Log in

Relevant bibliographies by topics / University of Leeds / Dissertations / Theses

To see the other types of publications on this topic, follow the link: University of Leeds.

Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'University of Leeds'

Author: Grafiati

Published: 4 June 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2023

Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles

Select a source type:

Consult the top 16 dissertations / theses for your research on the topic 'University of Leeds.'

Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.

You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.

Browse dissertations / theses on a wide variety of disciplines and organise your bibliography correctly.

1

Alenezi, Omeir Yetaim. "Academic staff perceptions of the management of decision-making processes in the Education Faculties of King Saud University and the University of Leeds : a comparative analysis." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/5051/.

Full text

Abstract:

Decision-making in higher educational institutions is critical for achieving the universal goals of these institutions, particularly in terms of teaching and research related decisions. Decision-making affects the strategic plans and goals of universities in relation to designing modules, choosing teaching methods and participating in research grant applications, and more. Surveying literature indicates that few empirical studies have been conducted on the level of participation of academic staff in the various types of decision-making, which compares the participation of two universities from two different cultures. For this reason, this study aims at bridging the gap in knowledge in this area of research by studying the participation of academic staff in teaching, research, financial issues and administrative decision-making in the Faculty of Education at King Saud University and the School of Education at the University of Leeds. A triangulation approach is used which combines quantitative and qualitative research methods, documentary analysis and observations. 96 questionnaires were analysed from two universities and 18 in-depth interviews were conducted. The analysis focuses on similarities and differences between the actual and desired levels of participation in decision-making by the academic staff at both the aforementioned universities, with particular focus on cultural traces. This study finds that academic members of staff at the University of Leeds are more likely to actively participate in teaching, research, financial issues and administration related decisionmaking. Conversely, the academic staff of King Saud University desire to be more involved in all areas of decision-making.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

2

Carver, Kirsty, and C. Parkin. "Working with graphic design students to promote `Land of Lost Content¿ at Leeds Met." SCONUL, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4195.

Full text

Abstract:

yes
As Leeds Metropolitan is a university of festivals and partnerships, the library was given the opportunity this year to host a festival to promote the library and all its services to the university. The library festival was a week of events and activities to promote the library and its space in new ways. It was a good way to remind staff and students of the value of libraries, not only as places to learn but also as places to enhance our leisure and working lives ... we chose to promote the database `Land of Lost Content¿. This was because graphic design and art students are based at our campus and we also thought this database would attract a wide range of students who might otherwise think that electronic databases contain little of interest for them. Our promotion has been so successful in many ways that we would like to share our experience with other librarians.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

3

Fassauer, Gabriele. "Messages on "Resistance to change" in German change management approaches: Working Paper presented at the 29th International Labour Process Conference April 2011, University of Leeds." Technische Universität Dresden, 2011. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A28720.

Full text

Abstract:

"Resistance to change" is one of the most important topics of change management in organizations. The paper investigates the analytical framing of „resistance“ and the „resistant employee“ in established German literature on change management. The analysis reveals three main messages referring the characteristics of resistance and the resistant change recipient. These are 1) that resistance is a „natural“, nearly inevitable phenomenon in organizational change processes, 2) that every behavior of employees in change processes is potentially resistant and thus often „false faced“, and 3) that resistance often is based on „irrational" and "emotional” motives. From a critical standpoint, this appears as a rather problematic understanding of (employee) agency and resistance. The result once more point to the overdue reconceptualization of "resistance to change" within the change management discipline and raise general questions referring to the high popularity of the analyzed segment of literature.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

4

Lynch, Michael Anthony. "The education and training of secondary school music teachers in England and Wales 1945-1975 with particular reference to the work of the University of Leeds Institute of Education." Thesis, University of Reading, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.506123.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

5

Valenzuela, Torres David Hernan. "A program to deepen awareness and understanding of cross-cultural mission opportunities among international students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for members of Cedar Grove Baptist Church of Leeds, Alabama." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1998. http://www.tren.com.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

6

Jones, David Kenneth. "The music of Jeffrey Lewis." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-music-of-jeffrey-lewis(b712684d-e7c0-4194-9932-e484dd60a2e0).html.

