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Micropower Generation using Buckling Piezoelectric Elements
(2021-08-05)
In recent years, piezoelectric materials and structures have gained significant attention for energy harvesting purposes. This attention can be attributed to the enhancement of low-power electronics and the high energy ...
“Do I dare/Disturb the universe?” Learning the Game of Governance in an Australian Mental Health Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
(2021-07-27)
This thesis explores my participation as a new board director (trustee) in the
everyday work of an NGO involved in mental health research in Australia. I have
employed collaborative narrative auto-ethnography, which has ...
Accessing Mental Health Services for the First Time: The Black African and Caribbean Experience
(2021-05-24)
Background: Significant disparities and complex inequalities are experienced by individuals from black African and Caribbean communities and perpetuate the formation of barriers and the perception of poor outcomes from NHS ...
Subjugation and Subterfuge: Struggling with Metrics as a Middle Manager in a UK Business School
(2021-05-20)
This thesis explores the behaviours and emotions which emerge when middle managers in Higher
Education (HE) use metrics as a tool to measure organisational performance. It uses autoethnography
as a methodological approach, ...
Development and Characterisation of Novel Biocomposites Fabricated Using Natural Fibres and Rapid Prototyping Technology
(2021-05-17)
This research project was motivated by the current development in the field of biocomposites and aims to explore various materials and techniques in the production of environmentally friendly composites. Initially, this ...
An Examination of University Paramedic Students' Enculturation into the Ambulance Service
(2021-05-06)
This study explores student paramedics’ enculturation into a traditional NHS ambulance service trust. The research illustrates the many challenges and dichotomies which face neophyte paramedics as they go from a University ...
What Happens at the Brand Interface? A Narrative Inquiry into the Brand Management Practices of Small Firms in Hertfordshire, UK
(2021-04-29)
The focus of the inquiry reported in this thesis was to explore the brand management practices put into practice by small firms (defined here as those having between 10 and 49 employees) from the perspective of an ...
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 ...
The Struggle for Plurality and Politics in School Leadership Practice: Exploring the Importance of Thoughtful Action in Conditions of Uncertainty
(2021-04-16)
This thesis draws upon relational explanations of human action to understand the author’s experiences of school leadership in conditions of uncertainty. The central arguments arrived at in this inquiry recognise the ...
Ward-Based Care of Patients Following Discharge from Critical Care: a Mixed Methods Study
(2021-04-14)
Background
Historically, critical care research and policy focused on survival to intensive care unit (ICU) discharge. However, as critical care innovation has progressed, emphasis has shifted to the quality of survival ...