Laidlaw Foundation Annual Review 22/23

Looking around the world’s business and political leaders, I can’t recall a time when better leaders were more urgently needed.

—Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay, Chairman

Letter From the CEO

Dear Trustees, partners and friends,

The last twelve months have been busy and productive. Each of our four core programmes has evolved and grown, expanding our reach and impact in pursuit of our mission to break the cycle of poverty, reduce inequity and develop a new generation of leaders who have the character and capabilities to create positive change in the world. From our work in schools to our support for women in business, we are proud of the achievements we have made this year and the impact we have had on the lives of hundreds of young people

Laidlaw Schools Trust

The wonderful Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy joined the Laidlaw Schools Trust (LST) in September. This Outstanding school has pupils who go on to the neighbouring LST secondary, Sedgefield Community College, which was judged as Outstanding by Ofsted again this year. This is another step in our journey to provide extraordinary, cradle-to-career education in all the communities we support.

On June 15th, Sedgefield Hardwick was named one of the top ten most innovative schools in the world by T4 Education’s World’s Best School Prizes. It was the only school in the UK to be recognised and one of just two in Europe.

The former Headteacher, Sally Newton, is now CoCEO of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, responsible for LST Education, in partnership with Co-CEO Rob Hughes, who is responsible for finance, estates and operations.

In Newcastle, Atkinson Road Primary Academy retained its Good rating from Ofsted in every category, and the inspectors remarked that the LST Difference programme funded by the Foundation had “captured our hearts”.

In Sunderland, Academy 360, an all-through academy, received a Good Ofsted rating - its best-ever grade and a milestone for the community, which has never before had a local school judged to be Good.

Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme

We were thrilled to welcome three of the world’s best universities to the programme this year: Brown University, EPFL (The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), and four University of Cambridge colleges: Newnham, Murray Edwards, Trinity Hall, and Fitzwilliam.

The programme, designed to create a new generation of leaders who are ambitious, bold, curious and believe that it is imperative to lead with integrity, is now run at seventeen universities. Imperial College London will start recruiting Scholars next year.

Summer 2022 was the first time that Scholars were able to experience the new Leadership-in-Action component of the programme without travel restrictions since its introduction. Scholars spent six immersive weeks living outside of their comfort zone, learning through service of the needs of other communities and cultures. In doing so, they developed their leadership competencies and understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

Women in Business Laidlaw Scholars

Also in the Summer of 2022, the first Women in Business Laidlaw Scholars at both London Business School and Oxford’s Saïd Business School graduated. All Women in Business scholarship recipients are from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds; the majority are the first in their families to attend university. They represent 40+ countries and six continents.

The calibre and commitment of these Laidlaw Scholars to pay their good fortune forward has been so impressive that we renewed our gift agreement with LBS this year and expanded the programme at Saïd, adding another two Scholars.

At Trinity College Dublin, we welcomed the first cohort of Pathways for Women in Business Programme - ten talented, diverse women from socio-economically disadvantaged groups, many of whom will be the first generation of their families to go to university.

Laidlaw Scholars Ventures

Laidlaw Scholars Ventures, our $50 million venture capital fund, added five companies to its portfolio: Sable, Cardiatec, Sool, Guava and ProMotion. Each of these companies was founded or co-founded by an extraordinary Laidlaw Scholar. All profits from the fund will be used to support Laidlaw programmes. Sable has since had a successful exit, and the pipeline for future additions is strong.

Looking Forward

Next year promises to be just as strong. We will be welcoming another academy to LST, and partnering with the Oxford Character Project at the University of Oxford to create a certificate in ethical leadership, forging closer links between each of our programmes and much more.

Thank you for your continued interest and support.

—Susanna V. Kempe, CEO

Our Manifesto

It starts with a belief in the power of education

To reduce poverty

And inequality:

To transform lives.

It is grounded in the incontrovertible truth that every child deserves to dream

And every pupil has the right to soar over the same high bar,

So we provide ladders and guide ropes and safety nets;

We fill heads and hearts and hands,

Using imagination and determination to realise the future, not repeat the past

Neither romanticising nor vilifying

But looking for and at hard truths, Analysing evidence and outcomes, because expertise is to be valued and impact is key.

It is about innovation and change, with reason, and at pace

Which rebuffs the constraints of bureaucracy and flies in the face of naysayers, Not packaging up articulate excuses for underachieving

But insisting on the possible, with grit and courage; Seeking ideas from every culture and quarter

Because no one has all the answers

And we are smarter when we look out not in, When we question and when we share.

It embraces falling down, because it is a great way to discover better means of jumping up, faster and higher

To reach for the skies.

It ends with a new generation of truly diverse leaders

Eager to solve the world’s most intractable problems

Fluent in a new alphabet of ethical leadership:

Ambitious, Brave, Curious, Determined, Extraordinary, Fast and Good

Who will not tolerate any form of bias or discrimination

Relentlessly breaking through glass ceilings

And systematically, proactively, pulling others up behind them

To realise their dreams.

The Laidlaw Foundation exists because inspirational education changes lives.

£2.7m Invested in good businesses run by Laidlaw Scholars

19 World-leading university partners

8 Laidlaw Schools Trust academies

314 Research projects completed

5 Companies added to the Laidlaw Scholars Ventures portfolio

YEAR

28

Laidlaw Scholars graduated from London Business School and Saïd Business School

306 Leadership-in-Action projects completed

£3.35m

Invested in improving the education of pupils at the Laidlaw Schools Trust

10 New Trinity College Dublin Access Laidlaw Scholars

GLANCE

Laidlaw Schools Trust

Supporting Schools in the North East of England

Lord Laidlaw was one of the first academy sponsors, building the brand-new Excelsior Academy in 2008. Since then, the Laidlaw Schools Trust (LST) has grown to include eight schools in three geographical clusters: Newcastle, Sunderland and Sedgefield.

The Foundation continues to support the Trust actively, funding initiatives inside and beyond the classroom, subsidising the central office and investing in buildings and special projects to enable inspirational education.

Inside the Classroom

Every academic year, schools within the Trust identify initiatives that will have the biggest impact on pupils’ academic attainment. The two most significant areas of funding for this academic year were additional staffing and edtech.

Additional Staffing

The Trust employed additional class teachers thanks to Laidlaw funding. By reducing class sizes, LST was able to ensure better pupil outcomes at primary and a successful transition to secondary school.

Additional staffing also enabled schools to provide catch-up sessions to close the pandemic learning gap and build stronger relationships with pupils and their families.

EdTech and Digital Literacy

The Foundation underwrites the cost of education technology, including programmes such as Accelerated Reader, which is proven to improve children’s reading capacity, and CENTURY Tech, an AI-based tool which creates individual learning pathways. The Foundation also provides Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) pupils with access to a range of online software packages, including TextHelp, Lexia, and Exact.

To bridge the digital divide and improve teaching and learning in the classroom, Laidlaw Foundation funding ensures that all pupils have access to Chromebooks or iPads.

Two primary academies, Atkinson Road and South Hylton used Laidlaw funding to build digital libraries and another, Thomas Walling, created a Digital Museum which helped them earn the Gold Award for the Historical Association Quality Mark, one of only two schools in Newcastle to do so at the time.

At Academy 360, the Trust constructed a Laidlaw Resource Centre featuring a purpose-built library, Careers Hub, Academic Study Zones, independent and small group study spaces, digital study areas, and a dedicated literacy classroom.

Having smaller class sizes and support from teaching assistants has helped us provide quality-first teaching, small group and 1:1 interventions. Results for the multiplication check showed that we were in the top 200 schools in England for 2022.

—Teacher, South Hylton Primary Academy

Laidlaw Resource Centre opening ceremony at Academy 360

Beyond the Classroom

The financial support from the Laidlaw Foundation allows LST schools to provide a broader range of extracurricular activities such as trips, music lessons, sports, clubs and performing arts.

Welfare

Post-COVID, the need for additional welfare support staff has become even more acute. The Foundation funds counselling and therapeutic support for vulnerable pupils. It also subsidises school meals, uniforms and transport so that all pupils are in a position to learn.

