This year’s Images of Research competition closes Monday 5 October 2026, so for some last-minute inspiration, read on to hear from some of the 2025 winners as they […]
Category: Competitions/awards
Embracing opportunities to nourish your research
Christine Laessing is a professionally qualified engineer and PhD candidate in Engineering with the Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, where her research focuses […]
Every challenge is a chance to learn: My 3MT experience
Anh Ngo is a second-year PhD student in Accountancy, and winner of the 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition at University of Exeter. Her PhD is […]
Too busy for the Postgraduate Research Showcase? Try it! It’s worth your time.
The 3-minute thesis competition is an excellent opportunity to improve your presentation skills and broadcast your research. Michael Schrauben, PGR in the Medical School, was […]
Elsevier’s Early Career Researcher UK Awards 2018
Catherine is a PhD researcher in the Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH) at the University of Exeter. Her PhD research examines […]
The Joy of Posters! Designing a poster that your audience will want to read
Caroline Nye is a social science researcher at the University of Exeter, having completed her PhD in rural sociology at the Centre for Rural Policy […]
3 Minute Thesis- What made me enter!
Elisabeth is a final year PhD student studying astrophysics. In her research she aims to detect planets orbiting other stars, and understand how these interact […]
Images of Research: Tea Ceremony
In 2016, I was a Category Winner in the Images of Research competition with the photograph entitled “Tea Ceremony”, which came under the category heading, […]
Why enter PGR showcase?
I completed my Biological Sciences degree here at Exeter, before continuing on into an MbyRes. I undertook a joint project between Dr Helen Dawe and […]
Soapbox Science: a celebration and cheer for female scientists, and one of the best experiences I had during my PhD
Isabel is a PhD student in the Complex Disease Epigenetics Group as part of the Alzheimer’s Society Exeter Doctoral Centre. Her PhD focuses on evaluating […]