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

    November 18, 2020

    The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) recently held its Images of Research 2020 competition awards, showcasing the very best of Alliance universities early career research talent and creativity in science communications. A full write-up of the event can be found here. Earlier this year, DTA PhD researchers were invited to submit an image summarising their research, along with an accompanying blurb for the DTA Images of Research competition. Two aw…

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  2. Celebrating the very best of DTA creativity and research talent at the Images of Research Awards

    October 21, 2020

    The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) recently held its Images of Research 2020 competition awards, showcasing the very best of Alliance universities early career research talent and creativity in science communications. Earlier this year, DTA PhD researchers were invited to submit an image summarising their research, along with an accompanying blurb for the DTA Images of Research competition. The competition is part of the wider DTA training prog…

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  3. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 4

    January 27, 2020

    Dr Vladimir Vukovic, Deputy Director of the Energy research stream within UA’s Doctoral Training Alliance relates his experience working across both academia and industry, and the benefits this has brought him. The DTA programme is committed to not only supporting researchers through their PhDs but providing them with the full range of skills and experience they’ll need for a fulfilling career in academia or industry. Working with the DTA Energy …

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  4. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 3

    January 20, 2020

    I caught up with DTA3 researcher Arantza Cobela Garcia to discuss her research and how the Doctoral Training Alliance has helped her apply it to real world problems, crossing the boundary between academia and professional research. Arantza is a researcher on the extended Doctoral Training Alliance programme (DTA3), run by University Alliance. Her PhD is hosted by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and falls within the Applied Bioscience…

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  5. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 2

    January 14, 2020

    Doctoral Training Alliance researcher SreeHarsha Bandaru writes about his experience of crossing the divide between academia and industry, at the Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp, and how being part of DTA helped him to get there. The Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp is a fully funded two-week intensive programme where 50 speakers, 30 mentors and 10 organisers help participants design a company and a product that will transform the creation of nuclear ener…

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  6. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 1

    January 6, 2020

    The Doctoral Training Alliance is University Alliance’s flagship programme, making funded doctoral fellowships available across the UK’s leading professional and technical universities. At its heart, the programme is committed to being International, Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral. In the series The DTA is Intersectoral, we showcase how our funded PhDs cut across different sectors, building bridges between academia and industry, and provides…

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