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Margo Mouat (Theoretical Physics) contributed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives within the School of Physics and Astronomy as an Employ.ed summer intern. Learn about her role and the skills she developed.
Mishita Khurana (Astrophysics) completed an Employ.ed on Campus summer internship with the School’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team on decolonising the physics curriculum. Read on to find out what the role entailed and what skills she developed…
My summer project entailed analysing stochastic effects in the context of the earliest stars, so-called Population III stars, and was awarded the Cormack Scholarship, offered by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This topic had not been explored rigorously before and as such provided me with the immense opportunity of producing novel scientific results, as well as getting close to the research life, which is something I deeply wish to pursue in future.