Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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A critical Jungian investigation of student resistance to English in an Emirati university foundation-year programme.
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2009-12-14)This thesis is directed towards investigating the nature of English language learning in a foundation-year programme in one public university in the United Arab Emirates. The aims of the thesis were based on the need to ... -
Crossing Borders in Taiwan New Cinema: Historiography, Popularity, Postcoloniality
(University of ExeterFilm, 2013-09-20)Focusing on Taiwan New Cinema from its inception in 1982 to the present, this thesis examines the key features of historical representation, dramatic genre and postcolonial discourse. Taiwan New Cinema configures the ... -
The Cruising Voyages of William Dampier, Woodes Rogers and George Shelvocke and their Impact
(University of ExeterHistory, 2013-01-17)The thesis proposes that the cruising voyages of Dampier, Woodes Rogers and Shelvocke were not, as David J Starkey suggests, ‘an anachronistic activity’ of minor historical significance, but were of considerable contemporary ... -
Crystals of relative displays and Grothendieck-Messing Deformation Theory
(University of ExeterCEMPS, 2016-12-14)Displays can be thought of as relative versions of Fontaine's notion of strongly divisible lattice from integral p-adic Hodge theory. In favourable circumstances, the crystalline cohomology of a smooth projective R-scheme ... -
The Cultural and Ideological Significance of Representations of Boudica During the Reigns of Elizabeth I and James I
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2009-07-08)This study follows the trail of Boudica from her rediscovery in Classical texts by the humanist scholars of the fifteenth century to her didactic and nationalist representations by Italian, English, Welsh and Scottish ... -
A Cultural History of Catholic Nationalism in Slovakia, 1985-1993
(University of ExeterHistory, 2015-09-18)This thesis is about the construction of a nationalised public Catholic culture in Slovakia from 1985 to 1993. At the core of this culture was the assumption that the Catholic Church had always been an integral part of the ... -
Cultural identities of Chinese visitors to the UK: an exploratory study of structure and agency
(University of ExeterManagement, 2015-06-30)This exploratory research seeks to understand the practices and experiences associated with Chinese tourists from the People’s Republic of China to the UK, both the reception by UK citizens and their own reflections of ... -
Cultural Intelligence and the Expatriate Teacher: A study of expatriate teachers’ constructs of themselves as culturally intelligent.
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2014-04-10)This study is situated in the field of cultural intelligence (CQ) research. It involves expatriate teachers employed at a college for Emirati women in the United Arab Emirates who are all EFL trained native English speakers ... -
Cultural Tourism, Young People and Destination Perception: A Case Study of Delphi, Greece
(University of Exeter, 2008-08-18)The aim of the study is to identify young visitors’ perceptions of the archaeological site of Delphi in Greece by measuring their importance and satisfaction levels from a series of cultural attributes through importance ... -
The Culture of Prison Management: Measurement of Risk Control Culture in the English and Japanese Prison Services using the Grid and Group Cultural Theory
(University of ExeterDepartment of Politics, 2011-09-28)Comparative analysis is crucial to academic studies of public administration because it provides understanding of the nature of different types of public service institution: in particular, it helps to show what they do ... -
‘Culture, Character or Campaigns?’ Assessing the Electoral Performance of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats in Cornwall 1945-2010
(University of ExeterHumanities, 2014-07-28)Politics in Cornwall in the twentieth century was dominated by the rivalry of two major parties: the Conservatives and the Liberals. Unlike much of the rest of Britain Cornwall retained a different political paradigm in ... -
Culture, Memory, and Space on Stage: The Construction of Female Hakka Contemporary Theatre in Taiwan
(University of ExeterDrama, 2012-02-07)Theatre is a location of cultures, the reflection of our daily lives, the present moment we are living. This thesis focuses on studying performances of the Hakka Contemporary Theatre created by female directors (Hakka and ... -
Curious Objects and Victorian Collectors: Men, Markets, Museums
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2013-11-20)This thesis examines the portrayal of gentleman collectors in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century literature, arguing that they often find themselves challenged and destabilised by their collections. The collecting ... -
Cyberbullying and the bystander: What promotes or inhibits adolescent participation?
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2014-05-29)Study One Study One aims to better understand the roles that adolescents take during cyberbullying situations exploring the influence of attitudes towards cyberbullying, social grouping (being alone or with others), age ... -
The cytoplasmic dynein motor complex at microtubule plus-ends and in long range motility of early endosomes, microtubule plus-end anchorage and processivity of cytoplasmic dynein.
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D/discourse Analysis: Using Multiple Lenses for Researching Curriculum, Sustainability and Agency in the Context of Higher Education Texts and Talk.
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2014-10-03)This thesis primarily involves an exercise in D/discourse analysis (Alvesson and Kärreman, 2000), where particular Higher Education [HE] curriculum D/discourses were explored in the context of sustainability and with an ... -
Dangerous Sexualities: The Construction of Sexual Knowledge in Egypt, 1800-1928
(University of ExeterInstitute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 2011-11-30)The main aim of this interdisciplinary project is to examine attempts to codify sexual knowledge in Egypt between 1830 and 1928. Through surveying medical, religious, legal and moral writings on sexuality, this study aims ... -
Daring to do things differently: How leadership enables a successful business to minimise negative ecological impact
(University of ExeterBusiness SchoolCentre for Leadership Studies, 2015-04-28)Abstract The purpose of this study is to gain better understanding of the role of leadership in achieving sustainable business. I inquire how sustainability might be more embedded in the day-to-day operations of business ... -
'Dark Lyrics': Studying the Subterranean Impulses of Contemporary Poetry.
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2013-06-18)This thesis is composed of two parts: Hoard, a collection of poems, and Dark Lyrics: Studying the Subterranean Impulses of Contemporary Poetry, an inquiry into the metaphor of darkness in late twentieth- and early ... -
Darwinism’s Applications in Modern Chinese Writings
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2014-01-31)The core aim of this interdisciplinary research is to provide a critical analysis of the influence of Darwinism and Social Darwinism on a sample of modern Chinese writings. To achieve these aims, the researcher uses a ...