Research students

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

Marifatul Amalia

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

Peter Barlow 

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

Jiayang Wang 

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


Sara Abahussain

Exploring the impacts of public kindergarten expansion project in relation to class equity in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Luke Addison

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

Ruth Barnes

Exploring children’s agency, parental consent and children's views and experiences of wellbeing in elite sport

Serif Cakiray

Exploring the barriers to inclusion which are embedded within the socio-ecological systems of refugee children with disabilities: A socio-ecological analysis

Yin Chan

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

Justina (Tina) Chikezie

Influence of Parenting on Behavioural Disturbances among Students in Secondary Schools in Nigeria

Bethan Davies

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

Carolina Echegaray

Healing, love and kindness: Revaluing indigenous knowledge for preventing and responding to harm and abuse

Miranda Eodanable

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An exploration of professionals’ and young people’s views on diagnosis

Rimin Johnson

Comparative case study on law enforcement responses to child sexual abuse in Scotland and India (State of Kerala)

Alkisti Kallinikou

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

Anastasia Kalokyri

An Ethnography on the School Experiences of Secondary School Students with ADHD in Scotland: Moving Towards an Intersectional Approach to Inclusion

Sherzod  Khaydarov

The role of international branch campuses in stimulating international research collaboration in Uzbekistan

Minkyung Kwon

Gender perspectives of South Korean students in designing sex education

Liz Latto

The politics of professionalisation: The changing roles of practitioners within early learning and childcare

Boshi Liu

Six-to-eight-year-old Chinese children's participation in choosing hobbies

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

Zarina Muminova

Parental engagement in young children’s learning in rural Tajikistan

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

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

Carleigh Slater

Peer perceptions of violent behaviour students

Felicia Szloboda

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

Yiran (Rennie) Wang

Anti-racism education beyond schooling: A study of how children and young people in Scotland develop racial-ethnic understandings through interactions with the social world

Charlotte Webber

Tackling the drop-off: Understanding the teenage reading experience

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

Ross Young

Thesis title TBC


Can Eda Alici

Would children's computational thinking skills affect their peer relationships?

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

Nik Nur Athirah Binti Nik Mohd Arif

ESL instructors' attitudes and challenges in integrating AR technology for teaching writing

Elma Atic

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

Carlos Ortegon Banoy

Thesis title TBC

Sharon Boyd

Place-responsive higher education at a distance

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.

Cathy Hills

Blinding data: exploring data epistemologies in school

Nick Hood

Circles around the grit: An enquiry into multi-modal pedagogy

Wan Faizatul Azirah Ismayatim

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

Nicola Kiernan

Mind over matter: Digital STEM education... child's play?

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

Meenakshi Mani

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

Agnes Michalczyk

Augmented identities: Immersive media and heritage in historic Cairo

Jack Reed

The Influence of mobile devices and social media on the transfer of learning in residential outdoor experiences

Alvaro Nicolas Ruiz

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

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


Ezra James Alexander

Language editing, norm-formation and standard English in research publications by non-L1 writers of English

Rabab Alhaddab

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

Kawla Alhamad

The impact of Augmented Reality (AR) books on the reading comprehension and reading enjoyment of struggling readers

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

Fiona Bowie

Measuring the impact of Covid-19 on Gaelic language acquisition in the primary school within Gaelic-medium immersion settings

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.

Mariel Deluna

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

Leila Eerikainen

Languaging for thinking in science

Yuyan Gao

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

Caroline Gordon

Measuring the impact of the Scottish Government's 1+2 language policy on multilingualism in terms of the connection between language, culture, identity and belonging. 

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

Afidatul Husniyah

Creativity in Indonesian EFL contexts: Bridging theory, policy and practice

Eojin Jang

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

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 Li

The transmission of cultural values in bilingual teaching at KS1-KS2

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

Yanghe Liu

Teacher continuing professional development in Shared Learning Spaces: Providing feedback in technology-assisted English language teaching context

Hang Lu

The disparity between urban and rural English education in basic education and foreign language education policies in China: The Influence of neoliberalism, the commodification of language and fetishism

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

Giulia Pinton

The experience of PGT international students: Collaborative learning and intercultural communication in online settings

Lianya Qiu

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

Yi Sang

Thesis title TBC

Jingyao Shi

An action research on how CSL teachers’ intercultural teaching practice develop students' intercultural competence

Chen Su

A research proposal concerning the influence of intercultural education on the formation of language learners' identity in Chinese universities

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.

