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Secondary referencing is used when you’re reading a work which includes a quotation from another author, and you – the researcher – can’t obtain the original source. We always advise, where possible, to try to ...
Tags: barrington, knl, NLM, referencing|22/01/2026
Leaving my home in India to pursue an MSc in Aerospace Dynamics at Cranfield University was a leap of faith. Hi, I’m Oliza Kachroo and as an international student, the transition ...
20/01/2026
Just as you cite and reference sources in written work, you should also acknowledge the sources you use or quote in oral presentations. Citing your sources in presentations provides your audience with information about the ...
Tags: barrington, knl, referencing|19/01/2026
Whilst blog posts do not fall into the scholarly material category, they can be useful for providing personal insights into a particular area. For example, there may be a high-profile member of an industry who ...
Tags: barrington, knl, NLM, referencing|15/01/2026
Hi, I’m Ebru K and choosing a postgraduate degree is about more than just picking a subject; it’s about choosing where your future begins. As an international student from Turkey, I ...
Tags: Applied Artificial Intelligence MSc, british council women in STEM, robotics industry, student funding, turkey|08/01/2026
When I first arrived at Cranfield, I had no idea that one year later I would be standing at the heart of our student community, serving as President of the Cranfield Student Association (CSA). ...
Tags: cranfield students association, cranfield university, student experience, student life, student support, sustainability|08/01/2026
Life on campus
When I first arrived at Cranfield, I had no idea that one year later I would be standing at the heart of our student community, serving as President of the Cranfield Student Association (CSA). ...
Tags: cranfield students association, cranfield university, student experience, student life, student support, sustainability|08/01/2026
My personal motto is: Engineering for everyone, communities thrive when women build. It’s a reminder of why I chose this path and why I’m committed to making space for more women in engineering ...
Tags: Commonwealth Scholarship, environmental engineering, international student, student funding, women in engineering, women in stem|17/11/2025
I want to be an astronaut! I know how farfetched that might sound but it’s been my dream since I was 8 years old. I have always been fascinated by how materials are engineered ...
Tags: Advanced Materials|12/11/2025
The first few weeks at Cranfield have been a whirlwind of new ideas, new faces, and the sheer excitement of finally tackling the universe's most complex challenges. As I settle into the MSc in ...
05/11/2025
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment my interest in motorsport truly began. I didn’t grow up around racetracks or garages, and in Kenya, a career in motorsport is practically unheard of. But looking ...
03/11/2025
When I look back on my time at Cranfield, it feels like a year lived in fast-forward, intense, challenging, but above all transformative. Arriving in the UK as a Chevening Scholar, I carried ...
Tags: Chevening Scholar, international student, life at cranfield, logistics and supply chain management, Reflections on Student Experience, scholarship, school of management, student funding|17/09/2025
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Secondary referencing is used when you’re reading a work which includes a quotation from another author, and you – the researcher – can’t obtain the original source. We always advise, where possible, to try to ...
Tags: barrington, knl, NLM, referencing|22/01/2026
Just as you cite and reference sources in written work, you should also acknowledge the sources you use or quote in oral presentations. Citing your sources in presentations provides your audience with information about the ...
Tags: barrington, knl, referencing|19/01/2026
Whilst blog posts do not fall into the scholarly material category, they can be useful for providing personal insights into a particular area. For example, there may be a high-profile member of an industry who ...
Tags: barrington, knl, NLM, referencing|15/01/2026
Whether you're analysing industry performance, or comparing company financials, Datastream is a powerful tool. One of its most useful features is the ability to work with constituent lists — collections of companies grouped by index, ...
Tags: company financials, data, datastream, finance, knl, lseg, web-mirc-finance, workspace|08/01/2026
Happy new year! Now is the perfect time to reflect on your studies so far, thinking about what you’re doing well and where you need to focus a bit more attention. Getting back into ‘study ...
Tags: barrington, Bloomberg, knl, linkedin learning, mendeley, referencing, searching, SOMLibrary, study skills|06/01/2026
Before submitting your work into Turnitin for similarity checking, if you have used referencing software then you may need to take some important steps first. Mendeley and Zotero integrate with MS Word by embedding field ...
Tags: barrington, knl, library, mendeley, mendeley reference manager, referencing, zotero|18/12/2025
