Written by Dr Lizzie Gadd I graduated today. Nothing unusual in that.  Except I’m 46.  And I first registered for my PhD over 14 years ago.  It was a fantastic day.  Made even more special by the time spent waiting for it to happen.  Our honorary graduate, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock gave an inspiring and enthusiastic […]

Written by Youssef Hamid, CDT-Embedded Intelligence On the 19th and 20th September the Digital Catapult Centre hosted the Entrepreneurship workshop, organised by the Digital Economy Network. Two PhD students from the CDT-Embedded Intelligence, Orange Gao & Youssef Hamid took part on this experience which was a successful combination of workshops led by Prof. Philip Treleaven, UCL from […]

Written by Dr Carmen Torres-Sánchez, Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering ‘Innovation insights for the digital workforce of tomorrow‘ was the 4-day event organised by the EPSRC CDT in Embedded Intelligence in partnership with the Digital Economy Network and attended by the UK community of practice in Digital Manufacturing, Robotics, Big Data, Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things. A much-provoking Panel […]

Written by Diana Mehta, Doctoral Researcher, School of Science The Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) is a competition that encourages postgraduate students to come up with a hypothetical business plan that focuses on one of three research areas: environmental, biomedical or engineering. The idea can be extravagant and broad as you wish, as long as you […]

Written by Dr Katryna Kalawsky. Last week (18th-21st July 2017) was a very special time for many – it was Loughborough University’s summer graduation period! Around 3,000 students received their degrees including many Doctorates! Huge congratulations to all! On the Friday afternoon, I had a pleasure of being part of the procession as a Civic […]

Written by Chira Tochia. The Digital Economy Network’s (DEN) 2017 Summer School was hosted by the Embedded Intelligence Centre of Doctoral Training (CDT) at Loughborough University’s London Campus; the trendy, forward thinking area of Here East. The theme for this year’s Summer School was “Innovation insights for the digital workforce of tomorrow” and held over […]

Written by Amelia Bulcock – Department of Geography. In March 2017 I had the opportunity to attend a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 5-day residential course focussed on engaging the public with research. I became aware of the course directly from NERC (they fund my PhD) and via fellow researchers in my office who had […]

Written by Cuomu Zhaxi. Image by Elizabeth Peel. On 12 June 2017, the Department of Social Sciences had its 12th Annual Social Sciences Research (SSR) Conference. A great selection of papers showcased some of the excellent PhD projects carried out by postgraduate research students from the Department of Social Sciences. These researchers have taken on […]

On the 24th June, George Hones, LSU’s first ever Postgraduate Executive Officer, hosted LSU’s first ever Loughborough Postgraduate Awards! The evening provided a night of reflection and celebration of the outstanding achievements of the postgraduate community and the staff that have supported them over the last year. In total 14 awards were up for grabs […]

On the 18th May 2017, some of the Graduate School Team attended a fantastic event held at the Loughborough Students Union, the ‘Loughborough Academic Awards’! Hosted by Lewis Wood, the Executive Officer for Education 2016-17, the LAAs provided a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the academic work of a vast range of dedicated students and staff from across the […]