Browse by Theses

2024

Boardman, Kevin (2024) Expanding artistic-pedagogic mark-making: thinking creatively with reusable 3D surfaces. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Chong, William L H (2024) Nature and value: from convergence to conflation via the ‘natural imperative'. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2023

Ying, Zhang (2023) Challenges in applying Global Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: a Guide (AFCC) to governing cities and communities in China. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Owen, Arwyn Parry (2023) “Y Cestill Byrion ar (G)lan y Gors”: a multimethod study of a possible late prehistoric to Romano British lowland defended settlement site, along with other unrecorded archaeological feaures, in Llangwyllog parish Anglesey. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Benyahlou, Naima (2023) Unpacking listening comprehension: the effect of aural vocabulary knowledge and listening comprehension strategies on listening comprehension. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2022

Bennett, D (2022) US-Russia relations post-Cold War: Russia left out in the Cold? Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Higgins, Nicola Anne (2022) The Portico Library and its lawyer subscribers 1806 – 1850. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jenkinson, Peter John (2022) Beats, bytes & bleeps inside the Arctic circle: An exploration into consumption and production in the electronic dance music scene of Tromsø, Norway between 1987 and 2001. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2021

Hatley, Noelle (2021) The impact of fast fashion, consumer behaviour and fashion brand communication on sustainability. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University, Masters by Research.

Short, Alice M (2021) Heidegger, Graffiti and Street Art: Graffiti and Street Art as Saving Power Against the Danger of Modern Technology. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Smith, Nicola (2021) Constructing a Care System: Medical Voluntarism, and the Disabled ex-servicemen of Lancashire during the First World War. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Tuck, Peter Nicholas (2021) Value and Variance: Dancy, Moore, and Scanlon. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2020

Meech, Sam (2020) Video in the Abyss: In the context of the digital, is analogue video feedback still useful as an approach to making art? Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Carney, J. M. T. (2020) Concretizing God - Fetishism and the Social Construction of Objects. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Metropolitan University for the degree of Masters of Arts (by Research).

2019

Bloomfield, Harriet (2019) Understanding the motivations, context and content behind non-prescribed benzodiazepine use in the UK: a mixed-methods and cross-disciplinary analysis. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Perkins, Tanya (2019) Investigation of Insect Bite Hypersensitivity IBH and Pruritus in Equids and Research into the Concept of a Smart Textile Delivery Systems to Treat the Condition. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Lawton, Harriet (2019) Disrupted Ornamentation: How can the study of ornament at Manchester School of Art in the late 19th and early 20th century inform contemporary craft? Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2018

Munday, Max Aidan Lipson (2018) Utopianism, memory and the body, and the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Chappell, Georgina (2018) An investigation into the influence of the avant-garde, bohemia and modernism on women’s fashion and lifestyle, 1919 – 1929, with particular reference to Eve magazine. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Wewiora, Elizabeth (2018) Tracing the social contract of photography: how do we evidence the social collaborative engagement process in photography without undermining the value of the final visual outcome? Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Etheridge, Elena (2018) Pattern making for new fabric joining technologies. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kerrs, Harriet Irma (2018) Knitting from the landscape: what are the interrelations between maker, material and landscape? Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Scaife, Bernard Michael (2018) Finding a needle in a library stack: Improving wayfinding in an academic library. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2017

Mitchell, Derek Robert (2017) Putting phenomenology into practice - towards an ontology of person centered healthcare. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Nesbit, Steven (2017) Responding to a 'new world'? A qualitative study of change in the voluntary and community sector in England since 2009. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Burgess, Fiona (2017) Exploring young people’s aspirations In ‘urban regeneration’ settings: a critical reflection. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Dubois, Caroline (2017) Audience participation and collaboration: a practice-led study of contemporary performance. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Hart, Bernadette (2017) Adult learners’ experiences of a literacy programme in the southern United States: an interview based study. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Peacock, Robert Anthony (2017) How is Hollywood pursuing the Chinese Yuan? Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Barrow, Aimee Sophie (2017) An investigation of Syrian conflict photography on Flickr. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Harper, Stephen Allen (2017) The major-generals in the north: Cromwellian administration in the northern counties during the English protectorate 1655 – 1656. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2016

Donovan, Rebekah Evelyn (2016) ‘A sphere within a sphere’: neo-Victorianism, digital cultures and Eleanor Catton's the luminaries. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Macdonald, Alistair Innes (2016) Landscape and artist film. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ward, Hannah Louisa (2016) An exploration of the coach-athlete relationship in women’s semi-professional football. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Swindells, Danielle (2016) An audiovisual exploration of a seaside guesthouse and the personal and collective memories of its long-term residents. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Smith, Martin Graham (2016) Independent or indie? creative autonomy and cultural capital in independent video game production. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Travis, Joseph Alan (2016) Devising an e-learning model for the teaching of traditional crafts such as ceramics. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Card, William Edward (2016) Special effects, CGI and uncanny affect: envisioning the post-cinematic uncanny. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Craig, Kevin (2016) The sublime experience in film and installation. Research through practice on the dynamics of the Burkean sublime. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Blada-Edgeley, Alicija (2016) An exploration of Polish women’s experiences of migration and support for domestic violence and abuse in the UK. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2015

Needham, Maria Sian (2015) Locating lost masculinities in Margaret Atwood’s the handmaid’s tale. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Davies, Sara Kristina (2015) Re-constructing home: memory in the Scandinavian diaspora. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Pattimore, Rhys Edward (2015) Mythic rhetoric: influence and manipulation in Milton's paradise lost and Pullman's his dark materials. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Spurr, Ashley (2015) Digital design for an ageing society. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Brooks, Jack (2015) Properties of music used pre-match by rugby teams and players’ perceptions of its effects. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2014

Steele, Matthew George (2014) The making of Manchester’s technical colleges (1954‐1964). Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Harrison, Anne Elizabeth (2014) Dissecting the site: place, space and memory at the old Manchester Royal Infirmary. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Evans, Dean David (2014) The radical and alternative society of the golden age pirate – myth or reality? Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Westgarth, Laura Jayne (2014) Continuity and diversity in nineteenth century and contemporary racehorse training. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Johnson, Christine Deanne (2014) Windows of alienation on Matthew Arnold’s “Dover beach”. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Berritta, Georgina (2014) The use of female mental illness as a narrative device in contemporary European film and culture. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kaur, Sarbjit (2014) A poetic and sculptural negotiation of growing up as a Punjabi Sikh British woman encountering male bias. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Gaunt, Robert Phillip (2014) Arthur Dooley: his place in post-war British art history. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Goodsell, Matthew John (2014) Cinephilia and fandom: two fascinating fascinations. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ghai, Lokesh (2014) Don't cry over spilt milk: apprenticing with the last makers of the milkman's dress. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2013

Pitchford, Deborah Marie (2013) Making the Transition: Empire, Amateurism and Reggie Walker, the ‘Little Natalian’ Sprinter. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Goldberg, Maud (2013) Spatial practice between installation art and architecture. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Atkinson, Thomas (2013) Logic and Religion in Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher: Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis and Symbolism. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Simpson, Lorene (2013) Watchers and wearers: an investigation of socio-political art as a cycle of participation. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2012

Smith, Jennifer Anne (2012) Inside out: an inquiry into an engagement with The Artworks: an independent art school in Halifax “the journey of an artist/educator/researcher in the making…”. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Clifford, Ruth (2012) An investigation into the development of traditional Indian textile designs for new markets, with specific focus on the ajrakh block printing of Gujarat. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2011

Grady, William (2011) The western: a contemporary reading of a “dead” genre. Masters by Research thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.