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Student ambassadors

The following students completed their Nuffield Science bursary within the last 5 years and continue to act as 'Student ambassadors' for the scheme. As you will be able to see from each of these case studies, taking a Nuffield Science Bursary placement is just the start of many great things!

If you are a former Nuffield science bursary student and would like to be added to this page, please email your details to Sarah Saunders.

Name: Leon Chen

Project Title: Visualising the future

Host: University of Bath, Summer 2005

Click here to read about Leon's journey since his Nuffield bursary.







Anna with the film crew in Valencia
Name: Anna Ressel

Project title: Absorption of Ions: Investigation into the Removal of Chromium Ions from Water

Host: University of Central Lancashire, Summer 2006

What Anna is doing now: Anna is studying Medicine at Sheffield University

To find out more about how Anna's Nuffield bursary affected her career choices, click here.




Name: Kate Golding

Project title: Visualisation Techniques for Memory Problems in Adults with Acquired Head Injuries

Host: Headway, Guildford, Summer 2004

What Kate is doing now: Working in a psychiatric hospital and planning to train to become a Clinical Psychologist

Click here to read more about Kate's bursary project and what impact it has had on her career aspirations.




Name: Lydia Arnold

Project title: Laser Photonics Application Project

Host: Pion Laser Laboratory, Salford University, Summer 2005.

What Lydia is doing now: She is studying medicine at the University of Manchester.

Click here to find out more about Lydia, her bursary placement and the doors it has opened.

Name: Holly Batchelor

Project title: Cosmic Rain: Investigating Particles from Space

Host: School of Physics, the University of Edinburgh, Summer 2006

What Holly is doing now: She is studying Physics at the University of St Andrews

Click here to find out more about Holly, her bursary placement and the doors it has opened.




Name: David Bendell

Project title: A Study into the Possibility of Bacterial Cross Contamination in Food and Drink Distribution

Host: Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Summer 2005.

What David is doing now: Studying for a geology degree at Exeter University.

Click here to find out more about David, his bursary placement and the doors it has opened.




Name: Mary McGeown

Project title: Processing of prawn shell waste

Host: Chemical Engineering Department, Queen's University Belfast, Summer 2003.

What Mary is doing now: She is in the fourth year of a dentistry degree at Trinity College, Dublin.

Click here to find out more about Mary, her bursary placement and the doors it has opened.








Name: Gurjit Singh Sidhu

Project title: Commissioning a DPD-3 Diode System for In-Vivo Dose Verification of Radiotherapy Treatment

Host: Radiotherapy Department, Ninewells Hospital, Summer 2004.

What Gurjit is doing now: Studying Aero Mechanical Engineering.

Click here to find out more about Gurjit, his bursary placement and the doors it has opened.

Last Updated Wed, 18 March 2009