Student theses

The History Boys: masculinity, memory and the 1980s in British cinema, 2005 – 2010

Supervisor: Professor Justin Smith (Supervisor) & Etherington Wright, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The material preconditions for engagement in the police: a case study of UK police culture and engagement in times of radical change

Supervisor: Dr Peter Scott (Supervisor), Dr Liza Howe-Walsh (Supervisor) & Dr Stephen Williams (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The use of selected indicators to examine marine fishery sustainability within the Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe Joint Development Zone

Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Potts (Supervisor), Goodhead, T. (Supervisor) & Dr Caroline Day (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Investigating the role and significance of corporate stories in corporate reputation management

Supervisor: Clark, L. (Supervisor), Wheeler, C. (Supervisor) & Dr Sarah Turnbull (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A framework for designing and evaluating ESP materials for English and communication skills in the doctor-patient interview

Supervisor: Professor Sue Wright (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Across the iron curtain: European socialism between World War and Cold War, 1943-1948

Supervisor: Professor Wolfram Kaiser (Supervisor), Mr Emmanuel Godin (Supervisor) & Dr Jodi Burkett (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An empirical exploration of aesthetic distance through mimetic interface design in videogames

Supervisor: Dr Brett Stevens (Supervisor), Eyles, M. (Supervisor) & Anderson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Beyond ‘command & control’: developing a new paradigm for incident command systems, critical decision-making and 21st century crisis response

Supervisor: Wakefield, A. (Supervisor) & Dr Sara Hadleigh-Dunn (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Breast skin strain during gravitational and dynamic loading

Supervisor: Professor Joanna Wakefield-Scurr (Supervisor), Dr Chris Mills (Supervisor) & Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Different ladders for police progression?: reviewing black and minority officers' progression in the police service

Supervisor: Clements, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Essays on applied financial econometrics and financial networks: reflections on systemic risk, financial stability & tail risk management

Supervisor: Kizys, R. (Supervisor), Gounopoulos, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Dr Ioannis Chatziantoniou (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Introducing complementary foods to infants: a look at the practice of feeding in the UK and Italy

Supervisor: Professor Vasu Reddy (Supervisor), Dr Alessandra Fasulo (Supervisor) & Dr Lucy Akehurst (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Pregnancy on patrol: a critical exploration of the issues surrounding pregnancy, maternity and operational policing

Supervisor: Clements, P. (Supervisor) & James, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The identification of immune-reactive proteins recognised in response to Coxiella burnetii infection

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor) & Miss Sarah Fouch (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Are markers of fibrin turnover in blood and urine increased before and during exacerbation of asthma?

Supervisor: Professor Janis Kay Shute (Supervisor) & Professor Anoop Chauhan (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Functionalised dextran nanoparticles for drug delivery to the brain

Supervisor: Dr John Tsibouklis (Supervisor) & Barbu, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Improving cosmological measurements from galaxy surveys

Supervisor: Percival, W. (Supervisor) & Professor Bob Nichol (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Rehabilitation of older people in the Lodge Rehabilitation Unit: a case study

Supervisor: Hatton, K. (Supervisor), Shepherd, P. (Supervisor) & Sander, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Sustainable design strategy: assessment of the impact of design variables on energy consumption of office buildings in Abuja, Nigeria

Supervisor: Mr Roger Tyrrell (Supervisor), Dr Brett Martinson (Supervisor) & Goodhead, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The politics of emptiness: religion, nonviolence and sacrifice in the Tibetan freedom movement

Supervisor: Professor Tamsin Bradley (Supervisor) & Professor Sasee Pallikadavath (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The transparency of expertise in EU policy-making

Supervisor: Heard-Laureote, K. (Supervisor), Professor Wolfram Kaiser (Supervisor) & Dr Robert Frith (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An investigation into the relationship and integration between strategic quality management and corporate social responsibility: the case of some Saudi Arabian organisations

Supervisor: Savage, B. (Supervisor), Dr Debbie Reed (Supervisor) & Foley, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Bridging the gap between detection and confirmation of B. anthracis in blood cultures

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor) & Miss Sarah Fouch (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Energy efficient cluster based algorithm for underwater sensor networks

