The Festival of Doctoral Research is about celebrating and showcasing the University's excellent doctoral research, but we also wanted to recognise the exceptional achievements of our researchers beyond their particular research projects.
The Awards were presented at the Festival Closing Reception in May, 2017. A big congratulations to all the award winners and nominees!
The Winners and Nominees
Any current doctoral researcher (enrolled, writing up or awarded within the 2016/17 academic year) was eligible to be nominated for a Director's Award. See below a list of the 2017 winners and nominees and, in brackets, the person that submitted the nomination.
Citizenship and community
For an exceptional contribution to the PGR or wider University community, e.g. in mentoring, pastoral support, peer-to-peer support, contribution to a PGR society or similar.
Winners:
- Zoe Slade + Rebecca French, Physical Sciences and Engineering (joint nomination - Caitriona Jackman)
- Elizabeth Ventham, Humanities (Fiona Woollard)
Nominees:
- Leonidas Bourikas, Engineering and the Environment (Rodolfo Olvera Trejo)
- Yasmina Abdzadeh, Humanities (Sumei Karen Anne Tan)
- Chelsey Baker, Natural and Environmental Sciences (Vlad Macovei)
- Peter Boorman, Physical Sciences and Engineering (Poshak Gandhi)
Public engagement & outreach
For an exceptional contribution to research group, disciplinary, Faculty or University engagement/outreach initiatives.
Winners:
- Alex Ferguson, Humanities (Kendrick Oliver, Rob Joy, Tanya Palmer)
- Katie Parnell, Engineering and the Environment, (Katie Plant)
Nominees:
- Alex Eriksson, Engineering and the Environment (Neville Stanton)
- Jamal Kinsella, Engineering and the Environment (David Christensen)
- Manon Duret, Natural and Environmental Sciences (Kyle Mayers)
Education
Recognising an exceptional contribution to teaching and learning, e.g. working with UG or PGT cohorts.
Winner:
- Rob Joy, Humanities (Alex Ferguson, Christopher Prior, Nicholas Karn)
Enterprise and impact
Recognising success or an exceptional trajectory towards commercialisation e.g. spin-out, consultancy.
Winners:
- Paulina Sikorska + Kun Duan, Business, Law and Art (joint nomination - Vadim Grinevich)
Thank you to Aline Giordano, Doctoral College Manager, for capturing the above photos at the Festival Closing Reception.