Student and Staff Research Conference 2021: Programme

Day 1

9.10am – 9.30am Channel opens
9.30am – 9.40am

Welcome by Professor Don MacRaild, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange

Introduced by Professor Klaus Fischer

9.40am – 10.40am

Opening keynote lecture:

Dr Marlon Moncrieffe (University of Brighton)

Trending – Decolonising the Curriculum: What next for this educational concept?

Read abstract: Trending – Decolonising the Curriculum

Chairs: Dr Eirini Meimaridou and Dr Andrew Moran

10.40am – 10.50am Coffee break
 

Reacting to transgression and disadvantage (Lightning talks)

Chair: Ama Agyeman

10.50am – 10.55am

Talk 1: The Sublime as a Guiding Philosophy in the Work or Artists with Dyslexia - Skye William Eade

Read abstract: The Sublime as Guiding Philosophy in the Works of Artists with Dyslexia

10.55am – 11.00am

Talk 2: Informed consent and SDM in women's experience of maternal mistreatment/obstetric violence - Rafaela Bortolani

Read abstract: How do Shared Decision Making and Informed Consent improve women experience

11am – 11.05am

Talk 3: Pump Handle vs Root Cause Interventions to Tackle Violence Against Women - Amy Beddows

Read abstract: Women’s Experiences of Victim Blame following Sexual Violence.

 

Education challenges

Chairs: Professor Doris Schedlitzki and Mohamed Ahmed

11.05am – 11.25am

Panel 1: (Un)recognised Emotional Labour and the Early Childhood Education and Care Worker in English context - Eva Mikuska

Read abstract: (Un)recognised Emotional Labour and the Early Childhood Education & Care Worker

11.25am – 11.45am

Panel 2: Seven Habits for Highly Effective e-Learning: A quasi-experiment testing the effect of mode of delivery and associated capabilities on student self-mastery, satisfaction and experience on an International Sports Business Course - Dr Stephen Hills

Read abstract: Seven Habits for Highly Effective e-Learning

11.45am – 12pm Coffee break
 

Addressing social and health challenges 

Chairs: Dr Yolanda Eraso and Rafaela Bortolani

12pm – 12.20pm  

Panel 3: Negotiating a Changed World Through Craft-design. Praxis and Research in South Africa - Dr Harriet McKay and Melanie Youles

Read abstract: Negotiating a Changed World through Craft-design

12.20pm – 12.40pm

Panel 4: First Generation Nigerian Mother's Experiences of Postnatal Depression - Dr Lydia Ling and Dr Verity Di Mascio

Read abstract: An investigation into how first generation Nigerian mothers living in the UK  

12.40pm – 1pm 

Panel 5: Adaption and exhaustion: Delivering support services remotely - Professor Liz Kelly and Selma Taha

Read abstract: Adaption and exhaustion - Delivering support services remotely

1pm – 1.45pm Lunch break and poster exhibition
 

Reading DNA

Chairs: Professor Ken White and Lila Touabi

1.45pm – 2.05pm

Panel 6: Telomere Length and Response to Vitamin D Supplementation in Black People - Dr Una Fairbrother

Read abstract: Telomere Length and Response to Vitamin D Supplementation in Black People

2.05pm – 2.25pm

Panel 7: Using a Nanopore Sequencer to determine chromosome specific telomeres lenghts - Elliot Kidd

Read abstract: Using a Nanopore Sequencer to determine chromosome specific telomeres lengths

 

Health interventions and applications (Lightning talks)

Chair: Dr Samireh Jorfi

2.25pm – 2.30pm

Talk 4: Molecular mode of action of Nigella sativa in type 2 diabetes - Marwah Al-Anbaki

Read abstract: Molecular mode of action of Nigella sativa in type 2 diabetes

2.30pm – 2.35pm

Talk 5: Prevalence of Campylobacter in meat - Sangeetha Ganesh

Read abstract: Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in the red meat

2.35pm – 2.40pm

Talk 6: Vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 – a health promotion survey for the London Met community - Kacie Shoulders

Read abstract: Vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 – a health promotion survey

