MPhil in Technology Policy Final Group Project

The team delivered a good overview of the trends in STEM education along with recommendations on how to create a more diverse and inclusive cohort of STEM students. In particular, their research on case studies provided useful insights around computational thinking.

I was incredibly impressed with how quickly the team developed a detailed understanding of a highly technical and complex area in drug research, and how they interacted with numerous stakeholders across our global sites to look at issues professionally and critically to prioritise solutions. Their recommendations balanced time, cost and impact, and incorporated important and insightful business concepts that we had not previously considered but will form the basis of our future plans.

I was highly impressed with the team’s ability to understand new technologies and translate from an idea into a tangible commercial opportunity. In a matter of weeks, they delivered a high-quality business development proposal that we are currently implementing.

I was impressed with the team’s ability to understand in a short space of time the varied and complicated landscape of financial services regulation and other key policy concerns. Their work was timely, and a strong combination of thorough research and practical policy recommendations, based on successful case studies in other jurisdictions.

The team used a broad range of scientific skills coupled with significant foreign language skills to develop well-informed and wide-ranging recommendations to policy-makers in a technically highly demanding field under challenging circumstances.