Best undergraduate dissertations
Listed here are the highest-marked undergraduate sociology and politics dissertations for recent years, with links to the dissertations themselves where permission has been granted.
These dissertations demonstrate the calibre of work our students produce and the breadth of topics they cover.
Please note that these dissertations are published in the state they were submitted for examination and authors have not been able to correct errors and/or departures from departmental guidelines for the presentation of dissertations.
In each case, copyright resides with the author and all rights are reserved.
Sociology dissertations
| Student |
Title |
|---|---|
| Cerys Wynde | 'Constructing Consent: A Sociological Analysis of How External Organisations Frame Post-16 Sexual Consent Education: Cerys Wynde, 2026 (PDF, 1,577kB) |
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Ella Broad |
'The Reality of Reproductive Justice: Analysing the Articulation of Reproductive Justice in Pro-Choice Activism, Using Planned Parenthood as a Case Study': Ella Broad, 2026 (PDF, 2,608kB) |
| Eva Rabin-Holmes | 'It's just fundamental to my existence’: exploring the narratives of young adults with lesbian parents: Eva Rabin-Holmes, 2026 (PDF, 335kB) |
| Faye Broughton | 'The Girls That Get It, Get It: Girlish Play and Post-Feminist Humour on Tik Tok : Faye Broughton, 2026 (PDF, 5,773kB) |
| Jessie Dutton | 'The world through a rose-tinted wardrobe: An investigation into the sustainability discourses of B Corp Certified fashion brands and their narratives of resistance.': Jessie Dutton,2026 (PDF, 1,454kB) |
| Kate Barness | 'Ifeel like I need to go home and just be autistic’: The Perspectives of Autistic Students on Navigating Sensory Regulation in University Environments.': Kate Barness, 2026 (PDF, 969kB) |
| Maddison Gordon | 'Is This Utopia? Hippie Communes and the Contradictions of Living Otherwise': Maddison Gordon, 2026 (PDF, 765kB) |
| Persephone Jafrate | 'Everyday Encounters: How Architecture Shapes Our Perception of The City': Persephone Jafrate, 2026 (PDF, 1,873kB) |
| Mia Foley | 'Out of the Closet and into the Fire: Examining Heteronormativity, Hierarchy and Belonging in UK Professional Culinary Labour': Mia Foley, 2026 (PDF, 696kB) |
| Stallan Da Silva | 'Education is the only way you make it out’: A Qualitative Study into Black African and White British Educational Attainment': Stallan Da Silva, 2026 (PDF, 282kB) |
Politics dissertations
| Student |
Title |
|---|---|
| Alice Davies | 'Elitist, Woke and Idiotic Fanatics: A Content Analysis of the Media Rhetoric about Just Stop Oil': Alice Davies, 2025 (PDF, 1,102kB) |
| Alice Sausman | 'Framing Period Poverty: An Analysis of the Limitations of the UK Government’s Policy Strategy for Menstrual Equity': Alice Sausman, 2025 (PDF, 353kB) |
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Amelia Entwisle |
'Young Boys in the Manosphere: How Are the Effects of the Dissemination of Misogyny Online Manifesting Themselves in UK Primary Schools?': Amelia Entwisle, 2025 (PDF, 360kB) |
| Anya Stevenson | 'Uluru Statement from the Disheartened: A Critical Discourse Analysis of How Australian Online News Media Helped Defeat the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum': Anya Stevenson, 2025 (PDF, 810kB) |
| Beth Ridley | 'Postcolonial Path Dependency and Democratic Instability in Fiji: Institutions, Identity, and the Military': Beth Ridley, 2025 (PDF, 485kB) |
| Cara Matthews | 'In Search of a Feminist Hero: Female Fan Perspectives on Marvel’s Leading Women': Cara Matthews, 2025 (PDF, 1,084kB) |
| Edie Kenningham Smit | 'Reaching the Doughnut: Civic Republicanism to Save The Planet': Edie Kenningham Smit, 2025 (PDF, 1,214kB) |
| Ella Styche-Patel | 'Back to Normal: Evaluating the UK Government’s education recovery approach and the missed opportunity to "build back better" post-Covid': Ella Styche-Patel, 2025 (PDF, 454kB) |
| Ellen Jones | 'Well, does it look like the miners’ strike? Mainstream media’s critical narrative frames during the 2022 RMT strikes': Ellen Jones, 2025 (PDF, 624kB) |
| Emilie Miller | 'The Impact of Religion on US Abortion Policy': Emilie Miller, 2025 (PDF, 536kB) |
| Emily Stewart | 'Empowerment for Sale: The Price of Neoliberal Feminism within the field of Development': Emily Stewart, 2025 (PDF, 364kB) |
| Emily Underhill | 'The Language of Violence and Division: How Conspiracy Theories Drive Far-Right Extremism': Emily Underhill, 2025 (PDF, 1,494kB) |
| Emma Heap |
‘"Migrant" Is a Label, Not a Justification: The Media’s Role In Dehumanising and Humanising Migrants Between 1979 and 2024': Emma Heap, 2025 (PDF, 610kB) |
| Ethan Maher | 'Claiming the "Bro Vote": A Rhetorical Analysis of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage’s Appearances on Long Format, Digital Podcasts in 2024': Ethan Maher, 2025 (PDF, 464kB) |
