This thesis explores the importance of art knowledge for teaching within a broad and rich primary school curriculum. The research was conducted across an English city and surrounding area over a ten-month period, during the academic year of September... Read More about Making, knowing and seeing art: An exploration into the importance of art knowledge for teaching within a broad and rich primary school curriculum.
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Exploring the Aventine: An autoethnography on making sense of immersive daydreaming in the context of developmental trauma (2025)
Thesis
Immersive daydreaming is fantasy activity that is vivid, intricate and highly absorptive. Akin to an ongoing ‘movie-in-the-mind’, it often has the quality of feeling real and can continue over a period of months or years. The term ‘maladaptive’ daydr... Read More about Exploring the Aventine: An autoethnography on making sense of immersive daydreaming in the context of developmental trauma.
Engineering living materials: Development of functional hybrid living materials with advanced capabilities (2025)
Thesis
The field of materials is constantly evolving. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the development of advanced materials that upon exposure to environmental, chemical, mechanical and electrical stimulation, they exhibit capabilities such a... Read More about Engineering living materials: Development of functional hybrid living materials with advanced capabilities.
Complexity and continuity in the human-animal bond - a thematic and storied exploration of companion animal bereavement (2025)
Thesis
The human-animal bond is receiving renewed attention from psychology researchers and practitioners alike, particularly in the context of our relationships with companion animals. This thesis explores the phenomenon of companion animal bereavement fro... Read More about Complexity and continuity in the human-animal bond - a thematic and storied exploration of companion animal bereavement.
This research is an ethnographically-informed case study which seeks to understand how academically successful and emotionally supportive learning environments can be created for Level 3 Criminology students. It draws upon a funds of knowledge framew... Read More about Sliding down troublesome funds of knowledge and climbing up powerful skills: Identifying the new 'snakes and ladders' of Criminology teaching in an English FE college.
Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles (2024)
Thesis
Smart wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) that can detect and differentiate multiple stimuli whilst also collecting and storing the diverse array of data signals using highly innovative, multifunctional, and smart garments are of great value fo... Read More about Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles.
Using spatial modelling to inform a strategic, landscape-level approach to bat conservation (2024)
Thesis
Development is needed to meet housing demands and improve living standards globally. Land use change associated with development can, however, negatively impact many species through processes such as habitat loss and fragmentation. There is growing r... Read More about Using spatial modelling to inform a strategic, landscape-level approach to bat conservation.
An exploration of community development initiatives as a tool for promoting social connectedness (2024)
Thesis
This thesis includes the submission of six published journal articles with accompanying critical commentaries, in accordance with the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)’s regulations for DPhil degrees. The submitted body of work provides... Read More about An exploration of community development initiatives as a tool for promoting social connectedness.
What does drawing do? An interrogation of the transformative powers of drawing as a feminist practice (2024)
Thesis
This thesis examines what drawing can do as a feminist act. It seeks to expand the borders of contemporary drawing practice to include, and give importance to, subjective, feminist drawings and highlight their transformative impact.
The study begi... Read More about What does drawing do? An interrogation of the transformative powers of drawing as a feminist practice.
With an increasing interest in digital technologies in education, new opportunities exist to bring real world contexts into the classroom setting using virtual reality. Virtual reality (VR) is a new technology that can serve to enhance simulation-ba... Read More about "VR is more than game, it’s way too brilliant for that" – An illuminative mixed methods case study exploring virtual reality in FE health and social care curriculum.
This study explored how social workers working within one English NHS trust understood the impact of the social determinants of mental health, and mental health inequalities, on the experiences of service users. The study used the concept of the soci... Read More about Social work, the sociological imagination and the social determinants of mental health: A study of mental health social work practice in multi-disciplinary settings.
The effects of nocturia on sleep, mood, memory, and quality of life in women across the lifespan (2024)
Thesis
Introduction: Historically nocturia has received more attention as a men’s health issue, despite the high prevalence in women as well. Nocturia in women has been thought of as a symptom of other disorders such as overactive bladder or global polyuria... Read More about The effects of nocturia on sleep, mood, memory, and quality of life in women across the lifespan.
Perspectives on transition from primary to secondary school from children in care and their corporate parents (2024)
Thesis
Transition to secondary school can be viewed as a rite of passage for children. It can also be a time of great change and therefore challenge. The study examines the unique perspectives of six Children in Care (CiC).
This study focuses on the tho... Read More about Perspectives on transition from primary to secondary school from children in care and their corporate parents.
Developing an Artificial Intelligence Maturity Model (AIMM) applicable to UK construction industry (2024)
Thesis
Despite the wide adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in many sectors, like the construction industry, there is a significant concern that many organisations within the construction sector lack an objective approach to adopt and implement AI in t... Read More about Developing an Artificial Intelligence Maturity Model (AIMM) applicable to UK construction industry.
Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school (2024)
Thesis
Transitioning from Primary School to Secondary School is cited as one of the most challenging stages of a young person’s educational journey (Hopwood et al. 2016). Whilst the voice of the child is largely absent in existing literature, large scale q... Read More about Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school.
Exploring the experiences of young British South-Asian Muslim women growing up in the UK (2024)
Thesis
Context
According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) (2018) there are around 3 million Muslims living in the United Kingdom (Cheruvallil-Contractor et al, 2022). Islam is now the second largest religion in the UK. However, Muslims face scrut... Read More about Exploring the experiences of young British South-Asian Muslim women growing up in the UK.
“An emotional sensitivity now that I didn’t have before”. The therapist’s experience of new motherhood: An IPA study (2024)
Thesis
Aims: Women who are therapists potentially face a landscape of changes during their transition to motherhood. This study aims to explore therapists’ lived experience of returning to therapeutic practice after having their first baby, particularly in... Read More about “An emotional sensitivity now that I didn’t have before”. The therapist’s experience of new motherhood: An IPA study.
A qualitative study exploring women’s experiences of their mental health during perimenopause and menopause (2024)
Thesis
The study of women’s mental health during perimenopause and menopause is pivotal in understanding the needs of women and for supporting their overall wellbeing and quality of life during this life phase. However, despite its importance, this area rem... Read More about A qualitative study exploring women’s experiences of their mental health during perimenopause and menopause.
Business incubation tenants' service needs: Implications for early firm growth (2024)
Thesis
This thesis explores the role of business incubators in supporting entrepreneurs and small business founders. While some research suggests that incubators can be effective in fostering firm survival, employment growth, and sales growth, recent work q... Read More about Business incubation tenants' service needs: Implications for early firm growth.
The use of Mechanical Insufflation Exsufflation to prevent extubation failure in adult intensive care (2024)
Thesis
Introduction
A failed attempt to remove artificial ventilatory support in intensive care is associated with increased length of stay, impaired quality of life and higher mortality. One cause of this failure, secretion retention, results from poor co... Read More about The use of Mechanical Insufflation Exsufflation to prevent extubation failure in adult intensive care.