Recent PhD vivas

Hennie Yip

Hennie was a member of Cohort 6, of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and she was supervised by Natasa Lackovic.

The title of her thesis is: From Design to Practice: Teachers’ Experiences and Perspectives of Blended Professional Development in Hong Kong.

Chris Marlow

Chris was a Traditional Route PhD student and he was supervised by Professor Carolyn Jackson.

The title of his thesis is:  “Oi.  Dancing boy”: exploring the limits of movement and masculinity.

Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson was a member of Cohort 7, of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and he was supervised by Dr Kirsty Finn.  

The title of his thesis is: A phenomenological study of healthcare students’ experiences of using and learning to use mobile phones for academic work.

Julie Voce

Julie Voce was a member of Cohort 5, of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology  Enhanced Learning, and she was supervised by Professor Paul Trowler. 

The title of her thesis is: Examining the Effect of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Support Modules and Organisational Culture on the Adoption of TEL in UK Higher Education.

Tunde Varga Atkins

Tunde Varga Atkins was a member of Cohort 8, of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology  Enhanced Learning, and she was supervised by Professor Don Passey. 

The title of her thesis is: Designing curricula to develop digitally capable professionals in engineering and management – the case in two UK universities.

Sadanand Varma

Sadanand was a member of Cohort 19 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and he was supervised by Dr Kirsty Finn.

The title of his thesis is: What Students’ Conceptions of Teaching and Learning Tell us about Measurement Tools in Higher Education:  A Case Study of Part-Time MBA Students in Singapore.

Catherine Cheng Ean Lee

Catherine was a Traditional Route PhD student and she was supervised by Professor Don Passey.

The title of her thesis is: Assessing the Uses and Impacts of Facebook for Teaching and Learning in Classroom Education Contexts in Malaysian Universities. 

Jen Gibbons

Jen was a member of Cohort 20 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Dr Natasa Lackovic.

The title of her thesis is: A Bernsteinian analysis of the interplay between legal knowledge and the legal professional in university law schools in Yorkshire and Alberta: Rule of Law or Rule of Lawyers?

Philip Moffitt

Phil was a member of Cohort 8, of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology  Enhanced Learning, and he was supervised by Brett Bligh. 

The title of his thesis is: Transformative Agency for the Collaborative and Future-Oriented Redesign of Activity in Military Higher Education; Empowering Participants to Change their Boundary-Crossing Technology Enhanced Learning.

Vjeko Hlede

Vjeko was a member of Cohort 6, of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and he was supervised by Dr Jan McArthur. 

The title of his thesis is: Quality Improvement Education and Interprofessional Learning of the Perioperative Team [From Theory to Reality].

Claire Hawkins

Claire was a member of Cohort 7, of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and she was supervised by Dr Sue Cranmer.

The title of her thesis is: Young people's perceptions and management of cyberbullying in secondary schools: An exploratory study using a socio-ecological lens.

Amy Robertson

Amy was a member of Cohort 2 of the Doctoral Programme in Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement and she was supervised by Dr Kirsty Finn.
 
The title of her thesis is: Storytelling for teaching in Diagnostic Radiography

Andy Brown

Andy was a member of Cohort 2 of the Doctoral Programme in Education and Social Justice and he was supervised by Dr Jo Warin.

The title of his thesis is: Identity, Influence and Interconnections: ethos and the N. Ireland controlled education sector.

Joseph Collins

Joseph was a member of Cohort 2 of the Doctoral Programme in Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement and he was supervised by Dr Kirsty Finn.
 
The title of his thesis is:  Lifelong Learning as a Transformative Endeavour: How do part-time mature learners make sense of barriers and opportunities in Higher Education?

Tony Foody

Tony was a member of Cohort 2 of the Doctoral Programme in Education and Social Justice and he was supervised by Dr Jo Warin.

The title of his thesis is: Teachers’ awareness of Pupil Premium students through their lesson planning and delivery.

Fe Mukwamba-Sendall

Fe was a Traditional Route PhD student and she was supervised by Dr Jo Warin.

The title of her thesis is: Policy reinterpreted: the effect of local authority administration and officer perception and practice on national home-education policy implementation.

Iain MacDonald

Iain was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning programme and he was supervised by Professor Don Passey.

The title of his thesis is: Innovative online computer supported collaborative assessment: the influence of learning approach and intensity of use on outcomes for healthcare undergraduates in a single university setting.

Rose-ann Camilleri

Rose-ann was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning and she was supervised by Dr Jo Warin. 

The title of her thesis is: Investigating the Impact/Role of the Interactive Whiteboard on Teaching Practices in Maltese Kindergarten Classrooms through an Activity Theory Approach.

Bernard Lisewski

Bernard was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and he was supervised by Professor Paul Trowler.

The title of his thesis is: An examination of how tutor-practitioners conceptualise and enact practice-based knowing in a small Higher Education Fashion School: a social practice theory approach.

Deborah Seward

Deborah was a member of Cohort 17 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Dr Pete Boyd and Professor Malcolm Tight.

The subject of her thesis is: Student Teacher identity Development: transformation, consolidation or rejection.

Christine Lewis

Christine was a Traditional Route PhD student and she was supervised by Dr Jo Warin.

The title of her thesis is: An auto-ethnographic account of interactional practices in adoptive family relationships.

Shin Pyng Wong

Shin Pyng was a member of Cohort 19 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Dr Kirsty Finn.

