To share our activity, progress and successes
Welcome to the Horizon CDT student blogsite. We hope you enjoy reading about our thoughts and experiences of being a Horizon CDT PhD student and would welcome your comments and feedback.
Please take a look at our Research Highlights page which provides an overview of all student cohorts backdating to 2011.
The Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Creating Our Lives in Data is based at the University of Nottingham and is supported by a multi million pound investment from UK Research and Innovation, University of Nottingham and over 40 industry partners. The CDT focuses on digital identity, personal data and data creativity within the global digital economy, and is affiliated with the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute.
post by Emma Gentry (2021 cohort) In November 2022 I was accepted to present my PhD plans at Mindtrek’s Doctoral Consortium in Tampere, Finland. With the exception of one prior conference, until this point, I had only presented to academics and peers within the CDT, so I was delighted to be given this opportunity. Mindtrek …
Continue reading “My experience at the Mindtrek Doctoral Consortium in Finland”
post by Jenn Layton Annable (2020 cohort) Working as an autistic autism researcher can sometimes be a lonely and distressing experience. Daily contact with academic literature that consolidates pathologising or stigmatising beliefs and constructs can be traumatising. Luckily there is a growing community of autistic autism researchers who, although widely dispersed geographically, come together through …
post by Jenn Layton Annable (2020 cohort) As an autistic PhD student, the benefits and opportunities gained at Postgraduate Summer Schools are of course the same for me as everyone else. As an autistic person though, the travel, overwhelming venues and intense social interaction can make attendance often challenging and sometimes impossible. The chance to …
Continue reading “Attending the 20th Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive “
Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training, University of Nottingham,
Computer Science, Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Rd, Nottingham, NG8 1BB
Horizon-CDT@nottingham.ac.uk
Jubilee campus was opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1999 and now extends to 65 acres. Located just one mile from University Park it has a wide range of teaching and leisure facilities, including a state of the art fitness centre.
More information on the campus can be found on the University of Nottingham website: Campus and Facilities and Transport links.