Horizon CDT Blog Posts

Gaining another perspective – a reflection on my internship with Derbyshire County Council (DCC)

post by Kathryn Baguley (2020 Cohort) My internship opportunity arose from my ongoing work with DCC. Whilst working on another project in early January 2022, I was excited to hear […]


Summer placement with Campden BRI

post by Melissa Clover (2021 cohort) This summer (2022) I undertook a 3-month placement with my partner company, Campden BRI. They specialise in food and drink science and innovation in […]


Summer Placement with Nottingham City Council (NCC)

post by Torran Semple (2021 cohort) During summer 2022, I was on placement with my industry partner, Nottingham City Council (NCC). My main responsibility was to draft NCC’s annual Domestic […]


Reflections of my placement with Ipsos

post by Dan Heaton (2020 cohort) Background My PhD examines how discourses concerning the agency of decision-making algorithms can be understood using a hybrid language analysis framework. This framework consists […]


Playing between industry and academia: reflections on my placement with Makers of Imaginary Worlds

post by Daniel Swann (2021 cohort) Introduction As part of my PhD project at the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training, I underwent a placement throughout the summer of 2022 with […]