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  1. DTA Images of Research Awards winners reflect on their achievements

    November 18, 2020

    …All the entries were amazing, and I loved learning about each and every research conducted my fellow DTA researchers. “I would like to thank everyone who voted for me. Presenting my work at WinterWind 2020 was one of the biggest milestones for my research and receiving an award that is connected to that experience makes it all even more special. I would further like to thank the DTA team for organising this competition and providing us with a pla…

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  2. University Alliance ‘20 in 2020′

    December 17, 2020

    …-depth on BBC Newsnight. 5. The Doctoral Training Alliance went virtual, delivering four online residential events and 55% more elective workshops than previous years (21 in total) on a range of subjects, including research skills, wellbeing, motivation, presentation and influencing skills to name a few. DTA researchers were given the opportunity to showcase their research to the wider DTA community, engage with sector relevant speakers and join v…

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  3. With the right support, universities can help power an economic, social and cultural recovery

    May 5, 2021

    …port and skills development necessary to develop ideas into application; delivering real-world innovations in care, services, products and delivery. This role will be particularly important as we look beyond the immediate response to the pandemic, where universities of all shapes and sizes have an important part to play in the rebuilding efforts. That is why at University Alliance, we have recently launched a new campaign- Powering the UK’s future…

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  4. DTA Summer School 2021 – coming together to explore interdisciplinarity

    September 2, 2021

    …ral, Pecha-Kucha-style or poster presentations, and the themes – how our research relates to the world outside the university and the interdisciplinary element of our projects – helped reveal shared interests and methods across our projects. The interactive poster session in WonderRoom was particularly fun. We learnt a lot about the work of peers outside of our disciplinary cohorts, which got us thinking about how our projects link to the wider co…

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  5. The DTA Rep Committee: Amplifying the voice of PhD researchers

    January 5, 2021

    …paring short video statements outlining why we wished to take on the role, online voting went live. April and I were elected by fellow PhD researchers to represent our social policy cohort. Made up of seven representatives from three strands (Bioscience, Energy and Social Policy), our role is to facilitate a collective voice for researchers at the DTA management level and provide a direct channel for feedback, advocating for positive changes to th…

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  6. Explainer: international students at Alliance universities

    March 28, 2024

    …seini secured a full-time job as a Quantity Surveyor with Bouygues UK Construction, a leading construction company. Husseini Musa (Nigeria) – MSc Construction Project Management, Robert Gordon University. Having spent several years as Senior Architectural Designer at Places for People, one of the UK’s largest social hosing providers, Shabnam now puts her architectural training into practice as Design Lead at Modularwise.  Modularwise is a leading…

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  7. #WeAreInternational blog: Vignesh Velmurugan

    October 19, 2022

    …ational — Helping stroke survivors through robotics project – Vignesh Velmurugan Vignesh Vignesh Velmurugan grew up in Chennai, India, where he completed his bachelor’s degree in engineering before pursuing an ERASMUS+ funded master’s programme in Europe, studying in both France and Poland. He then applied to join the University of Hertfordshire to continue his research in medical robotics, where is currently studying for a PhD. “I have always bee…

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  8. Commuting students – enhancing a different student experience

    September 27, 2019

    …experiences: distance travelled to university and whether or not a student lives with other students. Considering both the risk of travel disruption, and the risk of social disengagement from other students can, they argue, identify those students most at risk. However, talk of ‘at risk students’ can also suggest a deficit approach, in which the middle class, on-campus model is held up as the gold standard, and where we aim to mitigate, as far as…

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  9. Reflections on the DTA programme, fellows and new videos

    September 28, 2022

    …from undertaking student recruitment to welcoming and inducting our new recruits, and then delivering a wide range of training and networking activities. It has been exciting to see candidate names written on application forms become PhD Fellows who we have got to know as they have developed in their skills and their passion for their project work. Recruiting internationally has brought together researchers from across the world; our DTA3 cohort h…

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  10. Teesside’s Net Zero Ambitions

    March 1, 2024

    …s in the green reindustrialisation of the Tees Valley. Likewise, our groundbreaking research into how to reduce the carbon footprint from waste-to-energy (WtE) plants by using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will have a huge impact on decarbonisation efforts in the region. The East Coast Cluster aims to remove nearly 50% of the UK’s industrial emissions. To achieve this, there is a need for innovative solutions like CCS retrofits to Wt…

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