These scholarships form part of London Met's commitment to improving the experiences, opportunities and outcomes of students and colleagues from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Date: 10 December 2021
London Met is delighted to welcome a host of new PhD scholars, who are joining the University on the Vice Chancellor's PhD scholarship programme.
These scholarships form part of London Met's commitment to improving the experiences, opportunities and outcomes of students and colleagues from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
The University's Research and Knowledge Exchange Strategy notes that, "While we begin with providing a fairer and more equitable culture for those who are already studying and working at the University, we also wish to effect change and create positive impact as we embark on research in exciting, challenging and above all important fields of enquiry. These scholarships reflect our wish to see greater inclusivity in our research work."
The new scholars and their projects are as follows:
- Hosn Houssami - Lines through the City (School of Art, Architecture and Design) - Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources - Principal Supervisor - Maurice Mitchell, supervisory team: Bo Tang, Beatrice De Carli
- Nudjezma Softic - Intermediaries, Inclusion and Method (Guildhall School of Business and Law) - Principal Supervisor - Nigel Caldwell, supervisory team: Zainab Fakhr, Christina MacNeill
- Innocent Lubangakene - Non-Invasive Electromagnetic Wave Based Sensor for Biomedical Applications (School of Computing and Digital Media) - Centre for Communications Technology - Principal Supervisor Bal Virdee, supervisory team: Pancham Shukla, Saif Huq
- Dipo Dunsin - Artificial Intelligence based Digital Forensics Framework (School of Computing and Digital Media) - Cyber Security Research Centre - Principal Supervisor - Karim Ouazanne, supervisory team: Vassil Vassilev, Mohamed Ghanem
- Ntuthuko Khanyile - Measures of nutritional deficit and telomere length as a biomarker of disease in South African children (School of Human Sciences) - Principal Supervisor - Una Fairbrother, co-supervisor: Sh
awn McLaren - Mia Outteridge - The development of novel antiviral agents that target human coronaviruses (School of Human Sciences) - Cellular Molecular and Immunology Research Centre - Principal Supervisor - Gary McLean, supervisory team: Kevin Devine, Christine Nunn
- Ifeanyi Nwachukwu - Young peoples’ understanding of human rights, with particular reference to race equity (School of Social Sciences and Professions) - Principal Supervisor - Alistair Ross, supervisory team: Rossana Perez-del-Aguila, Julius Elster
- Alessia Dalceggio - Bodies at Borders: an intersectional analysis of migration, state control and violence (School of Social Sciences and Professions) - Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre - Principal Supervisor - Louise Ryan, supervisory team: Maria Lopez, Natasha Choudary
- Ameena Khan Sullivan - Reading Comprehension Development in University Students - Higher Education Research Group - Principal Supervisor Amanda Holland, supervisory team Jan Bamford, Wendy Ross
- Neha Doshi - Race and podcasting: the production and circulation of ordinary black and minoritized voices - Centre for Life Writing and Oral History (CLiOH) - Principal Supervisor Jenny Harding, supervisory team: Anne Karpf, Peter Lewis
Mia said, "It is an incredible honour to have been awarded the Vice Chancellor's Scholarship, and to complete my PhD in antiviral targets for human Coronaviruses, with the hopes to design small molecules that stop viral replication in host cells. This Scholarship has given me the opportunity to contribute towards highly current and crucial research, and it has allowed me to begin my journey in becoming a laboratory researcher. I will always be thankful to London Met and the Research and Postgraduate team, and I will keep striving and working my hardest for the best results!"
Ifeanyi said, "My project focuses on identities and young people's understanding of human rights with respect to equality, diversity and inclusion.This PhD Scholarship has provided me with a lifetime opportunity to charter a new course. I am excited to come on board the London Metropolitan University community and to be a part of the real change agenda."
Neha said, "My project was given the broad title "Race, Podcasting and Social Media" which is about how people from BAME backgrounds are using podcasting and social media to carve out space for ourselves within the media landscape.
"I use the collective 'our' because this project is close to home: it's about how people of colour - and I include myself in that label - are challenging narratives that exclude us, or seek to 'other' us, by demanding to be heard. It has been an immensely exciting to be awarded this scholarship, because with it comes the opportunity to be a part of the conversation that's speaking back against racism, but it has, at times, felt a bit daunting, because it is very easy to fall into the trap of feeling imposter syndrome."
