Graduate School News and Awards

PhD Award – Ayodele Adeyemi

Congratulations to Ayodele Adeyemi, who was awarded their doctoral degree in November 2022 for their research:

An Evaluation of the Extent to Which Users’ Internet Service Uptake is Influenced by Customer Perceptions of Quality Internet Services: a Study in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

The full thesis can be accessed via the BNU Repository.

Postgraduate Researcher Training at BNU

As part of BNU’s ongoing commitment to highquality training for our Postgraduate Researchers, the Graduate School has been proud to offer weekly sessions in 2022 both online and in person. Sessions up to now have included training on Academic Writing provided by colleagues in Student Success along with sessions centred on Data Collection and Physical Wellbeing, Life after a PhD, Physical Wellbeing and Time Management.

Upcoming sessions are planned for the following areas:

‐ Designing Surveys using JISC

‐ Writing for Publication

‐ Presenting and Disseminating Research

‐ Coaching for Doctoral Students

‐ Ethnography and Narratives

‐ and Thematic Analysis.

Research Seminar Programme

Research active staff at BNU have delivered a variety of seminars over the previous months, including:

‐ Fiona McCormack on Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)

‐ Lisa Jones on The Forgotten Skill of Being Alone

‐ David Warnock-Smith on How regional airports secure airline services: The role of airport incentive schemes

‐ Ciaran O’Keeffe on Things that go bump in the literature

‐ Mary Mosoeunyane on The Underlayers of Inequalities

Due to popularity, from April 2023 there will be two research seminars planned per month, and these are open to all staff and research students.

Research Staff and Students are encouraged to attend our training sessions and research seminars, and we are currently looking at broadening this programme to the University’s wider population of MA and MSC students.