Student-led blogs about their research. If you’d like to write for the doctoral research blog, please email doctoralservices@mmu.ac.uk
Finding your Own Style
Joseph Massey reflects on the pleasures and challenges of research through the lockdown.
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Participating in the Winter Symposium, the Nordic Summer University
Over 5-8 March 2020, I took part in the Winter Symposium under the theme of Artistic Research: Performing Heterotopia, as part of the Nordic Summer University, hosted by University of Wrocłow in Poland. Although NSU sounds like a university,…
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Partners, Pets, and PhDs
April 2020 A few weeks ago, when the world was different, I began to write my second entry to this blog. With all the changes that have happened since then, the blog felt miniscule, irrelevant. It is only as…
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“My research holds real life value as it can be used to improve the lives of others”
My project is titled Longitudinal study on the effect of alcohol and stress on prefrontal cortex activity and cognitive performance in undergraduate students. The aim of this longitudinal study is to contribute to the understanding of the detrimental influences…
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Brilliant Research and Teaching
In this post, I wanted to share with you some work I’ve done with the Brilliant Club, a charity that puts PhD students into schools.
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Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2019
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a competition that challenges doctoral students to describe their research to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes, using only one slide and no other resources or props. Mary Lockwood (Manchester Met winner and…
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Research Profile: Helen Reynolds
Research Project Title: “Indicators of pack cohesiveness and degree of social integration in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) and its relevance to population management and recovery” The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) also known as the painted dog,…
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