Research Degree Awards and Prizes

Al-Aoufi H, Doctor of Philosophy - An Investigation into Issues Related to the Establishment of A Parental Training Course to Develop an Early Intervention Home-Based Programme for Children with Autism

Al-Awadhi N, Doctor of Philosophy - The Impact of Computer Use in the Development of Mathematics Teaching in Education

Al-Mansouri M, Doctor of Philosophy - A Suggested Programme for Developing 4th Year Primary Pupils' Performance in Mathematical Word-Problems in Kuwait

Graham J, Doctor of Education - An Exploration of African-Caribbean Boys' Underachievment and their Stories of Schooling: Their Own Worst Enemies?

Malthouse R, Doctor of Education - Reflecting Blues: Perceptions of Policing Students Undertaking a "Preparing to Teach in Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) Course with regard to Reflective Practice and Associated Skills

Roffey-Barentsen J, Doctor of Education - Voices from the Classroom: An Exploration of the Perceptions of Teaching Assistants - their Backgrounds, Roles and Responsibilities, Experiences on an NVQ Programme and their Aspirations

Naugah J,  Doctor of Philosophy - Factors Affecting the Choice of Science Subjects Among Girls at Secondary Level in Mauritius

West C, Doctor of Philosophy - Effect of Abdominal Binding on Cardiorespiratory Function in Paralympic Athletes with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

Wintrup G, Doctor of Philosophy - Researching British University Sport Initiations

Wismer L, Doctor of Philosophy - British American Football: National Identity, Cultural Specificity and Globalization

Adams D, Doctor of Philosophy - Exploring the Attentional Processes of Expert Performers and the Impact of Priming on Motor Skill Execution

Brown J, Doctor of Philosophy - An Investigation into the Impact of a Sport Intervention in Three London Secondary Schools

Coleman D, Master of Philosophy - The Impact of Leg Spring Mechanics, Ground Reaction Force Application and Lower Limb Properties on Running Economy in Well Trained Middle Distance Athletes

Dimitriadis C, Doctor of Philosophy - Developing Mathematical Giftedness within Primary Schools

Goodall S, Doctor of Philosophy - Central and Peripheral Determinants of Fatigue in Acute Hypoxia

How S, Doctor of Philosophy - Effect of Acute and Chronic Pressure-Threshold Inspiratory Muscle Training upon Upper and Lower Airway Function

Ineson E, Doctor of Education - Joining the Dots and Seeing the Whole Picture: Initial Teacher Education for Mental Mathematics

Johnston C, Doctor of Philosophy - The Other Side of the Bridge: A Study or Social Capital in Further Education Provision for Young People with Disabilities

Kinrade N, Doctor of Philosophy - The Role of Dispositional Reinvestment on Choking in Decision-Making Tasks in Sport

Lloyd-Staples C, Doctor of Education - The Implementation and Impact of the Secondary Science National Strategy: A Single-School Case Study to Explore Changes in Classroom Teaching Styles and The Responses of Students to These Initiatives

Sherwood D, Doctor of Education - An Investigation in the Experience of Meeting the Special Educational Needs in Shift Primary Schools in Jamaica

Stöhr E, Doctor of Philosophy - The Effect of Heat, Stress, Dehydration and Exercise on Global Left Ventricular Function and Mechanics in Healthy Humans

Taylor C, Doctor of Education - Working Through Change: An FE Insider’s Analysis of Lived Experience in a Time of Constant Change

Waugh C, Doctor of Philosophy - Age and Training Related Changes in Tendon Stiffness on Muscular Force Production and Neuro-Motor Control During Childhood

PRIZES

We would like to congratulate LEIGHTON JONES, PhD researcher in Sport Psychology, for winning a prize in the Post-Graduate Research Student Poster Competition organised by the Graduate School in March 2011. Leighton’s poster was acknowledged with an “honourable mention” from Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor Geoff Rodgers, at the prize giving ceremony.

LEIGHTON JONES, PhD reseacher in Sport Psychology, won a Vice Chancellors (VCs) Travel Prize of £500 to travel to an international conference relating to his area of research.

On 3 March, CHRISTOPHER WEST, PhD Researcher in Physiology won the "Best Poster" award at the 7th Annual Paralympics GB Sport Science, Sports Medicine and Coaching Conference at Loughborough University. The title of Chris's poster was 'The Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training in Athletes with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury'.

