Outputs (1023)

Lords of the North-Sea World
Thesis
Mansfield, A. (2016). Lords of the North-Sea World

This thesis seeks to understand the impact of the locality on the lordships of the North-Sea world. Historians, previously, have focussed on aristocrats and lordship through a lord’s relationship to a central authority. Medievalists, moreover, have f... Read More about Lords of the North-Sea World.

Making sense of sunbed tanning: A social representations approach
Thesis
Taylor, J. (2016). Making sense of sunbed tanning: A social representations approach

A substantial body of research has addressed the continuing popularity of sunbed tanning despite increasing evidence of the associated risks. Much of this research has tended to be atheoretical or underpinned by theoretical assumptions which neglect... Read More about Making sense of sunbed tanning: A social representations approach.

Research governance in pharmacogenetic based drug development: why the principlist approach?
Thesis
Williams, J. (2016). Research governance in pharmacogenetic based drug development: why the principlist approach?

The thesis will examine whether policy considerations based on the normative ethical framework of Principlism are adequate for drug development involving pharmacogenetics. In order to structure the analysis, the main research question will be based o... Read More about Research governance in pharmacogenetic based drug development: why the principlist approach?.

Alienation and Control: A study of alienated labour in two Youth Offending Teams across England and Wales.
Thesis
de Middelaer, T. A. (2016). Alienation and Control: A study of alienated labour in two Youth Offending Teams across England and Wales

This thesis provides an empirical, qualitative, study of nuances of the labour process in the context of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and how detectable indications of alienation may be present in the perceptions of front-line practitioners. The stud... Read More about Alienation and Control: A study of alienated labour in two Youth Offending Teams across England and Wales..

Occupational therapy for the upper limb after stroke: implementing evidence-based constraint induced movement therapy into practice
Thesis
implementing evidence-based constraint induced movement therapy into practice

Background
Constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT), an intervention to increase upper limb (UL) function post-stroke, is not used routinely by therapists in the United Kingdom; reasons for this are unknown. Using the Promoting Action on Research... Read More about Occupational therapy for the upper limb after stroke: implementing evidence-based constraint induced movement therapy into practice.

The identity of Higher Education lecturers in Further Education Colleges
Thesis
McGhie, L. (2017). The identity of Higher Education lecturers in Further Education Colleges

This study explores the identity of Higher Education Lecturers in UK Further Education Colleges [HE in FE]. This sector accounts for 8-10% of HE and offers cheaper, local options to students than traditional HE, supporting successive governments’ tar... Read More about The identity of Higher Education lecturers in Further Education Colleges.

International Financial Reporting Standards in Libya: An institutional theory perspective.
Thesis
Mohamed, A. M. (2016). International Financial Reporting Standards in Libya: An institutional theory perspective

This thesis seeks to investigate a number of issues relating to the mandating of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) in Libya in 2006. This includes examining the factors that influenced the decision of the Libyan government to mandat... Read More about International Financial Reporting Standards in Libya: An institutional theory perspective..

The Social Dimensions of Post-Conflict Land Relations and Policies in Acholiland, Northern Uganda
Thesis
Okot, B. J. (2017). The Social Dimensions of Post-Conflict Land Relations and Policies in Acholiland, Northern Uganda

Since the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) retreat from Acholiland in Northern Uganda (2006), widespread land conflicts were publicised in n1any areas of the district. This its, the success of much of the resettlement process. This ethnography of relat... Read More about The Social Dimensions of Post-Conflict Land Relations and Policies in Acholiland, Northern Uganda.

The material text and the literary marketplace in the novels of Herman Melville
Thesis
McGettigan, K. E. (2014). The material text and the literary marketplace in the novels of Herman Melville

This thesis examines Herman Melville's representations of the material text and the literary marketplace in the novels he published between 1846 and 1857. Thus far,
scholarship has emphasized Melville's hostility towards literary production in mid­... Read More about The material text and the literary marketplace in the novels of Herman Melville.

The treatment of poverty in Nantwich and Crewe 1730-1914
Thesis
Edwards, F. (1990). The treatment of poverty in Nantwich and Crewe 1730-1914

This thesis examines the various ways in which poverty was treated in Crewe and Nantwich from the operation of the old Poor Law to 1914 when a complex combination of private and public effort existed in an attempt to ease the plight of the Poor. The... Read More about The treatment of poverty in Nantwich and Crewe 1730-1914.