Sydney Digital Theses (University of Sydney Access only): Recent submissions
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The Enchanted Loom: numinous-like-auras explained through painting
Published 2025This thesis was motivated by my lived experience of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE), a condition where enhanced affective associations within the brain result in numinous-like-auras. Through the following question, How through ...USyd AccessThesis -
Global Citizenship Education from a Daoist Perspective
Published 2025Global citizenship education (GCE) is an educational program actively promoted by UNESCO. It maps out how education can help students develop the knowledge, values, attitudes and skills needed for a more just, inclusive ...USyd AccessThesis -
Formulation strategies for bacteriophage delivery: exploring polymer-based systems
Published 2025The rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections poses a significant threat to global public health, highlighting the urgent need for alternative therapeutic strategies. Bacteriophage (phage) therapy has emerged ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Black Wave: An Ecocritical Reading of Water Pollution in Greek and Latin Epic
Published 2024This thesis analyses episodes of water pollution in five works of epic: Homer’s Iliad, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Silius’ Punica, Statius’ Thebaid, and Nonnus’ Dionysiaca. Using the lens of ecocriticism and its recent ‘blue’ ...USyd AccessThesis -
Putting class disputes to work: The class action as a wage law enforcement tool for today, and class arbitration as an enforcement tool for tomorrow
Published 2025Enforcing wage laws occurs in a dynamic regulatory space with multiple actors. Traditional actors in this space, the Fair Work Ombudsman and unions, achieve much, but are prevented by finite resources and limited legal ...USyd AccessThesis