Postgraduate research students

Chinedu is a Postgraduate Research Student at the University of Derby. His thesis title is Development of a condition-based maintenance framework for oil and gas plants to meet the requirement of industry 4.0.

Claire is a postgraduate research student within the College of Health, Psychology and Social Care. 

Emma is a postgraduate researcher in Health Psychology at the University of Derby. Her research reflects her passion for working in and improving end-of-life care, focusing on healthcare professionals’ experiences of patient death and subsequent development of death competency.

Jenny is a Postgraduate Research Student at the University of Derby. She has spent the last 22 years working for companies involved in research and development and consultancy, mainly in the rail industry.

Vic Curtis is DBS Course Director, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and Subject Leader for Joint Honours Business Enterprise pathway. He encourages students to take a more enterprising approach to their studies to achieve the best outcomes possible. Vic has worked in the sugar industry, held senior sales and marketing positions and started his own consultancy business.

Ian Danton is a Postgraduate Research Student. His psychological research is into the common values that connect all humans. His long-term goal is to develop an intervention, based on these values, that can be used to minimise prejudicial attitudes and behaviours.

Melissa is a postgraduate research student whose current research investigates how cognitive and psychological factors influence drawing ability and affect the design experience for students in design education. 

Alexandra is a first-year postgraduate research student researching fundamental movement skills, physical activity, and balance during early childhood. 

Mark is a lecturer on the Sound, Light and Live Event Technology Degree and also on the IOA Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control.