Xiaomei Sun

A longitudinal study of extensive reading implementation in Chinese secondary schools

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

Yanru Xin

The effect of content and language integrated learning courses on English undergraduates' intercultural communicative competence

Yilan Xu

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

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

Meihui (Vanessa) Yi

A longitudinal study: The impact of language learning vloggers and their videos on the motivation of Chinese French major students in higher education in the UK 

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

Xuande Wu

Culture shock, acculturation and second language learning motivation: an analytical study of Chinese international students pursuing a masters degree at higher education institutions in Scotland

Yongqi Zeng

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

Leijun Zhang

Exploring teachers’ perceptions of reading strategies and their classroom practices of reading strategy use in Scottish secondary schools

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

Yue Zhu

Identity development of gifted students in mainland China


Sara Abahussain

Exploring the impacts of public kindergarten expansion project in relation to class equity in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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

Sarah Austin

Teacher development in refugee contexts

Barbara Becnel

Culture of the condemned: A critique of how death row became a symbol of heroism for America's street-gang generation

Eileen Burns

Are the assessments being used to assess Scottish deaf pupils fit for purpose and the assessment special arrangements used by deaf pupils the best choice to provide the best level of access?

Serif Cakiray

Exploring the barriers to inclusion which embedded within the socio-ecological systems of refugee children with disabilities: A socio-ecological analysis

Giulia Carozzi

Feeling to live in a legitimate space: Towards global citizenship and its education as an ethics of care

Bethan Davies

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

Barbara Dzieciatko- Szendrei

Making sense of teachers' communities of practice with social and epistemic network analysis

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

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

Yu-Tang [Oliver] Huang

Rapid expanded Asian higher education and social justice: Discovering systematic social transformations result from state level strategies and governance of higher education in 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

Anastasia Kalokyri

Young people with ADHD, complex social identities and school experiences in Scottish context: Moving beyond deficit labels

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

Minkyung Kwon

Gender perspectives of South Korean students in designing sex education

Liz Latto

The politics of professionalisation: The changing roles of practitioners within early learning and childcare

Yan Liang

Gender inequality in higher education in China: A comparative analysis between Eastern and Western China

Morgan Ludington

Menstruation stigmas: Discovering the past, understanding the present and directing the future

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

Chloe Paul

Bodies of Grief: A longitudinal enthographic exploration in how women renegotiate value in their body and self through embodied experiences with the more-than-human world

Xue Qin

Gender differences of the elderly in receiving lifelong learning in first-tier cities in China

Faiz Rozlan

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

Gizem Silistire

Conceptualisations of childhoods and early learning and childcare (ELC): The experiences of children and practitioners based on practitioners' perspectives in the Scottish context during the Covid-19 pandemic

Jiyuan Song

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

Shrikant Wad

Social disparities amongst undergraduate disciplines: A realist inquiry into choice and affirmative action in India

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 

Chen Zhang

Closing the broch: Applicant to returnee, an ethnographic study of a group of Chinese students’ complete Scottish education journey to investigate how they make adjustments emotionally, cognitively and behaviourally that may influence their educational, sociocultural and employment success

Suqiong Zheng

Teacher agency for professional learning communities in schools

Qiyu Zhuang

Academic environment


Norah Alali

Exploring the attitudes of coaches towards the adoption of various theoretical learning models in exercises designing

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

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

Clive Brewer

Modelling the interpersonal & operational management requirements of science and sports medicine as required to enhance performance within high performance sports organisations

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

Jojo Chen

The impact of sponsorship of the Olympics game on brand equity

Chongzhi Chu

Sport, nationalism, national identity and regional identity in China

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 

Paul Downes

Evaluating perceptions of high-level S and C coaches on the types of knowledge and skills needed, and their relevance to work in the field

Chris Duncan

Creating space in invasion games

Callum Ferguson

Towards optimising golf performance: Understanding and applying interdisciplinary interventions

Ashley Ferkol

Evaluating the key teamwork competencies, cognitive demands and context factors that contribute to effective training in emergency response teams

