PhD students awarded with alumni-sponsored Fenwall Prize
Postgraduate research (PGR) students Charlie Harding and Luke Walsh were awarded with the alumni-sponsored Fenwall Prize at the PhD Conference 2023, on 12 July.
The Fenwall Prize is awarded to outstanding first-year doctoral students, and supported by alumni and long-standing friend of the University, Dr Andrew Douglas, as Managing Director of Fenwall Investments.
With £500 being awarded per student, this year’s Fenwall Prizes were given to Charlie from the Strategy, International Business and Entrepreneurship (SIBE) subject group, and Luke, from the area of Economics.
As part of a successful first year, Charlie’s progress includes presenting her first paper at the 39th EGOS Colloquium, leading the organisation of the Management School’s Academia 101 training events and being an active member of the PhD Forum.
Luke also demonstrated excellent progress in his first year, with a presentation at the Economics NWSSDTP Conference in Liverpool, and his first PhD paper being accepted at the European Association of Labour Economists Conference, one of the most selective international events in labour economics.
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Alongside the two Fenwall Prizes, the Dean of the University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS), Professor Julia Balogun, awarded 10 doctoral students with the ULMS PhD Award 2022-23, in recognition of their efforts and contributions throughout the last year:
- Satyam Goel, Economics PhD student
- Victoria Biagi, Economics PhD student
- Yangchun Xiong, Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) PhD student
- Abhilash Kondraganti, OSCM PhD student
- Mya Kirkwood, Work, Organisation and Management (WOM) PhD student
- Ebru Calin, WOM PhD student
- Sharon Cooksey, WOM PhD student
- Ragnhild Nordset, SIBE PhD student
- Meltam Yagli, Accounting and Finance PhD student
- Yujia Wang, Accounting and Finance PhD student.
“It’s fantastic to see you are enjoying your PhD, not just doing research, but also going to conferences, presenting your work and meeting other colleagues”, said Julia.
“We love having our PGR students here at ULMS, it’s part of our research brand, and we’re incredibly proud of how well everybody is doing, and how you go out there to represent the School.
“Thank you for being part of our Management School”.
In addition to the end-of-the-year PGR Awards Ceremony, the half-day conference hosted by ULMS PGR Forum students, covered a series of activities aimed at helping doctoral researchers reflect on their PhD journey and plan future research strategy.
The Vitae Researcher Development Framework recognises the importance for doctoral students to take ownership and control of their professional development (domain B), and acquire the knowledge needed for effective management of research (domain C).
In line with this, Management School academics run several sessions with the objective of supporting students to develop their skills in areas including:
- Self-reflection
- Preparation and prioritisation
- Networking
- Building reputation and esteem
- Developing research strategies
- Planning and delivering a research project.