PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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Bernard Shaw at Shaw's Corner: Artefacts, Socialism, Connoisseurship, and Self-Fashioning
(2016-12-20)This thesis analyses artefacts belonging to the playwright, socialist and critic Bernard Shaw, which form part of the collections at Shaw’s Corner, Hertfordshire, now managed as a National Trust property. My original ... -
Robots that Say ’No’: Acquisition of Linguistic Behaviour in Interaction Games with Humans
(2013-12-20)Negation is a part of language that humans engage in pretty much from the onset of speech. Negation appears at first glance to be harder to grasp than object or action labels, yet this thesis explores how this family of ... -
Preparation for the Novel Crisis: A Curriculum and Pedagogy for Emergent Crisis Leadership
(2018-09-10)The context for this study is the convergence of global trends and risks, especially environmental and social changes, with the interconnectedness of the modern world leading to new, larger-scale, and unforeseeable crises. ... -
Adapting to Organisational Culture: A Staged Adapatation Model
(2018-09-10)Adapting to Organizational Culture: A Staged Adaptation Model In today’s fast paced world, a job for life is a concept from the past. As individuals frequently move from one organisation to ... -
Investigations of mycoviruses from Leptosphaeria species and their effects on pathogenicity
(2018-09-10)The aims of this research were to assess the incidence of dsRNA viruses in five different plant pathogenic fungi, including Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, Dothistroma septosporum, Leptosphaeria species (Leptosphaeria maculans ... -
Development of a Roadmap and Evaluation of Quality Decision Making Practices During Medicines Development, Regulatory Review and Health Technology Assessment
(2018-09-10)The science of decision making has been established, but research is limited regarding the quality and transparency of the decision-making processes through which medicines become available. Indeed, it is not always clear ... -
Characterising the Quality Journey of Total Quality Management in Relation to the Financial Performance of SMEs Under Crisis Conditions: the Case for Greece
(2018-09-10)During the last few years Greece is coping with severe economic and financial crisis conditions. Since the Greek SME are the largest productive and economic sector in the Greek economy, they bear the brunt of consequences ... -
Adapting Shakespearean Drama for and in the Middle East: Process and Product
(2018-08-29)This dissertation chronicles the development of a series of plays, collectively referred to as The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy, from the perspective of their playwright Sulayman Al-Bassam. Together, The Al-Hamlet Summit ... -
Adapting to Organisational Culture: a Staged Adaptation Model
(2018-07-13)In today’s fast paced world, a job for life is a concept from the past. As individuals frequently move from one organisation to another, so they move from one organisational culture to another. Change is a constant and as ... -
The Incarcerated Pregnancy: an Ethnographic Study of Perinatal Women in English Prisons
(2018-07-13)The UK has the highest incarceration rate in Western Europe, with pregnant women making up around 6% of the female prison population. There are limited qualitative studies published that document the experiences of pregnancy ... -
An Exploration of Mentoring Within Ultrasound Clinical Practice
(2018-07-13)This study aimed to investigate the factors that affect the mentoring of ultrasound students during the clinical element of their postgraduate programme of study. Specific focus was placed on guidelines and support mechanisms ... -
Application of Solid Phase Microextraction for Quantitative Bioanalysis and Toxicokinetics: an Integrated Microsampling and Microanalysis Technique
(2018-07-13)Over the past decade, the growing field of microsampling has changed the way bioanalysis and preclinical studies are conducted. A variety of microsampling techniques have been adopted by the pharmaceutical industry and ... -
Domestic Window Design and Interior Daylight in Jeddah: Designing for Saudi Women
(2018-07-13)Architecture in Jeddah city in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has gradually undergone a significant shift in style, a consequence of the implementation of contemporary Western architecture after ... -
Between the Panels: How the Interactions Between Commerce and Art Shape Superhero Comic Book Film Adaptations (2000-13)
(2018-07-13)This dissertation’s principal contribution to knowledge lies in its demonstration of the thesis that while economic considerations are ultimately determinant, artistic considerations have a degree of influence in shaping ... -
Sustaining Reflective Conversation: A Narrative Exploration of Advising and Learning with Small-Business Entrepreneurs
(2018-07-13)This research examines my practice as a business adviser working with small firms under the government-funded ‘Business Link’ contract, and with other clients looking to develop their business activities. In exploring the ... -
What is the Role of the Art Teacher in State-Funded Secondary Schools in England?
(2018-06-29)For many years, and particularly since the 1980s, the state has taken an interest in the curriculum of state-funded secondary schools. This interest has focused largely on utilitarian imperatives for employment and economic ... -
Understanding What Supports Dementia-Friendly Environments in General Hospital Settings: a Realist Evaluation
(2018-06-29)Background: Improving care for people living with dementia when they are admitted to hospital is a national priority. Interventions have been designed and implemented to support staff to improve how they provide care to ... -
Management of the Self in Virtual Work: Self-Organisation and Control Among Professional Online Poker Players
(2018-06-21)This study is set in the broad context of the changing world of work that is characterised by the dissolution of full-time stable employment and the emergence of precarious, insecure forms of work (see e.g. Gorz, 1999, ... -
Experiences of Coping in Young Unaccompanied Refugees in the UK
(2018-06-21)Research with refugees tends to be dominated by mainstream medical and trauma models. However, development of resilience theories and research on coping increasingly find that such constructs can open up currently limited ... -
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 ...