This support extends beyond LST schools. After discovering that a growing number of pupils from Pennywell Early Years Centre, a nursery adjacent to an LST school, were arriving at school hungry, the Foundation funded meals and snacks for all pupils there for the year.

International Arrivals Programme

The International Arrivals Programme at Atkinson Road Primary Academy provides bespoke support

for children newly arrived in the country, ensuring an effective induction into mainstream education. The school has been awarded the School of Sanctuary award, which recognises schools that are committed to being safe and welcoming places for all, especially those seeking sanctuary.

Laidlaw Scholars Mentoring Programme

The Laidlaw Scholars Mentoring Programme is a new initiative that aims to support Excelsior Academy GCSE and Sixth Form students at a pivotal point in their lives. The programme involves undergraduate students from the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership & Research Programme providing guidance and advice to students as they pursue their academic and personal goals. So far, 29 Laidlaw Scholars from six universities have completed a total of 406 hours of mentoring.

Growing the LST Family of Schools

Thanks to the Laidlaw Foundation funding, the Laidlaw Schools Trust has been able to expand and strengthen its reach.

Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy, an Outstanding feeder school to Sedgefield Community College, has joined LST.

In September, Beacon of Light, an Alternative Provision school for young people aged 13-16, will join LST.

Having a Chromebook has really helped me become an independent learner. I can access Century in school and work on areas of Maths and English I find difficult.

—Year 6 Pupil, Thomas Walling Primary Academy

Sedgefield Community College pupils at a residential visit to Kingswood Outdoor Adventure Centre, funded by the Laidlaw Foundation

Our New Trustees

Nichola Stefanou

A leader in critical care in the North East, joins the Board and Operations Committee to add knowledge and connections in special needs, welfare and funding.

Nicki Clark

Ex-Chair of Sedgefield Hardwick Primary, and CEO of a local B-Corp SMB advisory, joins the Board and the Audit Committee to provide scrutiny and support on grants, local authority relationships, staff recruitment and careers.

Paul Foster

A qualified surveyor, and leader in the built environment community, joins the Board as Chair of the Estates Committee providing strategic leadership, advice and programme management oversight of the Trust’s extensive estates and building works.

Current Director of UK’s National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA), previously Head of AI for Healthy Ageing at IBM Research and AI Ethics Lead and Research Manager at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, joins the Standards Committee, adding innovation thinking, digital expertise and nutrition & healthy living prowess.

Nicola Palmarini

Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy Shortlisted for World’s Best School Prize for Innovation

Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy is the only UK school shortlisted for the World’s Best School Prize for Innovation. This prestigious award specifically acknowledges schools that have embraced groundbreaking and transformative innovation, resulting in improved access, quality, and relevance of education, particularly for marginalised children. Sedgefield Hardwick’s exceptional efforts have made a significant impact on addressing educational challenges and ensuring equal opportunities for all students.

To celebrate this extraordinary achievement, LST hosted its first Innovation Festival with 600 pupils from its academies in Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham. Pupils were set challenges in Innovation Stations to solve real-life problems linked to Unicef’s Sustainable Development Goals. It also received messages of congratulations from the town’s former MP, Tony Blair, and the Bishop of Durham.

The Laidlaw Innovation Festival celebrating Sedgefield Hardwick’s nomination for World’s Best School Prize for Innovation

Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme

Three New University Partners

The Laidlaw Scholars Leadership & Research Programme has expanded its reach by adding three new university partners - Brown University, Cambridge University, and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), our first partner university in continental Europe. With this addition, the programme now spans 17 top universities around the world.

This year, the Foundation renewed its gift agreements with University College London and Durham University for another three years.

Diverse, Recognised Research

Students undertake six weeks of original research during their first summer as a Laidlaw Scholar. Projects cover a vast array of topics, from advancing the circular bionutrient economy to creating a mobile application for predicting cardiovascular disease risk.

Several research projects by Laidlaw Scholars were published by peer-reviewed academic journals For example, Giulia Li Calzi’s (UCL) article was

published in the Journal of Latin Cosmopolitanism and European Literatures, and Pennie Haigh’s (University of York) work was published in PLOS ONE.

In 2022, Culture & Humanity emerged as the top research category, accounting for 13% of Laidlaw Scholars’ projects and overtaking Applied Science & Medicine which was the most researched category during the pandemic.

Leadership-in-Action

In their second summer, Scholars continue to develop their leadership skills by putting their theoretical learning into practice in a six week, fully immersive, Leadership-in-Action (LiA) project. In the summer of 2022, 306 Scholars applied their research to support a community in need, volunteered with a not-for-profit, or joined a centrally-organised LiA project.

Ramit

Alexandra Dingle from Tufts University applied her research project “Reshaping Refugees Recreationally: Examining How Greek Refugee Camps Enable Pluralistic Interactions Among Children From Diverse Backgrounds” by collaborating with a Greek community centre for refugees.

Bag (UCL) wearing PhaseSpace LEDs to collect Motion Capture Data. Ramit’s research aims to develop an open-source software that animates full-body avatars in VR to create more immersive and realistic VR experiences for education, sports, and social media.

Breakdown of research project topics for Summer 2022

Abby Donaghue collaborated with Youth Work Ireland to organise Dublin Pride. Elena Chatrchyan worked on the Armenian UNDP National Accelerator Project, supporting women’s economic empowerment in remote regions of Armenia by training roughly 250 women to work a job completely remotely.

Scholars in the centrally-organised makesense project recruited 106 volunteers and collaborated with 7 local organisations for small climate action projects, such as raising awareness around waste management methods and reducing the use of chemical fertilisers in Mexico City.

Scholars working with Think Pacific in Fiji conducted diabetes screenings that highlighted 57 community members as being diabetic or pre-diabetic, where previously unknown. Following these screenings, Diabetes Fiji established a referral process to local health services.

Summary of Centrally-Organised Leadership-in-Action Projects

makesense

Mobilising local volunteers to participate in small climate action projects, such as raising awareness around waste management methods and reducing the use of chemical fertilisers in Mexico City.

Think Pacific

Implementing public health, mental health, environment, and climate change awareness projects with local organisations and youth groups in Fiji.

Columbia Global Engagement

Empowering communities in Ghana, Senegal and Zambia to solve some of the most urgent global challenges of our time, at the nexus of education; safe water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion (WASH); global health, food security and economic development.

The Kasiisi Project

Supporting the Kibale National Park and its local community through a holistic approach, addressing education, health, and environmental care.

Timothy Smith Network

Bridging the digital divide and empowering underrepresented communities in the Greater Roxbury area of Boston.

Tortoise Media

Ethical Leadership

Laidlaw Scholars completed the “Building Moral Muscle: The Psychology of Ethical Behaviour” masterclass delivered by Dr. Daniel Effron, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. The masterclass aims to challenge

Expanding the Community Network programme outreach aimed at opening up the newsroom to more diverse, lesser-heard voices.

Laidlaw Scholars during their Leadership-in-Action project with makesense in Mexico City.

Scholars’ assumptions, develop their self-awareness, and guide them to apply key concepts of behavioural science to act consistently with their values.

In addition to the masterclass, the Foundation hosted the “Extraordinary Leaders” webinar series featuring inspirational leaders. The series includes Bruno Donat, Chief of the Geneva office of the United Nations Mine Action Service, who shared experiences leading the disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Joe Wong, Founder of the Reach Alliance at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, who shared lessons on addressing the world’s most intractable problems through small steps; and Sian Beilock, President of Barnard College, who discussed how to prepare mentally for success and insights into the brain science behind “choking under pressure.”

Laidlaw Scholars Network

The Laidlaw Scholars Network is an online community for Scholars from around the world to connect, collaborate and inspire change.

With a membership of over 2500 registered users, the Laidlaw Scholars Network has continued to grow, achieving 339.4k pageviews, which represents a 52% increase from the previous year. In total, members made 1162 posts, including documents, videos, and other content.

