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As part of the graduation celebrations taking place on Monday 20th July 2026, graduating PhD students will be providing short talks on their theses. The talks will take place at 10.30am in MB0.07 before the departmental celebrations, running until approx. 11.30am.

We look forward to seeing you at the talks to celebrate our students’ success.

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