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How do Social Work Students Develop their Professional Identity?
(University of Plymouth, 2017)
Professional socialisation is a key aspect of social work pre-qualifying training and the final practice placement has long been viewed as one of the most crucial elements of social work training, in enabling students to ...
THE IMPACT of CULTURE, LEADERSHIP, and POWER, on STAFF MOTIVATION in the CONTEXT of INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
(University of Plymouth, 2017)
This thesis investigates the impact of culture, leadership, and power, on staff motivation in selected international organizations (IOs), and develops a theoretical framework to assist with the practice of workforce ...
Learning to become a subject: A hermeneutic phenomenological study of students in a Waldorf (Steiner) school in Germany
(University of Plymouth, 2018)
Learning to become a subject: A hermeneutic phenomenological study of students in a Waldorf (Steiner) school in Germany
The centrals aim of Steiner pedagogy include enabling young people to develop as persons, to become ...
Aspects of The Preoperative Pathway in Pancreatic Head Malignancy
(University of Plymouth, 2018)
Malignancy within the pancreatic head can arise from pancreatic duct, distal bile duct, ampulla or duodenum. Since September 2000, surgery for all pancreatic head malignancy (PHM) has been centralised into regional pancreatic ...
A validation and feasibility study of the non-invasive measurement of oxygen delivery and consumption after elective major abdominal surgery.
(University of Plymouth, 2019)
Major surgery triggers a physiological stress response that results in an increase in post-operative metabolic demand and oxygen consumption (V̇O2), which must be met by an increased oxygen delivery (DO2). Historical studies ...
Professional Pathways for Teacher Educators in Further Education practice: a framework to support professional learning.
(University of Plymouth, 2018)
This project evaluates a proposed framework designed to support professional learning for teacher educators, focusing on Post Compulsory Education & Training, and particularly practices in Further Education. The intention ...
Strategic Management in Improving Total Quality in Bahrain’s Public Sector
(University of Plymouth, 2019)
This study determined the strategic management in improving total quality in Bahrain’s public sector. More specifically, the concerns of this study were: 1) the demographic characteristics of the respondents in terms of ...
How do children’s personal narratives influence their choices at school?
(University of Plymouth, 2019)
The main empirical research question of this thesis is: how do children’s personal narratives influence their choices at school and more broadly? This question is supported by supplementary research questions which are ...
A case study of 'internationalisation at home' leading to a proposal for Critical Global Pedagogies
(University of Plymouth, 2019)
This thesis examines current practice around ‘internationalisation at home’ (Jones, 2014). This is contextualised in single case study institution, in an isolated region of the UK, and takes place following the Brexit vote ...
A pragmatist context-based assessment of the economic implications of eating patterns in a small sub-Saharan developing economy: Focus on Togo
(University of Plymouth, 2020)
Healthy nutrition is recognized as essential to a productive workforce and strategic in preventing healthcare costs. Meanwhile, food supply system proficiency requires socially coherent organizational efficiency. Sub-Saharan ...