2.40pm – 2.50pm Coffee break
2.50pm – 3.10pm

Machine Learning and Cyber Analytics (Q&A sessions for pre-recorded lectures)

Chairs: Professor Bal Virdee and Ramzi Djemai

Lecture 1: Adaptation of Business Rules in Business Workflow Systems - Kanana Ezekiel

Read abstract: Business Rules Adaptation in Workflows

Listen to Lecture 1

Lecture 2: 3D printed Cybernetic Hand - Dion Mariyanayagam

Read abstract: 3D printed Cybernetic Hand

Listen to Lecture 2

Lecture 3: Containerization and Parameterization of Machine Learning Code - Viktor Sowinski-Mydlarz

Read abstract: Containerization and Parameterization of Machine Learning Code

Listen to Lecture 3

Lecture 4: Intelligent pattern recognition approach to identity resolution - Asif Nawaz

Read abstract: Intelligent pattern recognition approach to identity resolution

Listen to Lecture 4

 

Information and technology

Chairs: Fiona French and Subeksha Shrestha

3.10pm – 3.30pm

Panel 8: Data Collection Framework for real-time streaming of cybersecurity events - Herbert Maosa

Read abstract: Data Collection Framework for real-time streaming of cybersecurity events

3.30pm – 3.50pm

Panel 9: Perceptions of Data Subject Consent - Stephen Breen

Read abstract: Perceptions of Data Subject Consent

3.50pm – 4.10pm

Panel 10: Pandemics, Homeworking and the Security of Voice Computing - Anthony Phipps

Read abstract: Pandemics, Homeworking and the Security of Voice Computing

4.10pm – 4.20pm Coffee break
 

Shared keynote (joint student and staff presentation)

4.20pm – 5.00pm

Negotiating a changed world: beyond the paradigm of how to achieve success - Dr Diana Luck, Aaron Kuskopf, Jolanta Mis, Ashley Wang and Sarah Sullivan-Smith

Read abstract: Negotiating a changed and still changing world

Chairs: Professor Jan Bamford and Su Shen

5.00pm – 5.10pm

Day 1 – Concluding remarks

Dr Eirini Meimaridou

 

 

Day 2

9.10am – 9.30am Channel opens
9.30am – 9.45am

Maeva Khachfe, Head of Research Policy and Implementation

Professor Klaus Fischer, Head of Graduate School

9.45am – 10.45am

Opening keynote lecture

Dr Hannah Gibson (University of Essex)

Language-in-education in Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia: Harnessing learners' multilingual repertoires

Read abstract: Language-in-education in Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia

Chairs: Professor Klaus Fischer and Amita Revankar

10.45am –10.55am Coffee break
 

Voice, text and identity (Lightning talks)

Chair: Wally Mbassi Elong

10.55am – 11.00am

Talk 7: Student voice and the inclusive curriculum: Using Friendship as a Research Method - Janet Douglas Gardner

Read abstract: Student voice and the inclusive curriculum-Using Friendship as a Research Method

11.00am –11.05am

Talk 8: An analysis of the translation strategies used in the translation of legal and institutional terms (LIT) in the legal thrillers written by Gianrico Carofiglio (The "Guido Guerrieri series") - Susan Lilley

Read abstract: An analysis of the translation strategies used in the translation

11.05am –11.10am

Talk 9: The Impact of Social Identity on BAME Female Academic Staff Satisfaction in the UK Higher Education Sector - Noorzoha Munir

Read abstract: The Impact of Social Identity on BAME Female Academic Staff Satisfaction

 

The COVID-19 pandemic: implications and explorations

Chair: Dr Una Fairbrother and Elliot Kidd

11.10am –11.30am

Panel 11: Exploring parental experiences of school exclusion: methodological implications of the COVID-19 pandemic - Ama Agyeman

Read abstract: Exploring parental experiences of school exclusion

11.30am –11.50am

Panel 12: The challenges and opportunities of conducting research on COVID-19, during a national lockdownProfessor Louise Ryan

Read abstract: The challenges and opportunities of conducting research on COVID-19

11.50am –12.10pm

Panel 13: An exploratory study of how national health service institutions around the globe have coped and continue to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic Dr Samuel Idowu

