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University of Bath receives £25 million to train tomorrow’s research leaders 🪙🔍 A new generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers is to be trained at the University of Bath to solve some of the most important social, health and environmental challenges of our times, thanks to new funding of around £25 million earmarked for the university. The bulk of this money will come from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC). This will be supplemented by funding from the University, government, industry and overseas institutions. The beneficiaries of the funding – announced today – will be two Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) led by the University of Bath: the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa) and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies: A Systems Approach (CSCT). The money will be invested by the two CDTs over eight years, with each centre training between 80 and 100 PhD students. The first cohort of students will start their PhDs in October 2024. Continue reading... https://lnkd.in/eMK4KxGG #science #university #technology #engineering #innovation #education #finance #funding #investing #corporatefinance #businessnews #businessintelligence

#research #school #college #university #phd #undergraduateresearch The knowledge imparted during college education equips students with the foundation to engage in PhD-level research across various fields of science and engineering. Hence, initiating research endeavors right after completing college is recommended. I can pinpoint numerous research avenues suitable for students ranging from schools to universities.

UC Davis is No. 9 among the nation’s top public universities in rankings published today by U.S. News & World Report. It's the fourth consecutive year the campus has been ranked among the media company’s top 10 public universities; for the past 10 years, it has been among the top 12. More rankings highlights: 🏅 No. 1 in biological/agricultural engineering program 🏅 No. 16 (tied) among the best national universities for veterans 🏅 No. 33 (tied) among all 434 national universities Read more about the ranking report by visiting https://ucdav.is/47CDdlb. #OurUCDavis | #CollegeRankings Image description: The UC Davis water tower on a clear day and treetops in the foreground. A blue gradient with white text reading "UC Davis in Top 10 of Nation’s Public Universities for 4th Year" is overlayed with the UC Davis logo.

The 2025 QS World University Rankings have just been released and show that yet again, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked as the best university in the World. If we examine the top 200 universities globally we find that 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿23 universities in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 3 universities in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 1 in Wales Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd is the only Welsh university ranked in the top 200 this year although its position has dropped from 156 to 186 having achieved its top ranking of 122 in 2016. Cardiff is ranked in the top 50 globally for Communication and Media Studies and ranked in the top 100 for Architecture/Built Environment, Dentistry, English Language & Literature, Psychology, Nursing, Social Policy & Administration, Sociology, and Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Other Welsh universities featured in the QS rankings include Swansea University (298) Bangor University (474) and Aberystwyth University (661-670) https://lnkd.in/dpDdqKtN

From SSTI: Trends in graduate students and postdocs by field of study https://lnkd.in/etTGqsM5

Congratulations to our IE faculty, Dr. Xiaomei Wang and Dr. Luis Segura, who serve as Co-PIs on a $600,000 NSF grant! The 3-year NSF grant is titled, "Combining Machine Learning Explanation Methods with Expectancy-Value Theory to Identify Individualized Targets for Intervention for Engineering Student Persistence." This Engaged Student Learning Level 2 project innovates in this area by applying well-established predictive machine learning (ML) methods and cutting-edge ML explanation methods to engineering student data (demographic, survey, and performance data) to predict which students might leave and why, such that interventions can be targeted to meet individual student needs. The intellectual merit of this study is to generate knowledge and streamline a methodology for the identification of targeted, individualized interventions for engineering persistence from student data. Establishing a methodology will allow engineering education researchers to begin intervening in the first year to help at-risk students persist. Broader impacts include the local, national, or international adoption of our methods to improve engineering persistence on a local, nation-wide, or global scale. This project is led by Dr. Campbell Rightmyer Bego, PhD, PE. https://lnkd.in/eMgZEz5u Congratulations to all the researchers on this grant! #uofl #uofl_ie

“The ASU Biodesign Institute was deliberately planned as a stand-alone interdisciplinary endeavor outside of any one academic department or school. It focused on use-inspired research and innovation by unlocking the secrets of nature’s grandeur, a critical step toward the billion-dollar milestone. Joshua LaBaer, executive director of the Biodesign Institute, has helped to guide and build the institute’s research portfolio, pivoted to face head-on the COVID-19 pandemic and continued the development of new ideas. ‘It’s standing on the edge of human knowledge and facing out into the dark and saying, I want to shed light out there. I want to move out into that unknown space and put knowledge there,’ LaBaer said. ‘That bug bit me hard, and it has never left.’”

Very excited to share that the final brain child of my doctoral research was published last month in the Journal of Engineering Education! 🤩 This work titled "Reasons and root causes: Conventional characterizations of doctoral engineering attrition obscure underlying structural issues" examines how organizational structures and culture can play a key role in attrition. Through in-depth interviews with 7 people who left their engineering PhDs, I uncovered the formal and informal policies perpetuated by supervisors, would-be mentors, and administrators that influenced their departure. In this article, I also provide insights and recommendations of policy adjustments and actions that can be taken by those in executive positions to mitigate attrition. Although it can be hard to self-reflect and accept that our behaviors and policies can negatively impact students and lead to unwanted outcomes of attrition, I hope this article It can be hard to self-reflect and acknowledge that our behaviors and policies can and often do negatively impact students, leading to unwanted attrition. However, my hope is that this article can serve as an artifact to help spur conversations on improving our organizational structures by providing applicable insights for engineering departments across the country. You can check out this article for free at: https://lnkd.in/eadipgCZ

Thinking out loud here. I participated in 2 honors programs during undergrad that pipelined students to doctoral programs in STEM. Just yesterday, I gave the Biology departmental seminar at my alma mater, and spent the day speaking with faculty doing research. I was talking to one Professor in particular about wanting to go back to academic research, and I found his perspective surprising. He said, “As a PI, the students who are generally more successful in these programs are those that took some time off to work, and do something different. Instead of going straight [after undergrad]. There’s a certain maturity, capability and discipline that comes with being a working professional first. It’s obvious.” That said, I wonder why these pipeline programs aspire to, almost aggressively, funnel students directly from undergrad to doctoral study, when it seems like those who take a gap year or two generally demonstrate the most success. I certainly would feel much more capable as a PhD student now, then when I attempted back in 2020. Food for thought. _________ #phd #careers #training #students #programs