R. Edwards

Publication List Details

Period

1982 - 2008

Number

84

Co-Authors

Improving Learning in College: Rethinking Literacies Across the Curriculum (update Feb 2009) (2008)

Ivanic, R, Edwards, R, Barton, D, Martin-Jones, M, Fowler, Z, Hughes, B, ...

What's the problem with literacy at college? How might everyday literacy be harnessed for educational ends? Based on the first major study of literacy practices in colleges in the UK, this book...

Multi-hadron operators with all-to-all quark propagators (2008)

Bulava, J., Edwards, R., Juge, K. J., Morningstar, C. J., Peardon, M. J.

Hadron spectroscopy on dynamical configurations are faced with the difficulties of dealing with the mixing of single particle states and multi-hadron states (for large spatial volumes and light...

Harnessing everyday literacies for student learning at college - TLRP Research Briefing 50 (2008)

Ivanic, R, Edwards, R, Barton, D, Fowler, Z, Satchwell, C, Mannion, G, ...

Literacy is a significant factor affecting retention, progression and achievement in colleges. This briefing reports on a three-year project entitled Literacies for Learning in Further Education,...

Smokers' and Former Smokers' Responses to Tobacco Retail Displays (2008)

Hoek, J., Gifford, H., Pirikahu, G., Thomson, G., Edwards, R.

Recent findings suggest tobacco retail displays increase smoking susceptibility and experimentation among young people; however, less is known about how they affect smokers, particularly those making...

Smokers' and Former Smokers' Responses to Tobacco Retail Displays (2008)

Hoek, J., Gifford, H., Pirikahu, G., Thomson, G., Edwards, R.

Recent findings suggest tobacco retail displays increase smoking susceptibility and experimentation among young people; however, less is known about how they affect smokers, particularly those making...

Possibilities for pedagogy in further education: harnessing the abundance of literacy (2007)

Ivanic, R, Edwards, R, Satchwell, C, Smith, J

This paper provides an overview of the project and of its preliminary insights. It focuses on the role of communicative practices in vocational education courses, and the way in which these can be...

Putting the context into learning (2007)

Edwards, R, Miller, K

The article explores the conceptualization of learning and context from a number of perspectives and some of the theoretical and methodological issues raised when context is no longer considered as a...

Learning in and across contexts (2007)

Edwards, R, Miller, K

This special edition of Pedagogy, Culture and Society arises from a series of seminars that took place in the UK in 2005 and 2006, which aimed to explore pedagogically, conceptually and...

Uptake of population based flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: a nurse-led feasibility study (2007)

Brotherstone, H., Vance, M., Edwards, R., Miles, A., Robb, K.A., Evans, R.E.C., ...

Objective - To assess uptake of once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) in a community sample to determine whether FS would be viable as a method of population-based screening for colorectal cancer....

Unsettling boundaries in making a space for research (2007)

Edwards, R, Fowler, Z

The article is a discussion of theoretical issues associated with the use of the concepts of 'border(s)', 'boundary/ies'. It explores the dilemmas of boundary-making in the context of a research...

It ain't (simply) what you know, it's the way you communicate it: curriculum knowledge and communication (2007)

Edwards, R

This is an article for practitioners, drawing mainly on the Scottish FE context for its examples. It presents the findings of the Literacies for Learning in Further Education research project...

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...

Dispersion measure variations and their effect on precision pulsar timing (2007)

You, XP, Hotan, AW, Ord, SM, Jenet, F, Bhat, NDR, Teoh, A, ...

We present an analysis of the variations seen in the dispersion measures (DMs) of 20-ms pulsars observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project.We carry out a statistically rigorous...

Dispersion measure variations and their effect on precision pulsar timing (2007)

You, XP, Hotan, AW, Ord, SM, Jenet, F, Bhat, NDR, Teoh, A, ...

We present an analysis of the variations seen in the dispersion measures (DMs) of 20-ms pulsars observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project.We carry out a statistically rigorous...

Technological change and the transition from rail to road c1920 - c1939: an opportunity lost? (2007)

Edwards, R.

