Student Katherine Wakelin Clinical Psychology PsychD My research investigates the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an online, two-week compassionate imagery intervention for veterinarian mental health.
Graduate Dr Alan Millington Chemical Engineering PhD Alan is the winner of our Special Recognition Award in the Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Awards. Alan started his long association with Surrey in 1962 when he studied for his BSc in Chemical Engineering at Battersea College of Technology, the forerunner to the University of Surrey. In 1968, he came to Guildford to take a role as a part-time lecturer and complete his PhD… and, 53 years later, he’s as passionate as ever to continue teaching.
Student Anne Marie Cundy Music (Musicology) PhD Anne Marie's research explores a possible link between music performance anxiety and how performers relate to the music they are playing and engagement with multi-modal learning approaches in violin pedagogy. Multi-modal in this instance refers to aural learning, imitation, improvisation, analysis and historical knowledge.
Graduate Marie Enfrin Chemical and Process Engineering PhD Marie Enfrin studied for a PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering jointly with the University of Surrey and Deakin University in Australia, researching how microplastics lead to pollution. She’s now working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia.
Student Katie O’Brien Biosciences and Medicine PhD I’m investigating sleep in a rural South African community to identify if there’s a relationship between sleep health and HIV infection, in collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand.
Graduate Dr Sarah Golding Health Psychology PhD My research identified psychological and social barriers that prevent farm vets and farmers from always prescribing and using antibiotics in the most appropriate way.
Graduate Aduwati Sali Dr Aduwati Sali, who studied for her PhD in Mobile and Satellite Communications at Surrey, tells us about being shortlisted as a finalist in the Professional Achievement category in the prestigious British Council Alumni Awards Malaysia.
Student Sarah Gray Practitioner Doctorate in Sustainability PhD/ EngD Surrey was my first choice because I’d read some of the research outputs from the Centre for Environment and Sustainability and the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity. I liked how they worked in an interdisciplinary way that is solution oriented. It chimed with how I was operating as a Research Analyst.
Student Francesca Trevisan Psychology PhD My project looks at inequality in higher education, specifically how students interpret university rankings and how these can favour the support of a hierarchical society.