Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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An Exploratory Study of How and Why Some Micro-Finance Banks Overcome Adversity and Why Others Do Not
(2021-01-13)This exploratory study was undertaken to gain an understanding of how and why some Micro-finance Banks (MFBs) in Lagos, Nigeria cope with, adapt to and overcome adversity in response to a spate of failures in the industry ... -
Exploring Accounting Students' Interaction with Their Assessment Feedback in a UK Post-92 University
(2018-04-06)This thesis offers a holistic insight into the expectations and experiences of university students in relation to academic feedback. The subjects are a diverse group of first year accounting and finance students in a post-92 ... -
Exploring Accounting Students' Interaction with their Assessment Feedback in a UK Post-92 University
(2018-06-21)This thesis offers a holistic insight into the expectations and experiences of university students in relation to academic feedback. The subjects are a diverse group of first year accounting and finance students in a post-92 ... -
Exploring Dynamic Processes: a Qualitative Study of Problem-Based Learning Experiences within Clinical Psychology Training
(2013-04-30)Aim: The existing literature on the experiences of individuals who have undertaken Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as part of their doctoral Clinical Psychology training in the UK is scarce, particularly from the perspective ... -
Exploring psychologists’ attachment style, compassion fatigue and satisfaction, and use of self-care within forensic settings
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-01-21)Background: Attachment styles involve perceptions of the self and others and influence how individuals relate to other people. Insecure attachment styles have been strongly associated with the life experiences, criminal ... -
Exploring Sensory Processing among Hearing Impaired and Culturally Deaf Children
(2020-10-19)It is estimated that 5-10% of the non-clinical paediatric population experience difficulties with sensory processing (SP). In some clinical groups 90-95% of children are estimated to experience difficulties in this area. ... -
Exploring Teacher-Student Communication in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classes in a Private University in China
(2024-01-19)This thesis explores the importance of teacher-student communication in English as a foreign language classes in a private university in China. It outlines the positive impacts of effective teacher-student communication ... -
Exploring the Association between Paranormal Beliefs and Cognitive Deficits
(2023-05-17)This thesis investigates whether paranormal beliefs are associated with deficits of cognition (in accord with the so-called “cognitive deficits hypothesis”). A systematic review of four decades of research (71 studies, n ... -
Exploring the Bond between People and their Social Housing: a London Based Study
(2021-04-28)A growing literature suggests our homes have a particularly powerful symbolic and psychological significance (Graham et al., 2015). In the UK, the certainty of safe, secure, and affordable housing for the most vulnerable ... -
Exploring the design of people-centred inclusive smart cities using integrated inclusion approaches and citizen engagement strategies through case studies of London, Bengaluru, and Kampala
(2023-07-18)The twenty-first century is the age of cities. A country's sustainable growth and development depend on its cities' success and failure. The smart city approach, the new and emerging model of urban development, is expected ... -
Exploring the Experience of Parenting when using Social Media: a Grounded Theory Study
(2022-03-09)Becoming a parent is a period of great transition in which a person’s relationship to their evolving identity can impact upon their wellbeing. Both group membership (Seymour-Smith et al, 2017) and social comparison (Gilbert, ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Facilitators of Reflective Practice Groups in Clinical Psychology Training: a Thematic Analysis
(2021-10-22)Despite many Clinical Psychology training programmes utilising reflective practice groups (RPGs) as a means of developing reflective practice skills, there remains little research examining facilitator perspectives of such ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Injecting Drug Users Living with Leg Ulceration: a Qualitative Design
(2018-10-02)There is a paucity of scientific evidence into the lived experience of people who have a history of injecting drug use and are living with leg ulceration. Portraying the true voice of injecting drug users (IDUs) through ... -
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Postnatal Period for First-time Mothers Experiencing Postnatal Depression: a Thematic Analysis
(2023-01-04)Research has identified the negative impact that postnatal depression has on new mothers' wellbeing and that of their family. With mothers in the postnatal period facing unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, there ... -
Exploring the Personal Constructs of Looked After Children and their Foster Carers: a Qualitative Study
(2012-06-29)Previous research has indicated the unique contribution that the interaction between looked after children and their foster carers might have on young people’s behaviour, emotional well-being and subsequent placement ... -
Exploring the Processes that Nurture the Resilience of Young Refugees Living in the UK
(2021-11-26)Literature on young refugees has predominantly focused on pathology, symptom reduction and barriers for accessing services and help-seeking. In recent decades there has been a paradigm-shift towards exploring factors that ... -
Exploring the shared meaning of being at one’s best in work
(2017-02-27)This research takes an iterative multiple case study approach and seeks new insight from common language in the workplace – specifically exploring what we mean when we say that we’re at our best in work. Being at your best ... -
Exploring the Use of E-Government/Online Social Network in the Government of Oman
(2018-07-09)The rapid development of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in the 21st century has changed society at all levels: individual, group, company and government. As a result, there has been a significant ... -
Exploring Uncomfortable Situations in the Practice of a Swedish Leadership Consultant
(2016-04-20)This research examines the practice of process consultancy in Sweden with a particular emphasis on working in disturbing and uncomfortable situations. The managerial discourses that consultants are working in are dominated ... -
Exteme Variables in Star Forming Regions
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-01-25)The notion that low- to intermediate-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) gain mass at a constant rate during the early stages of their evolution appears to be challenged by observations of YSOs suffering sudden increases ...