Aly Sayani’s story with the Global Leadership Foundation (GLF) is an excellent example of the platform’s potential. Aly’s research “Linking Political Orientation and Environmentalism: An Analysis of Changing

Environmental Attitudes and Subsequent Party Support in Canada” caught the attention of GLF’s CEO, who follows the Laidlaw Scholars Network. As a result, Aly secured work experience at the GLF and had the opportunity to discuss his research with Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Canada.

To enhance engagement on the platform, the Foundation conducted a user research project led by Nikol Chen, Design & Development Manager. By speaking directly with our community members, we gained a better understanding of their needs, motivations, and challenges. This enabled us to implement insight-informed changes to the platform, such as a redesigned homepage and onboarding strategy, to increase engagement. As a result, we saw a 46% increase in engaged time and a 29% increase in Scholars publishing content.

I’ve learnt more in the last 6 weeks about myself than I think I have in the last 6 years, and the path I want to take in life has become clearer.

—Victoria Lynn, University of Leeds

Annual Laidlaw Scholars Conference

The 2022 Laidlaw Scholars Annual Conference took place on October 14-16 and was simulcast between the London School of Economics in London and Tufts University in Boston. The conference’s theme was IMPACT, which aimed to inspire and challenge scholars to use their leadership abilities to become better future leaders.

Gina Miller, a transparency activist, philanthropist, and leader of the True & Fair Party, delivered the global keynote speech titled “The Way We Live, Love, and Work: Being Prepared to Fight for Justice.” During her speech, Miller emphasised the need for individuals to take a stand against injustice and work towards building a more equitable and fair world for all.

Other speakers at the event included Grace Lordan, the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative at

the London School of Economics; François OrtaloMagné, the Dean of London Business School; and Diane Hessan, an author, award-winning entrepreneur, and innovator.

The highlight of the conference was the 3-Minute Thesis competition, where Scholars had the opportunity to present their research and Leadershipin-Action projects. Asper Al-Ashimi from the University of York won the Research category with her project titled “The Legacy of British Colonialism on Nationality Law in Jordan.” In the Leadership-in-Action category, Saskia Poulter from Durham University and Zach Ferretti from Tufts University jointly won with their project involving the design and piloting of a marketing plan for a bicycle recycling company in Mexico City as part of the makesense central project.

Laidlaw Scholar Gulana Anwar presenting her research at the Annual Conference at LSE

Our Global Reach

Partner University

Location of Leadership-in-Action Project

Location of Leadership-in-Action Project

Matches that of Partner University

306 Leadership-in-Action Projects Completed

340

New Laidlaw Scholars

1663 Laidlaw Scholars Selected Since Programme Launch

17 Partner Universities

Complete List of Research Projects

Barnard College

Menstrual Health And Policy In India – Ramya Arumilli

Developing Policy-Based Collaborations With Teach Us Consent And Consent Labs In Australia To Consider How #Metoo’s Model Of Storytelling For Change Can Be Adapted In The Real World To Leverage Stories About Consent – Not A Lack Of Consent – Toward Social And Political Justice – Emily Bach

Education On The Inside: Connecting Incarcerated People To Life-Changing Tools – Reed Cantrell

Female Empowerment-Focused Social Enterprise: An Exploration Of The Gender-Based Challenges Facing Jordanian Women At Farah Al-Nas Community Radio Station – Ana Eveleigh

Creating A Digital Archival Exhibit Of Black Life In Early Modern Europe And America At The Newberry Library’s Center For Renaissance Studies – Tapiwa Gambura

Libri-Platika Language Project: Examining Chabacano, Culture And Creolization In The Post-Colonial Philippines – Isabella

Garcia Bernstein

Raising Voter Awareness On Hegemonic-Party System

Consolidation: How To Demand Democracy And Not Be Fooled

By The Illusion Of It – Lika Gegenava

Climate Change And Its Social Impacts, The Make Sense Leadership In Action Project In Mexico City – Jennifer Guizar Bello

Specifying Stigma Within Conceptual Frameworks Of Exiting Prostitution: An Art Historical Perspective – Lina Infante

Uncovering The Reality Of Mixed Relationships In Colonial Era Britain – Emma Kaneira

Implementing A Hepatitis B Screening Study For Rikers Island Inmates – Batya Koenigsberg

Birth Equity And Doulas In Boston And New York – Jennifer Koita

Community And Belonging: Implementing Pedagogy In Music Production – Ashe Lewis

Mapping Vulnerability And Labor Migration In Singapore – E Jen Liu

Comparing Outcomes Of ‘Each Green Corner’ Community Gardens In Combating Food Insecurity In California – Aria Narang

Providing Humanitarian Assistance And Legal Support To Migrants At Casa Monarca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico And At The El Paso Service Processing (Detention) Center And The Otero County Processing (Detention) Center In Texas – Silvana Navia

Expanding Global Telehealth Resources And Information To

Best Support Patients Who Choose Medicated Abortion Services – Amritha Ramesh

Comparative Analysis Of Children’s Books In Cuba And The United States: Exploring Cultural Perspectives And Educational Practices – Alena Underwood

The Singaporean Education System’s Approach To Teaching English Writing – Melissa Marie Wang

Articulating And Designing The Ideal Algorithm For Assessing The Reparations Needs For CRSV-Survivors In Different Regional Contexts – Isabella Whitney

LegalEase: Empowering Communities With Accessible Legal Resources – Amaya Williams

Columbia College

Manto, Partition, And Education: A New Chapter For Pakistan Chapter For Pakistan – Fatima Ahmad

Nanomaterials And Solar Cell Technology – Dave Banerjee

BIPOC Harm Reduction Organizations Historical Atlas And Directory – Asher Baron

Political Polarization And The Culture War – Payton Barsel

Legal And Political Stance Detection Of SCOTUS language –Noah Bergam

Evaluating Equipment And Staffing Barriers To The Provision Of Emonc Signal Functions By CHPS Facilities – Elizabeth Carpenter

Indigenous Approaches To Land Administration – Alejandra Diaz-Pizarro

Mapping Ecotourism In NYC – Harrison Gerson

The Role Of Cue5p And The UPR In ESCRT Mediated Microliphagy – Aryan Ghotra

Examining The Impact Of WEE1 And PKMYT1 Inhibitors On ALT Cancers – Julia Goralsky

19th Century Settler Colonialism In The US And Australia –Charlotte Hoskins

Youth Baseball And Race In America – Jonathan Kurtz

The American Diva – Elianna Lee

Idiosyncratic Encoding Of Words Using The Memory Palace Technique – Akshay Manglik

Structural Elucidation Of Wnt Signaling Membrane Proteins –Neha Mani

Indian Farmers’ Protest Oral History Project – Ashwin Marathe

Searching For Counterparts To Gravitational Wave Sources –Peter McMaster

Ambedkur Initiative Archival Project – Rohan Soni

Monumental Changes: Exploring The Intersection Of Public Monuments And Contemporary Art In NYC – Sylvi Stein

The Last Time We Danced: Musical Life Before Mourning –Denise Taveras

Activism And Art Between China And The US – Wena Teng

Twitter Fiction: An Analysis Of Egan’s “Black Box” – Jonathan Truong

Morality And Cognition In Young Children – Kelly Warner

Vietnamese Botanical Exports As Part Of The Chinese Medical Tradition – Andreas Welch

The Progress Of States That Have Adopted Net-Zero Emissions Laws – Rosie Zhou

Cornell University

Xenophobia And The Law: The Efficacy Of Spain’s Migrant-Protection Infrastructure – McKenzie Carrier

Museums And Empires: Artifacts Of The British East India Company Exploring The Present Lives Of Objects Collected During The Mid-1800s In Britain – Milan Taylor

Voluntourism: Is There A Better Way? – Liv Cramer

Xenophobia In Social Media: Social Network Analysis Of Twitter – Gaveal (Jiayue) Fan

The Effects Of Harmful Algal Blooms On Women’s Health In Lake Victoria – Kiran Ganga

Ride-Share Applications And Labor Market Transformation: The Case Of Safeboda – Vipin Gunda