Supervisor: Dr Nick Savage (Supervisor), Ndzi, D. (Supervisor) & Onuh, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Eye spy a liar: the effect of deception on fixation-based measures of memory

Supervisor: Professor Lorraine Hope (Supervisor), Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor) & Sauer, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Formulation and preliminary evaluation of delivery vehicles for the boron neutron capture therapy of cancer

Supervisor: Dr John Tsibouklis (Supervisor) & Dr James Smith (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Temporalities of change: a synchronic and diachronic examination of the process from addiction to recovery

Supervisor: Dr Alessandra Fasulo (Supervisor), Dr Darren Van Laar (Supervisor) & Dr Adrian Needs (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Valuing net benefits of biodiversity conservation in West African marine protected areas

Supervisor: Professor Andy Thorpe (Supervisor) & Bjorndal, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

No safety in numbers: detecting deception using a collective interviewing approach

Supervisor: Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor), Dr Sharon Leal (Supervisor) & Dr Sam Mann (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A critical survey of BBC films: 1988 – 2013

Supervisor: Professor Justin Smith (Supervisor) & Ede, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Thai Silk Industry

Supervisor: Professor Dylan Jones (Supervisor) & Professor Djamila Ouelhadj (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Exploring infants' cooperative participation in early social routines

Supervisor: Dr Alessandra Fasulo (Supervisor), Professor Alan Costall (Supervisor) & Dr Beatriz Lopez (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Galaxy spectral analysis in the era of large-scale galaxy surveys

Supervisor: Professor Daniel Thomas (Supervisor) & Professor Claudia Maraston (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Intelligent methods for pattern recognition and optimisation

Supervisor: Dr Ivan Jordanov (Supervisor), Professor Jim Briggs (Supervisor) & Professor Max Bramer (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Mechanistic approach to predicting the sorption characteristics of pharmaceuticals

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor), Whitley, D. (Supervisor) & Professor Richard Greenwood (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The legal framework for the sustainable development of Iraqi oil and gas: a study in particular reference to the Kurdistan Region, and with special emphasis on the New Delhi Declaration

Supervisor: Professor Munir Maniruzzaman (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A microeconomic investigation into the themes of social participation, social exclusion and collective action affecting individuals, households, state and society: evidence from a modern British city

Supervisor: Collins, A. (Supervisor) & Dr Judith Rich (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An exploration of older case management patients’ physical health, function and strength; and the feasibility of measures of muscle strength as an aid to monitoring

Supervisor: Walsh, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Samuel, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An exploratory analysis and synthesis of the viability of groups with salient social identities using Stafford Beer’s VSM model

Supervisor: Mr Jim Rowe (Supervisor), Asby, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hoecht, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An investigation into the impact of board composition and ownership structure on corporate performance: the case of the FTSE all share listed companies

Supervisor: Professor Mike Page (Supervisor) & Dr Arief Daynes (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Electrohydrodynamic atomisation produced nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of cancer chemotherapeutics

Supervisor: Barbu, E. (Supervisor), Dr Marisa Van Der Merwe (Supervisor) & Dr John Tsibouklis (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Families in crisis: parenting and the life cycle in English society c. 1450 - 1620

Supervisor: Murphy, N. (External person) (Supervisor), Mahlberg, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Handley, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM): memory distortion paradigms and individual differences

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Improving the preliminary stages of the criminal justice system to accommodate people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Supervisor: Professor Becky Milne (Supervisor) & Dando, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Investigation of spatially and temporally varying broadband wireless urban channels

Supervisor: Ndzi, D. (Supervisor), Dr Rinat Khusainov (Supervisor) & Professor David Sanders (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Running the tightrope: negotiating femininities in the night time economy in Newcastle

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Sources, occurrence and fate of Hydrocarbon pollutants in sustainable drainage systems

Supervisor: Professor John Williams (Supervisor), Mant, C. (Supervisor) & Dr Muhammad Ali (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The effect of thalidomide on cachexia in upper gastrointestinal cancer

Supervisor: Professor Geoff Pilkington (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Changing probation practice: frontline perspectives on a new model for supervising offenders

Supervisor: Professor Francis Pakes (Supervisor) & Professor Michael Nash (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Does the use of adjunct histopathological techniques to enhance lymph node yield improve tumour staging in colorectal cancer?

