In a ceremony today (23 May), Durham student Alice Booth (Biosciences), was travelled to London to deliver a short speech at the Canadian High Commission.
Alice’s speech detailed the experiences of a group of Durham students who successfully completed funded 12-week research placements at Canadian universities. Alice went to the University of Manitoba and conducted a research project on ‘Dual inhibition of telomere maintenance pathways in cancer’.
Over the summer a number Durham students, including Alice, successfully undertook funded 12-week research placements at Canada universities as part of the Globalink Research Initiative.
Durham's Global Opportunities programme co-funds and participates in this partnership between Universities UK International and Mitacs, a not-for-profit Canadian national research organisation, to support summer student research placements in a variety of academic disciplines from science, engineering, and mathematics to the humanities and social sciences. This provides a wealth of opportunities for our students to develop their skills and experiences outside of their studies. Students gain valuable hands-on research experience in their chosen field, and open doors to exciting international opportunities in the future.
Alice’s speech in the ceremony accompanied the re-signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to support future rounds of the scheme and to celebrate its success.
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