Research students

Find out about our postgraduate students and their research, grouped here by research thematic hub.

PhD students

Marifatul Amalia

Inequalities in science education - Using PISA data to investigate the role of family and school factors

Nimra Arshad

The effectiveness of aquatic exercises for chronic nonspecific low back pain

Peter Barlow 

Disentangling the importance of individual, family and neighbourhood factors on educational outcomes using sibling data

Fernando Carvallo Arrau 

Higher Education and Social Structure - Consequences of HE Massification and Neoliberal Policies in Chile 

Yin Chan

The phenomenon of sexual violence against children in Hong Kong from the perspective of frontline workers in child protection

Mustafa Ciftcioglu

Can an 'online data literacy teacher training with professional network' support teachers' pedagogical beliefs and data education practices in the classroom?

Cagla Ergul

Investigating inclusive education for children identified as having special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) by focusing on social communication and participation for the educational and sociological domain

Vanessa Fernandez Vidueira

Chronotypes in adolescence: The impact of chronotypes on performance in adolescents

Hamish Gornall

Scottish Rugby Union Tackle Height Law Change and Injury Surveillance Study

Jingting Hu

Examining transnational higher education from staff perceptions of their academic roles in a Sino-foreign university

Yuqing Huang

International mobility of young scholars: Motivations, realities and retention mechanisms from a glonacal perspective

Kerr Lumsden 

Thesis TBD

Qianhui Sun  

​​​​Should we combine data-driven learning and tasked-based language teaching for lower-level learners? Exploring the attitudes of students and teachers towards the synergy.

Felicia Szloboda

Developing a framework of children's human rights indicators for Scotland

Jiayang Wang 

Intergenerational income mobility and its implication to education policy: The case of China

Yuchong Zhang

Exploring factors influencing Chinese students' LOTE motivational selves

MScR students

Olivia (Yanpeng) Zhang  

Mapping Elite Educational Choices: Institutional Forms, Curriculum Systems, and Family Strategies in China’s International Schools


Luke Addison

Bringing children's voices to the fore of 'Learning for Sustainability'

Safaa Al Nabhani 

Investigating the Impact of Character Education, Positive Education, and Positive Youth Development on the Well-being and Academic Achievement of Students in the University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Oman 

Bashaer  Alotaibi

STEAM for early childhood in Saudi Arabia. A proposed Grade 1 to 3 STEAM Framework for KSA schools with the aim to prepare future generations and advance the realisation of Visions 2030 

Hanan Bedaydi

The effect of playing in natural outdoor environments on the social, cognitive and motor development of children in Saudi kindergartens

Emma Brodie

To what extent do piano lessons impact cognitive performance in children compared to bilingualism? 

Zhenyang Cai

Rethinking the challenges and values of aesthetic education with comparative philosophy

Yin Chan

The phenomenon of sexual violence against children in Hong Kong from the perspective of frontline workers in child protection

Costica Darie   

The Spiritual Dimension of Froebelian Pedagogy: Its Essence and Relevance in Contemporary Early Childhood Education 

Bethan Davies

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on Scottish childminders and their services?

Fanshu Huang

ECE Quality through the lens of policy, practice and parental perspectives: a critical analysis in mainland China

Rimin Johnson

Understanding socio-cultural determinants of child sexual abuse (CSA) re-victimisation in Kerala, India

Alkisti Kallinikou

Being and Belonging: Exploring 'otherness' in contemporary fantasy literature (working title)

Tao Liu

A study on children's human rights under the kindergarten education context in China

Qirong Luo

The predicament of Chinese high school students

Becky McGinney

Exploring the potential of the Autism Practice Improvement Framework (APIF) to support autistic pupils' educational experiences and inclusion

Kyleigh Melville

Neurodivergent students' experiences with multi-sensory environments in schools: A participatory action research approach

Patience Mulungi           

Growing Shadows: The Impact of Age Disparities in East African Schools on Child Sexual Exploitation - A Case Study of Uganda and Kenya 

