Annual Report 2004: Graduate Studies 2003 - 2004
- Introduction from the Director
- Statistics
- Dissertation Titles 2003 - 2004
- PhDs awarded 2003-2004
- MSc awarded 2003-2004
Introduction from the Director
The 2003 - 2004 year saw the Graduate School continue its position as one of the largest MPhil/PhD training programmes in Geography in the UK. 11 PhDs were awarded, as well as 25 MPhil degrees across the five programmes of Environment, Society & Development, GIS and Remote Sensing and Quaternary Science, Geographical research, and Polar Studies. This period saw the beginning of the integration of Polar Studies with Geography, as part of the consequence of the move of SPRI into the Department.
Our students continue to achieve excellent job placements across the academic world, industry, research and government agencies. The list of topics testifies to the breadth and depth of the Department's research base.
The process of administering this wide range of activity would be impossible without the help of many people; 158 applications were processed in 2003 - 2004, and 39 students admitted. This burden falls heavily onto the Graduate Office, staffed by Gae Matthews, who continues to give magnificent support to staff and students. The administration process also relies heavily on the directors of each MPhil and on the Degree Committee, to whom the Department owes a great debt.
The Human Geography Graduate Training Programme is now formally developed in conjunction with other Social Science Departments, whilst discussions to work more closely with Earth Sciences and other departments for physical geography continue. A major development has been the strong participation of geography in the Social Science Research Methods training course, developed for ESRC recognition purposes, and presently directed by Professor R J Bennett. This now has about 45 students taking the course for formal assessment and about 90 taking the course in total.
Professor R J Bennett
Director of Graduate Studies
Statistics
| Applications | Offers | Admissions (1 Oct, following academic year) | Passes | Fails | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | 2002/2003 | 60 | 20 | 10 | * | None |
| 2003/2004 | 37 | 21 | 14 | * | None | |
Environment & Development |
2002/2003 | 76 | 13 | 8 | 8 | None |
| 2003/2004 | 66 | 13 | 8 | 8 | None | |
GIS & Remote Sensing |
2002/2003 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 11 | None |
| 2003/2004 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 5 | None | |
Quaternary Science |
2002/2003 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 † | None |
| 2003/2004 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | None | |
Geographical Research |
2002/2003 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | None |
| 2003/2004 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | None | |
Polar Studies |
2002/2003 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | None |
| 2003/2004 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | None |
* see details below for details of PhDs awarded in 2002/03
† one student completed one term and may continue at a later date.
Dissertation Titles 2003-2004
MPhil in Environment and Development
| Name | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|
| Eleanor Carter | Incorporating market mechanisms into the sustainable development of Marine Protected Areas in developing countries: A Zanzibar Case Study |
| Andrea Goertler | Gender, Water, Rights and Uses: A case study of small-scale irrigation in Oromia, Ethiopia |
| Akua Gyasi | Public-private partnership: A case of managing public toilets in Jamestown, Ghana |
| Scott Lee | Earning the Daily Bread: Food Security, Agricultural Labour and Soil Fertility Replenishment in Western Kenya |
| Terhi Majanen | Marine Conservation, Tourism and Fishing: A socio-economic analysis of resource use conflicts and local livelihoods in Mabini and Tingloy, the Philippines |
| Alison Rennie | National Parks and National Identify - The Case of the Cairngorms National Park |
| Cathryn Rutangye | Beyond Paper Parks: The effectiveness of management planning in Uganda's National Parks. The Case of Queen Elizabeth National Park |
| Robert Small | Uptake and success of insect farming projects in Papua New Guinea. Implications for Biodiversity Conservation |
| Ruth Standing | The Impact of AIDS on the Social and Environmental Sustainability of Small Holder Households in Budini, Uganda |
MPhil in Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing
| Name | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|
| Francis Appiah | Spatial Analysis and mapping of malaria transmission risk in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern China |
| Laurent Frideres | Industrial agglomeration and specialisation in Luxembourg: An application in exploratory spatial data analysis |
| Monika Mihir | Influence of Dem quality on floodplain inundation modelling; a case study of Upper Granta |
| Booker Ogutu | Land cover change detection in a savanna ecosyste: A GIS and Remote Sensing approach; a case study of Laikipia District, Kenya |
| Georgina Sawyer | Investigations into the nitrogen chemistry of tropospheric volcanic plumes using fourier transform infrared spectorospcopy |
MPhil in Quaternary Science
| Name | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|
| Oliver Bazeley | An investigation of Mediterranean Tephra in the Black Sea |
| Philip Curry | The Quaternary Sedimentary Record from Near the Larsen C Ice Shelf |
| Daniel McMahon | Monitoring atmospheric Trace element changes using tree rings: Detecting and dating volcanic events |
| Mark Peachey | A Palaedenvironmental Reconstruction of the Bronze Age Arachaeological site at Fengate, Nene Valley |
| Elen Shute | Analysis of Phytoliths from the teeth of Quaternary Mammals: Dietary and Environmental Information |
| Matthew Williams | Dating the Graig Goch Landslide and reconstructing the early mid-holocene palaeoecology and vegetation History of Meirjonydd, Mid-Wales |
MPhil in Geographical Research
| Name | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|
| Gemma Burgess | The Ethiopian women's movement: women's rights organisations and the role of legal change |
| Louise Driffill | Discussion, Deliberation and decision making: A case-study of citizen participation in land-use planning |
| Amanda Fitzgerald | Transferring national identity to children of international marriage: A study of parental motivations and strategies for developing bi-national identity in their children |
| Emily Mitchell | The impact of droving and the livestock trade on landscape features and farming systems in Somerset and Dorset c1600-1850 |
| Francesca Moore | Beyond the Ideal: Bourgois Mothering in Victorian Lancashire |
| Henry Way | Stretched necks: The Historical Geography of American Loyalists |
MPhil in Polar Studies
| Name | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|
| Jean de Pomereu | Antarctica: A Geography of the Sacred |
| Eavan O'Dochartaigh | Visual Representation of the Arctic and Public Spectacle in Mid-Victorian England: A Study of the Arctic Art of WHJ Browne |
PhDs awarded 2003-2004
| Bina, OC | Re-conceptualising strategic environmental assessment |
| Cashin, SM | The application of high-resolution imagery and geographical information systems in cadastral mapping: a case study of the republic of moldova |
| Gill, K | Of poverty and markets: the political economy of informal waste recovery and plastic recycling in delhi |
| Hughes, PD | Quaternary glaciation in the pindus mountains, northwest greece |
| Larreamendy de Moscoso, P | Indigenous networks: politics and development interconnectivity among the shuar in ecuador |
| Nair, R | Caught in the digital divide: transforming meanings of space, gender and identity for high-tech professionals in bangalore city, india |
| Powell, RC | Intemperate spaces: field practices and environmental science in the canadian arctic, 1955-2000 |
| Upton, CF | 'Tragedy' or transformation? Institutions, collective action and conservation on mongolia's pastoral commons |
| Woodman, J | Between bureaucrats and beneficiaries: the implementation of ecodevelopement in pench tiger reserves, india |
| Habeck, JEO | What it means to be a herdsman: the practice and image of reindeer husbandry among the komi of northern russia |
| Khlinovskaya Rockhill, EV | Family discontinuity and 'social orphanhood' in the russian far east: children in residential care institutions |
| Van Vactor, SA | Flipping the switch: the transformation of energy markets |
MSc awarded 2003-2004
| Dougherty, E | The drainflow hydrograph and magnetic resonance imaging: an assessment of two non-invasive techniques for the study of soil macroporosity and hydrology |