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The permanent maritime boundary treaty: A pathway to the right to development for Timor-Leste and its people (2025)
Thesis

In 2018, Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste signed a treaty establishing their maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea (2018 Treaty). This research aims to investigate whether the provisions outlined in the 2018 Treaty will contribute... Read More about The permanent maritime boundary treaty: A pathway to the right to development for Timor-Leste and its people.

Improving comfort for cancer patients receiving radiotherapy (2025)
Thesis

Radiotherapy involves ionising radiation targeted at malignant tissue over a course of 3 to 35 days; it is an effective treatment for cancer resulting in 40% of patients being cured. Patients are positioned to restrict motion and therapeutic radiogra... Read More about Improving comfort for cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.

Parental engagement with complementary feeding information and their information-seeking behaviours in the United Kingdom (2025)
Thesis

Background - Complementary feeding describes the transition from milk to family foods from around six months until two years of age. Parents often seek information about complementary feeding to guide their feeding behaviours.

Aims - To explore ho... Read More about Parental engagement with complementary feeding information and their information-seeking behaviours in the United Kingdom.

An investigation of the biological effects of non-thermal energy technologies in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells (2025)
Thesis

With the increasing use of antimicrobial products, particularly in the healthcare sector and agri-food industry, there has been a concomitant rise in the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) and multi-drug resistant (MDR) microorganisms. The i... Read More about An investigation of the biological effects of non-thermal energy technologies in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

Understanding the impact of endometriosis on women’s body image: A mixed methods study (2025)
Thesis

Background
The physical and psychological impact of endometriosis on the individual is considerable, yet there is currently little known about how best to support those if they are negatively impacted by appearance and body image-related issues as a... Read More about Understanding the impact of endometriosis on women’s body image: A mixed methods study.

An exploration into the factors that facilitate or hinder recovery from voice hearing (2025)
Thesis

Background: Hearing voices is usually defined as an auditory hallucination with no originating external stimuli. Recovery from psychosis has traditionally been conceptualised as a biomedical disorder which is managed via symptom reduction. It is beli... Read More about An exploration into the factors that facilitate or hinder recovery from voice hearing.

Supporting adults with a learning disability to make health decisions (2025)
Thesis

People with learning disabilities have historically been denied opportunities to make decisions about all aspects of their life, including their health. They are likely to have increased health needs yet often have poor healthcare experiences and out... Read More about Supporting adults with a learning disability to make health decisions.

Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS intact C-peptide method and a protocol for testing dry blood spot samples for the diagnosis and management of Diabetes Mellitus (2025)
Thesis

C-peptide, which is produced in the pancreatic β-cells, is widely accepted as a surrogate marker for insulin secretion and estimation assist in the diagnosis and management of Diabetes Mellitus. Currently, C-peptide is predominantly measured by immun... Read More about Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS intact C-peptide method and a protocol for testing dry blood spot samples for the diagnosis and management of Diabetes Mellitus.

Impacts of temporary habitat fragmentation on bats (2025)
Thesis

Habitat fragmentation is one of the most important factors in biodiversity loss worldwide and the subsequent reorganisation of the landscape not only affects individuals and their behaviours, but also community and population dynamics. Due to certain... Read More about Impacts of temporary habitat fragmentation on bats.

Making, knowing and seeing art: An exploration into the importance of art knowledge for teaching within a broad and rich primary school curriculum (2025)
Thesis

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.

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)
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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.

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 (2025)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

"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 (2024)
Thesis

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.

Social work, the sociological imagination and the social determinants of mental health: A study of mental health social work practice in multi-disciplinary settings (2024)
Thesis

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.