Ewajesu Okewumi

Children's participatory rights and decision making

Konstantina Papaspyropoulou

"Play, play-based learning, playful learning": Which term would Froebel use? An exploration of the influential factors that contribute to the development of different play opportunities in the early years in Glasgow

Subhashree Pattanayak

Against All Odds: Academic Resilience and Educational Journeys of Urban Disadvantaged Children in India

Xuanyi Ren

The understandings and practices of Chinese young people's participation in the context

Fatemeh Sadeghi

A socially and culturally compatible ECE curriculum: A narrative approach to employing the sociocultural features of a context while adapting international curriculums and teacher training courses in Iran

Elena Santi

Narrative fiction as a mirror and a window: Exploring adolescents' reading experiences

Pavithra Sarma

Early years in Scotland: An exploration of 'race', class, gender and coloniality in child-centred learning within home-educating communities of colour

Priyambada Seal

The impact of the climate crisis on school education: Perspectives and voices of adolescent tribal girls in India

Wanda Stuardo Troncoso

Co-constructing responsive whole-school policy instruments to address resistance against early childhood sexuality education, with(in) Chilean nursery communities.

Felicia Szloboda

Developing a framework of children's human rights indicators for Scotland

Iffah Humaira Eri Tantawi

Whose knowledge counts? – Resisting universal scholarships in defining quality education for indigenous children in Sarawak, Malaysia

Wanda Stuardo Troncoso

Early Childhood sexuality education in Chilean nursery communities

Yiran (Rennie) Wang

Anti-racism for, with, and by children and young people: An exploration of their racial learning in a hybrid social world

Laura Weiner

Understanding American out-of-school youth development policies and practice through young people, practitioners and discourse theory

Yi Yan

Involving children from minority ethnic groups in constructing children's human rights indicators: Take Scottish Chinese children as an example

Zoe (Rong) Yan

Peer rejection, teacher-children relationships and ADHD in the classroom

Danni Yang 

A Qualitative Study of Gender Stereotypes in Chinese Children’s Picture Books from the Perspective of Teachers and Children 

Ross Young

Thesis title TBC


Stuart Allan

Enmeshed experiences? Enactments of digital pedagogy in an international online MBA

Ibtisam Alrushaidi

Investigating the influence of digital writing tools on student writing performance, autonomy and academic integrity

Giorgi Amirkhanashvili

Pedagogical methods and approaches for teaching data literacy to children at early primary level in Scotland

Elma Atic

Performing Future Imaginary of Data-driven University: Case Study of Qatar University

Carlos Ortegon Banoy

Thesis title TBC

Mustafa Ciftcioglu

Can an 'online data literacy teacher training with professional network' support teachers' pedagogical beliefs and data education practices in the classroom?

Raúl Gómez Hernández

The communication of cultural heritage among European students. A comparative international analysis of museums, collections, and university archives in Edinburgh and Madrid.

Nick Hood

Something Understood: An audio pedagogy for complex concepts in initial teacher education

Kunqi Huang 

Challenges in Interdisciplinary Education: A Comparative Case Study Across Undergraduate Grade Levels in UK Higher Education 

Wan Faizatul Azirah Ismayatim

Exploring ESL lecturers' synchronous and asynchronous corrective feedback strategies on students' learning of academic writing via computer-mediated environment

Shikha Kumari

Emerging digital technologies and their influence in higher education: A sociomateriality approach

Pei-Yu (Joy) Lan

A sociotechnical imaginary of digital education in Taiwan

Keqi Li

A mixed-method research on how to apply artificial intelligence to assist teachers on educational assessment in China

Fuji Lyu

Innovating ethics education using Game Theory: Creating and testing design principles for education games and interactive environments to teach ethics

Ruohan Ma 

Multimodal Feedback in Higher Education: Understanding the Gap Between Pedagogical Potential and Practice   

