{"id":4832,"date":"2024-04-14T11:25:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/?page_id=4832"},"modified":"2024-05-22T09:18:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:18:47","slug":"3-minute-thesis-competition-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/graduateschoolfestival2025\/programme-2024\/3-minute-thesis-competition-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Minute Thesis Competition 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4832\" class=\"elementor elementor-4832\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d24f06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d24f06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cea3b20\" data-id=\"cea3b20\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf2b140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf2b140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/3MT-Logo_RGB-1024x331.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5069\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/3MT-Logo_RGB-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/3MT-Logo_RGB-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/3MT-Logo_RGB-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/3MT-Logo_RGB-1536x496.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/3MT-Logo_RGB.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b824ce7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b824ce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3 Minute Thesis Competition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-efdc743 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efdc743\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de76c31\" data-id=\"de76c31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c69bab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c69bab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Thursday 6 June 2024<br>Doors open from 5pm, with the event starting promptly at 5.30pm<br>5.30 - 7.30pm<br>G.03 Lecture Theatre, Little Titchfield Street<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dabddb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dabddb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f0bb28\" data-id=\"3f0bb28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1808761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1808761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Three Minute Thesis (3MT\u00ae) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia (<a href=\"http:\/\/threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au\/\">threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au).<\/a><\/p><p>The competition gives doctoral researchers a chance to communicate the importance of their research beyond their discipline and their peers \u2014 in three minutes, with no notes and with only one slide.<\/p><p>It\u2019s a brilliant opportunity to hear about the research done by some of our doctoral researchers and to support those taking part.<\/p><p>This year&#8217;s participants are: Jacqueline Grainger, Howard H. Lukk, Ifigeneia Kalampouka, Natalia Lara, Nodira Nazyrova, Inma Pedregosa, and Soumya Sharma.<\/p><p>The winner will be chosen by our invited panel of judges and will be entered into the national Vitae competition.\u00a0<\/p><p>This year&#8217;s judges are: Catherine Loveday, Luke Robert Mason, and Caroline Watkinson.<\/p><p>Attendees will also have a chance to vote for their favourite in the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Vote.<\/em>\u00a0Do come along and support your peers and vote for your favourite.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da02ef3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da02ef3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77884f0\" data-id=\"77884f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-247922a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"247922a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/buytickets.at\/universityofwestminstergraduateschool\/1226786\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">This event is free to attend. Booking is required here.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb2dff9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb2dff9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf32905\" data-id=\"cf32905\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-596406d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"596406d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Participants...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ecd56b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ecd56b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcd0e5f\" data-id=\"dcd0e5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca82ca9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca82ca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jacqueline (Jacqui) Grainger<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c089142 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c089142\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4568547\" data-id=\"4568547\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c79bbbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c79bbbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Jacqui-Grainger-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5120\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Jacqui-Grainger-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Jacqui-Grainger-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Jacqui-Grainger-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Jacqui-Grainger-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Jacqui-Grainger-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e58f58c\" data-id=\"e58f58c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daeb56a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daeb56a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jacqueline (Jacqui) Grainger is a PhD student in the History department at the University of Westminster. They were awarded a Techne AHRC CDA in 2020. Their research explores the history of the United Service Museum, a &#8216;lost&#8217; museum, which opened in 1831 and closed in 1962. It draws on their experience of managing and promoting heritage collections in the UK and Australia, and their interest in the history of collections and collecting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-995c63d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"995c63d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4beb220\" data-id=\"4beb220\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f2aae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f2aae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Howard H. Lukk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-164a177 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"164a177\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfc5b24\" data-id=\"bfc5b24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbeb94d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbeb94d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Howard H. Lukk is currently working on his PhD at the University of Westminster in Creative Media where he is researching the effect of technology on the creative aspects of Opera. Through his academic journey he has received an MPhil from the University of Cambridge in Film and Screen Studies and a BA in Film and Media with a minor in Theatre from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Alongside his studies, he has been working as a writer, director and editor for films and theatre while also being involved creating music in various rock bands. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), a Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Fellow and holds patents in computational cinematography.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-332c6b3\" data-id=\"332c6b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff8b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ff8b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Howard-Lukk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4987\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Howard-Lukk.