Horizon CDT Blog Posts

My Placement: Empowering Older Adults with Technology Through the ExtraCare Smart Market Initiative

post by Angela Higgins (2022 cohort) Technology may help older adults maintain independence and live healthier lives, however there is a belief that this population is completely unable or unwilling […]


My Placement Experience: Lessons and Triumphs

post by Kuzi Makokoro (2022 cohort) Reflecting upon my placement, a key lesson around the most important decision to make before starting a placement, was to consider the specific skills […]


Fantasy Legal Exhibitions

post by Favour Borokini (2022 cohort) Barely a day after I returned from St Andrews from the three weeks long Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, I again set out to London […]


Exploring Children’s Interaction with Robotic Installations: Reflections on Placement with Makers of Imaginary Worlds

post by Victor Ngo (2022 cohort) My placement ran from July to September 2023, with Makers of Imaginary Worlds (MOIW), and involved planning and running a two-part study that would […]


Reflections on my placement at the Department for Transport

post by Phuong Anh (Violet) Nguyen (2022 cohort) I began my placement in the Data Science team of the Analytic Directorate at the Department of Transport in April 2023 to […]