Meenakshi Mani

The limits of algorithmic intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in K-12 classrooms

Alvaro Nicolas Ruiz

Open educational resources: a model for educational equity in rural Colombia

Isabella Sinn 

Postdigital Agency and Academic Subjectivities: An Affective Inquiry into the Postdigital Research and Writing Practices, Spaces and Decisions of History PhD Students 

Clare Thomson

Tensions in reflective practice: Exploring the everyday reflective work of undergraduate medical students, an institutional ethnography

Siqi Wang 

Ethical considerations for the use of artificial intelligence in education 

Yu (Jade) Wang

Speculative design with generative AI: future forms of collaborative imagination and interdisciplinary learning interaction 

Chen Wu

Problematising the use of digital media in parent-practitioner collaboration: A Chinese perspective


Khaloud Al Sadrani

Exploring EFL Teachers' Assessment Practices and Purposes in Omani Higher Education and Training Institutions: A Study of Methods, Factors, and Alternative Assessments

Munira Al Siyabi 

Towards Autonomy: The Influence of Critical Analysis of Context Oriented Cases on Learner Identity 

Rabab Alhaddab

Evaluating the use of portfolios as an assessment tool for students writing in Arabic as a second language

Alia Aljoofi

What do you mean by "you rock"? Implementation of pragmatics in EFL classroom: A rramework for teaching pragmatics in Saudi Arabia.

Xueting Ban

Pragmatic competence and professional teaching performance: A longitudinal mixed-method study

Xiuxiu [Daisy] Bao

An investigation into the factors of mentoring undergraduates in research projects: A faculty motivation perspective

Hamish Binns  

How the use of songs in CLIL across the curriculum can enhance intelligibility and contribute to the learning of language and content in Fifth and Sixth Grade Classes in Spanish Bilingual Primary Schools  

Michael Budzenski

English language opportunities and challenges in online English Medium (EM) classrooms in higher education: A multiple case study

Maggie Chan

Representations and stereotypes of Special Educational Needs and disabilities in picture books

Jun Chen

Effects of process approach on the reducing of writing anxiety of college students in China

Siyan Chen

Interaction between emotion and strategy use in Chinese international students' vocabulary learning

Suling Chen

A Foucauldian-informed discourse analysis of creativity in college English teaching in China

Xueqi Chen

Interdisciplinary and paradigmatic influences on lexical bundles in research articles 

Zhiying Chen

Exploring Teacher Cognition of Chinese EFL Teachers in Listening Teaching

Sakie Chiba-Mooney

Heritage identity and language development: The role of extra-curricular activities in Japanese complementary school in Scotland

Beatrice Clegg

"Maybe we can have a try." Chinese-English hedging devices and native English teacher attitudes in the university context.

Maxime Corron

The Affects of Hospitality: Anthropological Relational Rationales in Central Eurasian Education

Mariel Deluna

Secondary school modern language teachers' perspectives on "race" and language: Racializing languages in Scottish education

Tingyu Du                               

Teaching English on the Go: A Postdigital Perspective on Chinese TEFL Digital Nomads' Identities 

Leila Eerikainen

Languaging for thinking in science

Yue Fang 

The effects of virtual exchange on EFL learners' oral proficiency, vocabulary learning strategies, engagement and willingness to communicate 

Xin Feng  

The effect of digital multimodal composing about students' home culture on their English writing abilities and self-efficacy: An intervention study with Chinese high school students  

Yuyan Gao

L2 teacher motivation in Chinese senior high schools: A complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) perspective

Kelli Hanman

Midwest United States teachers and their preparedness for the changing diversity in their classrooms

Jesús Hernández González

Academic literacies for deeper learning: A longitudinal study of CLIL in primary science classrooms

Jingting Hu

Examining transnational higher education from staff perceptions of their academic roles in a Sino-foreign university

Mingzheng Hu

Exploring student rationales for continuing or changing different TNE study pathways (4+0, 3+1, or 2+2) in a Chinese cooperative university