Understanding The Cross-Cultural Implications Of Diet On Women’s Menstrual Health – Armita Jamshidi

Improved Seed Varieties As A Mitigation Strategy For Climate Change – Jeff Kangacha

School-Based Screenings And Novel Drug Regimen To Mitigate Tuberculosis Transmission – Tenzin Kunsang

Developing Alternative Energy Resources By Harnessing AlreadyExisting Energy And Designing An Optimal Implementation –Andrea Miramontest Serrano

Advancing The Circular Bionutrient Economy: Addressing The Salinity Issue Associated With Urine As A Fertilizer – Eli Newell

Assessing Socio-Economic Challenges Faced By Rural Artisans –Sri Ravinsanka

A Cultural Melting Pot: Powerful Parenting Techniques Across Urban India – Krupa Sekhar

Xenophobia In The Media And Its Effects On Policy – Summer Seward

Observing Pathological Differences Due To Menopause Following An Ischemic Stroke In A Mouse Model Of Alzheimer’s Disease – Ashmitha Sivakumar

Linguistic Polarization And Its Effects On The US-China Relationship – Magdalena Smith

Xenophobia In Social Media And Rights In Labor Migration –Brenda Umwali

Demystifying The East India Company’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Skylar Xu

Community Based Learning – Cici (Yumeng) Zhou

Durham University

Sportswashing’ And ‘Soft Power’: Exploring The Impact Of The Saudi Arabian-Led Takeover Of Newcastle United On Diverse Communities And Everyday Life In Newcastle And The North East Of England – Adam Woolf

Syntactical Cognition As A Key And Specific Element Of Ape Cognitive Evolution – Bethany Nason

An Investigation Into Valid Post-Selection Inference – Daniel Liddell

Inside-Out Prisons Project – Dhillon Shenoy

What Makes People Floating Voters – Emily Doughty

What Impact Has Climate Change Had On The Variability Of The Baltic Sea Ecosystem As Evidenced By The Presence Or Lack Of Marine Plankton In Baltic Sea Sediment Cores? –Emma Noone

The God Of Chaos? An Investigation Into Prof. John Polkinghorne’s Development Of Belief In Non-Interventionist Objective Divine Action – Ewan Thomas

Did The UN Fail In The Syrian War – Georgia Jones

Private Schools: International Perspectives On Policy Solutions And Educational Inequality – Ingrid Lam

To What Extent Is The New Colombian Cinema Movement Working Towards The Decolonisation Of Otherness? – James Strainge

Reimagining Dualism: Sites Of Tension In The Relationships Between UK And European Laws – Jordan Kiss

Toward The Automated Extraction Of Handwritten Annotations

From Scanned Images Of Musical Scores – Joseph Grealy

Tracing The Roots Of The Fertile Crescent: Mapping The Phytogeography And Potential Distribution Of Plants Based On Soil, Slope, And Elevation In Mesopotamia – Joseph Meadows Can Psychostimulant Drugs Provoke Parkinson’s Disease? – Karina Piotrowska

Probing Ion Mobility In Lithium And Sodium-Ion Conductors For A Clean Energy Future – Kunj Kapur

Exploring The Process Of Accretion Through The Analysis Of Accreting White Dwarfs, Focussing On The Comprehensive Light Curves Obtained From NASA’s TESS Mission – Louis Peters

The Successes And Failures Of UN’s Involvement In Syria During The Civil War – Maysara Alkhalaf

How Molecular Mechanisms Underlie The Formation Of LongTerm Memory (LTM) – Patrick Hughes

Developing A Visual Perception Screening Test For Stroke Survivors Using Data From Adult South-East Asian Participants

– Isabel Bartolome

An Investigation Into Police Compliance In Respect Of Restorative Justice Rights Within The Victims’ Code (2021) At One Police Force In The North-East – Rachel Clarke

Inside-Out Prisons Project – Rishika Daswani

Using Flight Initiation Experiments To Investigate Whether Predation Risk Is A Contributing Factor To Seasonal Polyphenism In Hetaerina Titia Wing Colouration – Ruby Palin

B Corp: Looking Good Or Doing Good? Do Benefit Corporation Certification Standards Go Far Enough To Improve Corporate Environmental Sustainability Practises? – Sophie Burnet

Measuring The Material Properties Of Biomolecular Condensates

– Thomas Williamson

The Shifting Distribution Of The Global Population In The Twenty-First Century: An Econometric Analysis Of The Projected Fortunes Of Nigeria And Japan, With Policy Recommendations For Sustainable Development – William Banner

Mapping The Steppe: Identification And Condition Assessment Of Archaeological Sites In Arid Zones In Syria And Iraq –Zachariah Weissand

Georgetown University

Anthology Of Frederick Douglass’s Works (Speeches, Books, Letters, Etc). Over His Lifetime – Dami Kim

Black Maternal Mortality In DC – Aanya Agarwal

Presidential Rhetoric And Policy Changes To Latin American Conditional Cash Transfers – Adrian Ali-Caccamo

The Metaphysics Of American Militarization/ The Imaginaries Of American Militarization: War For The Sake Of War – Hari Choudhari

CO2 Reduction – Jacqueline Christopher Waldman

Political Theory And The Effect Of Small Town Spiritual Centers On Community Building – Renée Clark

Intersection Between “Climate Crisis” Rhetoric And Populist Support For 2020 Federal-Level American Politicians – Sophia Copeland

Private Tech Companies’ Energy Targets And Commitment To The Sustainable Development Goals – Alannah Nathan

Evaluating A New Method Of Finding Personalized Cancer Treatments From Zebrafish: A First Step Toward Clinical Applications – Varat Ransibrahmanakul

Neglected Tropical Diseases In The US – Carrigan Rice

How European Education Pedagogy Affected The Development Of Post-Colonial Egyptian Education – Gershon Stein

Digital Expression In Israel/Palestine – Madeleine Walker

Afghan Refugee Housing Integration In DC – Syed Kumail Zaidi

Can Smiling Serve Happiness? – Kate Bohigian

Studying The Effects Of A Combination Of Aza And Asos On FMR1 Reactivation In Vitro – Shagun Gandhi

Economics/Public Policy: Interpreting The Child Tax Credit (CTC) As An Automatic Stabilization Program – Joshue Grundhoefer

Examining The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Large Airport Infrastructure Projects On Local Communities – Aditya Gupte

Biomarker Preservation In Astrobiological Samples – Zachariah John

Post-Secondary Education Plans And Attainment Among Rural Students – Lisa Kennedy

International Economic Interests In Iraq’s Gas And Oil Sector –Sazan Kahlid

Assessing The Integration Of Mental Health Treatment And Peacebuilding In Northeast Nigeria – Ben Oestericher

When Do Military Leaders Cede Power To Allow For Democratic Transitions? – Wedad Osman

The Influence Of Korean Women’s Organizations During Hoju Abolishment Movement Vs. Today – Jenna Pae

Targeting Antibiotic-Resistant Tuberculosis Through The Disruption Of Allosteric Protein Function – Miray Samuel

The Dyslexia Crisis: Examining Connection Between Dyslexia And Incarceration – Cade Spencer

The University of Hong Kong

A Comparison Of Duress In Contract And Unjust Enrichment Law – Sze Ching Wong

Identifying The Hidden Inequality Of School Accessibility:

A Data-Driven Analysis Of Hong Kong Housing Estates –Shizheng Liang

Korean Wave And Its Global Impact – Yunqi Liu

A Systematic Literature Review Of Machine Learning In Dynamic Pricing – Yutong Li

Visualizing Voice Disorder: Real-Time Ultrasonographic Evaluation Of Vocal Functions – Tung Julianne Lee

A Comparison Of Vocal Fold Functions Measured By Laryngeal Ultrasound Imaging In Children With Or Without Vocal Fold Paralysis – Yan Kiu Lau

Development Of Technology-Assisted Swallowing Training Program For Older Adults With Dysphagia – Hoi Ling Lee

Technology Assisted Swallowing Training For Older Adults –Chui Shan Chung

Examining Discourse Deficits In Speakers With Acquired Communication Disorders And Proposing Expressive Arts Therapy In Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery – Yan Ling Cheng

Investigation Of Lithromantic On University Students In Mainland China: Myth Of A New Sexual Identity Label – Yaxuan Wang

An Investigation On The Potential Social, Economic, And Political Repercussions Of Decentralized Finance In Hong Kong – Zi

Zheng Fong Hu

A Step Towards Smart Innovation: User-Driven Development Of Point-Of-Care Devices – Wasif Latif Hussain

Understanding The Societies Of The Ancient Near East Through The Digital Investigation Of Archaeological Ceramics

– Chuqi Li

Turning Trash Into Treasure – Yik Hei Chang

Analysis Of Tumour And Immune Cell Assembloids For Cancer Immunotherapy – Yongqi Luo

What Works And Doesn’t Work In Online Economics Education?

