SPARC 2011 Awards

Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding Research

Thomas Hughes-Roberts, University of Salford, The introduction of cross-disciplinary theories to promote the design of user interfaces to positively influence privacy behaviour in web services

Pro Vice Chancellor Award for Innovative Research

Ellen Mwenesongole, Anglia Ruskin University, Estimating Community Drug Usage Patterns by the Analysis of Waste Water

Director of Graduate Studies Award for Community Engagement

Waqas Tufail, University of Salford, Investigating Neighbourhood Partnership Policing

Best presentation for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Simon Bell, Anglia Ruskin University, Laibach and the NSK: Ludic Paradigms of the post-totalitarian age

Best presentation for Science & Engineering

Derman Vatansever, University of Bolton, Comparative Investigation of PVDF and PZT Based Piezoelectric Smart Structures for Wind Energy Generation and Piezoelectric PVDF

Best presentation for Built Environment

Maimoona Al Rawahi, University of Salford, Vocational Education and Training and Employability: the case of the Government Vocational Training Centres in the Sultanate of Oman

Best presentation for Environmental Sciences

Jenna Condie, University of Salford, Living near railways: discourses of control, choice and compromise

Best presentation for Business & Law

Mhorag Goff, University of Salford, The virtual patient in e-patient records

Best presentation for Health, Social Care & Social Work

Bimpe Kuti, University of Bolton, Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare Service Delivery

Best posters

Carly Tetley, University of Salford, Keeper ratings of animal personality as a tool for improving the breeding, management and welfare of zoo animals

Khalid Al-Saleem, University of Salford, Kinship terms in Standard Arabic

Aisha Almansuri, University of Salford, Climatic Design as a Tool to Create Comfortable, Energy-Efficient and an Environmentally Wise Built Environment – Tripoli, Libya