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Best interests decisions for people with advanced dementia: a qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives in England (2023)
Thesis
Murphy, J. S. C. (2023). Best interests decisions for people with advanced dementia: a qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives in England. (Thesis). Keele University

In the United Kingdom (UK), there are 907,900 people aged over 65 with dementia, 546,500 of whom would be classed as having severe dementia (Wittenberg et al 2019). Advanced dementia is now recognised as a leading cause of death in the UK and across... Read More about Best interests decisions for people with advanced dementia: a qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives in England.

Passing the (proverbial) baton: Engaging students as partners in module design (2023)
Journal Article
Allen, E. (2023). Passing the (proverbial) baton: Engaging students as partners in module design. International Journal for Students as Partners, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v7i2.5235

Student-staff partnership, understood as the situation when students and staff work together on a project, contributing equally but in potentially different ways, is an innovation that is gaining traction on university campuses worldwide. This case s... Read More about Passing the (proverbial) baton: Engaging students as partners in module design.

Squaring the Adoption Triangle: reconciling the competing needs of sibling children (2023)
Thesis
Dowding, S. (2023). Squaring the Adoption Triangle: reconciling the competing needs of sibling children. (Thesis). Keele University

Siblings are important – so far, so obvious – and yet the sibling relationship does not feature in the commonly-described ‘Adoption Triangle’1 of birth parent, child and prospective adopters.

Social workers construct care plans, making recommenda... Read More about Squaring the Adoption Triangle: reconciling the competing needs of sibling children.

Business leases and energy efficiency: improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals (2023)
Thesis
Western, J. D. (2023). Business leases and energy efficiency: improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis considers the two distinct areas of landlord and tenant law and building energy efficiency for older refurbished commercial buildings. Market forces are unlikely to help solve the split incentive problem by themselves. After explaining th... Read More about Business leases and energy efficiency: improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals.

Legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non-interstate armed conflict: a study in international humanitarian law
Thesis
Al-Khatib, K. M. (1985). Legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non-interstate armed conflict: a study in international humanitarian law

This thesis is concerned with the controversial problem of the legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non—interstate armed conflicts, i.e., civil wars and wars of national liberation. It examines the lengthy discussions which took place at th... Read More about Legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non-interstate armed conflict: a study in international humanitarian law.