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Women, nature and the Kantian sublime: can a reconciliation be found?
Thesis
Kings, A. E. (2016). Women, nature and the Kantian sublime: can a reconciliation be found?

This thesis will investigate the relationship between Immanuel Kant, women and the natural world. Using mainly Kant’s third critique, The Critique of Judgement and his Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, I will seek to establish... Read More about Women, nature and the Kantian sublime: can a reconciliation be found?.

The appearance of God: A defense of the argument from religious experience
Thesis
Burns, A. (2016). The appearance of God: A defense of the argument from religious experience

Should we trust religious experience? Discussions of religious experience in analytic philosophy have, over the last fifty years, focussed primarily on whether such experiences can serve as non-inferential evidence for the existence of God. Richard S... Read More about The appearance of God: A defense of the argument from religious experience.

Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests
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Gordon, H. L. (2018). Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests

This research contributes to the relatively small collection of primary research exploring environmental social work. The research is qualitative in design and is underpinned by critical theory. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 14 Wel... Read More about Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests.

MacIntyre and green political thought: deliberative eco-politics for dependent rational animals
Thesis
Simcock, A. (2018). MacIntyre and green political thought: deliberative eco-politics for dependent rational animals

Ecologism is a political ideology that emerged in the 1970s. It challenged the neoliberal privileging of economic growth over environmental protection and a narrow conception of the self as autonomous, rational and self-interested. Ecologism’s normat... Read More about MacIntyre and green political thought: deliberative eco-politics for dependent rational animals.

Lifelong learning among accountants: exploring the links with professional identity
Thesis
Adjei-Kusi, K. (2018). Lifelong learning among accountants: exploring the links with professional identity

This thesis explores links between lifelong learning and professional identity among a group of eighteen accountants working across three countries between 2013 and 2016. The substantive aim of this study was to contribute to existing but limited lit... Read More about Lifelong learning among accountants: exploring the links with professional identity.

Patterns and dialogues in youth work practice: qualitative research into the professional identities and practices of qualified youth workers
Thesis
Pope, P. M. (2018). Patterns and dialogues in youth work practice: qualitative research into the professional identities and practices of qualified youth workers

This qualitative research study into professional youth work identities and practices offers an insider perspective on the youth work community of practice. The research inquiry adopts a socially constructivist theoretical framework and was contextua... Read More about Patterns and dialogues in youth work practice: qualitative research into the professional identities and practices of qualified youth workers.

Inhabiting a woman’s world: the experience of male general student nurses in the Republic of Ireland
Thesis
Neary, M. (2018). Inhabiting a woman’s world: the experience of male general student nurses in the Republic of Ireland

This thesis explores the experience of being a male general student nurse in the feminised world of nursing in the Republic of Ireland, where only 5% of general nurses are male. The main focus of the thesis is the experienceof male general student nu... Read More about Inhabiting a woman’s world: the experience of male general student nurses in the Republic of Ireland.

'Third culture kids': migration narratives on belonging, identity and place.
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(2015). 'Third culture kids': migration narratives on belonging, identity and place

Third Culture Kids are the children of people working outside their passport countries, and who are employed by international organisations as development experts, diplomats, missionaries, journalists, international NGO and humanitarian aid workers,... Read More about 'Third culture kids': migration narratives on belonging, identity and place..

Dare to be different, dare to progress: a case study of a Key Stage 4 Pupil Referral Unit 2009-12
Thesis
(2015). Dare to be different, dare to progress: a case study of a Key Stage 4 Pupil Referral Unit 2009-12

‘Dare to be different, dare to progress’ explores the educational experiences of a group of 14 – 16 year old students referred to a pupil referral unit (PRU) during the period 2009 – 2012 using both quantitative and qualitative data sources. The quan... Read More about Dare to be different, dare to progress: a case study of a Key Stage 4 Pupil Referral Unit 2009-12.

The experience of shared decision-making for breast cancer: a qualitative study
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(2015). The experience of shared decision-making for breast cancer: a qualitative study

Shared decision making (SDM) is a collaborative process that allows patients and their providers to make health care decisions together, taking into account scientific evidence and the patient’s values and preferences. The thesis shifts the explanato... Read More about The experience of shared decision-making for breast cancer: a qualitative study.

National identity and elite interests: Makarios and Greek Cypriot nationalism (1967-1974)
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(2014). National identity and elite interests: Makarios and Greek Cypriot nationalism (1967-1974)

Within the field of Nationalism Studies, the relationship between “National Identity” and “ethnicity” has been widely studied. Likewise, the relationship between “National Identity”, “elite interests” and “ethnic conflicts” has also been investigated... Read More about National identity and elite interests: Makarios and Greek Cypriot nationalism (1967-1974).

That noir passage between Europe and America. The representation of criminals, law and social order in western cinema.
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(2014). That noir passage between Europe and America. The representation of criminals, law and social order in western cinema

A group of American and European films in the forties and fifties are characterised by a dark atmosphere and morbid fascination with crime and violent death. Normally populated by rootless characters who live as though suspended in an existential lim... Read More about That noir passage between Europe and America. The representation of criminals, law and social order in western cinema..

Continual Professional Development for school teachers: A qualitative inquiry into factors affecting engagement at one university.
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(2014). Continual Professional Development for school teachers: A qualitative inquiry into factors affecting engagement at one university

This thesis examines what influences teachers when they engage with, or disengage from CPD at one U.K. University that is a major provider of teachers` CPD. The research has been carried out with the aim of informing the management and development of... Read More about Continual Professional Development for school teachers: A qualitative inquiry into factors affecting engagement at one university..

Trading in antiquities on eBay: the changing face of the illicit trade in antiquities
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(2013). Trading in antiquities on eBay: the changing face of the illicit trade in antiquities

The sale of ancient objects on eBay is presented to buyers as legitimate and ethical. However the antiquities trade is a grey market, where both licit and illicit objects are sold (Bowman, 2008). An unknown percentage of illicit antiquities have ente... Read More about Trading in antiquities on eBay: the changing face of the illicit trade in antiquities.

Learning in later life: using life biography to investigate the inter-relationship of learning and life course capital
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(2013). Learning in later life: using life biography to investigate the inter-relationship of learning and life course capital

Current demographics within the United Kingdom present a challenging picture, with older people forming a considerable proportion of the population. In particular, older people are spending a longer period outside paid work at a point in the life cou... Read More about Learning in later life: using life biography to investigate the inter-relationship of learning and life course capital.

All that’s constant is change: a brief political history of police reforms in Serbia
Journal Article
Ryan. (2008). All that’s constant is change: a brief political history of police reforms in Serbia

Policing in Yugoslavia and in Serbia historically exhibits a greater affinity towards the maintenance of a particular socio-political order than it has the rule of law. This article argues against common held international contentions that the police... Read More about All that’s constant is change: a brief political history of police reforms in Serbia.