All Outputs (54)

The development of multi-channel inkjet printing methodologies for fine art applications (2017)
Thesis
Olen, M. K. The development of multi-channel inkjet printing methodologies for fine art applications. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/885830

This thesis contributes to the defence of the practitioner perspective as a means of undertaking problems addressed predominantly in the field of colour science. Whilst artists have been exploring the use of colour for centuries through their persona... Read More about The development of multi-channel inkjet printing methodologies for fine art applications.

Investigating the personal in professional development: Analysing Bulgarian educators' narratives of change in their professional lives during a period of post soviet educational reforms (2017)
Thesis
Wiseman, A. Investigating the personal in professional development: Analysing Bulgarian educators' narratives of change in their professional lives during a period of post soviet educational reforms. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/886779

This thesis explores the development of a group of teacher trainers’ professional lives following their involvement in a teacher training project in Bulgaria in the 1990’s. The study investigates if and to what extent the trainers perceived their... Read More about Investigating the personal in professional development: Analysing Bulgarian educators' narratives of change in their professional lives during a period of post soviet educational reforms.

The patients of the Bristol lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century (2017)
Thesis
Tobia, P. The patients of the Bristol lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/887017

There is a wide and impressive historiography about British lunatic asylums in the nineteenth century, the vast majority of which is concerned with their nature and significance. This study does not ignore such subjects but is primarily concerned wi... Read More about The patients of the Bristol lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century.

Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE (2016)
Thesis
Khemakhem, S. (in press). Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914712

This research study investigates the predictive validity of IELTS test scores as a graduation requirement for a Teacher Education Program in the UAE. The argument is that the use of the IELTS cut-off score (band 6) as a predictor of post-graduation p... Read More about Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE.

The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study (2016)
Thesis
Asiain, T. The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/907767

The aim of this research is to explore cultural differences in the children’s publishing industry in the USA and Spain and the impact these have on translation, and to develop a case study of the translation of Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants series... Read More about The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study.

Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction (2016)
Thesis
Prentice, N. (in press). Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914817

This thesis offers a narratorial and textual examination of the tragic in Hardy’s fiction and uncovers how his tragic vision of a changing world led him into proto-modernist forms of writing. By first positing Hardy within his milieu and exploring th... Read More about Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction.

An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945 (2016)
Thesis
Whittington, D. An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914353

Pressure for Indian independence had been building up throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, initially through the efforts of the Indian National Congress, but also later, when matters were complicated by an increasingly vocal Muslim... Read More about An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945.

Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material (2016)
Thesis
Walton, J. S. Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914340

This thesis analyses the importance of supplementary material for art history and philosophy by addressing its shifting and problematic relationship to the ‘work of art’. Through the use of philosophical and critical theories, including Heidegger, Be... Read More about Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material.

Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures (2016)
Thesis
Demetriou, T. Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/918329

This thesis addresses the relationship between vocabulary measures and IELTS ratings. The research questions focus on the relationship between measures of lexical richness and teacher ratings. The specific question the thesis seeks to address is: Whi... Read More about Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures.

Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context (2015)
Thesis
Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/804666

Social presence has long been considered to be a key factor in enhancing learning in online contexts (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000; Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; Kehrwald, 2010; Ko, 2012; Tu, 2002b). New modes of online interaction, however, requi... Read More about Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context.

Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway (2015)
Thesis
Díaz, G. Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/834628

This thesis identifies and interrogates commonalities and divergences in the works of T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway in relation to their focus on how to make sense of the world of experience in the early twentieth century, and the complex mediation... Read More about Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway.

Between physics and art: Imaging the un-image-able (2014)
Thesis
Swist, F. Between physics and art: Imaging the un-image-able. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/813261

This thesis explores the ways in which art practice can engage with science, and more precisely, how my own practice interacts with scientific knowledge. The theoretical underpinning and contextual position of the practice make it particularly suited... Read More about Between physics and art: Imaging the un-image-able.

Writing in the workplace: Variation in the writing practices and formality of eight multinational companies in Greece (2014)
Thesis
Machili, I. Writing in the workplace: Variation in the writing practices and formality of eight multinational companies in Greece. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/814113

Workplace writing is a high stakes activity. It constitutes a permanent record of a company’s transactions and this has implications for both the employees involved in the production of documents and also for the company as a whole. Workplace writing... Read More about Writing in the workplace: Variation in the writing practices and formality of eight multinational companies in Greece.

Playing Puck: A study of performative action in the shaping of a 'Legend Landscape' (2014)
Thesis
Irving, R. P. Playing Puck: A study of performative action in the shaping of a 'Legend Landscape'. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/816107

This thesis engages, through visual practice and written analysis, with the British tradition of ‘thin’ places that act as thresholds between everyday circumstantial reality and the otherworldly. It does so by focusing on the complex of prehistoric m... Read More about Playing Puck: A study of performative action in the shaping of a 'Legend Landscape'.

Grammatical metaphor in English official documentation: A corpus approach to the Vietnamese translation of nominalisation (2014)
Thesis
Le Thi, G. C. Grammatical metaphor in English official documentation: A corpus approach to the Vietnamese translation of nominalisation. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/816243

This thesis aims to investigate grammatical metaphor in Vietnamese translations of English official documentation. Building on Halliday’s notion of grammatical metaphor and linguistic theories of translation shift, the thesis situates its argument in... Read More about Grammatical metaphor in English official documentation: A corpus approach to the Vietnamese translation of nominalisation.

On the borderland of insanity: Women, dipsomania and inebriety, 1879-1913 (2014)
Thesis
Crabbe, C. M. On the borderland of insanity: Women, dipsomania and inebriety, 1879-1913. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/816630

This thesis highlights the complex issues associated with women habitual drunkards and the changing perceptions of such women as sinful, as a social problem, and latterly as a threat to the nation’s health. The national situation is investigated and... Read More about On the borderland of insanity: Women, dipsomania and inebriety, 1879-1913.

Gilbert Simondon: Causality, ontogenesis & technology (2014)
Thesis
Mills, S. Gilbert Simondon: Causality, ontogenesis & technology. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/821610

This PhD thesis focuses on the elucidation, development and application of Gilbert Simondon's realist philosophy of individuation. In particular the thesis has three main goals: First, to provide a developed account of Simondon's ontology. Second, t... Read More about Gilbert Simondon: Causality, ontogenesis & technology.

Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice (2013)
Thesis
Bailey, J. E. Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/925273

This thesis is an explication of the interrelations between three components - the lived worlds of older adults in a specific rural context; the academic context of doctoral research; and an ongoing art practice. The rural context is that encountered... Read More about Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice.

Learning mentors: A study of identity, policy and practice (2013)
Thesis
O'Hagan, L. Learning mentors: A study of identity, policy and practice. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/929189

This study has investigated the role of learning mentoring within one secondary school with a focus on developing an understanding of practice, professional identity and policy enactment at an institutional level. Learning mentors were first introduc... Read More about Learning mentors: A study of identity, policy and practice.

The language of narrative drawing: A close reading of contemporary graphic novels (2013)
Thesis
Blair, S. The language of narrative drawing: A close reading of contemporary graphic novels. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/930772

The study offers an alternative analytical framework for thinking about the contemporary graphic novel as a dynamic area of visual art practice. Graphic narratives are placed within the broad, open-ended territory of investigative drawing, rather tha... Read More about The language of narrative drawing: A close reading of contemporary graphic novels.