Supervisor: Dr Isobel Ryder (Supervisor), Carr, N. J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wilkinson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Nurses working in Northern Israel: the effect of religion, attitudes, perceptions and professional behaviour towards organ donation

Supervisor: Dr Darren Van Laar (Supervisor) & Linnell, M. E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Source apportionment and dispersion mapping of fugitive dust using directional passive monitors

Supervisor: Dr Mike Fowler (Supervisor) & Giles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The impact of blended learning technologies on student performance/learning in biomedical science higher education

Supervisor: Gibbs, R. (Supervisor) & Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The impact of regulation, risk, and resource on returns within renewable energy projects

Supervisor: Professor Ashraf Labib (Supervisor) & Dr Azad Camyab (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An alternative design framework for the generation of sound particles

Supervisor: Delve, J. (Supervisor) & Anderson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Developing a customer-focused approach (DaCfA)

Supervisor: Dr Debbie Reed (Supervisor) & Emeritus Professor Mike Kaye (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Elite Association Football referee training and officiating: a comparative analysis of refereeing practices in three European Leagues’

Supervisor: Professor Barry Smart (Supervisor), Professor Richard Thelwell (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Optimising quality of service levels through experimentation on streaming multimedia applications using WiMAX

Supervisor: Dr Mo Adda (Supervisor) & Adams, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Packaging development in an ageing society: a case study approach in the United Kingdom fast-moving consumer goods industry

Supervisor: Professor Paul Trott (Supervisor), Simms, C. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hoecht, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Andrea Branzi y la “Città senza architettura”: De la No-Stop City a los modelos de urbanización débil

Supervisor: Muñoz Jiménez , M. T. (External person) (Supervisor) & Quesada López, F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Computer-based modelling and analysis in engineering geology

Supervisor: Professor David Martill (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Performance culture meets police culture: the relationship between political ideologies, police reform and police culture

Supervisor: Savage, S. (Supervisor) & Golding, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

‘Narratives of blame’ HIV/AIDS and harmful cultural practices in Malawi: implications for policies and programmes

Supervisor: Professor Tamsin Bradley (Supervisor), Professor Sasee Pallikadavath (Supervisor) & Professor Tony Chafer (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A study in blue: exploring the relationship between the police and academia

Supervisor: Dr Jane Creaton (Supervisor) & Clements, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A study of the extent to which university English education fulfils workplace requirements for Vietnamese graduates and of the extent to which action research can lead to improvements in university English education

Supervisor: Wyatt, M. (Supervisor), Dr Marie McCullagh (Supervisor) & Naysmith, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Artificial immune system for the detection of abnormal activity in ambient assisted living

Supervisor: Dr Djamel Azzi (Supervisor), Dr Rinat Khusainov (Supervisor) & Dr Branislav Vuksanovic (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Auditory processing and autistic symptomatology

Supervisor: Dr Beatriz Lopez (Supervisor), Professor Vasu Reddy (Supervisor) & Dr Paul Morris (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Bandwidth estimation and optimisation in rain faded DVB-RCS networks

Supervisor: Dr Rinat Khusainov (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

But where is on earth is home: a cultural history of black Britain in 1970s film and television

Supervisor: Professor Justin Smith (Supervisor) & Harper, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Channel 4 Television: film policy and programming, 1982 – 2011

Supervisor: Professor Justin Smith (Supervisor) & McDonald, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Channel 4 and British film: an assessment of industrial and cultural impact, 1982-1998

Supervisor: Professor Justin Smith (Supervisor) & McDonald, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Designing an economic instrument for sustainable solid waste management in the household sector

Supervisor: Wattage, P. (Supervisor) & Bloor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Designing with data in mind : designer perceptions on visualising data within editorial information design practice

Supervisor: Dr Jenny Walden (Supervisor), Dr Michael Harkins (Supervisor) & Dauppe, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Detection of distal ulna and radius fractures using thermal imaging as a diagnostic tool on children in the emergency department setting

