Congratulations to the following postgraduate research students who have completed their studies or been awarded AFHEA status this term.

A number of students have successfully passed their viva, marking the completion of their postgraduate research degree.

Congratulations to the following students:

• Jack Lyons under the supervision of Professor Finn Giuliani 
• Xiaoxian Zhang under the supervision of Professor Fionn Dunne
• Ricardo P M Duarte under the supervision of Dr Ifan Stephens
• Fiona Sander under the supervision of Dr Stefano Angioletti Uberti
• Dongkuk Kim under the supervision of Professor Sandrine Heutz
• Huang Ju under the supervision of Professor Aron Walsh
• Rowan Hedgecock under the supervision of Professor Finn Giuliani (previously supervised the late Professor Luc Vandeperre)
• Ekaterina Pchelintseva under the supervision of Professor Molly Stevens
• Ijeoma Patrick under the supervision of Professor Molly Stevens
• Cheng-Jung Lin under the supervision of Professor Chris Gourlay
• Xiaouru Li under the supervision of Professor David Payne

AFHEA status

Associate Fellowship (AFHEA) provides recognition of professional practice for supporting teaching and learning in Higher Education. 

Associate Fellowship is awarded to professionals who can demonstrate they meet the criteria in the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) for teaching and supporting learning in higher education. 

The following members of the department have been awarded AFHEA status:

Harry Payne, Research Postgraduate supervised by the late Professor Luc Vandeperre

Thomas Kwok, Research Postgraduate supervised by Professor David Dye

Victoria Vilchez, Research Postgraduate supervised by Dr Florian Bouville