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• What counts as a premenstrual symptom?: A Critical Realist Discourse Analysis of expert and patient descriptions of a highly contested diagnosis: PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome)

  Author: King, S., 1 May 2022

  Supervisor: Vrecko, S. (Supervisor), Knapton, O. (Supervisor), Parry, B. (Supervisor) & Manning, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Using gamification principles to initiate and sustain second language learning directed motivational currents

  Author: Aljasir, T., 1 Jan 2022

  Supervisor: Wingate, U. (Supervisor) & Webb, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Towards a view of inclusion: Arts teachers’ beliefs, judgements and decisions concerning students with SEND

  Author: Thompson, B., 1 Dec 0202

  Supervisor: Jones, J. (Supervisor) & Finesilver, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Making of Teachers: A study of trainee teachers’ experiences of learning to teach in different postgraduate routes in England.

  Author: Steadman, S., 1 Mar 2020

  Supervisor: Ellis, V. (External person) (Supervisor) & Marshall, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The making of teachers: a study of trainee teachers’ experiences of learning to teach in different postgraduate routes in England

  Author: Steadman, S., 1 Mar 2020

  Supervisor: Ellis, V. (Supervisor) & Marshall, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The discursive construction of citizenship in Singapore

  Author: Vitorio, R. V. M., 1 Jun 2019

  Supervisor: Rampton, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The construction of the ‘national survival’ and the ‘intercultural education’ discourses: an ethnographic perspective of a Greek Cypriot lower secondary school

  Author: Aristidou, X., 1 May 2020

  Supervisor: Coffey, S. (Supervisor) & Tlili, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The Beliefs and experiences of pre-service and novice English language teachers in the UK: A longitudinal study

  Author: Jenvey, J., 1 Oct 2023

  Supervisor: Andon, N. (Supervisor) & Dewey, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Teachers with PhDs carrying out research on their teaching practice : the experience of participants on the Researchers in Schools Programme

  Author: Lawrence, R., 1 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Winch, C. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Teachers' Perceptions and Practices of the Use of Technology to Promote Language Development in Bilingual Students

  Author: Pothin, D., 1 Dec 2021

  Supervisor: Dewey, M. (Supervisor) & Webb, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Stage Talk: Recovering the Diverse Soundscapes of Early Modern Comedies

  Author: Venegas Meza, J., 1 Jul 2022

  Supervisor: Massai, S. (Supervisor) & Dewey, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Something good? The value of Foreign Language Learning in a STEM context

  Author: Gonzalez-Becerra, I., 1 May 2020

  Supervisor: Coffey, S. (Supervisor) & Hohenstein, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctorate in Education

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• Shall the twain ever meet?: exploring Bangladeshi university teachers’ beliefs and perception of collaborative research in ELT policy and practice

  Author: Tofail, F., 1 Sept 2020

  Supervisor: Dewey, M. (Supervisor) & Leung, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctorate in Education

• Secondary English teachers' implementation of the principles of the pedagogical recommendations of the National Curriculum 2012 in Bangladesh: a qualitative investigation

  Author: Basu, B. L., 1 Jan 2020

  Supervisor: Andon, N. (Supervisor) & Dewey, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Linguistic landscape: an interactional perspective

  Author: Eley, L., 1 May 2019

  Supervisor: Rampton, B. (Supervisor) & Georgakopoulou-Nunes, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Learning (how not) to teach: a study of the impact of Generated Resources Learning (GRL) pedagogy as in-service teacher training in some schools across India

  Author: Chazot, A., 1 May 2020

  Supervisor: Gibbons, S. J. (Supervisor) & Winch, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctorate in Education

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• INVESTING IN ORACY IN CHALLENGING TIMES: A STUDY OF TALK-BASED EDUCATION IN THE ENGLISH STATE SECONDARY SCHOOL

  Author: Eminson, E., 2023

  Supervisor: Marshall, B. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Impoliteness in the context of the Greek crisis: shifting blame in online political discussions

  Author: Vasilaki, M., 1 Jun 2020

  Supervisor: Georgakopoulou-Nunes, A. (Supervisor) & Ogiermann, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Implementing Academic Literacy Provision Institution-Wide in an EMI Context: A Case Study

  Author: Hakim, A., 1 Jun 2023

  Supervisor: Wingate, U. (Supervisor) & Tang, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Identity construal: emblems of identity and conviviality in elite professional services

  Author: Militello, J., 1 Aug 2020

  Supervisor: Dewey, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• How do parents position themselves and early childhood practitioners in their relationships to support children’s development and learning?

  Author: Ward, U., 1 Oct 2020

  Supervisor: Driscoll, J. (Supervisor) & Hohenstein, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctorate in Education

• Graphic organisers: applicability and use for special education teachers in primary withdrawal classrooms in Cyprus

  Author: Theofanous, M., 1 Jul 2019

  Supervisor: Maguire, M. (Supervisor) & Jones, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Enregistering Welshes: Urban styles and ideologies of a minority language

  Author: Williams, C., 1 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Rampton, B. (Supervisor) & Ogiermann, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• English Medium Instruction in Saudi STEM programmes: A case study

  Author: Quotah, S., 1 Aug 2023

  Supervisor: Coffey, S. (Supervisor) & Andon, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• English and development: discourses from two madrasas in rural Bangladesh

  Author: Chowdhury, Q., 1 Feb 2020

  Supervisor: Rampton, B. (Supervisor) & Leung, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Economic and financial terms in online interaction metalanguage in the Guardian comment boards during the 2010-2011 Euro crisis bailouts

  Author: Deschrijver, C., 1 Dec 2018

  Supervisor: Georgakopoulou-Nunes, A. (Supervisor) & Ogiermann, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Does the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme have potential to enhance the self-regulated learning of high-achieving students and students with learning difficulties?

  Author: Forrest, S. E., 1 Nov 2019

  Supervisor: Ellis, V. (Supervisor) & Pepper, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctorate in Education

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• Communicative repertoires, place-making, and transnational domestic labor: Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong

  Author: Guinto, N., 1 Jul 2021

  Supervisor: Jaworski, A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Rampton, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Brokering Britain: The teaching of ESOL citizenship

  Author: Cooke, M., 2015

  Supervisor: Roberts, C. (Supervisor) & Rampton, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctorate in Education

• Bridging the gap between past and present: narrative nonfiction in the primary history classroom

  Author: Browning, E., 1 Feb 2021

  Supervisor: Hohenstein, J. (Supervisor) & Khan-Evans, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• An exploration of students’ perceptions of Second Life for learning purposes

  Author: Ryder, A., 1 Jun 2016

  Supervisor: Hohenstein, J. (Supervisor), Webb, M. (Supervisor) & Dawson, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• An exploration into pupil participation in target language interactions in modern foreign languages classrooms in three London secondary schools

  Author: Atkinson-Ward, A., 1 Jan 2023

  Supervisor: Jones, J. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• A narrative study of the online personal narratives of men with breast cancer

  Author: Cabling, M., 1 Apr 2021

  Supervisor: Li, S. (Supervisor) & Rundblad, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• America’s political paradigm shift

  Author: Wyman, R. D., 1 Oct 2019

  Supervisor: O'Halloran, K. (Supervisor) & Tlili, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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