A Book Project Bringing The Tools Of Economic Analysis To New Methods In Education – Qihui Xing

A Critical Perspective On English Contract Law – Sharanpreet Kaur

Triggering Politics: The Gendered And Racialised Dynamics Of Emotions And Political Engagement In Brazil – Tiffanie Qing Yi Laborie-Bousquet

Yoga In Special Schools: The Impact Of Body, Breath, And Movement For Individuals With Special Needs – Sin Tung Wong

Cross-Border Crowd Employment And Conflict Of Laws –Cheuk Ming Lee

The Impact Of Sports Entertainment Industry On Adults’ (Sports Fans) Engagement In Physical Activity – Angela Venus Sakuntala

An Investigation And Study On Landscape Remaking In The Context Of Urban Renewal—Case Of Governance Of Meishe River In Haikou – Yunjie Wen

Cardiometabolic Health & Mental Illness In The Transgender Population – Yauvani Sudarshan

Kierkegaard’s Existential Theology And Its Possible Application To Enhance People’s Spiritual Well-Being – Hao Wang

Effective Altruism, Utilitarianism And Will – Wing Sze Ngai

Trinity College Dublin

The Role Of Electoral Saliency In Expatriate Voter Mobilisation – Oliwia Borek

Comparative Biomechanical Analysis Of Knee Injuries In Skiing And Snowboarding Using Artificial Intelligence 3D Modelling –Mia Brzakovic

How Have Policy Changes Surrounding The Safety Of Women, Specifically The Presence Of The Istanbul Convention, Affected Femicides In Turkey? – Ella Burkett

Women As Survivors Of Civil War Violence: A Comparative Study Of Ireland And Spain

Does Personality Matter For Assessed Grades? – Mairéad Butler

The Impact Of Participation In Extra-Curricular Activities On Girls’ Ambitions To Run For Elected Office In Ireland – Evan Carron-Kee

An Investigation Into The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Irish Health Care System Pertaining To Outpatients With Chronic Illnesses – Amy Cox

Bioremediation Of Microplastics In Irish Farm Soils – Sinéad Crowley

Developing An Empathy Mechanism For Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning – Peter Dowling

An Exploration Of Micrometeorites On The Rooftops Of Dublin – Tim Farrelly

Computational Analysis Of Seismic Noise Caused By Wind Gusts – Triya Gulati

Russia’s Long Shadow: A Comparative Analysis Of Russian Military And Political Interference In Post-Soviet States –Hannah Kerrigan

Revisiting The Rectifier: A More Efficient Approach To Modern Electricity Supply – Martha McKinney-Perry

Investigating The Use Of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FGPAs) For Object Detection In High-Speed Autonomous Navigation – Emran Yasser Moustafa

Feasibility Study Of The Use Of I-LOFAR Radio Astronomy To Analyse And Predict Solar Weather – Karl Nicholson

A New Sense Of Home: A Study Into Ireland’s Approach To The Distribution And Integration Of Asylum Seekers After They Leave The Direct Provision System – Adam Ó Ceallaigh

To Investigate The Impact Of Antenna Design On Radar-Based Breast Image Quality – Peter O’Flynn

The Impact Of Covid-19 On The ‘European Dream’ Of Syrian And Palestinian Refugees In Lebanon – Beatrice Pistola

An Evaluation Of The Information Landscape Surrounding Third-Level Study In Ireland – Luke Rabbitte

Exploring Attitudes And Perceived Need For Novel Neuromodulatory Approaches To Address Cognitive Impairment In People With Parkinson’s Disease – Ananya Sanagavaram

Exotic Matter: What Can We Understand About Exotic States Of Matter And Their Properties Under The Strong Interaction?

– Sarah Tobin McGovern

Improving Incremental Structure-From-Motion Efficiency And Performance With Physical Sensor Data – Oscar Toomey

Diagnosis Of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Using Home Sleep Polygraphy Testing Compared To In-Laboratory Polysomnography During COVID-19: A Retrospective Chart Review – Sarah Waicus

Can An ‘Interactional’ Account Of Philosophical Human Rights Be A Tool For Attributing Responsibility For Global Structural Injustice? – Francis Wolfe

Tufts University

Improving Multitasking Behind The Wheel With Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation – Kayli Battel

The Jewish Emancipation In Great Britain: Its Effects On British Jewry And Anti-Semitism – Asher Berlin

Developing Screening Methods For Social Determinants Of Health Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease – Asha Bulusu

Improving The Nutritional Profile Of Cultured Meat Via Arachidonic Acid Accumulation For Pet Food Cellular Agriculture

Applications – Olivia Calkins

Acute Effect Of Glun2d-Containing Nmdars Dysfunction On Gabaergic Synapses In The Developing Cortex And Its Implications In Neurological Diseases – Arielle Galinsky

Indigo: The Colonial And Environmental History Of The Artist Pigment – Laura Harvey

National Identity Expression Through Public Art In Israel And Palestine – Jenna Kaplan

Outrage In Political Media Around The World: Analyzing Outrage And Polarization In Political Media Between Countries

– Kyle Krell

The Women’s Auxiliary Corps (India) In World War II – Reya Kumar

Developing Heart-Specific Autophagy Detection Strategies In Vivo – Andrew Kung

Virtual Reality In Dental Treatment Planning – Annie Li

Evaluating U.S.-China Competition Through The Art Of War

– Tony Li

Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation’s Impact On Anticipatory Stress And Cognitive Ability – Aditi Mehndiratta

Curing Schistosomiasis Globally: How Schistosomes Take Up Vitamin B2 – Daniel Nguyen

Dissecting The Role Of Fanconi Anemia Pathway Proteins In DNA Repair In Drosophila Melanogaster – Alyssa Persano

Improving Accessibility To Communication Devices For People With Disabilities In Healthcare Interactions – Michelle Pu

Modulating Cognitive Control – Isabella Sidoruk

Development Of An Optical Plate To Analyze Feet Pressure Distribution Patterns In Patients With Orthopedic Complexities

– Harrison Wilson

War And State-(Un)Making In China: Warlord Regimes As Actors (1916-1936) – Zhengxi Wu

Development Of An Optical Plate To Analyze Feet Pressure Distribution Patterns In Patients With Orthopedic Complexities

– Shanni Zhou

University College London

Designing An Immersive VR Avatar Animation Software –Ramit Bag

A Comparison Of Duress In Contract And Unjust Enrichment Law – Charmaine Chang

The Effects Of Neoliberalism And Globalisation In Shaping

The Strategies Adopted By The Conservation Movement (With Specific Reference To The Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds, RSPB) – Keir Chauhan

Multiscale Modelling Of Blood Flow – Eve Crooijmans

Understanding The Fitness Landscape Of Aging Tissue – Ola Czyzak

Business And Water: Walking The Talk? – Maia Dastur

Longitudinal Case Study Analyses Of Young People Following STEM Trajectories – Princess Emeanuwa

What Works And Doesn’t Work In Online Economics Education?