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Erin Tsang |
'Investigating the International Baccalaureate: The Relationship Between Education and Neocolonialism’ |
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Fabian Reisser-Westo |
'Greta Thunberg’s Populist Performance: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Thunberg’s Political Style within her Speeches': Fabian Reisser-Westo, 2025 (PDF, 287kB) |
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Faniki Deche |
'Football is influenced by Money and Winning: The intersectional effects of the commodification of football on English South Asian Women': Faniki Deche, 2025 (PDF, 438kB) |
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Fern Wilson |
'Social Media Influencers and the 2024 United States Presidential Election': Fern Wilson, 2025 (PDF, 714kB) |
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Freya Morris |
'The Descriptive-Substantive Link Beyond Democracies: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Women Cabinet Ministers in NonDemocratic Regimes': Freya Morris, 2025 (PDF, 891kB) |
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Gemma Gray |
'A New Chapter or More of the Same: Understanding the Biden Administration’s Approach to North Korea': Gemma Gray, 2025 (PDF, 428kB) |
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Indiagrace Gardner |
'Investigating the Tate-riarchy: Patriarchy for Profit in "The Real World"': Indiagrace Gardner, 2025 (PDF, 940kB) |
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Jaxon Vary |
'Securitising "Ecological Civilisation": Evaluation of CCP Construction of Ecological Civilisation as National Security Strategy': Jaxon Vary, 2025 (PDF, 437kB) |
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Josie Hodgson |
'Contesting the Promise of ‘Nation-to-Nation’ Relations Within a Settler-Colonial State: A Decolonial Analysis of Justin Trudeau’s Reconciliation Discourse with Indigenous First Nations in Canada': Josie Hodgson, 2025 (PDF, 512kB) |
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Louisa Lemor |
'Framing the Narrative: the Role of National News Media in the Spread of Public-Level Euroscepticism': Louisa Lemor, 2025 (PDF, 703kB) |
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Matilda Robinson |
'Friend or Foe? Neocolonial Rhetoric in US-Vietnam Relations': Matilda Robinson, 2025 (PDF, 620kB) |
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Max Baldock |
'Populist Features in Non-Populist Politicians: An Analysis': Max Baldock 2025 (PDF, 272kB) |
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Mia Maynard |
'Governed by Compassion? Strategic Ambiguity, Humanitarian Government, and the Discursive Construction of Otherness in UK and German Refugee Policy': Mia Maynard, 2025 (PDF, 560kB) |
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Monica Solis |
'Shifting the Genre: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Representations of Transatlantic Slavery in English Secondary School History Textbooks': Monica Solis, 2025 (Office document, 1,180kB) |
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Noah Wheeler |
'Steering Away from Car Dependency: An Analysis of Collective and Individualistic Transport Alternatives in the UK': Noah Wheeler, 2025 (PDF, 623kB) |
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Rafael Pollack-Joyce |
'A UKIP of the Left: Does the Green Party of England and Wales have Populist Elements? A qualitative content analysis of party outputs from 1973 till the present day': Rafael Pollack-Joyce, 2025 (PDF, 988kB) |
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Rhiannon Jenkins |
'Weaponising Gendered Violence: An Analysis of Femonationalist Logics in British Parliamentary Discourse': Rhiannon Jenkins, 2025 (PDF, 2,189kB) |
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Rosa Davis |
'Wife, Widow and Terrorist: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of the Framing of Women Who Undertake a Dual Role in Terrorism in the British News Media': Rosa Davis, 2025 (PDF, 493kB) |
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Seth Morgan |
'Building a Better World. But for Whom? Why Are Ethnically Minoritised, Environmentally Concerned People Underrepresented in British Climate Protest?': Seth Morgan, 2025 (PDF, 553kB) |
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Xav Christopher |
'From Disinformation to Disorder: The 2024 Riots and the Far-Right': Xav Christopher, 2025 (PDF, 1,122kB) |
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Zahra Finebaum-Ratho |
'Hydro-Hegemony in World Politics; a Case Study of Israel, Palestine and the Jordan River Basin': Zahra Finebaum-Ratho, 2025 (PDF, 369kB) |
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Zi Qi Sin |
'Lights, Camera, Legitimacy? Curtains Up on Singapore’s National Day Celebrations as a Stage for Nation-Building or Party Glorification': Zi Qi Sin, 2025 (PDF, 798kB) |