• Gene expression profiles during early differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells 

  Mansergh, Fiona C.; Daly, Carl S.; Hurley, Anna L.; Wride, Michael A.; Hunter, Susan M.; Evans, Martin J. (BMC, 2009)

  Background: Understanding the mechanisms controlling stem cell differentiation is the key to future advances in tissue and organ regeneration. Embryonic stem (ES) cell differentiation can be triggered by embryoid body ...
• Apoptosis gene profiling reveals spatio-temporal regulated expression of the p53/Mdm2 pathway during lens development 

  Geatrell, Jenny C.; Gan, Peng Mui (Iryn); Mansergh, Fiona C.; Kisiswa, Lilian; Jarrin, Miguel; Williams, Llinos A.; Evans, Martin J.; Boulton, Mike E.; Wride, Michael A. (Elsevier, 2009)

  Evidence is emerging for apoptosis gene expression in the lens during development. Therefore, here we used a filter array to assess expression of 243 apoptosis-related genes in the developing postnatal mouse lens using ...
• Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis (cIAP1) is down-regulated during retinal ganglion cell (RGC) maturation 

  Kisiswa, Lilian; Albon, Julie; Morgan, James E.; Wride, Michael A. (Elsevier, 2010)

  Apoptosis, is the main type of cell death that occurs in ageing and neurodegenerative disease, such as glaucoma. This study therefore characterises the expression profile of caspases (pro-apoptosis) and inhibitors of ...
• Goethean pedagogy a case in innovative science education and implications for work based learning 

  Franses, Philip; Wride, Michael A. (Emerald Publishing Ltd, 2015)

  Purpose The purpose here is to highlight the profound learning associated with the Goethean methodology in the Holistic Science MSc at Schumacher College, Devon, U.K. This is presented as a case study in profound ...
• Science playtime 

  Wride, Michael A. (2015)

  A cold Friday in December in Dublin…as it often is, the wind is biting, blowing in from the North East off the Irish Sea, across Dublin Bay and up the River Liffey. Blustering its busy way between the buildings of Trinity ...
• Creative development of meaning in matter: reflections on a silent pilgrimage 

  Wride, Michael A.; Franses, Philip (Lifewide Education, 2015)

  Former Schumacher College lecturer, developmental biologist and complexity scientist Brian Goodwin had coined the term “Maximum freedom to the parts, maximum coherence to the whole”. This was our mantra as we began our ...
• The matter of meaning: an unfolding 

  Franses, Philip; Wride, Michael A. (2016)

  The MSc class room at Schumacher College is a small room, fitted under the hundreds of years old beams of the sloping roof of the Old Postern. For almost twenty years, it has been the home of the inquiry into Holistic ...
• Identification of novel serum microRNAs in age-related macular degeneration 

  ElShelmani, Hanan; Wride, Michael A.; Saad, Tahira; Rani, Sweta; Kelly, David J.; Keegan, David (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2020)

  Purpose: To identify circulating microRNAs (miRNA) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Thus differentially expressed serum miRNA could be used as AMD biomarkers. Methods: This study involved total ...
• Examining large student cohorts - a question of questions 

  West, Roger P.; Wride, Michael A. (2020)

  With pressure on academic courses worldwide to increase student numbers, the trends in exam marks distribution for subject modules become more meaningful, with more distinct pattern characteristics reflecting student ...
• The role of deregulated microRNAs in age-related macular degeneration pathology 

  ElShelmani, Hanan; Wride, Michael A.; Saad, Tahira; Rani, Sweta; Kelly, David J.; Keegan, David (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2021)

  Purpose: We previously identified three microRNAs (miRNAs) with significantly increased expression in the serum of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared with healthy controls. Our objective was to ...
• How research institutions can foster innovation 

  Dahm, Ralf; Byrne, Jake Rowan; Rogers, Daniel; Wride, Michael A. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021)

  Carrying out research—if done right—inherently means being innovative. We use ‘innovation’ in a broad sense, that is, as the creation of something new: an idea, a concept, way of looking at things, method or approach. ...
• LIBER Digital humanities and digital cultural heritage working group: a case study of international collaboration and network building 

  Wilms, Lotte; Derven, Caleb; Martinez, Merisa (Cambridge University Press, 2021)

  How can European library staff working in digital humanities connect with peers in the library sector, determine where to find relevant information about digital scholarship, provide their collections as data and to be an ...
• The optimal global integration – local responsiveness tradeoff for an international branch campus 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (Springer, 2018)

  The growth in the number of international branch campuses (IBCs) has been one of the most striking developments in the internationalization of higher education in recent years. IBCs are overwhelmingly branches of universities ...
• Managing international branch campuses: what do we know? 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2015)

  Over the last decade, the growth of the international branch campus (IBC) has been one of the most striking developments in the internationalisation of higher education. There are now over 200 IBCs across the world, mostly ...
• The challenges of leading an international branch campus: the “lived experience” of in-country senior managers 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (SAGE Publications, 2016)

  In recent years, an increasing number of major universities have set up international branch campuses (IBCs). There are now more than 200 IBCs, with more under development. Little is known about the unique challenges that ...
• The challenges of managing transnational education partnerships: The views of “home-based” managers vs “in-country” managers 

  Healey, Nigel Martin (Emerald Publishing Ltd, 2018)

  Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the challenges of managing transnational education (TNE) partnerships from the perspective of the home university managers. Design/methodology/approach The study ...
• Approximate solution techniques for the sorption of a finite amount of swelling solvent in a glassy polymer 

  Mitchell, Sarah L.; McInerney, N.P.; O'Brien, Stephen B.G. (Elsevier, 2021)

  This study examines a one-dimensional Stefan problem describing the sorption of a finite amount of swelling solvent in a glassy polymer. The polymer is initially in a dry non-swollen state, where the polymer network is ...
• Experiences of people with intellectual disabilities encountering law enforcement officials as the suspects of crime – A narrative systematic review 

  Gulati, Gautam; Cusack, Alan; Kelly, Brendan D.; Kilcommins, Shane; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2020)

  It is well established internationally that there is a high prevalence of intellectual disability (ID) among people in police custody. Some people with ID may face particular challenges in negotiating the forensic ...
• Radical constructivism—von Glasersfeld 

  Walsh, Gráinne (Springer, 2020)

  Radical constructivism was defined by von Glasersfeld as a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, and human understanding. Radical constructivism draws heavily on Jean ...
• Working and learning through the local community: four case studies from higher education that promote civic engagement 

  Morley, Dawn A.; Gleeson, Tracey; Mey, Kerstin; Warren-Perkinson, Anne; Bourne, Tracey; King, Amy E.; Cooper, Linda; Reavey, Duncan (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham., 2021)

  This chapter acts as a companion to Chapter 4 which discusses the rise of the civic engagement movement in higher education and the mutual benefits of connecting universities with their local communities. The case ...

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