– Grace Feng

Effectiveness Of Biological Pest Control In Icelandic Greenhouses

– Yi Xi Kang

Proxy Wars: Repeated Bargaining Of Principals In Principal-Agent Relationships – Anna Kung

Self-Generated Sounds In Human Neonates – Emma Last

Is There A Relationship Between Perception Of Genetic Relatedness And Altruism In Humans? – Natalie Magness

Medieval Magic In 50 Objects – Nola Mak

The Politics Of Religion – Riza Mirza

Actionable Alterations In Cholangiocarcinoma – Elisya Muhamad Faizul

Written And Visual Heritage Of Medieval Africa – Marco Pozzi

Laidlaw Scholars Celebration Brochure – George Roberts

Rural Radicalism And Its Suppression In The First Czechoslovak Republic, 1918-1938 – Jani Sanitarius

Mitochondrial Function In Health And Disease – Julia Spaczynska

Development Of A Novel Optical Ultrasound – Rachel Wan

Scholarly Edition Of Letter Exchanges – Hannah Watton

Author Name Memorability And Citations – Laetisha Witoyo

Where Do Our Discarded Diesel Vehicles Go? – Rita Xiong

Self-Assembly And Ion Transport By Stimuli-Responsive Ruthenium(II) Complexes – Tony Zagorodnii

University of Leeds

German At Leeds: Then And Now – Holly Grace Perril

Developing Global Graduates: The Capstone Experience –Maximus Henry Roberty Derbyshire

Identifying North Africans In The French Resistance – Elizabeth Angus

Are You Really Listening? A Review Of Listening Methodologies

– Lilian Jaber

Unideal Victims: Examining Media Responses To The Unsolved Murders Of Older Women – Beth Sarah Norfolk

Investigating The Impact Of Socioeconomic Access To Water Sports On Ecological Awareness – Ella May Elizabeth Buckley

Decarbonising Universities’ Electronic Waste – Maxine Cristi

Microglia Activation In Ageing And Neurodegenerative Diseases

– Yasmin Oluwafisayo Bombata

Sustainable Feasibility And Economic Viability Of Agricultural Decarbonisation – Nimna Sesadhi Wickramasingha

Belonging And Engaging For Successful Transition To University

– Isabelle Ann Rosher

Imposter Syndrome And Sense Of Belonging – Sarah Amin

To Measure Multidimensional Poverty Due To Deprivation Experienced By The Local People In The Solukhumbu Region Of The Nepalese Himalaya – Arthur Joseph Martin

Development And Characterisation Of Biomimetic Micropatterned Surfaces – Gulana Anwar

Application Of Equalisation Circuits Using Switched-Capacitators And Power Converters – Jackson Harris Williams

Renewable Assisted Bioreactor Design And Analysis – Mikhail Leo Tako Adeyelu

Striking The Social Balance: Analysing The Societal Impact The Implementation Of Fintech Can Have On Community Financial Institutions – Natasha Dela Abla Pickard

Translating Awareness Into Action: Stimulating Activist Engagement Amongst University Students – Samuel Parry Holland

UK Honey Trade Trends And Effects On Domestic Beekeepers – Samuel Benjamin Brooke

Imposter Syndrome And Sense Of Belonging – Isabel Elin Kedge

Examining If The Australian Government’s Responsibility To Asylum Seekers Is Fulfilled Through First-Hand Accounts Of Former And Current Australian Asylum Seekers – Naomi YingJie Szeto

Research In Commercial And Insolvency Law On The Effects Of Insolvency Proceedings On The Agency Relationships –Jacob Richard Clarence Nesling

An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Gentrification And The Spirit Of Communities In London: An Insight Into The Shift Of Lower-Income Residents’ Lifestyles – Ariq Islam

Improving Opportunities For Young People’s Active Travel: Online Engagement To Impact Travel Habits – Maria Maxene Marcos Gerella

Improving Opportunities For Young People’s Active Travel: Online Engagement To Impact Travel Habits – Rebecca Louise Hamer

Motivation Of New Hong Kong Migrants And Its Correlation To Cultural Integration In The UK – Kiu Ming (Boris) Kwok

University of St Andrews

Tailoring The Flexible Zeolite Molecular Sieve Merlinoite For Carbon Capture – Samuel Allen

The Viability Of Novel Identities In Response To Separatist Tensions: A Comparison Of French Algeria And Northern Ireland – Alexander Becket

Modelling Room Temperature Bose-Einstein Condensation –Joel Beckles

The Potential Of Adopting A Holistic Design Approach To ‘Meadows In The Making’ In St Andrews, Fife – Sofie Brøgger Jensen

The Role Of Sleep And Technology Use As Moderators In The Relationship Between Interpersonal Stress And Mental Health Among University Students – Chu Cyrus

A New Pathway For Cancer-Drug Related Cardiac Toxicity –Luis Cunha Gil

Circularity In The Fashion Industry: Assessing The Potential Of Sustainable Textile Recycling – Lia Da Giau

Interpreting James Gregory, Mathematician And Astronomer –Leo Doherty

Alfred Tennyson’s Idylls Of The King And Other Poems Illustrated By Julia Margaret Cameron: Challenges To Gender Roles And Tradition In The Formation Of Victorian Artistic And Literary Legacies – Nicole Entin

No Slacking Off: Solutions To Free-Riding In Rotary Clubs –Mana Gana

How Do School Curricula And Children’s Books Shape Young People’s Habits Of Visualising War And Peace? – Sarah Gough

The Impact Of The Dzhanibekov Effect On The Global Magnetic Field – Mateo Guzmán Subiría

Mens Sana In Corpore Sano – Chloe-Anna Hunt

Identifying Active Galactic Nuclei For The Spherex Space Mission – Nikko Juengsophonvitavas

Accelerating Biodegradation Of Waste Plastics: Enzymatic Mechanisms For Breaking Polymer Chains – Ellie King

Reforestation: How Effective Is It As A Nature-Based Solution For Climate Change Mitigation? – Karis Lonie

Britain’s Oldest Rocks Revisited- Zircon Textures In The NW Highlands – Zoe Lynn

How Do Scottish Expatriates And Diasporic Populations Negotiate Their Scottish And Non-Scottish Identities Overseas, And In What Ways Does Their Scottish Identity Shape Their Experience Living Abroad? – Campbell MacPherson

How Does Popular Animated Shows, Anime, Manga And Comics Influence Young People’s Habits Of Visualising War And Peace? – Martin Moors

A New Age For Old Rocks – Dating The Iona Gneisses And Exploring Their Link To Britain’s Ancient Crust – Lola Mors

Regional Identities In Nation-Branding And Nation-Building In Kyrgyzstan – Charles Norman

Epistemic Injustice In Cases Of Sexual Assault And The Implications For University And Legal Policy – Sarah Routley

Affa Queer: LGBTQ Poets’ Use Of The Scots Language – Plum (Lou) Selfridge

How Should Children With Bell’s Palsy Be Treated? – Radhe Shantha Kumar

Queerness And Gender In Chinese-German DiasporaIntersections Of Migration, Ethnicity, Sexuality And Gender Identity – Elisabeth Xia

University of Toronto

Assessing The Impact Of Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives On Consumer Behavior In The Canadian Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry – AJ Machanda

UofTears No More: Improving Mental Health In University Students Through The Identification Of The Most Effective AppBased Mindfulness Meditation Exercises – Ajantha Nadesalingam

Can Any Form Of AI Be An Artist? – Ali Eren Kaya

What Is The Trajectory Of Sea Ice Within The Last Ice Area? –Amy Mann

To What Extent Do Cyber-Attacks On The US Decrease American Public Confidence In Democracy? – Anna Lysenki

What Feasible And Effective Public Policies Has Colombia Implemented To Improve The Welfare Of Venezuelan Refugees That Other Latin American Countries Could Adopt Within The Next Five Years? – Daniel Corredor Llorente

The Difference In Impulsivity Between Suicide Ideators And Suicide Attempters Which Will Contribute To The Formation Of A Suicide “Risk Algorithm” – Derek Yu

How Is Racial, Cultural, And Ethnic Diversity Implemented Into Ontario’s High School Humanities Curriculum, And Where Is There Room For Improvement? – Emma Hopkins

A Novel Approach To Tracking Mitochondrial And Peroxisomal Proteins: How Can We Create An Efficient CV-Based Protein Translocation Detector That Can Accurately Suggest That A Protein Is Involved In The Function Of More Than One Protein?