Fanshu Huang

Perspectives on professionalism in ECE by kindergarten teachers from Z province

Dhahab Hubais 

Integrating AI Tools into Multimodal Texts for English Language Teaching and Learning in Omani Higher Education: A Pedagogical and Contextual Study 

Eojin Jang

Why do they leave Korea?: Derrida's 'Hospitality' and habitus of International students in Korea

Nicholas Daniel Jones

Policy Ecologies in English Medium Education in Multilingual Settings: a comparison of Anglophone and Non-anglophone Higher Education

Fumika Koshiba

Which motivational strategies should EFL teachers select to motivate Japanese high school students? Developing the criteria for the selection depending on students' intrinsic motivation level.

Hao (Alice Leigh) Li

The Transmission of Cultural Values in Plurilingual Teaching between KS1-KS2in the cases of Chinese orthography and calligraphy

Xuan Li

An ethnographic study of how Chinese secondary-school ESL learners construct their identity through engagement with modern English literary works

Qi Liu

An investigation of oral and written corrective feedback in bilingual education classrooms in China: A teacher and student feedback literacy perspective with an ecological lens

Lisa Macdonald

An t-Ionnsachadh Òg: Positive pedagogies for Gaelic 0-3 groups

Camila Marchant Orellana

An ethnographic study of the teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language in Chile: Concomitantly contributing to social inequality?

Zixuan Niu

Enhancing Critical Literacy through Project-Based Learning in Chinese Middle School English Classes

Lianya Qiu

Stakeholders’ perspectives on the curriculum in complementary schools: A comparative case study of Polish and Chinese complementary schools in Edinburgh

Yurieke Rahmat

Investigating data driven learning (DDL) in vocabulary teaching and learning practices by EFL teachers in Indonesian primary schools

Yi Sang

Thesis title TBC

Qianhui Sun  

​​​​Should we combine data-driven learning and tasked-based language teaching for lower-level learners? Exploring the attitudes of students and teachers towards the synergy.

Jiaqi Tian

How would they deal with it? Chinese pre-service EFL teachers' perspectives on engaging sexual identity issues in China

Yi Tian

Elite education in the age of ‘common prosperity’: A multiple-case study of internationalized schools in Shanghai, China

Huixin Wang

An in-depth analysis of teachers' directed motivational currents in Chinese EFL teaching contexts

Qingyang Wang

Understanding the construction of Chinese EFL teacher identity in translanguaging practices

Yian (Clark) Wang

Novel Chinese ESL Learners' Strategy Management to Improve Vocabulary Use in Instant Messaging with Other English Speakers 

Yupei Wei

The role of fairy tales as instructional materials for teaching English as a foreign language in Chinese kindergartens

Yilan Xu

A mixed-method investigation into the academic writing difficulties of Chinese overseas postgraduate students

Hayat (Nurul) Yahya  

Analytic and Holistic thinking in Malaysian Students' PISA Reading Performance

Mei-Hua Yang

Mobile‐assisted language learning, L2 learners' motivation and learners' burnout

Qianyu Yang

Chinese students' multilingual identity and its effects on academic English performance: A case study in study-abroad contexts

Hattice Yarar

From diagnosis to education: The experiences of families with late-diagnosed deaf children of low-income bilingual families

Yalin Yin

Race, gender, nationality and identity: A critical interpretation of Chinese students' study abroad experience

Dongchen (Helen) Yu

A philosophical inquiry of self and other relationships in intercultural communication: From ethical self and other to political self towards otherness 

Caixia Yuan

Investigating the efficacy of using screencast feedback on Chinese postgraduates' academic writing and perception

Wei Yurou

Using storytelling for fifth grade students to learn English writing in a Chinese primary school

Yongqi Zeng

Exploring the discipline variations: Translanguaging as pedagogical practices in English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Chinese online university SPOC courses

Yuchong Zhang

Exploring factors influencing Chinese students' LOTE motivational selves

Rongxin (Daisy) Zhu

Enhancing Textbook Design for CLIL Mathematics: Criteria for the Integration of Native and Non-Native Education Materials


PhD students

Bashaer Alotaibi

STEAM for early childhood in Saudi Arabia: A proposed Grade 1 to 3 STEAM Framework for KSA schools with the aim to prepare future generations and advance the realisation of Visions 2030

Rosie Brown 

Global Citizenship Education and Wellbeing in Early Childhood: A Case Study 

Bethan Davies

How has the Covid-19 pandemic impacted on Scottish childminders and their services?