Full text

Abstract:

The present thesis investigates the music and career of Jeffrey Lewis (born 1942). The thesis is broadly divided into three sections. First is an account of the composer’s life, told mainly through an overview of his works, but also through a sketch of his early years in South Wales, his studies in Cardiff, Darmstadt, Kraków and Paris, his academic career in Leeds and Bangor, and his subsequent early retirement from academia. There follows a more detailed study of six works from the period 1978 – 1985, during which certain features of Lewis’s musical language came to the fore, perhaps most notably a very individual and instantly recognisable use of modal language. After an Epilogue, the thesis concludes with an Appendix in the form of a Catalogue in which all Lewis’s known compositions are listed, together with details of performances, broadcasts and recordings. Lewis’s music often plays with our temporal expectations; the close interrelationship between texture, structure, harmony and melody, and its effect upon our perception of the passage of time, are explored in the main analyses. These are conducted partly by means of comparison with other works by Lewis or his contemporaries. Memoria is examined in relation to a similarly tranquil score, Naaotwá Lalá, by Giles Swayne. The following chapter discusses the extra-musical inspiration for Epitaph for Abelard and Heloise, whose relationship to Tableau is then explored in the next. The difficulties of creating a large-scale structure that unifies the work’s various harmonic elements are also investigated. The analysis of Carmen Paschale considers it in relation to Lewis’s other choral music, whilst the final analytical chapter compares and contrasts two three-movement works, the Piano Trio and the Fantasy for solo piano. Lewis’s melodic writing in the Piano Trio is discussed in relation to that of James MacMillan, and the origins of the first movement of Fantasy in Oliver Knussen’s Sonya’s Lullaby are explored. In the Epilogue, the possible reasons for Lewis’s current neglect are explored, various influences on Lewis’s musical thinking are laid out, and his achievements are assessed.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

7

Prenger, Jessie Liane. "Identifying LEED and sustainable design processes in the State University System in Florida." Tallahassee, Florida : Florida State University, 2010. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04092010-104457/.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida State University, 2010.
Advisors: David Butler and Lisa Waxman, Florida State University, College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance, Dept. of Interior Design. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed on July 12, 2010). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 126 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

8

Pack, Justin. "Academics No Longer Think: How the Neoliberalization of Academia Leads to Thoughtlessness." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19727.

Full text

Abstract:

In my dissertation, I argue that the neoliberalization of higher education results in the university becoming less and less a place of wonder, self-cultivation and thinking and instead more and more a place to specialize, strategize and produce. This is a result of the volatile infusion and mixing of the logic of calculative rationality at work in consumer capitalism with the logic of scientific instrumental rationality already hegemonic in academia. This adds to the demands of the academic world of production the demands of the world of consumption. Now the academic (and also the student) is interpellated not only as a producer of knowledge but also as an object of consumption (to be consumed by others). These new pressures, previously kept at a distance from academia, explosively accelerate the already rapid process of rationalization of which science is already a key part and increasingly structure higher education as a field of strategic action in which students no longer have the time to think and to develop good judgment. I worry this undermines the opportunity for students to develop into good citizens that can truly think critically and judge carefully. Thinking and judgment are, according to Arendt, the only things that can save us if the powerful machines of science or capitalism begin to work in ways they should not. Arendt saw Nazi Germany use the newest science and the best economic management to systematically kill six million Jews. She saw the disturbing inability of the populace and the intellectuals to capably resist the Nazi machine once it got rolling. I argue than unless checked, neoliberalization threatens to turn the university into a place that discourages thinking and the development of judgment in favor of hyperspecialization and strategic action.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

9

McDonald, Richard Keirs III. "Towards Regenerative Development: A Methodology for University Campuses to Become More Sustainable, With a Focus on the University of South Florida." Scholar Commons, 2008. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/391.

Full text

Abstract:

The administrations of several universities have developed strategies to reduce the negative environmental effects created by their institutions. Because no single, comprehensive methodology to guide institutions to sustainability exists, these strategies range widely in scope. As well, the definition of "sustainability" differs for these various institutions, resulting in strategies ranging from small-scale recycling programs to major initiatives to incorporate green building and revamping curricula. This study attempts to create the first comprehensive methodology to guide university campuses and processes to become regenerative. Regenerative systems "produce more resources than needed, provide resources for other projects, and enhance [the] environment" (Bernheim 2003), and are synonymous with the "triple top line" of sustainability presented by Braungart and McDonough (2002). Sustainability plans of other universities were reviewed to determine what strategies have been successful for these institutions. These data were synthesized to create the comprehensive methodology. The methodology is incremental to allow time for institutions to adjust their financial plans and facilities management practices. Subsequently, the University of South Florida's Tampa campus (USF) served as a case study. Buildings and other infrastructure were reviewed, as were the curricula, buying practices, food service, and other university processes. Finally, a survey was presented to the primary decision-makers for USF to identify obstacles to implementation of the sustainability methodology. Recommendations for overcoming these obstacles were then be devised, incorporating solutions developed at other institutions as well as novel ideas.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

