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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"South Wales Valleys"”.
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Sacred Greenspace in the South Wales’ Valleys
… located in the post-industrial town of Ferndale, South Wales. The area has experienced social and economic changes during the twentieth century, largely due to its transition into a post-industrial landscape, and today is an area of social, physical and cultural uniqueness. The study utilises the …
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Image and Imagination : Creative Photography and the South Wales Valleys
… and Imagination: Creative Photography and the South Wales Valleys, explores the development of practices within photography undertaken in and about the South Wales Valleys during the second half of the twentieth century.<br/><br/>Central to this study is an examination of the work of the …
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The Physical and Economic Regeneration of the South Wales Valleys through Partnership
Composed of a bloc of "urban villages", the South Wales Valleys have undergone continuous physical and economic decline in the last 60-70 years, due to the shrinkage of their backbone industries of coal mining and steel. The regeneration of the Valleys is therefore on the agenda of the government. …
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Wenglish, the dialect of the south Wales valleys, as a medium for narrative and performance
… texts featuring Wenglish, the dialect of the South Wales Valleys, in terms of their linguistic and thematic content and their relation to the community. Part One comprises an introduction to Wenglish and an overview of research on English in South Wales and approaches to language in use. In …
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Catalysts and Triggers in Lifelong Learning
… adult learners undertaking access courses in the South Wales Valleys. As they are conceptualised within this thesis, catalysts and triggers pertain to how returners to formal learning explain their encounters with environmental influences, personal circumstances and shaping events throughout their …
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The 'Future Generation': National Identity among Young People in Wales
… year olds living in the city of Cardiff and the south Wales valleys. This research explores the participants' views of and concerns about 'national culture', 'homeland' and 'national history'. Moreover, in light of work on globalization the study considers how young people view the significance …
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"Not just supporting but leading": the involvement of the women of the South Wales coalfield in the 1984-85 Miners' Strike
… strike dramatically changed the face of the South Wales Valleys. This dissertation will show that the women’s groups that played such a crucial supportive role in it were not the homogenous entity that has often been portrayed. They shared some comparable features with similar groups in …
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A Phenomenological Analysis of Women's Choices, Expectations and Experiences when Intending to Give Birth in a Birth Centre
… women to choose care in a birth centre in the South Wales Valleys, and to ascertain their expectations and experiences of care in the antenatal period and during labour.<br/><br/>The possibility of complications arising during normal pregnancy is a well-known phenomenon, leading to a woman's …