Postgraduate Studentships Annual Symposium 2019

This year's event was held in the Stormont Hotel, Belfast on Thursday 12 September 2019 and was attended by around 120 students, supervisors, stakeholders and DAERA staff.

Our Permanent Secretary, Dr Denis McMahon, welcomed everyone to the symposium and guest speaker Dr Sam Strain (Chief Executive, Animal Health and Welfare NI) delivered sound advice to the PhD students.

Please see below the brochures, photos, press article and final year student presentations.

Documents

• 2019 Postgraduate Symposium BrochureAdobe PDF (3.77 MB)
• 2019 Postgraduate Symposium photosMicrosoft Word (10.28 MB)
• Naomi Rutherford: Development of systems to improve the health and performance of dairy-origin beef young stockMicrosoft Powerpoint (5.53 MB)
• Joanna Shooter: High value functional dairy products from low value whey proteins: proving the conceptMicrosoft Powerpoint (201.12 KB)
• Clare Maguire: Remediation of agricultural wastes to grow Algal biomass for nutritional supplements in animal feedAdobe PDF (2.14 MB)
• Ryan McGuire: Rural poverty and social isolation: an analysis of policy effectiveness using natural experiment within Northern IrelandMicrosoft Powerpoint (644.63 KB)
• Emma Brown: Development of a dynamic mathematical model to assess spread and control of Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB), integrating both domestic and wild host dynamicsMicrosoft Powerpoint (4.69 MB)
• Emma Campbell: Cattle and badger dynamics in relation to the potential transmission of Mycobacterium bovisMicrosoft Powerpoint (29.97 MB)
• Rebecca Stevenson: How can Northern Ireland more effectively deliver plant health protection to contribute to the DAERA vision of a thriving and sustainable rural economy?Microsoft Powerpoint (3.12 MB)