Miranda Eodanable

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: An exploration of professionals’ and young people’s views on diagnosis

Cagla Ergul

Investigating inclusive education for children identified as having special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) by focusing on social communication and participation for the educational and sociological domain

Jianing Fu

How does Covid-19 affect children's access to urban green spaces: A comparative study between advantaged and disadvantaged families in urban China

Jingpu Guo

Exploring Student Feedback Literacy Development in PGT Programs: Perspectives from Teachers and Students

Helen Hickey

Inclusive Learning - Girls Go Under the Radar - diagnosing and supporting girls (of primary school age) with ADHD and teachers' understanding of/attitudes to girls with ADHD within international schools in Paris

Fanshu Huang

Perspectives on professionalism in ECE by kindergarten teachers from Z province

Huaiyuan Huang

Ethnic solidarity education and identity construction: Migrant ethnic Korean youth in Changchun City, Northeast China

Yuqing Huang

International mobility of young scholars: Motivations, realities and retention mechanisms from a glonacal perspective

Hazhari Ismail

Education access in promoting equitable quality education: A phenomenological study from public preschool teachers

Xinyue Jiang

A Qualitative Study of Parents and Teachers' Perspectives on Home-School Collaboration for Autistic Children in China

Anne Kent

The self-reported health and wellbeing of the children of Scottish prisoners

Ozlem Kocyigit

Critical peace education in Northern Kurdistan: Exploring peace, violence and possibilities for conflict resolution through teachers' resistance

Selin Korkmaz

Jock Tamson’s New Bairns: Syrian refugee children in Scottish schools

Haitong Liu 

Analysis of Implicit Boundaries of educational equity based on Bourdieu Theory: A study of urban and rural family education strategies and students' access to educational opportunities 

Yuemiao Ma

Citizenship education embedded in Model United Nations: An explorative study on Chinese secondary school students

Gabrielle Njie

How do educational leadership professionals implement equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into qualification design and policy?

AE O'Donnell

Learning to challenge epistemic injustice: Collective advocacy and mental health law reform in Scotland

Faiz Rozlan

The impact of ethnic-quota system on social and applied science’s undergraduate students’ entry experience in Malaysia

Kit (Katie) Sattler  

Experiences of Individuals with Chronic Illnesses and Invisible Disabilities in the Outdoors  

Tong Shen 

Thesis TBD

Jiyuan Song

Parental investment in education: An ethnographic case study of first- and second-generation Chinese immigrant families in Scotland

Jingjing Wang  

Understanding Autistic Children’s Kindergarten and Primary School Transitions in Inclusive Education  

Josh Watters

Conceptions of 'international': British international schooling in post-colonial Southeast Asia

Suoyi Yang

Read into Student Bodies in Chinese in situ 'International' Education: Revealing Institutional Powers in the Assemblage of Mobility and Immobility 

Suqiong Zheng

Teacher agency for professional learning communities in schools

Xinnan Zhang 

Thesis TBD

MScR students

Pere Alcantara Carreras 

Thesis TBD


PhD students

Ubon Akpan 

Improving Provider-Patient Relationship Dynamics to Enhance Physical Activity Motivation During Health Recovery 

Shadad Mohsen Zaid Almohsen 

Thesis TBD

Noor Alshammari

Talent pathways' development in women's high school basketball

Athari Alshemmari

Identifying stressors in adolescent gymnasts and evaluating the use of psychological training skills to help counter them and enhance performance

Sarah Anisman 

The Role of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being in Performance Athletes: Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? 