The ability of an economy to adapt to changes in the economic environment has long been regarded as an important constituent of economic growth (e.g. North 1991). The adaption of existing firm and...

Marriage and cancer prevention: does marital status and inviting both spouses together influence colorectal cancer screening participation? (2006)

Edwards, R., Wardle, J., Miles, A.

Objectives: This study examined the influence of marital status and inviting both partners together on participation in colorectal cancer screening. Setting: Data were from a subset of participants...

Literacies for Learning in FE in the UK: a symposium. (2006)

Brzeski, A, Carmichael, J, Edwards, R, Fowler, Z, Miller, K, ...

The symposium examines some of the challenges and findings from the first eighteen months of the project. The first paper explores some of the findings regarding the literacy practices required of...

A Sticky Business? Exploring the Exploring the ‘and’ in teaching and learning (2006)

Edwards, R

This paper arose out of TLRP-wide discussions about our conceptions of 'Teaching and Learning'. It discusses the relationship from a philosophical perspective, with particular reference to the work...

Anthropometry measures and prevalence of obesity in the urban adult population of Cameroon an update from the Cameroon Burden of Diabetes Baseline Survey (2006)

R Edwards, R Kamadjeu, Prof. Nigel Christopher Unwin

Background The objective of the study was to provide baseline and reference data on the prevalence and distribution of overweight and obesity using different anthropometric measurements in adult...

Recognition of tacit skills and knowledge in work re-entry: modelling of learning processes and outcomes (2006)

Kersh, N, Evans, K, Edwards, R, Gallacher, J, Whittaker, S

The paper investigated the contributions of non-formal prior learning experiences and the effects of moving between contexts of over time. An innovative approach of the Dynamic Concepts Analysis...

Crustal structure of the NE Rockall Trough from wide-angle seismic data modeling - art. no. B11105 (2005)

KLINGELHOEFER, Frauke, EDWARDS, R, HOBBS, R, ENGLAND, R

[1] Two wide-angle seismic lines located in the northern Rockall Trough were acquired in May 2000. One line ( line E) crosses the trough from the continental shelf off Lewis to normal oceanic crust...

Contexts, boundary zones and boundary objects in lifelong learning (2005)

Edwards, R

From a number of sources there has developed increasing interest in learning as a lifelong and lifewide process. This has expanded and diversified the domains in which learning is now a concern for...

Mobility and situatedness in literacy practices; the case of Further Education (2005)

Fowler, Z, Edwards, R

This paper draws upon data from the second phase of the project exploring the everyday literacy practices of further education students and those required of them in their curriculum areas. It...

Contexts, boundary objects and hybrid spaces: theorising learning in lifelong learning (2005)

Edwards, R

Increasing interest in learning as a lifelong and lifewide process has expanded and diversified the domains in which learning is now a concern. This paper explores theoretically the question of what...

Functional importance of the family 1 glucosyltransferase UGT72B1 in the metabolism of xenobiotics in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2005)

Brazier-Hicks, M., Edwards, R.

The Arabidopsis type 1 UDP-glucose-dependent glucosyltransferase UGT72B1 is highly active in conjugating the persistent pollutants 3,4-dichloroaniline (DCA) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (TCP). To...

Impact of obesity on clinical outcomes in robotic prostatectomy (2005)

Ahlering, T E, Eichel, L, Edwards, R, Skarecky, D W

Objectives. To assess the preoperative parameters and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with specific attention to the body mass index (BMI). Little...

Learning in context – within and across domains (2005)

Edwards, R

Paper presented at Thematic Seminar Series - Contexts, communities, networks: Mobilising learners’ resources and relationships in different domains, Reviewing Current Positions and Debates, Seminar...

Mobility and context in literacy practices: between work and college. (2005)

Edwards, R, Fowler, Z

This paper draws upon the data from the second Phase of the project exploring the everyday literacy practices of further education students and those required of them in their curriculum areas. It...

Swamping and spoonfeeding: literacies for learning in Further Education (2005)

Edwards, R, Smith, J

The paper presents insights emerging from Phase One of the project. The concept of literacies for learning is introduced, and the multimodal nature of these practices is presented. The methodology...