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

Christina Gorbacheva

Moving more for mental well-being in menopause: development of workplace intervention strategies

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

Stephanie Hardley

Understanding mental, social and emotional wellbeing for socially and economically disadvantaged pupils attending "middle class" schools

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

Niamh Hart

Creating an evidence-based resource for inclusive yoga in mainstream schools

Daniel Heller

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

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

Laken James

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

Yuxi Jiang

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

Bernadette Kellermann

The role of emotions in transition processes between performance states

Yvette Man-Yi Kong

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

Hui Kwan [Nicholas] Lam

Understanding the development of mental fatigue in orienteering

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

Chuchu Li

The effect of standing desks on school-age children’s sedentary behavior, classroom behavior and academic performance

Junru Li

Sport and national identity in the media: The case of naturalised athletes in China

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

Yujing Li

Effects of physical activities and active video games in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Junjay Lin

International relations and development for sport in Taiwan

Tongyu Liu

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

Katie Manson

Physical Education (PE) teachers' perceptions of the implementation of the proposed changes to senior-secondary assessment in Scotland

Keri McDonald

Evolvement of SDP within the South African context

Paul McFarlane

Transatlantic dimensions: The Scots and North American soccer, c. 1870s - 1939

Alice Mees

Developing judgement and decision making in outdoor instructors

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

Lesley Page

Experiential teaching and understanding the instructors’ awareness of learning processes

Marianna Pavan

The quest for stable and peaceful multicultural societies in Europe: Finding an answer in sport as a tool for interreligious dialogue

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

Craig Riddle

Objective measures of impaired lower limb impairments in RaceRunning athletes with Cerebral Palsy

Patrick Robinson

Thesis TBC

Myrna Saliba

Sport and the city: The social, cultural and economic impact of sport on the City of Dubai

Sian Salmon

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

Erin Sanchez

Developing talent in dance: What is needed and how are young dancers best prepared?

Bradley Sharples

Lower-order sports mega-events and capability development: A comparative analysis of Birmingham 2022 and the Southeast Asian Games

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

Kait Simpson

University sport and mental health

April Steffeck

Effectiveness of initial teacher training for teacher-directed violence

Guy Stern

Assessing training modalities’ effect on mobility in recreational senior and masters athletes

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 

Hannah Walton

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

Chenqi Wang

Body image and social media internalization of social, physical and facial ideals: Gender, athletic and cultural differences in young adults

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

Wen Ye

The role of sport as a soft power asset for Britain and China to advance international relations

Chenxi Yin

Meaningfulness within youth sport?

Yang Zhao

Participation in Scottish country dancing in Edinburgh

Yingying Zhang

Understanding lifestyle sport in Scotland

Yuepeijing Zhuo

Switching to fitness apps gets students moving: A study into the effect of fitness application intervention in improving physical activity and health-related quality of life among university students in Scotland


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

Nik Nur Athirah Binti Nik Mohd Arif

ESL instructors' attitudes and challenges in integrating AR technology for teaching writing

Amy Aukland

Spotlight on teachers: Policy and practice in Scotland and Wales

Sarah Austin

Teacher development in refugee contexts

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

Gangli Cao

The interplay between East Asian and Western philosophical thinking in higher education governance and policy borrowing: An analysis of hybridity of neo-Confucianism and Western philosophies in China and Japan

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

Amambo Essien

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

Louise Hawxwell

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

Anna Jesseman

Enhancing the wellbeing of teachers through direct clinical therapy and trauma-informed professional development

Haoyu Jin

Examining the dynamics of the dialectical relationship between positive and negative experiences that constitute the nature and process of education to build an ethical theory on the human experience of growth as facilitated by education

Argyris Karapitsanis

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

Chang Liu

Education for a meaningful life in the Chinese higher education context

Miao Liu

Understanding and practicing teacher leadership: A Chinese perspective

Ian Normile

Thesis title TBC

Sara Ramsey 

Decolonizing pedagogy for practical use in the classroom

Sonia Sjollema

Dealing with diversity in Makerspaces: A social pedagogical approach

Julia Skilton

Climate change education: Full STEAM ahead

Lewis Stockwell

The educational aims of canoeing

Anli Su

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

Xiaomeng Tian

A multiple case study of pedagogical relationships in different disciplinary areas in a research-intensive university in the UK

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


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