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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.
Showing 281–290 of 303 outcomes
2017 Entry
University of Cambridge — PhD in Land Economy
Developed a spatial Durbin model to quantify the effects of urban rail infrastructure on land premiums and commercial clustering.
- Academic background
- University of Cambridge + London School of Economics and Political Science — Bachelor's degree in Land Economy + MSc in Real Estate Economics.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; the application and proposal required stronger spatial-econometric modelling of externalities in urban regeneration.
- Target programme
- PhD in Land Economy
Admissions highlights
Developed a spatial Durbin model to quantify the effects of urban rail infrastructure on land premiums and commercial clustering.
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University of Cambridge — PhD in Land Economy
2017 Entry
University of Cambridge — PhD in Education
Combined cultural-capital theory with evaluation of education-equity policy for Cambridge’s doctoral review.
- Academic background
- UCL + University of Cambridge — Bachelor's degree in Education + MPhil in Education.
- Academic profile
- MPhil with Distinction; substantial research experience, with the doctoral proposal needing a clearer contribution to educational sociology and comparative policy.
- Target programme
- PhD in Education
Admissions highlights
Combined cultural-capital theory with evaluation of education-equity policy for Cambridge’s doctoral review.
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University of Cambridge — PhD in Education
2017 Entry
University of Canterbury — PhD in Chinese
Focused on overseas translation and cross-cultural circulation networks for modern Chinese literature, aligned with relevant Canterbury supervision.
- Academic background
- Beijing Foreign Studies University + University of Kent — Bachelor's degree in Chinese Language and Literature + MA in Chinese Studies.
- Academic profile
- MA with Distinction; rigorous documentary scholarship, with an initial proposal requiring a stronger critical perspective on overseas Sinology and the circulation of modern Chinese literature.
- Target programme
- PhD in Chinese
Admissions highlights
Focused on overseas translation and cross-cultural circulation networks for modern Chinese literature, aligned with relevant Canterbury supervision.
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University of Canterbury — PhD in Chinese
2018 Entry
Cranfield University — PhD in Transport Systems
Submitted a proposal combining reinforcement learning with urban traffic-flow control, aligned with Cranfield’s applied strengths.
- Academic background
- Tongji University + Cranfield University — Bachelor's degree in Transport Engineering + MSc in Transport Systems.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; strong engineering algorithms, with a proposal requiring intelligent-transport-systems and multimodal network-optimisation models.
- Target programme
- PhD in Transport Systems
Admissions highlights
Submitted a proposal combining reinforcement learning with urban traffic-flow control, aligned with Cranfield’s applied strengths.
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Cranfield University — PhD in Transport Systems
2017 Entry
Curtin University — PhD in Education
Designed a mixed-methods framework for evaluating cross-cultural STEM curricula, supporting supervisory approval from Curtin.
- Academic background
- East China Normal University + Curtin University — Bachelor's degree in Education + Master of Education.
- Academic profile
- Master’s degree with Distinction; extensive teaching experience, with a proposal requiring empirical research in integrated STEM education and cross-cultural pedagogy.
- Target programme
- PhD in Education
Admissions highlights
Designed a mixed-methods framework for evaluating cross-cultural STEM curricula, supporting supervisory approval from Curtin.
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Curtin University — PhD in Education
2017 Entry
Durham University — PhD in Finance
Used panel-data models and high-frequency market microstructure to investigate liquidity risk for Durham’s review.
- Academic background
- Nankai University + Durham University — Bachelor's degree in Finance + MSc in Finance.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; good quantitative analysis, with an initial proposal resembling a practice report and requiring deeper asset-pricing and corporate-finance reasoning.
- Target programme
- PhD in Finance
Admissions highlights
Used panel-data models and high-frequency market microstructure to investigate liquidity risk for Durham’s review.
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Durham University — PhD in Finance
2016 Entry
Imperial College London — PhD in Materials
Linked DFT band-structure prediction with experiments on interfacial charge transport in perovskite solar cells.
- Academic background
- Imperial College London — Bachelor's degree in Materials Science + MSc in Advanced Materials.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction (81/100); strong wet-laboratory capability, with a proposal requiring first-principles DFT calculations and analysis of interfacial electrochemical mechanisms.
- Target programme
- PhD in Materials
Admissions highlights
Linked DFT band-structure prediction with experiments on interfacial charge transport in perovskite solar cells.
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Imperial College London — PhD in Materials
2016 Entry
King's College London — PhD in Robotics
Proposed an adaptive-control model for tactile feedback in surgical robotics, aligned with relevant King’s robotics research.
- Academic background
- Harbin Institute of Technology + King's College London — Bachelor's degree in Robotics Engineering + MSc in Robotics.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; a good algorithmic foundation, with a proposal requiring modelling of soft-robot control and multimodal sensor fusion.
- Target programme
- PhD in Robotics
Admissions highlights
Proposed an adaptive-control model for tactile feedback in surgical robotics, aligned with relevant King’s robotics research.
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King's College London — PhD in Robotics
2017 Entry
Lancaster University — PhD in Environmental Science
Combined biochar remediation with soil-isotope tracing, aligned with relevant Lancaster Environment Centre research.
- Academic background
- Lancaster University — Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science + MSc in Environmental Science.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; extensive field-sampling experience, with a proposal requiring carbon-cycle ecological modelling and soil-remediation mechanisms.
- Target programme
- PhD in Environmental Science
Admissions highlights
Combined biochar remediation with soil-isotope tracing, aligned with relevant Lancaster Environment Centre research.
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Lancaster University — PhD in Environmental Science
2017 Entry
University of Leicester — PhD in Management
Reframed the proposal through organisational agility and institutional-logics theory for Leicester’s supervisory review.
- Academic background
- University of Leicester — Bachelor's degree in Business Management + MSc in Management.
- Academic profile
- MSc with Distinction; a strong theoretical base, with a proposal requiring a transnational perspective on organisational change and critical management studies.
- Target programme
- PhD in Management
Admissions highlights
Reframed the proposal through organisational agility and institutional-logics theory for Leicester’s supervisory review.
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University of Leicester — PhD in Management
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