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Spending a Year in Industry - 2019 placements

A number of our students choose to do a year long, paid work placement as part of their degree, testing out career paths that interest them and gaining valuable work experience to help them stand out in the graduate jobs market.
Members of the Ala Archa Glacier Expedition looking across the glacier

Undergraduate students investigate never-before studied glacier

Five students from the University of 91Ö±²¥ spent 31 days in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan, central Asia, completing a once in a lifetime research expedition, investigating a never-before studied glacier.
Cells

New compound could help treat ovarian cancer

Cancer is less likely to become resistant to the compound than standard chemotherapy
A plant

How our plants have turned into thieves to survive

Scientists have discovered that grasses are able to short cut evolution by taking genes from their neighbours.
Nerve neurons

Connecting Neural Networks: Nervous-System-on-Chip Technology

The groups of Anestis Tsakiridis and Peter Andrews (Centre for Stem Cell Biology, Biomedical Science Department) are part of a network of 7 partner universities that has been awarded an EU grant of almost €7 million.