All Outputs (4)

Exploring the history and cultural representation of capital punishment in Scotland (2020)
Thesis
McFadden, S. Exploring the history and cultural representation of capital punishment in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2709266

Scotland’s historic and contemporary representation of capital punishment remains relatively unexplored in existing scholarship. This study aims to determine how capital punishment was presented to Scots in eighteenth and nineteenth century press pub... Read More about Exploring the history and cultural representation of capital punishment in Scotland.

3D printing education as a means of building confidence and preparing children for skills considered necessary for the 21st century: A grounded theory study verified by empirical research (2020)
Thesis
Milne, D. E. 3D printing education as a means of building confidence and preparing children for skills considered necessary for the 21st century: A grounded theory study verified by empirical research. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from

This thesis aims to demonstrate children’s engagement with 3D printing technologies in 3D printing workshops through a large study of children. This will provide qualitative and empirical evidence which supports the benefits of making for children an... Read More about 3D printing education as a means of building confidence and preparing children for skills considered necessary for the 21st century: A grounded theory study verified by empirical research.

English-language reading in the Netherlands and its consequences on Dutch-language publishing (2020)
Thesis
Trentacosti, G. English-language reading in the Netherlands and its consequences on Dutch-language publishing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2704454

English-language proficiency, and thus the number of consumers able to read in English, is rapidly growing in Europe. Concomitantly, digitization and online retailing make English-language books readily available to consumers. Whilst representing an... Read More about English-language reading in the Netherlands and its consequences on Dutch-language publishing.

“Voice, and verse”: Exploring the salience of text in the communication of newly composed music (2020)
Thesis
Mitchell, S. M. “Voice, and verse”: Exploring the salience of text in the communication of newly composed music. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2701756

Through this portfolio of compositions I aim to explore the significance of text in my compositional process, whether recited or not. In String Quartet No.2 poetry is a vital means of compositional stimulus with the structure of the text as well as i... Read More about “Voice, and verse”: Exploring the salience of text in the communication of newly composed music.