Perform observations for the Dark Energy Survey which is a 525night project to study the properties of dark energy using a new camera (DECam) on the Blanco 4m telescope at CTIO (see www.darkenergysurvey.org)

Are some people, dissatisfied with current capitalist society in Britain searching for alternative spiritualities? How often does this search accidentally or intentionally manifest in self destructive behaviours? A case study into a corporate office. Capitalism's ability to survive by endogenizing some of its criticisms and morphing new 'spirits' of justification are issues that require attention. I intend to investigate whether people working in a communications 'giant' head office, some of whom often engage with self-destructive behaviours do so because they are searching for 'more' from life than the spirit of capitalism (Weber, 1930) provides. I want to explore participants reactions to and feelings toward the 'capitalist spirit', namely the idea that acquisition of material goods and wealth is in some way an ultimate purpose and 'transcendental' (Weber, 1930). I plan to examine individual's pursuit (if any) of other spiritualities and unearth whether they are engaged with as an alternative to or rejection of capitalism's spirit. Similarly, I hope to investigate whether self-destructive behaviours are pursued as alternative spiritualities to that of capitalism or perhaps whether they are engaged with as coping mechanisms to a dissatisfaction with contemporary society arrangements. A case study design frame will be used incorporating ethnographic elements and biographical interviews based on the work of Merrill and West (2009). I will spend some time in the corporate office talking to people, immersing myself within the culture and creating observation logs. Participants (20-30 employees) will then be interviewed and verbatim transcripts created. Data (logs and transcripts) will be coded and analysed using an established proforma created by Merrill and West (2009).

The objective of this research will be to methodically explore the effect of a request to draw on eliciting information and cues to deceit. This will be completed by examining whether sketching whilst narrating enhances the differences between truth-tellers and liars in the amount of information they provide. It will also determine whether the sketches produced by liars and truth-tellers differ from each other. This will be achieved by randomly allocating participants to either a truth or lie condition. Truth-tellers will then be instructed to truthfully describe a memorable event that they had experienced in the past 6 months, whereas liars will be asked to fabricate an event. Half of the participants in each condition will be asked to sketch whilst narrating on this event whilst the other half will not be instructed to sketch. The interview will consist of open-ended questions ('Describe in as much detail as possible what you experienced when you...'). Each interview will be audio and video recorded that will then be transcribed. These transcriptions will be coded to make comparisons between participants in each condition. Additionally, the drawings will be coded by calculating the amount of details provided and the quality of these details. This project will include a series of experiments examining the effects of sketching whilst narrating.

Despite promising to reduce France's involvement in Africa after decades of 'Françafrique', the presidency of François Hollande has seen one of the most activist periods of French engagement in Africa in recent history - especially in response to violent jihadist Salafist groups both at home and in West Africa (WA). In addition to renewed activism, the character of France's actions has shifted from direct engagement with regional organisations to novel bilateral security interventions. My proposed thesis will examine the contradiction between Hollande's initial objectives and this period of French intervention with a view to understanding the drivers of and the shape taken by French security policy in WA. It will explore how, in a period of 'power diffusion' to non-state actors and global interconnectedness, local and global threats are increasingly blurred and intertwined, driving France - as a global player - back into West African security to support local allies. Focusing on the strategically significant WA region this thesis will 1) examine the domestic and foreign policy considerations that motivated French involvement; 2) explore the new and innovative character of recent French interventions in the region; 3) assess how these interventions have been legitimised and 4) contribute to conceptual and theoretical debates on contemporary security and intervention.

To develop a flexible and agile product development and manufacturing process for an innovative range of processed food products produced from waste and excess produce. This requires accurate real time data forecasting to inform product development and production decision-making.