Ahmed H, Doctor of Philosophy - An Analytical Understanding of How External Sources Inform and Impact upon Somalilands' National Education and Teacher Education Policy Making Process

Crowe N, Doctor of Philosophy - Hanging Out with the Cathaby Shark Gurlz and Other Runescape Stories: Young Peoples' Identity and Community in a Virtual World

Gervis M, Doctor of Philosophy - An Investigation into the Emotional Responses of Child Athletes to their Coach's Behaviour from a Child Maltreatment Perspective

Gharbieh C, Doctor of Philosophy - The Effects of Applied Verbal Behaviour Approach (AVB) in Teaching Children with Autism

Griffiths L, Doctor of Philosophy - Application of Respiratory Muscle Training to Competitive Rowing

Kouzaris M, Master of Philosophy - Psychophysical and Ergogenic Effects of Music in Sport and Exercise: a Meta-Analysis

Pearson J, Doctor of Philosophy - Haemodynamic Response to Heat Stress and Dehydration in Resting and Exercise Humans: Implications for the Regulation of Skeletal Flow

Testa A, Doctor of Philosophy - Opposing the "System": Ideology and Action in the Italian Football Terraces

Vencato M, Doctor of Philosophy - Measuring the Planned and Unplanned Dimensions of Lifestyle Physical Activity: A Test of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

Zwozdiak-Myers P, Doctor of Philosophy - An Analysis of the Concept, Reflective Practice and an Investigation into the Development of Student Teachers' Reflective Practice within the Context of Action Research

PRIZE WINNERS

DANIELLE ADAMS, PhD Researcher in Sport Psychology, and ERIC STOHR, PhD Researcher in Cardiovascular Physiology, won the Vice Chancellors' (VCs) Travel Prize of £500 each to support their attendance at international conferences relating to their respective fields of research.

STUART GOODALL, PhD Researcher in Exercise Physiology, won 3rd prize for his oral poster presentation at the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) Conference in Turkey. A prize of €2,000 and an invitation to present at an international conference in Tokyo was awarded.

Cannavan D, Doctor of Philosophy - The Acute Effects of Static Stretching on the Force Generating Chracteristic of the Plantar Flexors

Coole H, Doctor of Education - The Disposition of University Students Towards e-Learning Styles

Denis R, Master of Philosophy - Joint Dependence of Strength and Power in Children and Adults

Gogou M, Master of Philosophy - Gender Differences in Spelling Errors in Children with Special Educational Needs

Lake R , Doctor of Philosophy - Social Exclusion in British Tennis: A History of Privelege and Prejudice

Malhi H, Doctor of Education - Young Peoples' and Employers' Perceptions of Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

Owen R, Doctor of Education - Slowly Walking Backwards: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Students' Perceptions

Bishop D, Doctor of Philosophy - A Multi Componential Examination of Tennis Players Emotional Responses to Music

Dimitriou L, Doctor of Philosophy - The Effects of Physican Training and Competition on Selected Haemotological, SAlivary and Psychophysical Markers of Immune Health

Gibbs A, Master of Philosophy - Charaterising the Influence of Pre-Driver Lung Volume on Force and Power Production During Rowing

Gough E, Doctor of Philosophy - Acute Exercise, Cytokines, Total Antioxidant Capacity and Leukocyte Oxidative Burst

Hainopoulou M, Master of Philosophy -  Differences in the Psychosocial and Educational Profile of Greek MMR Children and Normal Controls

Haraty N, Doctor of Education - Giving and Receiving Compliments: A Lebanese Cultural Phenomenon

Hart E, Doctor of Philosophy - The Physiological Mechanism Underpinning Post-Exercise Reductions in Left Ventricular Function

Johnson M, Doctor of Education - The Discourse Improvement in Colleges of Further Education

Karaoulani P, Doctor of Philosophy - Greek University in Transition: Rethinking Change and Stability: A Structuration Theory Approach to Studying Greek Higher Education

Lin C H, Doctor of Philosophy - What is Imagination? A Study of Teachers' Concepts of Imagination in Pre-School Education in Taiwan

Loizou G, Doctor of Philosophy - Psychophysical Effects of Video, Priming and Music on Emotions, Motivation and Motor Performance

Lomax M, Doctor of Philosophy - An Examination of the Inspiratory Muscle Metaborsflex Functional Implications and the Influence of Inspiratory Muscle Training

Naylor S, Doctor of Education - Newly Qualified Physiotherapists' Expectations and Experiences of their First Post: A Qualitative Study

Shrestha R, Doctor of Education - Learning English as a Foreign Language in a Non-Native Country and Speaking in the UK: Lived Experience of Nepalese Students

Sayer L, Doctor of Philosophy - (Re)Production of Community Nursing: The Journey of Professional Socialisation - A Grounded Theory Study

Taylor B, Doctor of Philosophy -  Expiratory Muslce Fatigue in Healthy Humans: Implications for Exercise Tolerance

Vorluni L, Doctor of Philosophy - The Contribution of Muscle Mechanical Afferents to Baroreflex Cardiovascular Control During and After Exercise

Xu S, Doctor of Philosophy - Social and Motivational Characteristics of College Underachievers in China

PRIZE WINNERS

PhD graduates BRYAN TAYLOR and EMMA HART were awarded the Vice Chancellors' (VC) Prize for Doctoral Research.  Both recipients received £500.