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This document is divided into three sections. Part A is a detailed literature review which explores the relevant research into identifying ways that Educational Psychologists (EPs) could support schools working with children and young people (CYP) with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This literature review starts by discussing recent legislation in relation to mental health in the UK. It then describes OCD and the key theories behind OCD. This is followed by a description of current treatment options for CYP with OCD and the current research available that looks at the different systems in the CYP's life in relation to OCD. Then a more in-depth critique is taken on the existing research that investigates the EP role with OCD. Finally, the rationale for the current study is explained and followed by the research questions. Part B is the empirical study, which will explore the role of the EP working with schools to support CYP with OCD and how secondary school SENCos/ALNCos would like to be supported by EPs when working with these CYP. A summary of the relevant literature is discussed, followed by details of the methodology and procedure for the current study. Six EPs and six SENCos/ALNCos took part in virtual semi-structured interviews and the data was analysed using thematic analysis (TA). The main themes and subthemes from both participant groups are presented in the results section. The findings are then discussed in relation to the research questions in the discussion section along with the relevance to previous literature and psychological theory. Finally, the implications for EP practice and the strengths and weaknesses of the study are discussed. Part C is the critical appraisal, which will provide an evaluation of the current study and will give a reflexive account of the research process and the decisions that were made. This section will consider the research position taken, methods, participants and recruitment, data analysis and the contribution to knowledge and the dissemination of the results.

In an active volcanic arc, magmatically sourced fluids are channelled through the brittle crust by structural features inherent in the lithological setting. This interaction is observed in the Andean volcanic mountain chain, where volcanoes, geothermal springs and major mineral deposits are spatially coherent with first-order NNE oriented thrust fault systems, and convergent-margin oblique WNW striking Andean Transverse Faults (ATF). The volcanic and hydrothermal activity at Tinguiririca and Planchón-Peteroa volcanoes demonstrate this relationship, as both volcanic complexes and their spatially associated thermal springs show strike alignment to the outcropping NNE oriented El Fierro thrust fault system. This study aims to constrain the 3D architecture of this fault system in the proximity of the volcanoes and its interaction with volcanically sourced hydrothermal fluids from a combined magnetotelluric (MT) and seismic field study. Data from a 24 station broadband magnetotelluric survey were interpreted using 3D inversion. Over 700 seismic hypocentres from a 12 station coeval seismic survey are also presented in support of the final 3D conductivity model. The combined results show a correlation of conductivity anomalies with seismic clusters in the top 10 km of the crust, including a distinct seismogenic WNW oriented feature that occurs at an abrupt electrical conductivity contrast, which is most apparent at a 6 km depth. It is concluded that this discrete feature is an Andean Transverse Fault (ATF), and that the conductors are signatures of either geothermal fluid reservoirs or fluid saturated lithologies at depth. The associated fluids are channelled parallel to the margin-oblique ATF plane and cause fault reactivation due to increased pore fluid pressure acting on the fault plane. Seismicity induced by this mechanism is limited to the east of the El Fierro fault system, as fluids are compartmentalized along the footwall due to the low permeability fault core that prevent cross-fault fluid migration. This study thus contributes novel insight into how WNW oriented AFT systems interact with local volcanic, structural and hydrothermal systems.

By 2033 the number of elderly people in England and Wales is expected to exceed 16.4 million. The consequent increase in prevalence of chronic illness and demand on the health and social care services are major causes of concern for healthcare practitioners and policy-makers alike. In response, calls for greater service user autonomy, involvement, and self-care all indicate a shift away from existing paternalistic models of care to a model where service users knowledgably and competently manage their own healthcare and wellbeing. To equip healthcare professionals implement these fundamental changes, this thesis aims to capture, analyse, and articulate the process of healthcare service engagement. To investigate how healthcare services can be better designed to support healthcare engagement for service users with complex needs, this thesis conducts an empirical ethnographic study of a UK-based falls prevention service. Mixed methods were used to collect data from a wide range of sources, including twenty semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals and service users, ninety-two surveys, referral forms, assessments, and healthcare promotional materials. The data were coded, conceptualised, and categorised to produce a grounded theory of healthcare service engagement represented in a specifically designed model. Key findings show that healthcare service engagement in the context of the chronically ill elderly needs to be understood as an interconnected, emergent, nonlinear, and situated process. It recommends that engagement should be supported in a more user-centric and personalised manner, assessing and responding to service users’ engagement needs as they emerge concurrently with the service’s pathway, integrating assessment practices within a wider healthcare context, and simplifying the existing multidisciplinary and multi-phase falls prevention pathway. Resulting from this thesis, healthcare professionals can more accurately, completely, and confidently reflect on the complex process of healthcare service engagement; better equipping the community for challenges it will face in the future.

This research examines the application of a Classic Glaserian Grounded Theory methodology to the phenomenon of drought when viewed from the perspective of household water users in southern England. The resulting conceptual work calls into question the effectiveness of water-wise messaging and current Government policies on water management, by highlighting the double assurances afforded to the public through their own observations of the natural cycling of water resources between atmosphere and land, and the continuous operation of the regulated water industry, that together sustain blind belief in the ongoing availability of potable water resources. To establish a clear separation between the development of substantive theory and mixed method studies that claim to take a grounded theory approach that are generally more popular within the discipline of Human Geography, the theory is presented alongside two pieces of work; a collection of modern drought histories and a questionnaire. Developed as part of the necessary process of cycling alternate projects to enable a theory to emerge from the data whilst the researcher is distracted from forcing her own ideas onto it, both these pieces can be viewed separately or as supportive companions to the theory. Additionally, in acknowledging the difficulty in presenting a Classic Grounded Theory in the traditional discussional form, for the benefit of the reader the theory is preceded by an autoethnography, which incorporates descriptive elements taken from field notes and the author’s personal water diary. These works draw data from subjects in three counties in England (Norfolk, Kent, and Devon), following the northwest – southeast rainfall gradient. Supplementary material for the drought histories is drawn from local and national archives and recorded oral histories. The primary emphasis of this work is placed on assessing the merits of each of the methods deployed in addressing environmental social science issues in the context of climate change, which hitherto have been focused on perception questionnaires and the development of popular cultural typologies.