Nimra Arshad

The effectiveness of aquatic exercises for chronic nonspecific low back pain

William Wynter Bee

Considering the health benefit of golf for those with a disability, and understanding illness and health provision in elite and professional golf (and disparities between groups)

Liron Blajwajs

Mentalization among people with hypermobility: Mentalizing abilities, mental health and rheumatic pain

Yamnei (Mei) Bowie

Thesis TBD

Andrea Buchanan 

Healing vs. High Performance: The Role of Psychotherapy in Shaping Drive in Elite Athletes 

Andrew Burns

Interdisciplinary approach to performance support or coaching by committee

Jingyi Cao

Beyond the arena: The impact of social networks and policy on elite athletes' post-career transitions in China

Jeong Yun Choi

Mindset of the Olympics Dancer: An Examination of the Optimal Mindset for Peak Performance Breaking Dance in the Olympics

Vincent Coleman

Trauma-aware pedagogies in Physical Education

Graham Condie

Experiencing and living with Cerebral Palsy or a similar neurological condition and finding meaning in recreation and disability sport

Fiona Cox

Determining the demands that place load on National Organ Retrieval Service team members

Francis Devine

Exploring master narratives in Scottish sport and society: Print media representations of Catholics, Catholicism and the Catholic Church

Chiyuan Ding

Understanding the value of emotional intelligence in facilitating development of quality coaching performance in grassroots youth football 

Chaoxue (Christine) Dong  

Exploring the Effects of Movement on Children’s Sensory Integration through Interdisciplinary Projects  

Reece Eagle  

Step by step: Improving in-school student-athlete support. A dedicated pathway to improve academic and sporting progress  

Callum Ferguson

Towards optimising golf performance: Understanding and applying interdisciplinary interventions

Vanessa Fernandez Vidueira

Chronotypes in adolescence: The impact of chronotypes on performance in adolescents

Chongzheng Gan

The impact of mega sports events on the host country's soft power: A study of China

Hamish Gornall

Scottish Rugby Union Tackle Height Law Change and Injury Surveillance Study

Gregor Gray

Developing Experience-informed Judgement in Adventure Sport: A Risky Business?

Andy Grech

An investigation into the extrinsic factors that hinder sports development and capabilities in Malta

Steffan Griffin

Rugby Union and health and wellbeing

Vedam Hariharan

The impact of “social character” in the development of South Asian cricketers in the UK

Jen Harris

A project to deepen the research into parenting in youth sport with the aim of constructing a parental educational program to support parents and help improve their child's sporting journey

Daniel Heller

An evidence-informed approach to rally motorsport coach education and development

Luca Aurélie Heymann 

From Message to Movement: Scaling Behaviour Change with the Physical Activity Messaging Framework and The Daily Mile 

Claire Higgins

Kime: Somatic code or kinaesthetic potential? Exploring the psychological dimensions of kime in karate performance

Matthew Hillyer

Understanding the talent development environment in youth football of an emerging nation

Alexandra Homayoonpoor

Psychological Characteristics of Developing Excellence as an educational framework for the hidden curriculum and driver of student progress.

Tanvi Hubli

Talent Development Systems in Sports in India

Larasati Indrawagita

Fueling passion, creating opportunities: Exploring the potential of sport for neet youth prevention in Indonesia

Laken James

Mentorship for female athletes to maximize their potential on and off the court

Fengyuyi (Geoff) Jiang 

Exploring Potential Injury Mechanism on the Lower Limbs of Classical Ballet Dancers 

Yuxi Jiang

Investigating the role, teaching and transfer of Body Rhythm within Folk Dance to improve wellbeing

Yvette Man-Yi Kong

Deciphering the art of challenging coaching: Balancing challenge and psychological safety for optimal talent development in high performance sport

