Library Dissertation Showcase

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Latest Dissertations

Did negative portrayals of working class mothers help validate the troubled families programme? A critical discourse analysis of political speeches and media articles from 2012 to 2015

  • Author:
  • Courtney Louise Devine
  • Subject:
  • Politics
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • MA Politics

How has the relationship between the illustrated book and the working class changed in the UK from the 19th to 21st Century?

  • Author:
  • Cherry Wright
  • Subject:
  • Illustration
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Illustration

“I don’t want to be a mother. I don’t want to be a woman.”: The Presentation of Working-Class Women in British Literature of the 1950’s and 1960’s

  • Author:
  • Laura Marsh
  • Subject:
  • English
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) English

Understanding the effect of cancer incidence on labour productivity in the UK: an empirical approach with a health augmented production function

  • Author:
  • Bradley Pycroft
  • Subject:
  • Economics
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BSc (Hons) Economics

A study looking into the variation of football-related crime across England and Wales

  • Author:
  • Joe Bates
  • Subject:
  • Geography
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Geography

British films that will lift your spirits: exploring nostalgia, community and identification in films at times of socio/political uncertainty

  • Author:
  • Karenza Bell
  • Subject:
  • Film and Television
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2020
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film & Television

‘Which side are you on, boys?’: an investigation into miners’ masculinity in the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike

  • Author:
  • Molly Day-Coombes
  • Subject:
  • History
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2019
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) History

Buffalo Bill, popular culture and urban, working class masculinity in late nineteenth century America

  • Author:
  • Millie Harris
  • Subject:
  • History
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2019
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) History

Sell out: an investigation into the ironic relationship between elite European fashion brands and the working-classes

  • Author:
  • Laura Howe
  • Subject:
  • Fashion
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2020
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Fashion