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Howard-Lukk-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be1e813 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be1e813\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-754708a\" data-id=\"754708a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a628f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39a628f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ifigeneia Kalampouka<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ea95d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ea95d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96f3096\" data-id=\"96f3096\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d3303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57d3303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Ifigeneia-Kalampouka.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4988\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Ifigeneia-Kalampouka.jpeg 603w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Ifigeneia-Kalampouka-300x280.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a4b5c0\" data-id=\"8a4b5c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d50d2be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d50d2be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Having worked as a researcher in Quantum Biology, Ifigeneia Kalampouka&#8217;s passion for the field&#8217;s unlimited possibilities led her to pursue a PhD. Now in her final months, her thesis explores the interaction between light and biological systems. She explores light from extracellular sources, like the field of Photobiomodulation, and light emitted from biological organisms for communication. She aims to harness this light for innovative non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Beyond a scientist, she is a travel enthusiast, yogi, runner, and finds inspiration in all forms of art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f2efb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f2efb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-296a591\" data-id=\"296a591\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4c10a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4c10a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Natalia Lara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-210ec16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"210ec16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c018266\" data-id=\"c018266\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a848c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a848c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Natalia Lara is a second-year doctoral researcher in Humanities at the University of Westminster, London. Her research considers <span>language and gender in professional kitchens. She has worked<\/span>\u00a0in various sectors of the hospitality industry for over a decade and is dedicated to furthering her career by becoming a lecturer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b65c71\" data-id=\"6b65c71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bddfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1bddfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Natalia-Lara.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5066\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Natalia-Lara.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Natalia-Lara-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Natalia-Lara-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Natalia-Lara-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Natalia-Lara-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e31c246 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e31c246\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5992ea3\" data-id=\"5992ea3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7f109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f7f109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nodira Nazyrova<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-833b3ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"833b3ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b417c8\" data-id=\"2b417c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c47fc0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c47fc0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Nodira-Nazyrova-846x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5065\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Nodira-Nazyrova-846x1024.jpg 846w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Nodira-Nazyrova-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Nodira-Nazyrova-768x930.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Nodira-Nazyrova.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bfcab4\" data-id=\"0bfcab4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c275674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c275674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nodira Nazyrova is a third-year PhD researcher in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Westminster, London, focusing on healthcare analytics. Her research focuses on predicting and understanding hospital re-admissions among elderly patients. Using artificial intelligence, she analyses comprehensive patient data spanning demographics, medical history, treatments, lab results, and discharge notes. Her goal is to develop predictive models to help doctors foresee readmissions and intervene early, ultimately improving patient outcomes. She is passionate about applying AI to healthcare challenges, driven by the potential to make a real impact on patient care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fcf727 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fcf727\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a24a83c\" data-id=\"a24a83c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3de51e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3de51e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inma Pedregosa\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f571d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f571d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d2d952\" data-id=\"7d2d952\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62421d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62421d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inma Pedregosa is a fourth-year PhD student in the School of Humanities. She researches audio-descriptive commentary (ADC). For blind and partially sighted fans, ADC is the aspect that improves their match-going experience the most. However not all clubs offer this service and not all ADC provides as much access as it could. Because ADC varies from country to country,\u00a0exploring how ADC varies in different cultures will likely be her next line of research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be77ffd\" data-id=\"be77ffd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88ce851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88ce851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Inma-Pedregosa-Photo-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5067\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Inma-Pedregosa-Photo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Inma-Pedregosa-Photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Inma-Pedregosa-Photo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Inma-Pedregosa-Photo-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Inma-Pedregosa-Photo-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88fa56b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88fa56b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75e6396\" data-id=\"75e6396\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc99af0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc99af0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Soumya Sharma<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bffa93 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bffa93\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9398af9\" data-id=\"9398af9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e499f3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e499f3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Soumya-Sharma.