Supervisor: Dr Isobel Ryder (Supervisor) & Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Development of a liquid chromatography ion trap mass spectrometer method for clinical drugs of abuse testing with automated on-line extraction using turbulent flow chromatography

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Development of a patient reported experience measure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Supervisor: Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor) & MacKenzie, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Extreme art film: text, paratext and DVD culture

Supervisor: Professor Deborah Shaw (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Introducing risk assessment to the Maltese probation service

Supervisor: Professor Alan Costall (Supervisor), Newberry, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Dr Adrian Needs (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Metabotropic glutamate receptors in oligodendrocytes and astrocytes in white and grey matter brain regions

Supervisor: Professor Arthur Butt (Supervisor) & Dr Jerome Swinny (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

P2X7 receptor knockout alleviates the pathology in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Supervisor: Professor Darek Gorecki (Supervisor), Arkle, S. (Supervisor) & Dr Jerome Swinny (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Risk management and people management: a critical reflection on how risk management can be incorporated into current HR practices

Supervisor: Borodzicz, E. P. (Supervisor) & Dr Martin Read (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Sources of uncertainty impacting upon sperm cryopreservation for cancer patients

Supervisor: Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor), Professor Matt Guille (Supervisor) & Dr Rhiannon Lloyd (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Systematic reviews regarding iron and iron supplementation in blood donors

Supervisor: Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor) & Dr Amy Drahota (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development, measurement and implementation of a bystander intervention strategy: A field study on workplace verbal bullying in a large UK organisation

Supervisor: Professor Charlotte Rayner (Supervisor), Dr Iona Byford (Supervisor) & Dr Cheryl Brook (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The impact of employees‟ personality traits in perceiving leadership styles and organizational attitude in Saudi Banking context

Supervisor: Professor Charlotte Rayner (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The regulation of the determination of executive remuneration

Supervisor: Dr Lee Roach (Supervisor) & Carney, D. P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Traversing trauma and consuming perverse pleasures in the neo-Victorian novel.

Supervisor: Dr Elodie Rousselot (Supervisor), Pulham, P. (Supervisor) & Dr Maggie Bowers (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

What is the strength of police and local authority cultural knowledge regarding anti-social behaviour?

Supervisor: Loveday, B. (Supervisor) & Mr Tom Ellis (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Expression and function of K_ir7.1 in the Murine Central nervous system

Supervisor: Dr Anthony Lewis (Supervisor) & Professor Arthur Butt (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Fundamental analysis and relative valuation multiples: a determination of value drivers and development of a value model for the US and UK markets

Supervisor: Mr Richard Trafford (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Optical and near infrared properties of massive galaxies

Supervisor: Professor Bob Nichol (Supervisor), Professor Claudia Maraston (Supervisor) & Percival, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Past and present visions of an island-city: Portsmouth's urban improvement plans 1750s-2010s.

Supervisor: Lemes De Oliveira, F. (Supervisor), Farrelly, L. (Supervisor) & Dr Marius Kwint (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Corporate governance and firm performance: the case of UK

Supervisor: Mr Richard Trafford (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Effects of histone modifications on chromatin regulation

Supervisor: Dr Alan Thorne (Supervisor) & Dr Colin Sharpe (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Measurement of supraspinatus tendon strain ration with sonoelastography: an exploratory study

Supervisor: Hatton, K. (Supervisor), Dr Jason Oakley (Supervisor) & Delf, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The animal rights movement: the challenge for corporate resilience

Supervisor: Wakefield, A. (Supervisor) & Professor Mark Button (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Essays on executive stock options in Malaysia

Supervisor: Dr Everton Dockery (Supervisor) & Professor Mike Page (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Materialities in circulation: Italy and its colonies across time and space

Supervisor: Dr Jenny Walden (Supervisor) & Dr Marius Kwint (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

‘Voluntary’ promises in employment law: a study of the legal approach in the United Kingdom & the United States of America

Supervisor: Hough, B. (Supervisor) & Dr James Hand (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Making the transition to adulthood in Zambia: a comparison of the experiences of caregiving and non-caregiving youth

Supervisor: Evans, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Bowlby, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis