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May 2012
PhD students reveal: ‘Hi-jacking’ the body’s killer cells could help fight cancer
April 2012
Aberystwyth fine art student wins drawing award
University of Ulster PhD student is runner up in IMechE competition
Paradise Lost and found at Leeds Metropolitan
PhD student Suzi makes sporting history in the new Olympic stadium
March 2012
Swansea University PhD student Charlotte travels to northern Sweden for seismic investigations of glacier
University of Nottingham PhD student Chris Hill to carry Olympic Torch
PhD student discovers letter written by a suffragette that kick-started higher education for women in the UK
University of Nottingham PhD student reveals the underground world of plants in accurate detail
Women need longer than six weeks to recover from childbirth, says Salford PhD student
It’s Alien vs Predator as overfishing increases parasite damage
PhD student uses next-generation DNA sequencing to improve diagnosis for muscular dystrophy
February 2012
York PhD student Sophia creates ‘tornado’ inside electron microscope
PhD student examines the balancing act between protection and inflammation in MS at University of Nottingham
Swansea PhD student awarded grant for child refugee research
January 2012
I recognise you! But how did I do it? University of Nottingham PhD student examines facial recognition techniques
Dyson bursary to fund Bristol student's PhD research into developing robotic tools
December 2011
Can science predict a hit song? Bristol PhD student Matt thinks so!
PhD student examines complex sex life of goats, reveals implications for wildlife management
'Scientific Facebook' - University of Sunderland's collaboration with Inkspot could benefit PhD students
November 2011
Manchester PhD student wins first prize at literary awards
PhD student helps to make the work of Welsh-language author Kate Roberts accessible to all
Swansea Researchers’ film documentary gives a GLIMPSE of Greenland’s disappearing ice
Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge - PhD Student and Dodgeball enthusiast arranges 2nd Dodgeball festival for city kids with learning difficulties
PhD student at Bristol University’s Queens School of Engineering wins dissertation prize
University of Nottingham PhD student in prestigious political posters exhibition
Swansea University PhD student wins National Lottery Award for the Best Education Project.
AHRC and BBC Radio 3 are looking for applications for the New Generation Thinkers of 2012
PhD student from Bangor University helps local company test outdoor survival products
Applied Psychology PhD student examines role that emotional support plays in fight against breast cancer
Could social media be used to detect disease outbreaks?
October 2011
Aberystwyth PhD Student Wins Prestigious Performing Science Award
Heriot-Watt University PhD student safeguards the marine environment with a plastic block, a metal ring and a recycled fishing float
Writers tell the real story of rehabilitation in brain injury creative writing group The Write Way, set up by Sheffield University PhD student
Lisa, University of Sunderland PhD student, boosts research to ease pain of eye condition
Doctorate student trades sunny India for the icy Arctic in her quest for research
Queen’s students help rebuild lives of Congo’s child soldiers
Leeds Metropolitan University PhD student Amanda recruits Sunderland academic to trek in Himalayas for acclimatisation study
Sheffield Hallam University wins UK Sport's Ideas4Innovation programme
September 2011
Plymouth Marine Laboratory: Follow PhD student Rob Ellis on the annual research cruise to the South Atlantic sets sail
1,000 mile bike ride raises over £200,000 for the Sue Ryder Centre for the Study of Supportive, Palliative and End of Life Care, based at the University of Nottingham
An ambitious art installation, led by a University of Nottingham PhD student, bridges the divide between art and science
August 2011
From corsets and underpinnings, to gowns and wigs - postgrad students from University of York help to stage new exhibition 'Revolutionary Fashion'
Not the Booker Prize nomination for Tyler
What’s in a name?
University of Bristol PhD student gets inside the mind (and up the nose) of our ancient ancestors
National award for graduate’s gene therapy research
July 2011
Bangor University postgraduate student: “Britain’s bogs are far more important than people realise”
Italy-Wales partnership celebrated as first joint PhD student graduates
"I'm delighted to be here" - Former Leeds Metropolitan PR lecturer returns for ethics PhD
First FindAMasters & FindAPhD Kindle Winner announced
Young researcher wins Europe-wide prize for PhD thesis
Racing fun at University for future engineers - a partnership between University of Sheffield Outreach Team and PhD students
PhD student continues work on drug ‘shield’ which helps target antibiotic resistant bacteria
Univerity of Nottingham PhD student involved in invention of heat-regulating building material
Niamh gains PhD from Queens University Belfast after teenage brain tumour recovery inspires academic career
Bangor University PhD student sells film rights to latest best-selling novel
Are worms ticklish? A Bristol PhD student has the answer!
