…tional Atomic Energy Agency. The two weeks kicked off with an icebreaker challenge, to construct the tallest possible spaghetti structure, which could hold the weight of a marshmallow, which my team won. At this point, I had no idea that I would be the only participant to be a member of every winning team over the next two weeks. The Icebreaker Challenge Over the course of the programme, there were more than 100 sessions all teaching us how to tur…
…ries hear from two of our researchers on their experience working with industry and the benefits this has brought to their academic careers. The DTA programme has been extended following a €6.5million award from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND Doctoral scheme….
…t across boarders and work together to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. In the first part of our DTA is International series, hear from some of the DTA’s current students on why the international element of the programme is so important: This programme has been extended following a €6.5million award from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND Doctoral scheme, opening it up specifically to international researchers. The third round o…
…pic National Lottery-funded athletes to realise their full potential. The talent, of course, was always there even when we languished at 36th on the medal table at Atlanta in 1996. It was only through building a high-performance system that we could find and nurture that talent, and once we learned to win, to keep winning, being elite without ever being elitist. Today over 85 per cent of our medalists are state-educated. Sustained investment has e…
