8th International XR-Metaverse Conference: A PGR Student’s Experience
Through the support of my supervisors and The Graduate School Research Support Award, I was lucky enough to attend this year’s International Association of Immersive Technology Innovation (IAITI) XR-Metaverse conference in Las Vegas. As a postgraduate student, this was…
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Dream Weaving: A journey into natural sustainable textiles
I decided on this title for my blog because I am a dreamer, and I am in the Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University and doing weaving of sorts. Living in the utopia of my dream, Manchester Met…
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Connecting Archives: From Liverpool to London
Starting my history PhD in September 2020, I soon settled into a comfortable pattern of home working. I was lucky enough to be able to access some primary material online, which facilitated my initial research on Muslim communities in…
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Exchange Life in Kanazawa University and Japan
Between June and July 2022, I applied for a six-week exchange at Kanazawa University, and participated in the activities of the Urban Planning Laboratory there. My PhD research aims to develop a novel methodological approach for modelling and analyzing…
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Sliding Serendipity
Last June I applied for a Research Support Award (RSA). It was granted and the only condition attached was to contribute a piece to this blog. In my three years at Manchester Met I’ve received an average of one…
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Ancient Greek in Syracuse
This summer, thanks to the research grant awarded by Manchester Metropolitan University , I was able to travel to Syracuse, Italy. The purpose of my trip was to study the ancient Greek language with other students and professors of…
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Professionalisation begins again!
I started my PhD journey unconventionally, certainly because it commenced in late 2020, when we were all locked down due to the on-going chaos caused by the unknown virus of unspecified origin, we all know as Covid. I went…
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Attending the BPS Developmental Section Annual Conference
In June 2022, I applied for the Research Support Award as I had applied to present at the Annual Developmental Psychology Section Research Conference with the BPS. I was thrilled when I was accepted to present at the event…
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A Summer Abroad: The PhD Journey
A Summer Abroad: The PhD Journey My research focuses on assisting the UK to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. One of the ways to achieve this is to produce hydrogen from electrolysis. The majority (>95%) of hydrogen is currently…
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Gothic Interruptions: Attending and Presenting at a Conference
In July 2022, I attended the International Gothic Association (IGA) Conference, which took place in Dublin, and was titled ‘Gothic Interruptions’. My contribution to the conference was a paper on how the city of Manchester was represented and perceived…
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