Nigerian researcher wins UK award
A Nigerian postgraduate researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University, Peter Akor, has won the 2026 Vitae Three Minute Thesis competition in the United Kingd Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-researcher-wins-uk-award/
Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland recently announced that Peter Akor, a postgraduate researcher from Nigeria, has been awarded the 2026 Vitae Three Minute Thesis competition. Akor, who is part of the University's School of Science and Engineering, won both the Judges' Choice and People's Choice awards after competing against five other postgraduate researchers from across the UK.
The announcement of the winners was made on Monday following the final broadcast on Vitae's YouTube channel on October 1st. Akor's winning presentation, titled 'The Minutes That Matter: Transforming Epileptic Seizure Care from Reaction to Prediction,' focused on utilizing technology and data to predict epileptic seizures before they occur, with the potential to enhance safety, treatment, and quality of life for individuals living with epilepsy.
When questioned by Diaspora Tales, Akor revealed that he competed against researchers from Oxford, King's College, Surrey, Reading, and Westminster during the finals. Another Nigerian finalist, Abisola Ijaodola, was part of the School of Science and Engineering at GRU and presented a thesis called "Developing a Climate Just Finance Framework for Glasgow."
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