With prior research suggesting that educational leaders in Western contexts are discomforted by managerialism, this thesis considers why, despite benign market forces and regulatory freedoms, international school Heads might find appeal in managerial... Read More about Managerialism in international schools: a critical enquiry into the professional identity work of head teachers.
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The number of international students coming to the UK to study has increased significantly over the past decade and while much has been written about their recruitment and retention, the development of a deeper understanding of the international stud... Read More about Great expectations: exploring the hopes and experiences of international business students in the United Kingdom.
Despite much enthusiasm for the practice of peer mentoring by ex-offenders it has received very little empirical scrutiny. This thesis examines the micro dynamics and intimate interactions within these relationships. In doing so it highlights how men... Read More about Peer mentoring and the role of the voluntary sector in [re]producing ‘desistance’: identity, agency, values, change and power.
Pupils' choices in their educational and career trajectories
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This thesis investigates the effect of social background on pupils’ choices of educational and career pathways. A group of 18 pupils, chosen from a single Comprehensive School in the North West of England, was followed from the ages of 13 to 16 as th... Read More about Pupils' choices in their educational and career trajectories.
This thesis sets out to explore the influences of unemployment upon senses of identity and involvement in crime in Stoke-on-Trent. It draws upon the Free Association Interview method to explore the lives and experiences of a group of men living in so... Read More about Graftin’ up ‘anley duck: Narrating the influence of unemployment upon identity and crime in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Aarhus Convention: towards a cosmopolitan international environmental politics
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This thesis investigates the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus). It assesses its normative contribution to International Environmental Politics (IEP). Vi... Read More about The Aarhus Convention: towards a cosmopolitan international environmental politics.
This research explores the ways in which young Turkish university students understand, express and negotiate religious practice versus secularism in the public and private spheres as these have emerged in the early twenty-first century, in light of t... Read More about Between Religion and Secularity in Turkey: A Qualitative Enquiry into the Understandings and Experiences of Turkish University Students.
Social anxieties surrounding the perceived deviancy of young people both within their communities and the education system have been continually reconstructed, over the past century. Burgeoning contemporary media representations and government polici... Read More about 'Problematic Youth': An ethnographic study of working class culture at 'home' and within a Pupil Referral Unit.
Effective delivery of health and social care requires collaboration between professions. The aim of this research study was to explore one element of that collaboration – the contribution made by social workers to multi-disciplinary professional prac... Read More about Social work and learning disabilities: an exploration of the contribution of social work within a multi-disciplinary team.
The aim of this thesis is to explore Key Stage 3 (KS3) students’ experiences of Black History Month (BHM) and Black History (BH) with a particular focus on African and Caribbean students in two English secondary schools. African and Caribbean student... Read More about Black History Month and Black History with Key Stage 3 Students in English Secondary Schools: A Critical Race Theory Approach.