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by CGC Admin | Sep 26, 2017 |Our Department of Education student Jennifer Aggleton delved into the publications industry, gaining new contacts for her future projects. ... In addition, the prestige of working for the British Library was appealing as I

by CGC Admin | Mar 23, 2022 |Department of Education PhD Student Siobhan Dickens brought her extensive prior experience in consultancy and teaching to influence and guide a Government evaluation project. ... For myself, the student, the main aims of the

Select Page. Elisabeta Militaru’s project at the Cabinet Office. by CGC Admin | Jul 20, 2022 |Department of Psychology PhD student, Elisabeta Militaru, completed a fellowship with the Cabinet Office entitled ... I also learned about the structure of

During the PhD project that Aviva will be funding I will act as a co-supervisor to the PhD candidate to give an introduction to the kind of work I have ... I mainly employed skills I already possessed during my PhD work in producing the report.

This made it arguably the closest role available to what I do as a PhD student and allowed me to focus on research. ... Knowing that I enjoy research (as a PhD student), it made the role a very natural starting point for a foray into the private sector.

by CGC Admin | Nov 11, 2021 |Earlier this year, our Department of Criminology PhD Student Sophie Dixon joined a county Police Constabulary to help explore child sexual exploitation networks in the ... My PhD aims to move the research agenda on child

by CGC Admin | Dec 21, 2018 |Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) PhD second-year student Jacob Lundwell joined not for profit advocacy group ‘London First’ during the Brexit planning ... Networking and contacts. Confidence in my

by CGC Admin | May 9, 2019 |Department of Geography student Annette Green told us about her fellowship at The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), where she worked with some ... I met many people who shared with me their own

My PhD and the experience of working from home during the pandemic has made me familiar with working remotely and independently. ... The work of the Indigenous Peoples’ Unit aligns directly with my PhD research and gave me a good sounding of the

Prioritization and exploration of the identified opportunities were in the focus of the second part of the workshop. ... Based on the long list of the trends and drivers participants selected eight trends and drivers which are feasible to evaluate and

Select Page. Konstantinos Voudouris on his Covid-19 project with ONS. by CGC Admin | Nov 16, 2021 |PhD Student in Psychology Konstantinos Voudouris, worked with The Office for National Statistics (ONS) ... Most people have a PhD or at least a masters, so

A key piece advice I would give to a prospective Cambridge Grand Challenges student, would be to find the project that is aligned with your PhD project or general research interests. ... Organisations and projects are well selected, meaning that there is

by CGC Admin | Apr 21, 2022 |School of Technology PhD student, Andrei Margeloiu, worked for Huawei Research UK on a project to investigate novel methods for compressing data (photos and videos) ... The fellowship complements Andrei’s ongoing PhD in

Select Page. Archaeology PhD student worked with the Bonaire Government in the Southern Caribbean. ... by CGC Admin | May 17, 2023 |Department of Archaeology PhD Student, worked on a project titled “Heritage Management on Bonaire”.

Select Page. Faculty of Education PhD Student, worked with G’s Fresh on a project titled ‘Group Ethics Project’. ... I also completed the Modern Slavery statement which was uploaded to the website at the end of my internship.

Heathrow. As a PhD student in the Faculty of Education, my PhD is focused on understanding how parents and teachers influence the career motivations of adolescents, and how this determines their ... In all, I believe that my PhD project, in addition to

Select Page. Geoffroy Dolphin’s ‘Clean Air Strategy’ project with DEFRA. by CGC Admin | May 18, 2018 |Cambridge Judge Business School student Geoffroy Dolphin worked with DEFRA to investigate the policy ... First, the focus of the fellowship was

With ourselves. Enjoy!”. What is your PhD research on? Rosa: “My research looks at how political narratives about public attitudes to taxation changed in Britain in the second half of the ... on. We’re always working on lots of different projects

Select Page. Three Cambridge PhD students completed their Innovation Fellowships with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). ... Student 2. As a PhD student, I am used to conducting research as the sole researcher.

