…r a wide variety of roles across society. We have also seen the birth of RCUK’s Doctoral Training Centres/Partnerships (DTCs/DTPs). The early rounds of these DTCs/DTPs by and large excluded universities whose missions were broader than research intensity yet had excellent records for producing superb PGRs with excellent impact and pockets of research excellence. With the second round of DTPs/DTCs, thankfully there appears to be a commitment to gre…
…niversity of Salford and the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She completed her research doctorate at UWS in 2021, where she also worked as a peer-assisted learning leader and research assistant. Rabia identified her career interests in researcher development during her research doctorate and strived to gain experience by engaging her fellow researchers and creating a peer support community of PGRs. She is passionate about supporting doct…
…time and space to explore new directions since they are too focused on day-to-day operations. Space for innovation needs to be purposefully created by setting aside time and resources for exploring and developing new ideas and giving individuals or teams responsibility for pursuing innovation activities. This is not easy to achieve, but can be helped through encouraging systematic routines for innovation. Identifying external expertise or knowhow…
…tanding of how drones are use and their future potential. Find out more at www.iudro.com University of Greenwich CNPPS: Kamal Farid Kamal has come up with an idea that has the potential to turn the UK’s pavement sector into a carbon-negative industry. He has launched CNPPS, a completely new technology for paving hard surfaces through the use of secondary used aggregates. The manufacturing technology coverts secondary used and waste produced into t…
…iders will no doubt deliver classroom-based subjects like business and law cheaply and well. They may offer welcome flexibilities to mature and part-time students. But it’s much harder to see how they will do the same for medicine and engineering. This can’t be done for £9,000 per student even with the additional grant for high cost subjects at current levels. This is likely to raise questions about the relative cost of courses and who should pay…
…bility of energy supplies and the management of energy demand. Whether the communities of the future are mega-cities, urban, rural or remote, the infrastructure that supports them – including housing, manufacturing, transport and services – will rely on an energy generation and distribution network that is stable, secure, and resilient to climate change and terrorism. This network will need to be sustainable in both environmental and financial ter…
…more involved as her PhD unfolds. DTA3 is an extension of the DTA programme, following a €6.5million award from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND Doctoral scheme….
…ugh these they can then create the informal connections to receive the peer-to-peer support that may become vital for their wellbeing. Develop strong representation systems While it is great that Student Unions (SUs) cover postgraduate representation, I know from my own experience that undergraduate-focused SUs are not the best place for PhD issues to be actively listened to. PhD students need dedicated representation systems and the issues they r…
…bility of energy supplies and the management of energy demand. Whether the communities of the future are mega-cities, urban, rural or remote, the infrastructure that supports them – including housing, manufacturing, transport and services – will rely on an energy generation and distribution network that is stable, secure, and resilient to climate change and terrorism. This network will need to be sustainable in both environmental and financial ter…
…is more accessible to a wider range of users who have difficulty using the generic two-handed controller. HDTI was involved in this project from its early stages, defining the ergonomic industrial design, producing physical models, CAD modelling and visualisation. It is now in the detailed design stages. HDTI also assists with the researching of products. One notable project came when Peter Greedy, managing director of Greeper, approached the inst…