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Read more at: Francesca Gardner, 2022 cohort, creates puppets for Cambridge Festival
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Francesca Gardner, 2022 cohort, creates puppets for Cambridge Festival

6 January 2023

Francesca Gardner (2022, English) is joining a small team of postgraduate students working on a puppet project under Dr Nicole Sheriko, to be exhibited at the Cambridge Festival 2023. Produced by Rebekah King, the project involves the historical reconstruction of the magical talking bronze head from Robert Greene's c.1588-...


Read more at: Edwin de Jager, 2021 cohort, EndoMap project collaboration
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Edwin de Jager, 2021 cohort, EndoMap project collaboration

7 December 2022

Following the publication of his article on Human Brain Mapping, titled 3D mapping from human cranial endocasts: A powerful tool to study hominin brain evolution in June 2022, Edwin de Jager (2021 cohort, Lucy Cavendish College) has presented his research on many occasions this year. Shortly after the publication, Edwin...


Read more at: Samuel Stark, 2022 cohort, wins UK RISE competition for MPhil project
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Samuel Stark, 2022 cohort, wins UK RISE competition for MPhil project

6 December 2022

Samuel Stark, 2022, Computer Science and Technology, St Catharine's College, has won the UK RISE student competition 2022 for his MPhil project. The competition is in the area of hardware and embedded systems security. The announcement on the winners can be seen here .


Read more at: Kate Tilson, 2019 cohort, awarded World Christianities Prize 2022
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Kate Tilson, 2019 cohort, awarded World Christianities Prize 2022

17 October 2022

Kate Tilson, 2019 cohort, Faculty of History, has been awarded the World Christianities Prize (2022) for an article she submitted to the Journal of Ecclesiastical History. See the article here: World Christianities Essay Prize (cambridge.org) Congratulations to Kate!


Read more at: Tianhou Wang, 2020 cohort, presents experimental apparatus at Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery
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Tianhou Wang, 2020 cohort, presents experimental apparatus at Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery

2 October 2022

Tianhou Wang (2020, Engineering), was a participant at the XXVI Biennial Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery in Pisa, where he presented a novel experimental apparatus that he had created in collaboration with others. The device is used to test jet engine compressors at transonic speeds which was previously...


Read more at: Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins Global Grad Show award

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins Global Grad Show award

5 November 2021

We are delighted to announce that SEET (Support Education, Empower Together), an organisation co-founded by Constantin, has won a Global Grad Show award. The Global Grad Show showcases graduate student projects that are addressing complex issues around the world through innovative social impact. This year, 150 projects...


Read more at: Welcome to the 2021 Scholars
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Welcome to the 2021 Scholars

30 October 2021

The Vice-Chancellor and the Master of St Catharine's College welcomed our third cohort of Scholars in an online event held on 20 October 2021. Guests also had the opportunity to hear more about the broad research portfolio of the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars, with research presentations from members of the...


Read more at: Grace Field (2019 cohort) Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Trinity Hall
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Grace Field (2019 cohort) Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Trinity Hall

12 October 2021

Take a look at Grace’s fascinating article, “To save forests, researchers are hooking trees up to Twitter”, co-authored with two forest scientists, Dr Tim Rademacher (Harvard Forest) and Professor Kathy Steppe (Ghent University).


Read more at: Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins Best Graduate Student Paper Prize and embarks on exciting new Research Affiliate role
Brigid presenting her award-winning paper at the CSANA conference

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins Best Graduate Student Paper Prize and embarks on exciting new Research Affiliate role

8 April 2021

Brigid Ehrmantraut (2019 cohort) Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Wolfson College Congratulations to Brigid, who has been awarded the prize for best graduate student paper delivered at the Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) annual conference. Brigid presented her award-winning paper, ‘A Wrong...


Read more at: A journey to Cambridge on 'the road less travelled'
Sian Gooding at St Catharine's College

A journey to Cambridge on 'the road less travelled'

8 March 2021

Sian Gooding (2019 cohort) Faculty of Computer Science & Technology, Jesus College In an interview with the Computer Laboratory, Sian speaks about her journey to PhD study at the University of Cambridge and why you should never give up, no matter the odds. Read about how Sian took the ‘road less travelled’ here .