2012 Festival of Postgraduate Research Prize Winners
Following a fascinating and entertaining talk by our keynote speaker, Maggie Philbin - "The Power of the Story": Why Effective Communication of Research Really Matters - the 2012 Festival of Postgraduate Research closed with the naming by the Graduate Dean, Professor Sarah Hainsworth, of this year's prize winners.
2012 Festival Prize Winners
Peer Recommendation Prize
Elee Kirk, School of Museum Studies
Through a Low-Down Lens: Young Children’s Perspectives of a Natural History Museum
Prize sponsored by Elsevier Publishing Ltd.
Media Prize
Hayley Harris, School of Management
Languages At Work: Getting the Job Done with a Linguistically Diverse Workforce
Prize sponsored by the Leicester Mercury
Best Poster (Distance Learning/Part-Time Researchers)
Owen Vennard, Department of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation
Higher or Lower? A Sugary Implication to Antibody Structure and its Relation to IgA Nephropathy
Prize sponsored by the Leicester Mercury
Best Poster (College of Arts, Humanities, and Law)
Megan Leyland, Department of the History of Art and Film
Prize sponsored by Leicester City Council
Best Poster (College of Medicine, Biological Sciences, and Psychology)
Kate Beaumont, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Prize sponsored by Grant Thornton LLP
Best Poster (College of Science and Engineering)
Frederique Vanheusden, Department of Engineering
Using Body Surface Signals to Treat Heart Rhythm Diseases
Prize sponsored by the Leicestershire Asian Business Association
Best Poster (College of Social Science)
Laura MacKenzie, Department of Politics and International Relations
Prize sponsored by Harvey Ingram LLP
2012 Graduate Dean's Prize Winner
The 2012 Graduate Dean's Prize for Best Poster at the Festival was won by Laura MacKenzie of the Department of Politics and International Relations. Also winner of the 2012 Prize for Best Poster (College of Social Science), Laura's research considers the nature of populist radical right-wing parties and their influence within the European Parliament since 1979.
Congratulations to all Festival of Postgraduate Research 2012 Prize Winners!
Festival of Postgraduate Research 2012 Prize Winners (from left to right): Elee Kirk, Hayley Harris, Kate Beaumont, Laura MacKenzie, Maggie Philbin, Frederique Vanheusden, Megan Leyland, and Professor Sarah Hainsworth