Literacy practices as resources for learning: issues of identity, multimodality and fluidity (2004)

Ivanic, R, Fowler, Z, Edwards, R, Mannion, G

The current phase of the project focuses on 32 courses and four students on each of those courses in a range of curriculum areas in four Further Education colleges. Our aim in this phase is to...

Mind the gap: realising learning across domains (2004)

Edwards, R

From a number of sources there has developed increasing interest in learning as a lifelong and lifewide process. This has expanded the domains in which learning is now a concern for practitioners and...

Effects of elevated CO2 on the vasculature and phenolic secondary metabolism of plantago maritima. (2004)

Matthew ., P. D., Bryant, D. N., Cummins, I., Ashenden, T. W., Gates, P., Baxter, R., ...

We have examined the effect of elevated CO2 on the vasculature and phenolic secondary metabolism on clones of the maritime plant Plantago maritima (L.). Plants were exposed to either ambient (360...

Telling tales of literacy (2004)

Smith, J, Edwards, R

The research story told here provides a backdrop for the Literacies for Learning in Further Education project, in which we, in partnership with college-based researchers and colleagues at the...

Purification and cloning of an esterase from the weed black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides), which bioactivates aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides. (2004)

Cummins, I., Edwards, R.

Carboxyesterases which activate aryloxyphenoxypropionate (AOPP) graminicides to their bioactive herbicidal acids by hydrolysing the respective ester precursors have been identified in black-grass...

Mobilising a socio-rhetorical network for research (2004)

Ivanic, R, Edwards, R

This is a short article commissioned for a special issue of Teaching and Learning on User Engagement. This article focuses on involving networks in the proposal, impact achieved through HE/FE...

Literacies for learning (2004)

Edwards, R, Mannion, G

This is a short article for a practitioner journal. It gives an overview of the issues addressed by the project. It focuses on the meaning of the term 'literacy practice' and the relevance of...

Literacies for Learning in Further Education (LfLFE) - poster (2004)

Ivanic, R, Edwards, R, Barton, D, Mannion, G

This poster describes the rationale and research approaches of the project Literacies for Learning in Further Education (FE). Literacy practices are crucial resources for learning across the full...

Contexts, Communities and Networks: Mobilising Learners' Resources and Relationships in Different Domains (2004)

Edwards, R

This summarising statement looks at the activities, highlights and achievements of the thematic seminar series Contexts, Communities and Networks: Mobilising Learners' Resources and Relationships in...

Management of women who test positive for high-risk types of human papillomavirus: the HART study (2003)

Cuzick, J., Szarewski, A., Cubie, H., Hulman, G., Kitchener, H., Luesley, D., ...

Summary: Background: Certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are the primary cause of almost all cervical cancers. HPV testing of cervical smears is more sensitive but less specific than cytology...

Forced evolution of a herbicide detoxifying glutathione transferase. (2003)

Dixon, D. P., McEwen, A. G., Lapthorn, A. J., Edwards, R.

Plant Tau class glutathione transferases (GSTUs) detoxify diphenylether herbicides such as fluorodifen, determining their selectivity in crops and weeds. Using reconstructive PCR, a series of mutant...

Increasing attendance at colorectal cancer screening: testing the efficacy of a mailed, psychoeducational intervention in a community sample of older adults (2003)

Wardle, J., Williamson, S., McCaffery, K., Stephen, S., Taylor, T., Edwards, R., ...

This article describes a trial of a psychoeducational intervention designed to modify negative attitudes toward flexible sigmoidoscopy screening and thereby increase screening attendance. The...

Functional divergence in the glutathione transferase super-family in plants : identification of two classes with putative functions in redox homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2002)

Dixon, D. P., Davis, B. G., Edwards, R.

Searches with the human omega glutathione transferase (GST), identified two outlying groups of the GST super-family in Arabidopsis thaliana which differed from all other plant GSTs in containing a...

