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Promoting communication and fostering interaction between the generations: A study of the UK's first purpose-built intergenerational centre
Thesis
(2013). Promoting communication and fostering interaction between the generations: A study of the UK's first purpose-built intergenerational centre

As many changes in society, such as increased geographic mobility and improved technological advances, have led to generations frequently becoming segregated from one another, the development of intergenerational shared sites (IGSS) presents a unique... Read More about Promoting communication and fostering interaction between the generations: A study of the UK's first purpose-built intergenerational centre.

Evaluating clinical leadership: a case study
Journal Article
(2009). Evaluating clinical leadership: a case study. Leadership in Health Services, 2010-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/17511870910978132

Purpose The paper aims to describe an evaluation study of advanced leadership programmes run for clinical leaders in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Design/methodology/approach This was a limited, post-hoc study, strongly influence... Read More about Evaluating clinical leadership: a case study.

Problems and projects in action learning
Journal Article
(2002). Problems and projects in action learning. Industrial and Commercial Training, 287-289. https://doi.org/10.1108/00197850210447291

Action learning is about individual and organizational learning, but also about the problem-solving process, which involves both hard and soft inputs. Problems should be distinguished from “puzzles” and criteria for identifying real problems are desc... Read More about Problems and projects in action learning.

The security of the European Union's critical outer space infrastructures
Thesis
(2015). The security of the European Union's critical outer space infrastructures

This thesis investigates the European Union’s (EU) conceptualisation of outer space security in the absence of clear borders or boundaries. In doing so, it analyses the means the EU undertakes to secure the space segments of its critical outer space... Read More about The security of the European Union's critical outer space infrastructures.

Getting around and getting on: self-interested resistance to technology in law enforcement contexts
Journal Article
Wells. (2015). Getting around and getting on: self-interested resistance to technology in law enforcement contexts. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-120814-121639

This review considers the use of technology in law enforcement contexts, focusing on evidence of resistance to particular forms of intervention. Whereas Big Brother and civil liberties narratives dominate the academic discussion of opposition in this... Read More about Getting around and getting on: self-interested resistance to technology in law enforcement contexts.

The forgotten workforce: clerical and administrative staff within British Higher Education
Thesis
(2014). The forgotten workforce: clerical and administrative staff within British Higher Education

This thesis examines the employment conditions for clerical and administrative staff within the British Higher Education Sector. For this analysis a national questionnaire was distributed and 747 responses were returned and analysed. In order to furt... Read More about The forgotten workforce: clerical and administrative staff within British Higher Education.

'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution
Thesis
(2012). 'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution

There are differing views on the exact nature of moral distress in nursing, but essentially, most empirical work indicates that it is the nurse’s inability to do the right thing because she feels impeded from doing so, due to constraints such as orga... Read More about 'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution.

Academics in transition - Internationalisation of academic professionals in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
Thesis
professionals in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

This thesis investigates the experiences of internationalisation among academics from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, focusing on the role of internationalisation in the construction of academic identity, practice and approaches to univer... Read More about Academics in transition - Internationalisation of academic professionals in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

The Women's Convention and Malaysian Laws on Muslim Women's Rights: The Possibility of Harmonisation.
Thesis
(2013). The Women's Convention and Malaysian Laws on Muslim Women's Rights: The Possibility of Harmonisation

My thesis critically examines whether Malaysian laws on Muslim women’s rights are harmonious with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Women’s Convention). I argue that the interpretation of ‘equality’ is th... Read More about The Women's Convention and Malaysian Laws on Muslim Women's Rights: The Possibility of Harmonisation..

Class and the civilising process social factors in the organisation of museums in the nineteenth century
Thesis
(1987). Class and the civilising process social factors in the organisation of museums in the nineteenth century

In this thesis I first consider some ways in which the developing economy in the Nineteenth Century affected both local and national government, including policing, the Civil Service, incorporation and education. Charity, class and the ways in which... Read More about Class and the civilising process social factors in the organisation of museums in the nineteenth century.

Enterprise unleashed? Exercising power through isomorphism in the passive fire protection industry
Thesis
(2011). Enterprise unleashed? Exercising power through isomorphism in the passive fire protection industry

This thesis focuses on the passive fire protection industry which is a sector of construction that has previously been neglected by researchers. I use insights from ethnographic research to present the challenges and daily struggles individuals exper... Read More about Enterprise unleashed? Exercising power through isomorphism in the passive fire protection industry.

Negotiating positions: a discourse-based exploration of the work of Teaching Assistants in English schools
Thesis
(2013). Negotiating positions: a discourse-based exploration of the work of Teaching Assistants in English schools

This thesis focuses on Teaching Assistants (TAs) as members of the school workforce ‘remodelled’ and ‘modernised’ through the policies such as the ‘National Agreement’ (DfES, 2003c; ATL et al., 2003). Findings suggest that: - schools are not monolit... Read More about Negotiating positions: a discourse-based exploration of the work of Teaching Assistants in English schools.

Peer support and seeking help in prison: a study of the Listener scheme in four prisons in England
Thesis
(2012). Peer support and seeking help in prison: a study of the Listener scheme in four prisons in England

Samaritans volunteers have been visiting prisons since 1991 to select, train and support prisoners to provide confidential emotional support to other prisoners. Despite its existence for approximately two decades, the Listener scheme has received ver... Read More about Peer support and seeking help in prison: a study of the Listener scheme in four prisons in England.

The Biopolitics of Resilience
Thesis
(2012). The Biopolitics of Resilience

This thesis analyses resilience as a value which constitutes a telos for contemporary liberal security initiatives. In recent years, resilience strategies have been increasingly employed within liberal states a means of responding to the radical cont... Read More about The Biopolitics of Resilience.

Morality for the masses: the social significance of crime and punishment discourse in British broadsides, 1800-1850
Thesis
(2013). Morality for the masses: the social significance of crime and punishment discourse in British broadsides, 1800-1850

This thesis is a study of the sociological significance of crime and punishment discourse in early-nineteenth-century broadsides. Broadsides were a form of street literature and, for almost 300 years until the late nineteenth century, were a forerunn... Read More about Morality for the masses: the social significance of crime and punishment discourse in British broadsides, 1800-1850.