Postgraduate Research Festival

19th June 2012 marked the second annual Postgraduate Research Festival organised by the Graduate School, Kent Union and the Graduate Student Association.  This year 37 students exhibited posters and many more turned up to view the posters and attend the talks.  This year’s talks covered a variety of subjects:  Hannah Swift provided an insight into life outside academia focusing on ESRC and BPS internships, Dr Filippaios from Kent Business School spoke on the publishing process for young researchers, while Dr Mulvihill of Biosciences spoke about exploring the academic and commercial interface.  The afternoon was an opportunity for students to showcase their research, network with other students and increase awareness of the diverse research occurring within the postgraduate community. 

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Hannah Swift's presentation "Life outside academia, ESRC & BPS internships: The application, the interview and the experience"

Dr Dr Filippaios' presentation "Publishing for young researchers: Dealing with the submission process"

Posters were judged by faculty; Dr Montserrat Roser i Puig judged the Humanities posters, Ian Utting judged the Sciences and Diane Houston the Social Sciences.  Winning researchers were awarded a Kindle. 

The winners were:- from the Faculty of Humanities Gian Luca Amadei (PhD in Architecture); from the Faculty of Sciences Louise Holyoake (PhD in Microbiology); from the Faculty of Social Sciences Sally Palmer (PhD in Psychology).