10

Chance, Shannon Massie. "University leadership in energy and environmental design: How postsecondary institutions use the LEED® green building rating system." W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154037.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

11

Joseph, Eileen E. "The Fundability and Marketability of Green Buildings at Public Universities: Transcending the Funding Paradigm at Cal Poly." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2009. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/179.

Full text

Abstract:

While in recent years Cal Poly has moved in the direction of sustainable building, my research indicates that where other CSU’s have succeeded, Cal Poly has been challenged in developing the type of green buildings that would truly make new construction projects more sustainable. The most commonly cited barriers are cost and lack of funding. The outcome however (as evidenced by other CSU’s) is not just driven by the state’s capital outlay process that has historically supported new construction on CSU campuses. It is determined by the priorities, perceptions and values that have influenced Cal Poly’s decision makers and driven campus practices. The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of and solution for the barriers to green buildings on the Cal Poly campus that can be used as a model for other universities. Using a qualitative analysis supported by interviews, case studies, literature and policy review, and industry reports, I identify and examine the elements of the funding paradigm beyond the traditional funding mechanisms for capital projects within the CSU to propose a solution for Cal Poly. This includes exposing the perceptions about the cost of green construction (and LEED™ certification) and identifying cost reduction strategies; addressing the university’s leadership, values and organization around sustainability priorities, including the need to approach building projects more holistically; examining the university’s ability to capitalize on alternative resources; and, finally, presenting a theory on the marketability of green construction, including use of LEED™ as a fundraising tool. If adopted, I posit that Cal Poly can (and should) transform the funding paradigm to adopt a sustainability paradigm in support of higher performing, green buildings.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

12

French, Kenneth J. "Critical Sustainability: A Constructivist Appraisal of LEED Certified Architecture in Cincinnati, Ohio." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1216331308.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.
Advisors: Robert Burnham (Committee Chair), David Saile PhD (Committee Member). Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Apr. 19, 2010). Includes abstract. Keywords: Sustainability; USGBC; LEED; sustainable architecture; sustainable theory; architectural criticism. Includes bibliographic references.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

13

Brown, Kyle A. "Incorporating Green-Building Design Principles into Campus Facilities Planning: Obstacles and Opportunities." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1149880857.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

14

Simpson, Jim Anto. "A 1 Mbps underwater communications system using LEDs and photodiodes with signal processing capability." 2007. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11082007-125028/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

15

Moeinzadeh, Hossein. "Towards a better understanding of the precordial leads : an engineering point of view." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:59897.

Full text

Abstract:

This thesis provides comprehensive literature review of the electrocardiography evolution to highlight the important theories behind the development of the electrocardiography device. More importantly, it discusses different electrode placement on the chest, and their clinical advantages. This work presents a technical detail of a new ECG device which was developed at MARCS institute and can record the Wilson Central Terminal (WCT) components in addition to the standard 12-lead ECG. This ECG device was used to record from 147 patients at Campbelltown hospital over three years. The first two years of recording contain 92 patients which was published in the Physionet platform under the name of Wilson Central Terminal ECG database (WCTECGdb). This novel dataset was used to demonstrate the WCT signal characterisation and investigate how WCT impacts the precordial leads. Furthermore, the clinical influence of the WCT on precordial leads in patients diagnosed with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is discussed. The work presented in this research is intended to revisit some of the ECG theories and investigate the validity of them using the recorded data. Furthermore, the influence of the left leg potential on recording the precordial leads is presented, which lead to investigate whether the WCT and augmented vector foot (aVF) are proportional. Finally, a machine learning approach is proposed to minimise the Wilson Central Terminal.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

16

DiDonato, Dana A. "Part I. design and synthesis of prototypes as leads on a compound library aimed at plasmepsin ii inhibition. Part II. synthesis and evaluation of modified nucleotides for dna aptamer selection." 2006. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08042006-151854/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

We offer discounts on all premium plans for authors whose works are included in thematic literature selections. Contact us to get a unique promo code!