Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Teachers' Beliefs About Teaching Reading to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Students in Saudi Higher Education
(2018-05-16)This study explores teachers’ beliefs about teaching reading and reading instructional practices. The study seeks to answer the questions such as what the English language teachers believe about teaching reading in English ... -
Thomas Ward Blagg and the Abbey Parish Charities Scandal c.1827-1860
(2018-07-13)St Albans in the early to mid-nineteenth century suffered from endemic levels of corruption. The borough was well known for the bribery that took place at its borough elections and was the subject of three parliamentary ... -
Tracking the Metabolic Signatures Associated with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
(2018-07-11)Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease and the primary genetic cause of infant death. This disease is caused by the atrophy of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in muscle weakness, gradual paralysis ... -
Ultracool Benchmark Companions to Gaia Stars
(2019-06-17)Ultracool dwarfs are stellar and sub-stellar objects with spectral types of M7 or later and effective temperatures below 2700K. Over 1300 have been discovered to date, both as free-floating objects and companions to more ... -
Understanding the Impact of Low Temperatures in Maize Seed Germination
(2021-04-19)Maize (Zea mays) is one of the most widely cultivated crops worldwide; however, it is also considered as a chilling sensitive plant. Plants subjected to suboptimal temperatures suffer changes in numerous chemicals, metabolic ... -
Universities as Agents of the State: the Example of Widening Participation
(2016-04-06)The research project investigates the role Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play in delivering the government’s social policies through Widening Participation (WP) policy, why HEIs have a role in social policy and ... -
Upper-Class Women, Their Gardens and Outdoor Spaces 1860 - 1920
(2020-02-12)This dissertation explores upper-class women’s interactions with garden and outdoor spaces 1860-1920. It does this by using newspapers and the press as its main primary source base, focusing on the representation of ... -
Young Gay Men and Social Control in Modern Britain, 1967 - 2001
(2019-01-22)This thesis is an exploration of young gay identity and it argues for a varied experience over time and across place, which was also affected by methods of social control during the era of partial decriminalisation, between ...