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Selected candidacies, organised by admissions stage and entry year.
A curated library of verified Avandy outcome records, organised by admissions stage and entry year. Each entry sets out the anonymised academic profile, target programme, university outcome and recorded areas of Avandy support.
The outcomes shown represent a selected set of documented Avandy cases. Additional verified outcomes are added to the library on an ongoing basis.
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2022 Entry
University of Bath — PhD in Management
Reframed the proposal through dynamic-capabilities and technology-incubator ecosystem theory for the supervisory review.
- Academic background
- University of Manchester + University of Bath — Bachelor's degree in Business Management + MSc in Innovation and Technology Management.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction (74/100); technology-incubator placement experience, with an initial proposal weighted towards a business plan rather than strategic-management theory.
- Target programme
- PhD in Management
Admissions highlights
Reframed the proposal through dynamic-capabilities and technology-incubator ecosystem theory for the supervisory review.
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University of Bath — PhD in Management
2022 Entry
Leiden University — PhD in Humanities / History
Mapped seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maritime treaties and transnational diplomatic archives to relevant Leiden research.
- Academic background
- Wuhan University + London School of Economics and Political Science — Bachelor's degree in History + MA in International History.
- Academic profile
- MA with Distinction; strong documentary research, with the initial proposal requiring greater depth in early-modern European diplomatic history and archival methodology.
- Target programme
- PhD in Humanities / History
Admissions highlights
Mapped seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maritime treaties and transnational diplomatic archives to relevant Leiden research.
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Leiden University — PhD in Humanities / History
2017 Entry
University of Leeds — PhD in Languages, Cultures and Societies
Used a public-management perspective to examine multilingual community policy and the construction of cultural identity, aligned with relevant Leeds research.
- Academic background
- Beijing Foreign Studies University + University of Leeds — Bachelor's degree in Linguistics + MA in Public Administration.
- Academic profile
- MA with Distinction; a public-management background, with a proposal requiring stronger integration of language policy, intercultural communication and social semiotics.
- Target programme
- PhD in Languages, Cultures and Societies
Admissions highlights
Used a public-management perspective to examine multilingual community policy and the construction of cultural identity, aligned with relevant Leeds research.
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University of Leeds — PhD in Languages, Cultures and Societies
2016 Entry
University of Liège — PhD in Engineering Sciences
Revalidated the applicant’s degrees and course modules before submitting a proposal on industrial automation and fluid-systems modelling.
- Academic background
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology + European joint engineering programme — Bachelor's degree in Engineering + MSc in Engineering.
- Academic profile
- Average 86/100; earlier qualification information required careful rechecking, and the proposal needed a clearer fit with industrial engineering and systems optimisation.
- Target programme
- PhD in Engineering Sciences
Admissions highlights
Revalidated the applicant’s degrees and course modules before submitting a proposal on industrial automation and fluid-systems modelling.
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University of Liège — PhD in Engineering Sciences
2017 Entry
University of Manchester — PhD in Planning & Environmental Management
Built a model combining GIS-based spatial planning with community climate adaptation, aligned with Manchester’s research strengths.
- Academic background
- University of Manchester + University of Liverpool — Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science + MSc in Urban Planning.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; strong fieldwork, with an initial proposal lacking an integrated framework for urban climate resilience and planning and environmental management.
- Target programme
- PhD in Planning & Environmental Management
Admissions highlights
Built a model combining GIS-based spatial planning with community climate adaptation, aligned with Manchester’s research strengths.
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University of Manchester — PhD in Planning & Environmental Management
2016 Entry
University of Southampton — PhD in Management
Reframed the proposal on organisational agility in digital firms using dynamic-capabilities theory.
- Academic background
- University of Southampton — Bachelor's degree in Management + MSc in Management.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; business-management placement experience, with a proposal requiring stronger theory on organisational change and leadership in the digital era.
- Target programme
- PhD in Management
Admissions highlights
Reframed the proposal on organisational agility in digital firms using dynamic-capabilities theory.
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University of Southampton — PhD in Management
2023 Entry
University of Southampton — PhD in Business Studies & Management
Used mixed methods to study integration mechanisms in overseas M&A by emerging-market firms.
- Academic background
- University of International Business and Economics + University of Southampton — Bachelor's degree in Business Administration + MSc in International Management.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; extensive commercial practice, with a proposal weighted towards business operations rather than empirical transnational-strategy research.
- Target programme
- PhD in Business Studies & Management
Admissions highlights
Used mixed methods to study integration mechanisms in overseas M&A by emerging-market firms.
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University of Southampton — PhD in Business Studies & Management
2016 Entry
University of Sydney — PhD in Civil Engineering
Developed a complete thesis proposal on seismic performance and topology optimisation in steel-frame structures.
- Academic background
- Tongji University + University of Sydney — Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering + Master's degree in Structural Engineering.
- Academic profile
- Master’s degree with Distinction; a strong engineering-mechanics foundation, with a proposal requiring advanced finite-element simulation of steel-frame performance.
- Target programme
- PhD in Civil Engineering
Admissions highlights
Developed a complete thesis proposal on seismic performance and topology optimisation in steel-frame structures.
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University of Sydney — PhD in Civil Engineering
2016 Entry
University of Bristol — MPhil in Film and Television
Introduced critical perspectives on postmodern streaming narrative and audiovisual language to strengthen the academic case.
- Academic background
- Communication University of China + University of Bristol — Bachelor's degree in Drama, Film and Television Literature + MA in Film and Television.
- Academic profile
- MA with Distinction; strong audiovisual practice, with an MPhil/PhD proposal requiring greater theoretical depth in film aesthetics and digital-media ethics.
- Target programme
- MPhil in Film and Television
Admissions highlights
Introduced critical perspectives on postmodern streaming narrative and audiovisual language to strengthen the academic case.
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University of Bristol — MPhil in Film and Television
2016 Entry
University of Cambridge — PhD in Education
Combined Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital with large-scale panel data to examine how social class shapes access to higher education.
- Academic background
- UCL + University of Cambridge — Bachelor's degree in Education + MPhil in Education.
- Academic profile
- MPhil with Distinction; an initial proposal on cross-cultural education requiring quantitative validation through educational sociology and causal inference.
- Target programme
- PhD in Education
Admissions highlights
Combined Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital with large-scale panel data to examine how social class shapes access to higher education.
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University of Cambridge — PhD in Education
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