PhD successes

Come and meet some of the people who have successfully completed their PhDs in our Department, subject to any corrections or amendments requested by the examiners.

Their theses will soon be available electronically and can be accessed via .

Regina Obexer
<糖心Vlog>Regina Obexer

Regina was a student on the Doctoral Programme in E-Research & Technology Enhanced Learning , and she has been supervised by Brett Bligh.

The title of the thesis is: "The Sustainability Change Laboratory. Fostering Transformative Agency for Sustainability Integration in Higher Education".

Mohammad Ahmad Alsayed Mohammad
<糖心Vlog>Mohammad Ahmad Alsayed Mohammad

Mohammad was a student on the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and he has been supervised by Carmen Martinez Vargas.

The title of the thesis is: "An Evaluative Study of a Blended Learning Model Implemented in a Vocational Training Organisation in Saudi Arabia".

Maria Liashenko
<糖心Vlog>Maria Liashenko

Maria was a student on the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and she has been supervised by Malcolm Tight.

The title of the thesis is: “Students’ Perceptions of Wiki Site Deployment for Mediation Activities in English Language Teaching and Learning”.

Doaa Abonaem
<糖心Vlog>Doaa Abonaem

Doaa was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and she has been supervised by Dr Melis Cin

The title of the thesis is: "Higher Education Expansion in Egypt: Women’s Capabilities and Agency from Access to Workforce Integration"

Yu Ho Kwok
<糖心Vlog>Yu Ho Kwok

Yu Ho was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and he has been supervised by Professor Don Passey.

The title of the thesis is: "Investigating the Role of a Conversational Artificial Intelligence Model in Promoting Self-Regulated Learning in Project-Based Learning for Software Engineering Students for Vocational Education"

Aileen McKenna
<糖心Vlog>Aileen McKenna

Aileen was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and she has been supervised by Dr Richard Budd.

The title of the thesis is: Interactive fiction and learning from failure in distance learning postgraduate clinical pharmacy education

Paul Parry
<糖心Vlog>Paul Parry

Paul was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and he has been supervised by Professor Jo Warin.

The title of the thesis is: "Class Struggles: Educational Value, Labour and Play".

Morkos Iskander
<糖心Vlog>Morkos Iskander

Morkos was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and he has been supervised by Julie-Ann Sime.

The title of the thesis is: “Enhancing Resilience in Medical Students with Virtual Metacognitive Training”

Patricia Jimenez
<糖心Vlog>Patricia Jimenez

Patricia was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and she has been supervised by Dr Richard Budd.

The title of the thesis is: Forging Engineers: Capital Mobilisation and Professional Identity Development in the University.

Eugenie Thwin
<糖心Vlog>Eugenie Thwin

Eugenie was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research & Technology Enhanced Learning and she has been supervised by Professor Murray Saunders.

The title of the thesis is: Experiences of Undergraduate Medical Students in the Use of Smartphones, iPads, and Tablets for Learning during their Preclinical and Clinical Years of Training: A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review”.

Emma Ransome
<糖心Vlog>Emma Ransome

Emma was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and she has been supervised by Professor Murray Saunders.

The title of the thesis is: Define Today, Transform Tomorrow: An Exploration of the Understanding and Practical Embodiments of Sustainability in Higher Education

Xiaoxia Wang
<糖心Vlog>Xiaoxia Wang

Xiaoxia was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research & Technology Enhanced Learning and she has been supervised by Dr Julie-Ann Sime.

The title of the thesis is: A Phenomenographic Study in the UK Higher Education Academics’ Experiences of Designing MOOCs

Sheelagh Semper
<糖心Vlog>Sheelagh Semper

Sheelagh was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research & Technology Enhanced Learning and she has been supervised by Professor Jan McArthur.

The title of the thesis is: I've forgotten what I wanted to say: An exploration of online learning experiences by students with acquired brain injuries (ABI)

Kamil Tilyabaev
<糖心Vlog>Kamil Tilyabaev

Kamil was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and he has been supervised by Dr Melis Cin.

The title of the thesis is: Exploring the emotional dimension of Uzbek language decolonisation: insights from the experiences of learning Uzbek as a second language

Luke Ramsdale
<糖心Vlog>Luke Ramdale

Luke was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and he has been supervised by Professor Jo Warin.

The title of the thesis is: How far has the cosmopolitanism of the IB become subverted by neoliberalism? A case study of an international school in Thailand viewed through the lens of Bourdieu.

Yinka Chinery
<糖心Vlog>Yinka Chinery

Yinka was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and she has been supervised by Professor Carolyn Jackson.

The title of the thesis is: Exploring and Empowering Transition Stories: a narrative inquiry of students’ transition experiences into an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Mathematics classroom.

Amelia Gottler
<糖心Vlog>Amelia Gottler

Amelia was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and she was supervised by Dr Kyungmee Lee.

The title of the thesis is: Tickling the Digital Ivories: An Adults Experience of Learning a Musical Instrument Using a Mobile Application

Jonathan Hay
<糖心Vlog>Jonathan Hay

Jonathan was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education & Social Justice, and he was supervised Professor by Jo Warin.

The title of the thesis is: Autism and Internationalised Schools: The Search for a Socially Just Education in the People’s Republic of China.

David Love
<糖心Vlog>David Love

David was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and he was supervised by Dr Phil Moffitt.

The title of the thesis is: Building trust between Learning Designers and Subject Matter Experts in online course development: A case study.

Headshot Chris Tuffnell
<糖心Vlog>Chris Tuffnell

Chris was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and was supervised by Dr Brett Bligh.

The title of the thesis is: Supporting the professional development of educators for blended learning design using TPACK: A design-based research study.

Janet De Vigne
<糖心Vlog>Janet De Vigne

Janet was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education and Social Justice and she was supervised by Professor Jo Warin.

The title of her thesis is: 'I remember the smell of darkness’: a Deleuzean exploration of learning from secondary school negative lived experience among present day academics.

Headshot Majdah Alblooshi
<糖心Vlog>Majdah Alblooshi

Majdah was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and was supervised by Professor Don Passey.

The title of the thesis is: The Impact of e-Maturity Models and Framework on Teaching and Learning Practices in the United Arab Emirates Government Schools.

Barbara Edwards
<糖心Vlog>Barbara Edwards

Barbara was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research – Higher Education and she was supervised by Dr Janja Komljenovic.

The title of her thesis is: In what ways are quality assurance professionals in England responding to the regulatory changes under the Higher Education and Research Act, 2017, and what are the implications for the quality assurance of higher education teaching and learning? A social practice approach.

Liz Dovrat
<糖心Vlog>Liz Dovrat

Liz was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and was supervised by Professor Don Passey.

The title of the thesis is: A Descriptive Multiple Case Study of the Factors and Practices of Sustainability in Co-Designed Virtual Exchanges.

Nathaniel Pickering
<糖心Vlog>Nathaniel Pickering

Nathaniel was a member of the Doctoral Programme in Education and Social Justice and he was supervised by Dr Richard Budd.

The title of his thesis is: English higher education policy in uncertain times: An argumentative exploration of political speeches during the Global Financial Crash, Brexit, and COVID-19 crises

Margaret Chawawa
<糖心Vlog>Margaret Chawawa

Margaret was a member of the Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, and was supervised by Professor Paul Ashwin.

The title of the thesis is: Digital Technologies and Analytics: An Investigation on University Academic Staff Perceptions of the Role ‘Big Data and Analytics’ might play in Teaching and Learning.