– Gerd Bizi

What Are The Supports Available To 2SLGBTQ+ Cancer Patients As They Undergo Treatment At The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre? – Isabel Sternthal

Public Spaces And The COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparative Analysis Of The Use Of Sidewalks In Downtown Toronto –Isha Sharma

Comparative Analysis Of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Across Regimes – Je Ho Cho

Systemic Discrimination And Its Effect On Healthcare In Malaysia: Causes, Implications, And Plausible Solutions – Gan Jolie

How Does Today’s Dominant Philosophy Of Education Differ From That Of The 1880s To 1920s, And How Do These Differences Affect Both Pedagogical Practice, And Perceptions Of Education’s Purpose And Value? – Joseph Boyce

What Explains The Failure To Produce Research On Neglected Tropical Diseases (NDTs) In Low- And Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)? – Madeleine Luntley

Understanding The Diffusion Of Covid-19 Information On Social Media & Its Impacts On Communities’ Perception Of Public Health Behaviours – Mariela Torroba Hennigen

How Do Mental Health And Well-Being Impact The Eating Habits Of Canadian Families? And In The Context Of FastPaced And Productivity-Prioritizing Cities, How Does Time Scarcity Impact Either Or Both Psychosocial Health And Eating Behaviours? – Meerab Anwar

Applying Biomimicry In The Design Of Temporary Shelters In The Wake Of The Climate Refugee Crisis – Noor Al-Sehail Exploring Biometrics To Inform Economic Theories About Rational And Socially Preferred Decision-Making – Ruhani Walia

What Is The Effect Of A Majority Group’s Judgement On

Bicultural East Asian Canadians’ Ability To Identify A Criminal Suspect, Given That The Biculturals’ Visible Minority Status Has Been Made Salient? – Serena Honekin

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Professional Media’s Portrayal And Individual Perceptions Of Indigenous Homelessness – Shiri Yeung

An Analysis Of How The IMF Bailout Program Fosters Socio-Economic Inequality In Pakistan – Taha Bin Aamir

Improving Asian’s Mental Health Under The Rise Of Anti-Asian Racism During Covid-19: An Analysis Of Barriers And Recommendations – Victoria Liu

How And To What Extent Does The Influx Of Syrian Migrants Contribute To The Rise In Nationalism And Xenophobia In Modern Turkey? – Vinay Malik

How Can Surface Electromyography (sEMG) Be Used To Restore The Motor Skills Of Amputees – Yu Xin Li

University of York

How Does Sound Facilitate Visual Perception? – Oscar Solis

The Affect Of Enhanced Mineral Weathering On Soil Microbe Activity And Plant Growth – Ellesha Fielding

An Investigation Into The Attention Mechanisms Constraining Working Memory Performance – Eirlys Morgan

Exploring The Release Of Proteins Encapsulated In A Degradable PEG Hydrogel – Alicia Sanz Maestro

How Sensitive Are Individuals To Key Fundamentals Of Action Perception? – Alessia Vlasceanu

Comparison of Air Quality Data During The Covid-19 Pandemic Between Zaragoza and New York To Predict Future Atmospheric Changes – Irene Campos

Existential Risks. Who Knows? Who Cares? – Imogen Gaskell

Were Governments Punished By Voters For Their Handling Of The Covid-19 Pandemic? And How Did They Try To Avoid The Blame? – Will Nyss

Investigating Fast Ignition Schemes For Inertial Confinement

Fusion Energy Using ZEPHYROS – Sophie Rier

Prosthetics For Growing Children – Pritika Ganguly

Achieving Equality Of HE Experience For Students From Widening Participation Backgrounds – Georgette Western

How Will The Metaverse Broaden The Digital Divide? – Izzy Allen

Digitalising Jorvik For Preservation And Cultural Heritage Celebration – Paddy Martin

An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Archives And Their Accessibility For The Local Community – Emily Bowen

Investigating Potential Driver Mutations Found In The Stem

Cells Of Patients Undergoing Gene Therapy For Sickle Cell Disease – Thomas Williams

How Virtual Reality Technologies Can Be Used To Change Social Models For People With Dyslexia – Tina Yao

Does Putin’s Russia Threaten A Stable Europe? A Case-Study On Authoritarianism – Ben Clarke

Depression And Negative Attentional Biases To Interpersonal Stimuli: Investigating The Resilience Of Cognitive Biases Using TMS – Becky Caulfield

What Can Evolutionary Modelling Of Coral Reef Diversity In The Past Tell Us About How Anthropogenic Climate Change Will Affect Coral Reef Diversity Today? – Maddy Grove

The Role Of Religion In Student Wellbeing – Lawrencia Afoakwa

How Does The Representation And Audience Perception Of Diversity In Film & TV Change Over Time? – Oliver Horn

Killing The Spirit Of A Nation: Necropolitical Policy, Residential Schools And The Tk’emlúps Te Secwépemc First Nation In Canada – Grace McWilliam

Addressing The Educational Impacts Of Honour-Based Violence And The Current Law – Kiran Thind

Legacy Of British Imperialism On Nationality Law: A Case Study Specific To India – Asper Al-Shimi

Reassessing Body Positivity In Film – Naomi Thomas

Women in Business

Laidlaw Scholarships

First Graduating Cohorts and Their Achievements

The first cohort of Women in Business Laidlaw Scholars graduated from both Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and London Business School in 2022.

During their time as Laidlaw Scholars, they embodied the values and intent of the programme. They actively contributed to their school communities by taking on leadership roles, secured high-level positions at top companies, founded their own businesses, and increased the visibility of the Scholarship by having their achievements acknowledged.

Naveen Kler was named in the 2022 Brightest and Best Global Top 100 MBA Graduates list, while Joni Ferns was featured in Management Today’s 35 Under 35 list (along with fellow Scholar, Gigi Jia) and received the LBS Dean’s Outstanding Leadership Award.

Shweta Bharti, Fiere Habte, Iman Mohamed, and Lauren Golshan have all taken on leadership roles in clubs and organisations at their schools, such as the Black in Business Club at London Business School.

Roomi Chowdhury received the peer-nominated Student of the Year Award, while Asha Vettoor was

a member of the winning team of The Global Opportunities and Threats Oxford (GOTO) Summit. Davinia Cogan won the IESE Business School Impact Investing Competition, and Ifeoluwa Ogunbufunmi won Best Business Model at the Oxford Entrepreneurship Innovation Competition.

Our Scholars have also been successful in securing positions at top companies, with graduates joining McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Amazon, and IBM, among others. Others have been recruited directly into leadership roles; e.g. Irina Tsyganok is now the VP of Engineering at FutureLearn, a leading online learning platform, and Roomi Chowdhury is the Head of Strategy & Operations at Musemio, an XR educational platform.

Some of our Scholars have chosen to found their own businesses, such as Jennifer Silvestre (Co-Founder and CEO at Nasir + Idie) and Nikhara Nirghin (Founder and CEO at Chima).

Welcoming Trinity College Dublin Access Laidlaw Scholars

We are thrilled to have recently welcomed our inaugural cohort of 10 Laidlaw Scholars as part of the new scholarship programme “Pathways for Women in Business” at Trinity College Dublin. This

LBS Scholar Naveen Kler selected in Poets & Quants’ Top 100 Best and Brightest MBAs graduating globally this year - one of two LBS MBAs on the list.

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programme is designed to help talented women from underrepresented groups in higher education, providing them with the support they need to succeed in their studies and ultimately progress towards successful careers in the business world.

This initiative is a continuation of our longstanding collaboration with Trinity College Dublin, which is also a partner in the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership & Research Programme.

Strengthening the Laidlaw Women in Business Community

In 2022, we launched the Inter-School Women in Business Society, led by Co-Presidents Priyal Keni (London Business School) and Paseka Khosa (Saïd Business School). The Society aims to empower current Laidlaw Scholars and alumni to achieve their

full potential in their careers and lives by fostering connections and providing support, and encouraging and enabling their active involvement in business during and after their studies. At the 2022 EQUALL Conference, the Society brought together current scholars and alumni from both schools for a dinner at the Aubaine in Marylebone.