Read abstract: An exploratory study of how national health service institutions

12.10pm –12.30pm

Language, Education and Creative Solutions (Q&A sessions for pre-recorded lectures)

Chair: Professor Digby Warren and Janet Douglas Gardner

Lecture 5: Factors that motivate foreign language teachers in Romania - Liliana Salin

Read abstract: Factors that motivate foreign language teachers in Romania

Listen to Lecture 5

Lecture 6: Language and Identity: Attitudes towards Heritage Languages in the Construction of Mixed Heritage Individuals Identities - Briya Patel

Read abstract: Language and Identity- Attitudes towards Heritage Languages

Listen to Lecture 6

Lecture 7: The socio-cultural aspects of the Mole Concept as experienced by science students - Charles E. Agbor

Read abstract: Deconstructing the mole using sociological filters

Listen to Lecture 7

Lecture 8: Writing the Lives of Dambudzo Marechera - Adebowale Oriku

Read abstract: Writing the Lives of Dambudzo Marechera

Listen to Lecture 8

Lecture 9: Wild Ways – A scoping study on influencing pro-environmental behaviours to facilitate urban rewilding - Sian Moxon & Dr Justin Webb

Read abstract: Wild Ways – A scoping study on influencing pro-environmental behaviours

Listen to Lecture 9

12.30pm –1.15pm Lunch and poster presentation
 

Making voices heard

Chairs: Professor Jennifer Harding and Dion Mariyanayagam

1.15pm –1.35pm

Panel 14: Researching the inclusion/exclusion of Black Asian and Minority Ethinc (BAME) voices in radio and podcastingAdebukola Fadipe and Wally Shannon Embassi Elong

Read abstract: Researching the inclusion:exclusion of (BAME) voices in radio and podcasting

1.35pm –1.55pm

Panel 15: The experience of women in a traditionally male industry in the case of female firm representatives in the Austrian agricultural sectorDr Bettina Coleman-Schoels

Read abstract: The experience of women in a traditionally male industry

1.55pm –2.25pm Coffee break
 

The power of artificial intelligence (Lightning talks)

Chair: Matthew Babb

2.25pm –2.30pm

Talk 10: A framework for lightweight polymorphic security system for IoT devices - Dion Mariyanayagam

Read abstract: A framework for lightweight polymorphic security system for IoT devices

2.30pm –2.35pm

Talk 11: Systematic Review of security provisions for IoT in Cloud Based Environment - Richa Sharma

Read abstract: Systematic Review of Security provisions for IoT in Cloud Based Environment

2.35pm –2.40pm

Talk 12: IoT based Horticulture Monitoring System - Monika Rabka

Read abstract: IoT based Horticulture Monitoring System

 

Lingustic identities and perceptions

Chair: Dr Gonzalo Perez Andrade and Lawan Dalha

2.40pm –3.00pm

Panel 17: Translanguaging in multilingual clasrooms: Teachers' practices, observations and beliefs about the use of translanguaging in Eglish language classrooms for adult learners in Mumbai - Amita Revankar

Read abstract: Translanguaging in multilingual classrooms

3.00pm –  3.20pm

Panel 18: Japanese University Students' Perceptions of Flipgrid and its Effectiveness in English Speaking Class - Posheng Vincent Chien

Read abstract: Japanese University Students' Perceptions of Flipgrid and its Effectiveness

3.20pm –3.40pm

Panel 19: Reflexivity and multilingualism in a changing world - Sibylle Ratz

Read abstract: Reflexivity and multilingualism in a changing world

3.40pm –4.20pm Coffee break and poster exhibition
4.20pm –4.50pm

Awards

Presented by Anna Kamyk, Oliver Brooks and Wilko Luebsen

4.50pm –5.00pm

Day 2 – Concluding remarks

Dr Una Fairbrother, Head of Researcher Development

5.00pm –6.00pm

Valedictory lecture

Professor David McCarthy (London Metropolitan University)

From a waist tape to metabolic phenotyping – a quarter century journey of nutrition research and education on Holloway Road

Read abstract: From a waist tape to metabolic phenotyping - a quarter century journey

Introduced and chaired by Dr Simon Dryden

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