PhD
Can we use cleaning products to improve sanitation systems in developing countries?
Toilets, and how we clean them, very rarely comes up in most people’s conversations. We visit the bathroom, do our business, and with one flush and a hand wash later, all evidence and memory of ...
A horticultural message from Madagascar
Siobhan Gardiner, a PhD student at Cranfield University, is a 2017 recipient of the SCI's David Miller Travel Bursary Award. The award aims to give early career plant scientists or horticulturists the opportunity of overseas travel in ...
Submarine hunter by day, PhD student by night
Completing a PhD part-time at Cranfield Defence and Security is allowing me to earn an income while studying and means that I’ve not lost sight of the ‘real world’, which has helped to ground my ...
Are you interested in progressing agricultural science but worried about how to cover the bills?
I am a third year PhD student at Cranfield University looking at the effects of tillage on soil health. My research was made possible by funding I received from the NFU Mutual Centenary Award. My ...
From Cranfield to Basel – how the Santander Mobility Award helped me disseminate my PhD research
One of the most popular myths surrounding PhD research is that it takes place in what Estelle Phillips, independent educational consultant, and Derek Pugh, Emeritus Professor of International Management at the Open University, describe as ...
When ideas take flight – exploring entrepreneurship whilst studying
I am now in the final year of my four-year PhD studentship at Cranfield. It’s been a real journey for me – academically, personally, and geographically too. With the advice and support from my colleagues ...