Laidlaw Women in Business Scholars are increasingly supporting undergraduate Laidlaw Scholars. At the Annual Conference, for example, Roomi Chowdhury, Paseka Khosa, and Priyal Keni facilitated discussion groups with the undergraduate scholars, exploring how they can make an impact in areas such as Health & Medicine and Geopolitics. Roomi also participated in the Sunday panel “Having an Impact & Being a Change Agent Through Leadership in Action.”

Pursuing an MBA

London Business School has been nothing short of a dream come true thanks to the support of the Laidlaw Foundation.

—Priyal Keni, London Business School

Lord Laidlaw, Susanna Kempe, and Soumitra Dutta, Dean of Saïd Business School, with Women in Business Laidlaw Scholars

Laidlaw Scholars Ventures

Five Portfolio Companies

Laidlaw Scholars Ventures is a $50m venture capital fund launched in late 2021 to invest in businesses founded or led by Laidlaw Scholars. Since then, it has invested a total of £2.7m in five companies founded by Laidlaw Scholars.

CardiaTec

Laidlaw Scholar: Raphael Peralta, Co-Founder and CEO

CardiaTec aims to change the drug target discovery landscape for cardiovascular diseases and reduce their burden on public health. Using AI to analyse large-scale multi-omic data, CardiaTec is generating the next generation of cardiovascular disease drug targets. The ultimate goal of CardiaTec is to leverage their systems biology approach to better understand complex biological mechanisms underpinning disease development, to uncover novel therapeutic pathways, and bring new treatments to market that will help to save patients’ lives.

CardiaTec has been recognised for its innovative work, receiving the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Award in the “The One to Watch” category.

During my undergraduate degree, the Laidlaw Scholars Programme set the foundation to pursue my journey with CardiaTec. Laidlaw Scholars Ventures are highly supportive and founder-friendly, facilitating negotiations for investment syndicates and round closures. CardiaTec continues to receive regular support that is helping to shape it into a successful company, ultimately driving new ways to treat those suffering from complex cardiovascular conditions.

—Raphael Peralta, CardiaTec

Sool

Laidlaw Scholar: Carol Pak, Founder and CEO

Sool’s mission is to globalise Korean alcohol in an accessible and inclusive way. Makku is a modern take on makgeolli, a traditional Korean alcohol made with rice and Korea’s oldest alcoholic beverage. Soku is a light and bubbly ready-to-drink cocktail with a soju base. Made only with high-quality, all-natural ingredients, Sool drinks are perfect for after-work Netflix binges, weekend group karaoke, and everything in between.

Carol has been featured in an interview with The Korea Times and recognised as one of the “Food & Wine” Drinks Innovators of the Year in 2023.

ProMotion Rewards

Laidlaw Scholar: Bidemi Afolabi, Co-Founder and COO

ProMotion Rewards is a consumer rewards company that helps brands understand consumer behaviours and transform them within a closed-loop environment. They have created a mobile application that rewards consumers for scanning their physical and digital shopping receipts in exchange for points that can be spent on anything from gift cards to donations. ProMotion Rewards works with Consumer Goods brands to provide insight into consumer behaviour and its user base with personalised, targeted offers based on purchase and psychographic data. The

Founder and CEO Carol Pak with Sool’s product, Makku

platform can also be used to perform qualitative analysis for brands wishing to understand their customers and market better.

Co-Founder and COO Lauren O’Reilly was awarded the Rising Star of the Year Award by the Women in Business Awards, 2022. ProMotion Rewards was also shortlisted for the National Startup Awards as one of the top Startups in Dublin. Lauren O’Reilly and Bidemi Afolabi were featured in the esteemed 30 Under 30 list by the Business Post.

Guava

Laidlaw Scholar: Kelly Ifill, Founder and CEO

Guava aims to create a banking and networking platform for Black small business owners and entrepreneurs and to narrow the racial wealth gap by providing financial services. Their digital banking platform offers financial services to groups underserved by large banking institutions to check expenses, budget, transfer money, track growth and connect with other entrepreneurs. Through this initiative, Guava’s mission is to facilitate the growth and resilience of like-minded Black small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Kelly has been featured in The Atlantic article “Black-Owned Start-Ups are Flipping the Fintech Script.”

Sable

Laidlaw Scholar: Naveen Qureshi, Co-CEO and Operations Officer

Sable provides access to credit and financial inclusion to those in the US that have thin or no credit histories. They help these individuals develop their profile through secured products, using the data generated by their activity to “graduate” into unsecured credit products. Through this process, their customers build their credit scores, enabling them to access a broad range of other services (e.g. rental agreements, mobile phone contracts, etc.), and thereby breaking down this barrier to access.

Sable was acquired by Snap Financial in September 2022. Whilst only resulting in a return of capital due to the short holding period, this acquisition provided a good exit for the co-founding Laidlaw Scholar.

My Co-Founder, Lauren, and I have found the LSV team to always be on hand to support the company with any challenges we may be facing, and regularly provide support and guidance. Our LSV mentors have connected us to industry leaders and advisors who have helped us on our journey. The fund’s values are aligned with ours as a company, and knowing that the profits go to the Foundation to help other Laidlaw Scholars like me, is phenomenal.

—Bidemi Afolabi, ProMotion

Laidlaw Music Centre

The Laidlaw Music Centre at St Andrews University opened in April 2022 and is the first building dedicated to music in the university’s 600-year history. The Centre includes an intimate performing venue, flexible rehearsal space, and a high-tech recording facility. It provides an extension to the historic St Mary’s Quadrangle, which is the oldest part of the university dating back to the 16th century.

The project was named a winner of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) 2023 awards and provides a new home for St Andrews’ Music Centre in a building that enables community access, professional performance, tuition and rehearsal, and the study of music as part of the undergraduate degree programme. Each “musical” space in the building is acoustically excellent, but designed with flexibility and ease of use in mind. The quality of the acoustics in these spaces allows musical excellence to flourish during rehearsals and performances for students, teachers, performers, and audiences alike. The main Rehearsal/Recital Hall is complemented by three large sectional rehearsal spaces, 10 individual practice rooms, a recording studio, and an amplified music suite.

The Oak-lined McPherson Recital room is the world’s first chamber hall with a reverberation chamber, which allows the hall to be “tuned” from nearly 4 seconds reverberation time for organ and choir work down to less than a second for more analytical rehearsal work. The room is sized to allow a symphony orchestra to rehearse and for chamber music recitals with audiences of up to 250. To allow the wide range of layouts, the entire floor of the hall incorporates a grid of mechanised lifts that allow an infinite variety of spatial configurations - another world first.

Lord Laidlaw, Susanna Kempe and Sally Mapstone with Laidlaw Scholars at the opening of the Laidlaw Music Centre

£250k Donation to SOS Children’s Villages in Ukraine

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has caused a humanitarian crisis that has displaced millions of people, including children. Hundreds of schools and educational facilities have been attacked, are used for military purposes, or serve as shelters for civilians. More than 5 million school-age children and 1.5 million higher-education students have had their education interrupted due to the conflict.

In response to the urgent need for assistance, the Laidlaw Foundation made a £250k donation to SOS Children’s Villages, an independent nonprofit organisation that has been working tirelessly to provide immediate and mid-term help to victims of the ongoing war. The donation allowed 110 children and their caregivers to receive care, protection, assistance, and education. Additionally, it will support significant education measures, including access to school, capacity building of teachers, and activities for child wellbeing, to ensure successful educational outcomes.

Alain Kappeler, Managing Director of SOS Children’s Villages Switzerland, expressed gratitude for the generosity of donors like the Laidlaw Foundation, stating that “thanks to the generosity of our donors, we can provide children and families affected by the conflict with the vital support they need to survive and thrive.”

We believe that every child has the right to food and shelter, to feel safe, and to be educated. No child should have to endure what the children of Ukraine are now suffering.

—Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay