{"id":1220,"date":"2023-04-27T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T10:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/?page_id=1220"},"modified":"2023-04-27T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T10:03:32","slug":"tor-alexander-bruce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/people\/tor-alexander-bruce\/","title":{"rendered":"Tor Alexander Bruce"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1220\" class=\"elementor elementor-1220\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3aadc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"11789\" data-id=\"e3aadc9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8ba935\" data-eae-slider=\"44359\" data-id=\"d8ba935\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38787c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"38787c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b72bf5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"42331\" data-id=\"b72bf5c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c82131\" data-eae-slider=\"37028\" data-id=\"6c82131\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-829a88e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"829a88e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nTor Alexander Bruce<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d56900a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d56900a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Doctoral Researcher<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0044a80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0044a80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:tor.a.bruce@northumbria.ac.uk\">tor.a.bruce@northumbria.ac.uk<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk\/en\/researchers\/tor-alexander-bruce(301cf1b6-d1ab-48ca-8a59-68cdab574d53).html\">Northumbria University Research Portal<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4676b55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4676b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have a background in journalism and the third sector, the latter involved being a charity ambassador and developing homeless projects in the 1990\u2019s through to founding a registered charity: Eye Of The Fly, in 2001. This involved the transformation of a 10,000 square feet derelict factory into an arts-education facility, and recruiting a broad-database of multi-ethnicity, North East-based creative facilitators, with a mission to provide young people facing barriers to learning and living a platform for personal development. I have also worked in the design studio of Elbilia 76, living in Montreal, Canada. I am interested in the use of space, how people navigate it and how it can be designed with a social purpose in a real-world context. My doctoral research is multi-disciplinary, funded by one of the UK\u2019s leading VR tech-companies, Immersive Interactive. The research is exploring the role and efficacy of human-centred emerging technologies through immersive virtual environments (IVEs) in the context of mental health interventions, responding to a pressing social issue of increasing numbers of individuals presenting health challenges of this nature.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d040c0\" data-eae-slider=\"58367\" data-id=\"3d040c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec5f375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec5f375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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