Single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening to prevent colorectal cancer: baseline findings of a UK multicentre randomised trial (2002)

Atkin, W.S., Cook, C.F., Cuzick, J., Edwards, R., Northover, J.M.A., Wardle, J.

Background: This randomised controlled trial is examining the hypothesis that a single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening offered at around age 60 years can lower the incidence and mortality of...

Vesicular gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter expression in amacrine and horizontal cells (2002)

Cueva, J. G., Haverkamp, S., Reimer, R. J., Edwards, R., Wässle, H., Brecha, N. C.

The vesicular gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter (VGAT), which transports the inhibitory amino acid transmitters GABA and glycine, is localized to synaptic vesicles in axon terminals. The...

Design of a multicentre randomised trial to evaluate flexible sigmoidoscopy in colorectal cancer screening (2001)

Atkin, W.S., Edwards, R., Wardle, J., Northover, J.M.A., Sutton, S., Hart, A.R., ...

A randomised, controlled trial in progress in 14 United Kingdom and six Italian centres is evaluating screening for colorectal cancer using a single flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) at around the age of...

Single blind, randomised trial of efficacy and acceptability of oral Picolax versus self administered phosphate enema in bowel preparation for flexible sigmoidoscopy screening (2000)

Atkin, W.S., Hart, A., Edwards, R., Cook, C.F., Wardle, J., McIntyre, P., ...

Objective: To compare the acceptability and efficacy of two methods of self administered bowel preparation for flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: a single phosphate enema and a single sachet of...

The ultra trace analysis of Antarctic snow and ice samples using High Resolution ICP-MS (1998)

Townsend, AT, Edwards, R

High resolution ICP-MS was used to determine the concentrations of Al, Sc, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Pb and Bi in snow and ice from Antarctica. To overcome some potentially problematic spectral interferences,...

The ultra trace analysis of Antarctic snow and ice samples using High Resolution ICP-MS (1998)

Townsend, AT, Edwards, R

High resolution ICP-MS was used to determine the concentrations of Al, Sc, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Pb and Bi in snow and ice from Antarctica. To overcome some potentially problematic spectral interferences,...

Assessment of psychiatric morbidity in patients attending a colposcopy clinic situated in a genitourinary medicine clinic.

Boag, F C, Dillon, A M, Catalan, J, Edwards, R, Barton, S E

OBJECTIVE--To determine the adverse psychological implications of referral for colposcopic screening within a genitourinary medicine clinic. DESIGN--Cross sectional survey. SETTING--A colposcopy...

Absence of BRAF mutations in UV-protected mucosal melanomas

Edwards, R, Ward, M, Wu, H, Medina, C, Brose, M, Volpe, P, ...

Background: Mutations in BRAF have recently been identified in a significant percentage of primary and metastatic cutaneous malignant melanomas. As ultraviolet (UV) exposure may play a role in the...

Will changes in primary care improve health outcomes? Modelling the impact of financial incentives introduced to improve quality of care in the UK

McElduff, P, Lyratzopoulos, G, Edwards, R, Heller, R, Shekelle, P, Roland, M

Objectives: To estimate the total health gain from improving the quality of care among patients with cardiovascular disease in line with the quality indicator targets in the new contract for general...

Tobacco smoking in Tanzania, East Africa: population based smoking prevalence using expired alveolar carbon monoxide as a validation tool

Jagoe, K, Edwards, R, Mugusi, F, Whiting, D, Unwin, N

Objectives: To describe the prevalence of tobacco smoking in an urban East African population while using a simple validation procedure to examine the degree of under reporting in men and women.

The expandable metal stent for tracheal obstruction.

Boothroyd, A E, Edwards, R, Petros, A J, Franks, R

A 10 month old boy with stridor persisting from birth was found to have tracheal narrowing secondary to myofibromatosis of the tracheal wall. An expandable metal stent was positioned across the...

An inverse relation between blood pressure and birth weight among 5 year old children from Soweto, South Africa

Levitt, N. S., Steyn, K., De Wet, T., Morrell, C., Edwards, R., Ellison, G. T., ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between birth weight and blood pressure at 5 years in a cohort of South African children. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: 849 five year old...