I undertook this fellowship at the very end of my PhD, so my student days were almost behind me when I started. ... For this reason, I would recommend doing an fellowship to any PhD student at the final stages of their PhD.

Despite a big shift from flexible PhD research to a more rigid work structure, I was comfortable with the routine meetings and basic analysis within a couple of weeks. ... As a consequence, I now have six-months of experience in a very different setting

by CGC Admin | Nov 15, 2021 |by Lucy Goodman, PhD Student, Department of Geography. ... However, PhDs can also be very isolating. So, a fellowship for a PhD student is a terrific opportunity to get back into the workplace and look at a completely

However, it also helped me be realistic about the degree of policy impact that my PhD could make, and the pace at which that might happen – which I think is also ... I would absolutely recommend being a placement student and I am so grateful that these

by CGC Admin | Apr 28, 2022 |Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography PhD student, Fleur Nash, worked for the IIED on a project for the Department of the Environment and Rural ... I wanted to gain experience of research outside of academia as that is

Select Page. Department of Psychology PhD Student worked with British Future on a project titled ‘Understanding changes in immigration attitudes’. ... British Future have a collection of data on people’s attitudes towards immigration stretching

Select Page. Department of Social Anthropology PhD Student, worked with Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) and Wave Thessaloniki on a project titled ‘ Assisting with testimony collection and other advocacy work relating ... by CGC Admin | Jul 4,

doulas, City Councils employees etc) on an issue within the local community that I, as a student at the University of Cambridge, am part of, but rarely interact with. ... practical manner that isn’t part of their PhD fieldwork since academic research

Select Page. Faculty of History PhD Student, worked with the Cabinet Office on a project titled ‘ Policy advisor with the Open Innovation Team’. ... by CGC Admin | Jul 1, 2024 |Faculty of History PhD Student, worked with the Cabinet Office on a

It is often easy as a PhD student to think that the work one is doing is largely irrelevant to the outside world, so I found this experience encouraging. ... The fellowship also added value to my student experience by demonstrating the alternative career

Select Page. Heqing Huang on her project with BT. by CGC Admin | Jun 28, 2022 |PhD student, Heqing Huang worked with BT on a project entitled “Managing network use to minimize ... My experience and day-to-day life as a Cambridge student might became

Select Page. Department of Geography PhD worked with the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), on a project titled The Green Recovery Report. ... PhD research can be a relatively isolated endeavour punctuated with moments where communication skills are

They also gained experience of working in a research and policy context in New Zealand that is different to the UK. ... The project has been profoundly important for my PhD research in the contacts I have made and the opportunities I will now be able to

by CGC Admin | Jul 20, 2022 |Faculty of Education PhD Student, Anna Kliampa worked on a project that was a multiple case study of “schools with educational ecological projects in a ... Summary. I enjoyed the placement and it totally worth the time

by CGC Admin | Oct 31, 2018 |Cambridge Grand Challenges Psychology student Catherine Jones spent 4 weeks visiting different Familjecentralen; ‘Family Centres’, in Skåne, which is the southern region of Sweden to ... I chose to do this fellowship to

Select Page. Institute of Criminology PhD student undertook an innovation fellowship with the Prison Reform Trust (PTR) titled “Understanding long-term prisoners’ expectations of the parole process”. ... We built impact and knowledge exchange using

by CGC Admin | Oct 3, 2019 |Faculty of Education Ph.D student Stephen Bayley worked on the ‘Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme’ with DRID’s Education Research Team, gaining a wider ... Such programme aligns with my PhD research to date

Select Page. Department of Land Economy PhD student, Stephen Ajadi, on his project with BT at Adastral Park. ... by CGC Admin | Jun 28, 2022 |Phd student, Stephen Ajadi, worked with BT on a project entitled “Keeping up with the changing workspaces –