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Read more at: Harding Scholars Visit Sutton Hoo
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Harding Scholars Visit Sutton Hoo

22 June 2023

A group of 40 Harding Scholars took a day trip to Sutton Hoo, the Anglo-Saxon royal burial site and National Trust property situated in Suffolk. This day trip was one in a series of both social, and training and development events funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship Programme and organised by...

Read more at: Maria Grace Burton (2022 cohort) publishes first lead author paper
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Maria Grace Burton (2022 cohort) publishes first lead author paper

26 May 2023

Maria Grace Burton (2022, Earth Sciences) has published her first lead author paper, in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B journal. The paper "Direct quantification of skeletal pneumaticity illuminates ecological drivers of a key avian trait" features work undertaken by Grace during her MPhil, which has gone on to form...

Read more at: Ange La Furcia (2020 cohort), awarded Harold Blakemore Prize
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Ange La Furcia (2020 cohort), awarded Harold Blakemore Prize

24 May 2023

Ange La Furcia (2020, Latin American studies), has been awarded the Harold Blakemore Prize for her paper “Denunciation, Politics, and Beauty in San Andrés Islands: A Caribbean Telenovela of Sexuality and Corruption”. The prize is awarded for the best paper presented by a postgraduate at the Society for Latin American...

Read more at: Marina Papaiakovou, 2021 cohort, wins Scientists’ Choice Award
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Marina Papaiakovou, 2021 cohort, wins Scientists’ Choice Award

15 April 2023

After being interviewed last year at The Scientist’s Channel, Marina Papaiakovou (2021, Biological Sciences) has won this year's competition, and has been awarded the very prestigious Scientists’ Choice Award for Life Sciences Video Interview of the Year. The interview explores Marina’s PhD work, which focuses on improving...

Read more at: Tricia Postle, 2020 cohort, awarded Fellowship by the Camargo Foundation
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Tricia Postle, 2020 cohort, awarded Fellowship by the Camargo Foundation

7 April 2023

Tricia Postle (2020, Music) has been awarded a Fellowship be the Camargo Foundation , as a member of her medieval band, Pneuma Ensemble . The musicians will be developing early 12th century narrative performance over a ten-week period in the spring of 2024, in residency at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France. Tricia’s...

Read more at: Brigid Ehrmantraut, 2019 cohort, acts as consultant for fashion designer Gabriela Hearst
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Brigid Ehrmantraut, 2019 cohort, acts as consultant for fashion designer Gabriela Hearst

28 February 2023

Brigid Ehrmantraut (2019, Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic) will be acting as a consultant for the fashion designer Gabriela Hearst. Brigid will be presenting an academic lecture on the topic for Hearst's design team, as the designer prepares work on a new collection inspired by druids.

Read more at: Marina Papaiakovou, 2021 cohort, has publication featured on cover of the International Journal for Parasitology
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Marina Papaiakovou, 2021 cohort, has publication featured on cover of the International Journal for Parasitology

28 February 2023

Marina Papiakovou (2021, Biological Sciences) has published the first data chapter of her thesis in the International Journal for Parasitology , with her idea featured on the journal’s cover. Marina’s fascinating article emphasises the importance of leveraging genomics technologies in order to understand genetic variation...

Read more at: George Fulham, 2021 cohort, undertakes research in Singapore
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George Fulham, 2021 cohort, undertakes research in Singapore

27 February 2023

George Fulham, (2021, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) recently had the opportunity to visit the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES) for a month for some experimental work in collaboration with Prof. Paul Liu and Xianyue Wu. George says 'My work is currently investigating carbon...

Read more at: Welcome Event 2022
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Welcome Event 2022

21 February 2023

A special celebration of the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme has been held at St Catharine’s College. The 2022 cohort attended the first in-person Welcome Event since before the pandemic, and they were joined by Scholars from the three previous cohorts to highlight the continued momentum of the...

Read more at: Amelia Holcombe, 2021 cohort, has paper featured in multiple press releases
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Amelia Holcombe, 2021 cohort, has paper featured in multiple press releases

1 February 2023

Amelia Holcombe (2021, Computer Science) has published a paper in MDPI Remote Sensing on the use of mobile phones to quickly and accurately measure trees. The published paper has been very well received, and was featured in a Cambridge University press release , a Computer Laboratory press release for International Women’s...

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