Dr Lesley McIntyre

Skimming articles using the AIC (Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion) Method, plus an AIC-> Synthetic Note Template for undergraduates (and graduates!) buff.ly/2MycOPY Want to teach your students how to skim articles using my AIC method? This post offers a template.

Our @BritishAcademy_ Small Grants scheme has opened. We are doing a 3 year trial of partial randomised assessment, because we receive so many good applications. Awards will be allocated randomly between those applications that meet our quality threshold thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-lev…

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A sequential framework for teaching how to write good research questions buff.ly/2J06BaO

Green Market, Eldon Square Shopping Centre, 1978. Picture courtesy of Newcastle City Library Photographic Collection.

So @designcouncil is coming to #Newcastle for its Design for Planet festival Nov 8-9. If we were to organise tours of local #sustainability in #design projects, where should we go/who should we connect to? designforplanet.org

This is the legacy of coal mining in North Tyneside - Each black squiggle represents an area at high risk due to previous workings underground. You're pretty sound if you're in North Brunton, but apart from that... 😁 mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/coalauthority/…

The missing link in the literature review process: 4 elements to look for when reviewing the literature buff.ly/3PMNW2o Stressed about going from Having Read All The Things to Structuring the Literature Review? This blog post offers 4 elements you can look to for help.

@Good_Homes Chair Lynne Sullivan OBE is speaking at the upcoming @FuturebuildNow Hot Topic Webinar on #Overheating. Register for free and join the discussion on Thursday 4 August at 12 pm - invt.io/1txb8sky8sz

Every 2 months, we bring out 450 @designcouncil experts together and draw on their collective intelligence to create learning blogs on various #designforplanet topics. Latest 3 on AI, data & planet; climate future & past; and immersion in nature 🌍👉 @DesignCouncil" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@DesignCouncil

We have a host of events 1-6 August with @GNM_Hancock as part of @Bio_Buildings BioDwelling project. How and why do we build with living materials? Who benefits? (How) do we care? Join us to find out more! ticketsource.co.uk/events-great-n…

Alongside five of our other sister professional bodies we have today launched a 45-point action plan to jointly improve equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Read the full story at orlo.uk/3ERcC @RIBA @ICE_engineers @talklandscape @RICSnews @RTPIPlanners

Just noticed the Danish/Norwegian word for barley here - “bygg”. In the olden days farmers would come into Newcastle to sell their barley at the … (you’ve guessed it) Bigg Market.

We've had a wonderful week on our Summer School with @BL_Learning, exploring treasures from @RIBA and @britishlibrary collections and responding in creative ways. All culminating in a mini exhibition. Huge well done to our artists!

'The Future of Ageing' is now live @DesignMuseum 🎉🥳! Explore how can design can support the needs, aspirations, and interests of the UK's ageing population, and indeed your own future self, in our free exhibit, open until 25 Sept. Photos © Luke O’Donovan #weareallageing

Have a planet-centred design project you want funding between £40-80k? @innovateuk Design Foundations fund is for you - closing date 31 august! Can't wait to see what work emerges! #summary" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">…for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/12…

It's been a month since we announced how Bennetts Associates is currently using site subsoil as a construction material in one of our projects. Here's a digestible animation on the making of the Earth Block. Enjoy! Full story here: bennettsassociates.com/media/earth-bl…

We are now looking to hire a Director of Design for Architecture and Design Scotland. Apply now 👉 bit.ly/DoDrole #NowHiring #ArcDesSco #Architecture #planning @RIASmembership

What lies beneath the cladding you specify? Technical consultant Alan Hurdle looks at the new generation of breathable, non-combustible membranes: buff.ly/3uJJlGi