The title of her thesis is: Correspondence or Discrepancy? A multi-method examination of internationalisation agendas in Malaysian private higher education

Melissa James

Melissa was a member of Cohort 2 of the Doctoral Programme in Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement and she was supervised by Dr Gemma Derrick.
 
The title of her thesis is: Understanding International Student Recruitment as Export Marketing Behaviour in Higher Education Institutions.

Jenny Hatley

Jenny was a member of Cohort 1 of the Doctoral Programme in Education and Social Justice and she was supervised by Professor Carolyn Jackson.

The title of her thesis is: The values of global citizenship education and implications for social justice.

Becky Lees

Becky was a member of Cohort 16 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Professor Paul Trowler.

The title of her thesis is: Social Media Governance in UK Higher Education Institutions: a review of content and issues for implementation.

Simon Snowden

Simon was a member of Cohort 19 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and he was supervised by Professor Malcolm Tight.

The title of his thesis is: Examining the mechanisms for variations in student outcomes from Work Placements: Glimpsing Expansive Learning in a Placement Student Change Laboratory.

Andrea Zschaler

Andrea was a Traditional Route PhD student and she was supervised by Professor Don Passey.
 
The title of her thesis is: Help! I am gifted.  The development of self-concept, (self-theory) and self-esteem amongst gifted students in English secondary schools and the influence of school culture.

Michelle Flood

Michelle was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning programme and she was supervised by Dr Natasa Lackovic.

The title of the thesis is: Shaping up for success: a qualitative case study on the impact of using radar graphs on workplace-based assessment practices for pharmacy interns in Ireland.

Mike Toyn

Mike was a member of Cohort 7 of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology  Enhanced Learning and he was supervised by Dr Julie-Ann Sime.

The title of his thesis is: How do technologies support School Direct students’ learning on a PGCE with Qualified Teacher Status within a Networked Learning model?

Dawne Bell

Dawne was a member of Cohort 16 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Professor Paul Ashwin.

The title of her thesis is: The Formation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Teacher Identities: Pre-service teacher’s perceptions.

Maryam Herin

Maryam was a member of Cohort 18 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Professor Malcolm Tight.

The title of her thesis is: A Degree of Difference.

Sue Murrin Bailey

Sue was a member of Cohort 2 of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning and she was supervised by Professor Paul Ashwin.

The title of her thesis is: Does the use of Assistive Technology (AT) increase performance and motivation for students with dyslexia during periods of assessment within their studies?

Tony Murphy

Tony was a member of Cohort 6 of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning and he was supervised by Dr Natasa Lackoovic. 

The title of his thesis is: Exploring the challenges of managing blended learning courses in selected Irish higher education institutes: An activity theory study.

Beverly Leeds

Beverly was a member of Cohort 2 of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning and she was supervised by Professor Paul Ashwin.

The title of her thesis is: Temporal Experiences and Perceptions of Part-Time Online Distance Learning Students.

Denisse Lopez Benavides

Denisse was a member of Cohort 7 of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology  Enhanced Learning and she was supervised Dr Kyungmee Lee and Professor Don Passey. 

The title of her thesis is: The nature of peer-feedback in a MOOC:  A Case Study.

Charlotte Barrow

Charlotte was a Traditional Route PhD student and she was supervised by Professor Paul Ashwin. 

The title of her thesis is: Perceptions of learner identity amongst top-up students progressing from a Foundation Degree to Honours.

Jill Anderson

Jill was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Dr Jan McArthur. 

The title of her thesis is: Making involvement work: Developers of service user and carer involvement in higher education.

Katy Jones

Katy was a Traditional Route PhD student and she was supervised by Professor Carolyn Jackson.

The title of her thesis is: Literacy and numeracy support for homeless adults: an exploration of third sector employment and skills provision.

Monika Reece

Monika was a member of Cohort 17 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Professor Carolyn Jackson.

The title of her thesis is: The Constitution, Positioning and Normalisation of 'The EAL Learner'. A Foucauldian-Phenomenographic Study.

Fiona Christie

Fiona was a member of Cohort 18 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by the late Dr Steve Dempster, Dr Nicola Ingram and Professor Murray Saunders.

The title of her thesis is:Constructing Early Graduate Careers: Navigating Uncertainty in Transition.

Jo Josephidou

Jo was a member of Cohort 18 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Dr Jo Warin.

The title of her thesis is: Perceptions of ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) practitioners on how their gender influences their approaches to play.

Sal Jarvis

Sal was a member of Cohort 18 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Professor Malcolm Tight.

The title of her thesis is: The Practice of Authority in Academic Leadership/Management.

Irene Foster

Irene was a member of Cohort 17 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Professor Malcolm Tight.

The title of her thesis is: Metacognition and Dyslexia: towards an increased understanding of the cognitive knowledge and self-regulation practices of students with dyslexia in higher education.

Nicky Morrell-Scott

Nicky was a member of Cohort 18 of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and she was supervised by Dr Jan McArthur.

The title of her thesis is: A phenomenological insight into the motivations, approaches, and knowledge of final year pre-registration nursing students.

Doreen Ang

Doreen was a member of Cohort 7 of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning and she was supervised by Dr. Kyungmee Lee.

The title of her thesis is: The implementation of blended learning in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) English A curriculum in Singapore: An exploratory design-­‐based
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