Can you hear the shape of a graph? Bristol PhD student involved in exhibit at Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition
Bilingual University of Nottingham PhD student Taoli Zhang conducts research into ‘automatic’ translators
Jasper, University of Aberdeen PhD student, wins prestigious awards for rainforest research
June 2011
Why higher education matters: Queen’s University goes to Stormont
PhD students play vital role in discovery of new potentially cancer-controlling gene
PhD student offers a glimpse of the end of our Solar System
From Nottingham to Costa Rica - Neuroscience PhD student Alli and team set to face toughest challenge yet
Aberdeen PhD student wins award for essay "The pluses and minuses of maths on my bioscience course".
Leeds PhD student and the deep-sea 'zombie worms'
May 2011
University of Bristol PhD student wins award for obesity research
Leading PhD research celebrated at The University of Nottingham’s Postgraduate Research Showcase
Experts quantify melting glaciers’ effect on ocean currents
PhD student brings the plight of the Brazilian rainforest to the heart of British woodland
Researchers measure the value of a smile
University of Sheffield PhD student investigates matters of the heart
Two University of Sussex PhD students contribute to the Brighton Festival
School feeding PhD study to help charity in its mission to feed hungry children
Sunderland PhD student involved in research to combat rare genetic disease
Scottish Wild Fires - PhD student studies the effects of fire on soil and microbial life
FindAMasters & FindAPhD announce London & Manchester postgraduate fair sponsorship deals
April 2011
Anonymous tip-offs alerting police to 'disgraceful conduct' at the Rink Cinema in 1916 rediscovered by PhD student
PhD student wins Vogel Literature prize
UCD PhD researcher scoops 2011 Globe Sustainability Award
PhD student: Black plants 'could grow' on exoplanets with two suns
Nottingham moves to rhythm of Victorian lace machines
Warwick University bids to open New York campus
PhD student: Blue cheese wants a bigger slice of the market
Nottingham nurse is a “21st Century hero”
PhD students organise UK’s first Feminism and Teaching Symposium
Teesdale student sends camera into space
PhD student finds- the wetter the better for daddy longlegs – and birds!
Graduates - the new measure of power
March 2011
Margaret shines as Northern Ireland’s International Student of the Year
Sheffield universities lay groundwork for graduate employment
Work about to start on new nursery school for African village
Carol Vorderman backs University’s drive for business start-ups in Cardiff
New club for Harper Adams University College students from Africa
February 2011
Are bank closures impacting on rural life in Lincs?
Swansea sports science PhD student prepares England Cricket Team for glory
Post-Grad students discover: Child Soldier Trauma in Uganda shares similarities with Northern Ireland
Measuring success of peatland restoration
Winners of Thomas Ellis Fund Announced
January 2011
PhD students record video of the Earth from edge of space
Computers that can understand our emotions?
Looking good on greens
December 2010
PhD students play key role in new planet discovery
Major collaboration unveiled on cutting-edge electronics
Poetry by famous Romantic chemist discovered by PhD student
International and postgraduate students benefit from new £1.3m centre
New Language Research Centre launched at Swansea University
Bangor University helps develop conservation science teaching in Bangladesh and Ghana
November 2010
IBERS breaks new ground
A digital future for the Humanities
University research reveals deaf adults see better than hearing people
New on-farm storage and bioreduction method for pig carcases developed by postgrad student
University opens new £2.4m production animal and food safety facility
RCSI researchers reveal mechanisms behind insulin producing cells in diabetes
Understanding Alzheimer's - St Andrews scientists find new way to study disease
AXA scholarship for PhD student’s Antarctic research
October 2010
Snap of fruit fly embryo wins scientific photo competition
Yorkshire gets £4 million electron lithography facility
Why the leopard got its spots - postgraduate research at the University of Bristol
New DNA sequencing by PhD student reveals hidden communities
Bristol task force, organised by PhD researcher, to address torture prevention in Nairobi, Kenya
New atlas compiled by PhD researcher sheds light on inequality in Nigeria
September 2010
Queen’s PhD student named UK Graduate of the Year
University in deal with software giant
PhD study pin-points where volcanic eruptions could strike
PhD student "taking the pulse of coral reefs"
Bristol PhD students to investigate zoo's history
Researchers fighting to save the ‘Tree of Life’
Researcher receives award for shedding light on bat conservation
Salford staff member awarded for use of technology in learning
Postgraduate researcher discovers cockroach brains could be rich stores of new antibiotics
August 2010
Students go for gold at MIT
PhD students turn a mountain into a lab - Synthesis on Snowdon
Landmark graduate for unique international doctoral programme
July 2010
Research sheds light on pros and cons of team diversity
Iraqi research supported by University of Nottingham in UK and Malaysia
Research student finds that active play is important for children’s physical activity
PhD student wins national award for developing low-cost water-quality testing device
PhD study finds that the re-emergence of a destructive cereal disease poses a threat to UK wheat production
Csaba Horváth Young Scientist Award for UCC Postgraduate
June 2010
PhD student ‘scoops’ world title for speedy ice cream
Academic’s research on target for World Cup conference
May 2010
Budding artists showcase their talent
Oxford research funding scheme scores rapid $100m success
Latest News
PhD students reveal: ‘Hi-jacking’ the body’s killer cells could help fight cancer
09 May 2012
‘Hijacking’ cells that normally attack common infections to target cancer instead could offer the body a ready-made army against the killer disease, a team led by Oxford-based biotech company Immunocore Limited and researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered.