Natnaree (Naree) Krabuanrat  

The Effects of Physical Activity Program on Fundamental Movement Skills in Children’s Health-Related Fitness and Well-Being 

Steve Lamb  

The Right Stuff Revisited: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study of Psychological Skills Training in Military Aviation  

Ray Lau

Sink, Swim and Survive: Using Participatory Action Research to Support the Learning and Development of Teacher Developers in Swimming

Matthew Layton

Pinch points on the pathway: Supporting players through the development of effective attitude and skills

Jian Lei

Improving mental health and promoting PA for older adults through walking under green space exposure in the context of tactical urbanism and nature-based health intervention

Shiyang Li

Understanding and developing sports coaching expertise in China

Tianning Li

The role of sports diplomacy in conflict resolution and peacebuilding - The case of China

Tongyu Liu

Identifying the cognitive demands on professional E-sports players’ performance in MOBA games competitions

Keri McDonald

Evolvement of SDP within the South African context

Adrián Lopez Mora  

Creating Inclusive Physical Education for Students with Asthma in an International School 

Jack Moran

Treasure maps for the long and winding road: Exploring the design and implementation of interdisciplinary curriculums to support non-linear development in team sport talent pathways

Dylan Morrison

An investigation into the relationship between external/internal load and risk of injury in elite female football players

Tayla Mounter

Research into the practice behaviours, the talent development environment (TDE) and social influences within elite squash

Mark Pace

Exploring a male ballet dancer’s adolescent years and the different events and transitions that affected their talent development and how their interpersonal relationships influenced them during these different transitions and events

Meijun Qu

Developing resilience and coaching life skills in Youth Sport: A qualitative investigation of Chinese sport-based coaches

Suhaib Rambo

Shoulder aquatic prehabilitation development programme for adult recreational swimmers 

Hongyu Ran

A qualitative and quantitative study of the effects of HIIT on smoking cessation

Christopher Robinson 

Evaluation of Training Response and Adaptation of High-Performance Female Rowers 

Sian Salmon

Physical demands of competitive dance: What are the demands and are current training and nutritional programmes sufficient?

Alejandro Sanchez-Buitrago Morales 

Effectiveness of Methodological Planning in the Teaching/Learning Process of Football Players: An Analysis of Passing as a Key Technical Action in Player Interaction. 

Henry Shiplee

The same and different: understanding the nuance of Paralympic athlete development as a biopsychosocial phenomenon

Ling Shen

Development and evaluation of design characteristics to encourage Chinese student participation in university group walks

Margaret (Meg) Stone

Better performance and more balanced leadership: Promoting role clarity and female leadership in elite sport

Chang Su

Exploring Sustainability Strategies in Large-Scale Sport Events: The Case of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Jason Taylor

Develop a unifying methodology to facilitate the operationalisation and development of decision-making expertise in adventure sports coaching

Terrence Teixeira 

Shaping the Paralympic movement: An analysis of the inter-organisational dynamics between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee, and its impact on the Paralympic Games

Ozum Teoman

The Role of Coach-Athlete Attachment Style and Self-Disclosure in the Relationship Between Coach-Athlete Relationship Quality, Performance, and Psychological Safety

Lisa Thomson 

Food for thought: PE teachers' awareness of eating disorders and the messages they portray within health and wellbeing 

Adam Turner 

Polar Expedition cruising - Spirit of adventure or uncalculated risk? 

Hannah Walton

Evaluation of World Rugby Activate Injury Prevention Programme in Scottish Female Rugby Union

Chufeng Wang

Global football governance and China

Rakhmat Wibowo

Developing a framework and checklist on physical activity interventions and policies in university settings

John Widdowson

Transference of life skill in the sporting environment

Gary Wyse

Exploration of professional coach identity and the impact of identity on the high-performance environment

Minquan Xiong

Sport and social stratification in contemporary China: Migrant workers, citizenship and sports rights

Chenxi Yin

Meaningfulness within youth sport?