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5220\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Soumya-Sharma.jpg 464w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Soumya-Sharma-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28ae690\" data-id=\"28ae690\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-362dbdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"362dbdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soumya Sharma is a first-year doctoral researcher at the School of Life Sciences. Prior to this, she completed a BSc in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, and Genetics, and\u00a0<span>completed a Masters in Applied Biotechnology. She has also\u00a0<\/span>gained experience as a junior research associate in India. Her research focuses on the development of sustainable antibacterial\/antiviral coatings for surfaces with potential application in medical and non-medical sectors. Beside her academic pursuits, she works as a sustainability outreach leader at Cavendish Living Lab. Outside of work, she enjoys dancing and experimenting with cooking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc8c288 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc8c288\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd12820\" data-id=\"dd12820\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6607ae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6607ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Judges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac07ab4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac07ab4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca317f7\" data-id=\"ca317f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707b745 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"707b745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Catherine Loveday<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5ca454 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5ca454\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef8667c\" data-id=\"ef8667c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b5507d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b5507d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Catherine Loveday has been at the University of Westminster for over 30 years and is a strong advocate of Westminster\u2019s progressive, inclusive, compassionate and outward facing ethos. Her research focusses on the functions of human memory and in particular on the way that memories are formed, accessed and lost. She is author of \u201cThe Secret World of the Brain\u201d, and is passionate about encouraging public engagement with science, appearing regularly at festivals, as well as writing for the media and making regular appearances on BBC Radio 4\u2019s All In The Mind and many other radio and TV programmes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1afa5b\" data-id=\"f1afa5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ab443 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6ab443\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Catherine-Loveday-1-1-1019x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4986\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Catherine-Loveday-1-1-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Catherine-Loveday-1-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Catherine-Loveday-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Catherine-Loveday-1-1-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Catherine-Loveday-1-1-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Catherine-Loveday-1-1.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0569474 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0569474\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-698eecc\" data-id=\"698eecc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c12152 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c12152\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Luke Robert Mason<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffa16ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffa16ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b8f4f9\" data-id=\"3b8f4f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dba106b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dba106b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Luke Robert Mason is a futures theorist who studies the technological developments that will alter what it means to be human. He is the host of the FUTURES Podcast where he explores the topics of artificial intelligence, human enhancement, space travel and virtual reality. Throughout his career, he has interviewed hundreds of the world\u2019s most influential thinkers on their visions for the future. These insights have informed his collaborations with innovators in the fields of advanced science, emerging technology, and the arts; and have provided him with a unique perspective on the world of tomorrow. He is currently an ESRC-funded postgraduate student at the University of Warwick where he is studying towards a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on the public perception of humanoid robots.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-217d388 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"217d388\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7c3487\" data-id=\"e7c3487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2c665 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d2c665\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caroline Watkinson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd7b9e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd7b9e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d28118c\" data-id=\"d28118c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d33634a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d33634a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Caroline Watkinson manages the Researcher Development programme for postgraduate research students and early career researchers at the University of East London (UEL) where she teaches sessions on research theories, methodologies, commercialisation of research, and academic skills. She is especially interested in the public communication of real-world research and the embedding of EDI into employability programmes for doctoral students. She has been involved with Three Minute Thesis for several years now and oversees UEL\u2019s 3MT competition. Caroline studied for her PhD in History at the University of Westminster and has since contributed to the Education Abroad programme of taught courses. She has previously taught Heritage, Cultural Studies, and Art History at various HEIs and currently teaches courses on feminist art history. Caroline researches the cultural politics and pedagogic praxis of gender and her present articles explore the role of women and femininities in architecture and urban planning (Charrette, Journal of Femininities). She is currently co-writing a monograph on the politics of UK literary heritage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e408479\" data-id=\"e408479\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6faba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b6faba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Caroline-Watkinson-1-731x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Caroline-Watkinson-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Caroline-Watkinson-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Caroline-Watkinson-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Caroline-Watkinson-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Caroline-Watkinson-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/04\/Caroline-Watkinson-1.jpg 1690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Minute Thesis Competition Thursday 6 June 2024Doors open from 5pm, with the event starting promptly at 5.30pm5.30 &#8211; 7.30pmG.03 Lecture Theatre, Little Titchfield Street The Three Minute Thesis (3MT\u00ae) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":778,"featured_media":0,"parent":4779,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4832","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4832"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5299,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832\/revisions\/5299"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}