, Matkin 1997). It is based on an EU-funded project which examined inter alia...

Effects of Radiation on SiC-Based Nicalon Fibers. (1998)

Snead, L. L., Osborne, M., More, K. L.

This paper presents neutron and ion radiation effects in the nicalon sic polymer precursor fiber. it is shown that the serious structural degradation of this fiber and its composites (e.g., cvd...

Development of a Mathematical Subroutine Library for Fujitsu Vector Parallel Processors", submitted to (1998)

R. Brent, L. Grosz, D. Harrar Ii, M. Hegl, M. Kahn, G. Keating, ...

An announcement of the library was given in [7] in 1994. Since then the functionality of the library has been substantially extended. In this paper we will refer only briefly to the topics covered in...

Development of a Mathematical Subroutine Library for Fujitsu Vector Parallel Processors (1998)

R. Brent, L. Grosz, D. Harrar, M. Hegland, M. Kahn, ...

The Fujitsu-ANU Parallel Mathematical Subroutine Library Project is a joint research program involving staff at the Australian National University and Fujitsu Japan. The aim of the project is to...

Implementation and Performance of Scalable Scientific Library Subroutines on Fujitsu's VPP500 Parallel-Vector Supercomputer (1994)

R. Brent, A. Cleary, M. Hegland, J. Jenkinson, Z. Leyk, M. Osborne, ...

We report progress to date on our project to implement high-impact scientific subroutines on Fujitsu's parallel-vector VPP500. Areas covered in the project are generally between the level of...

An implementation of structured programming in APL (1978)

Osborne, M., Little, F.

Inclusion of user defined ‘keyword’ functions in programs gives APL the appearance of a structured programming language. The keyword functions have names such as IF, REPEAT, etc. and are preceded...

Effects of innervation on acetylcholine sensitivity of developing muscle in vitro.

Betz, W, Osborne, M

1. Chick embryo skeletal muscle fibres were grown in culture. The acetylcholine (AACh) sensitivity of non-innervated fibres was compared with that of fibres innervated in vitro by chick embryo...

Effects of innervation on acetylcholine sensitivity of developing muscle in vitro.

Betz, W, Osborne, M

1. Chick embryo skeletal muscle fibres were grown in culture. The acetylcholine (AACh) sensitivity of non-innervated fibres was compared with that of fibres innervated in vitro by chick embryo...

A comparison of two methods for the calculation of accumulated oxygen deficit

Gardner, A, Osborne, M, DAuria, S, Jenkins, D

The aim of this study was to compare accumulated oxygen deficit data derived using two different exercise protocols with the aim of producing a less time-consuming test specifically for use with...

The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in male undergraduates: a postal survey

Rogstad, K, Bates, S, Partridge, S, Kudesia, G, Poll, R, Osborne, M, ...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in male undergraduates and to investigate whether prevalence increases with time spent at university. To investigate the...

Changes in haemodynamic parameters following Tai Chi Chuan and aerobic exercise in patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction.

Channer, K. S., Barrow, D., Barrow, R., Osborne, M., Ives, G.

In this study, 126 patients (90 males, average age 56 years, range 39-80) were randomised to Wu Chian-Ch'uan style Tai Chi (38), aerobic exercise (41) or a non-exercise support group (47) following...