Yingying Zhang

Understanding lifestyle sport in Scotland

MScR students

Dara Anhouse 

Women’s Team Sport at Dunfermline College of Physical Education, 1905-1939 

Dylan Morrison

An investigation into the relationship between external/internal load and risk of injury in elite female football players.


Julian Abe 

Synchronicity: Hula and Cultural Kinship in Modern Hawaii 

Alison Adams

How teachers become curriculum makers through problem-based learning

Luke Addison

Bringing children's voices to the fore of “Learning for Sustainability”

Elisabeth Angerer

Playful leadership: Facilitating responsive co-creation in the face of ecological crises

Amy Aukland

Spotlight on teachers: Policy and practice in Scotland and Wales

Ciara Blennerhassett

Tracking the process of PE curriculum development in Ireland from the perspectives of the key stakeholders

Kevin Brack

In what ways does contemporary Scottish educational policy privilege systemic and organisational needs over the professional interests and desires of individual head teachers? 

Zhenyang (Michael) Cai

Rethinking the challenges and values of aesthetic education with comparative philosophy

Helen (Kaining) Chen

Gendered selves in teacher induction: Beginning teachers' professional identity development through the lens of gender in China

Kate Clay

Exploring Outdoor Learning: Comparative Pedagogical Approaches of Montessori, Forest School, Experiential, and Teacher-Led Methods

Anna Cooper

The Arts in Education: Aesthetic Struggle and Learner Experiences in the Expressive Arts

Maxime Corron

The Affects of Hospitality: Anthropological Relational Rationales in Central Eurasian Education

Clare Cullen

Participatory decolonising approaches in conservation education in Zambia

Keiha Dhruev 

Using environments beyond the classroom to develop problem solving heuristics applicable both in the mathematics classroom and in the wider world. An exploration of knowledge transfer in problem solving heuristics. 

Amambo Essien

John Dewey's democratic education and the problems of primary education in Nigeria

Jennifer Feingold

Rewilding Education: An Evolutionary Approach to Holistic Learning through Food, Nature and Community- with Implications on Student Health and Environmental Stewardship 

Louise Hawxwell

Impact of early experiences on perceptions and practices of outdoor learning in primary education trainees

Shamila Hussain 

Intersectionality: Access to Social Justice and Equity in Further Education: A study exploring the experiences and perceptions of global majority female professionals in Further Education College in the UK. 

Haoyu Jin

Education beyond the ‘program’: An exploration of the possibilities for creative conflicts in teaching and teacher education

Argyris Karapitsanis

The utilization of drama in education as a tool for learning for primary school children, in museums and galleries

Furong Li 

Exploring Environmental Consciousness through Mother Tongue Languages: A Phenomenological Investigation of Education for Sustainable Development in Singapore's Multilingual Context 

Chang Liu

Education for a meaningful life in the Chinese higher education context

Ruijia Liu 

Interdisciplinary Integration of Primary School Art Education and Plant Education: An Empirical Study on Environmental Education from the Perspective of "More-than-Human" 

Duncan Mcbride  

Navigating the boundaries of theory and praxis: how school-based teacher educators achieve agency in leading the learning of their peers 

Kirsten Moore  

Re-imagining Scottish Primary Education: A Froebelian Lens  

Darius Nama

Exploring effective methods of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to visually impaired students at rural schools in Indonesia.

Sara Ramsey 

Decolonizing pedagogy for practical use in the classroom

Julia Skilton

Climate change education: Full STEAM ahead

Yesenia Soto Torres

Exploring the relationship between language ideology and the development of an inclusive mindset among Chilean pre-service EFL teachers.

Anli Su

Teachers' perceptions and experiences of continuing professional development (CPD) in Taiwan

Brian Wright

Outdoor Education for a Sustainable Future: The United World Colleges as a participatory case study of outdoor education structures, theories of change, and pedagogical practices for impacting student outlooks regarding sustainability