New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in October #StirNewTheses

Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during October.  Some of the theses are available for reading immediately:

Towards a better understanding of the value of physical fitness testing within the identification and development of youth soccer players. By James Dugdale http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30250

An Ethnographic Exploration of Relationships in Residential Child Care. By Nadine Fowler http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30280

Critical Thinking Cognitions and Pedagogic Practices of Thai EFL University Teachers. By Supanan Prommak http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30307

‘Mah LOLthesis let me show u it’ : the (re)making and circulation of participatory culture: memes, creativity and networks. By Victoria Esteves http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30308

The role of social interactions in conservation conflict: goose management across Scotland. By Chris Pollard http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30324

Political Narratives and the Language of ‘Communitarianism’: A comparison of the SNP and Labour Party in Scotland, 1999-2011. By Kenneth Mackay http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30359

The microbiological safety of seaweed and insect larvae as novel and sustainable fish feed ingredients. By Isobel Swinscoe http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30377

Flooding induced changes in the mobility, bioaccessibility and solid phase distribution of potentially harmful elements. By Diana McLaren http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30384

The other theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time to write up work for publication:

The Role of International Franchises in the Economic Development of Saudi Arabia. By Abdulaziz Alotaibi http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30272

Subject Choice and Attainment: State Secondary Schools in Scotland. By Anne Gasteen http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30309

An exploration of accountability in nursing and its impact on professional practice – a multiple case study. By Caroline Hiscox http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30310

Exploring Professional Identity Development in Higher Education: A Social Identity Approach. By Bahijah Abas http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30311

Live Literature and Cultural Value: Explorations in Experiential Literary Ethnography. By Ellen Wiles http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30332

Developing an acceptable peer support intervention that enables clients, attending a weight management programme, to cascade their learning within their social network. By Deborah Kirby http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30325

The Role of Emotion in Facilitating Pro-Conservation Attitudes. By Lesley Craig http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30360

Co-producing Curricula: Young People’s Lived Experience of School-linked Practical Conservation and Citizen Science. By Andrew Ruck http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30376

The Limitations of Freedom of Expression in Theory and Practice (Between the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Egyptian Law). By Saleh Alsubaie http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30387

Modes of knowing in simulated human pedagogies: The uncanny double of performance in nursing education. By Aileen Ireland http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30385

Well done to all!

Clare Allan
Senior Research Librarian