Published in the leading medical journal Nature Medicine, the study examined the potential of molecules on the surface of anti-cancer killer T cells, known as T cell receptors (TCRs) to be used to treat cancers for which few...
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Aberystwyth fine art student wins drawing award
16 Apr 2012
Maria Hayes, a Fine Art PhD student at the School of Art at Aberystwyth University, has won a Drawing Inspiration Award which is presented to innovative and engaging drawing events.
The Award, given to the best artist-led workshop, can last up to a month and forms part of the Big Draw. Held across the UK, the event aims to create opportunities to draw through a variety of media and explore diverse subjects.
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University of Ulster PhD student is runner up in IMechE competition
13 Apr 2012
University of Ulster PhD student David Bishop was runner-up in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) medical engineering project competition. This prestigious international annual competition, which is sponsored by Vicon and attracts entries from all over the world, focuses on the use of engineering principles within healthcare research.
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Paradise Lost and found at Leeds Metropolitan
11 Apr 2012
Artistic ideals of Sri Lanka’s tropical beauty and memories marking the horrors of the island’s civil war collide in a new exhibition opening at Leeds Metropolitan University on Friday April 13.
The stunning 12 piece art show - Paradise Lost, is open to the public at the University’s Broadcasting Place until April 26 and is the handiwork of
PhD student Priyantha Udagedara.
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PhD student Suzi makes sporting history in the new Olympic stadium
11 Apr 2012
PhD student Suzi Gage has become one of the first people to compete in the new Olympic stadium, running alongside celebrities, former Olympians, Paralympians and even a princess.
The 28-year-old was one of 5,000 runners selected for the The National Lottery Olympic Park Run, which was a five-mile run around the Olympic Park, taking in landmarks such as the Velodrome and Aquatics Centre, before finishing inside the iconic stadium.
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Swansea University PhD student Charlotte travels to northern Sweden for seismic investigations of glacier
26 Mar 2012
Dr Adam Booth, a post-doctoral researcher in Swansea University’s Glaciology Group, will travel to northern Sweden tomorrow (Friday, March 23), to lead a team of UK geophysicists on a two-week campaign of seismic investigations on the mountain glacier Storglaciären.
The team, which includes Professor Tavi Murray and
PhD student Charlotte Axtell, also from Swansea University’s College of Science
, and Dr Roger Clark from the Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics at the University...
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University of Nottingham PhD student Chris Hill to carry Olympic Torch
23 Mar 2012
University figures to shine a torch on Olympic inspiration
Three people from The University of Nottingham have been chosen to carry the Olympic Torch as it passes through the city on its way to London 2012.
Research fellow Danielle Carpenter from the School of Biology was chosen alongside students Taylor Amerman and Chris Hill to join the 8,000 inspirational people who will carry the torch on its 70 day journey across Britain.
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PhD student discovers letter written by a suffragette that kick-started higher education for women in the UK
08 Mar 2012
A letter written by a suffragette that kick-started higher education for women in the UK has been discovered by historians.
The 140 year old document, which pleads with the University of St Andrews to allow women to study medicine, was found in the University’s archives.
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University of Nottingham PhD student reveals the underground world of plants in accurate detail
07 Mar 2012
Plant and computer scientists can now study the underground world of plants with more accuracy and clarity. The revolutionary technique will improve our chances of breeding better crop varieties and increasing yields.
Developed at The University of Nottingham by a team of experts from the Schools of Biosciences and Computer Science, the new approach is based on the same X-ray technology used in hospital CT scans and incorporates new image analysis software which, for the first time, can...
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Women need longer than six weeks to recover from childbirth, says Salford PhD student
07 Mar 2012
A Salford academic’s research has revealed that it takes a year to recover from childbirth – as opposed to the official view of six weeks – and significant dissatisfaction amongst new mothers with postnatal services.
Dr Julie Wray observed practice on two maternity wards in Salford and Trafford for her PhD research into the care and recovery of women after childbirth. She also interviewed women two to three weeks, three months and six to seven months after they had given birth to gain...
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