As a PhD student at the University of Leicester, I was the first editor-in-chief of FRONTIER for its launch in 2014 and I’m delighted to have been asked to write the editorial for this issue

Bugby, Sarah

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2EditorialAs a PhD student at the University of Leicester, I was the  rst editor-in-chief of FRONTIER for its launch in 2014 and I’m delighted to have been asked to write the editorial for this issue.When we began work on the fi rst issue of FRONTIER, we hoped that it would become a permanent fi xture at the University, giving PhD students a chance to share their research with the wider university community for years to come. It’s great to see that FRONTIER has found a permanent home at the Graduate School and is still going strong. Th is wouldn’t be possible without the dedication of Felicity Easton, the whole editorial team, and the authors who work incredibly hard every issue to put everything together (all while also working on their own PhDs!).Th is issue covers subjects as diverse as psychosis, Trump’s link to ancient Rome, superhero biceps and the bacteria lurking in our salads. It can be diffi  cult to describe your PhD research, which is at the cutting edge of your fi eld, in such a way that anyone can pick up your article and understand what you’re trying to do and why. Writing for a non-specialist audience, as the authors have done here, is a hugely important skill to learn – whether you plan to write grant applications in the future, or just want to explain your research to your relatives. If you’d like to share your research in a future issue of FRONTIER, gain experience in editing and designing a magazine, or just have some feedback, Felicity and her team would love to hear from you. Just email frontier@le.ac.uk and let them know how you’d like to be involved. AcknowledgementsFRONTIER was launched with a grant provided by Professor Sir Bob Burgess during his time as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, with additional funds from the Career Development Service and the Graduate School. We are incredibly grateful in their help in kick-starting FRONTIER, especially so to the Graduate School who continue to fund FRONTIER.We have received incredible support and advice from Dr Sarah Bugby and Dr Jason Wickham, who are always available to help and guide us. We would also like to extend our thanks to staff  across the University for supporting FRONTIER and helping us to spread the word, to Merv Stevenson for his eff orts in assisting the composition of the layout, and to all the postgraduate students who have contacted us with feedback, articles and off ers to get involved.CopyrightWe would like to credit the following for allowing us to use their images in Frontier. All writing is © the respective authors. All other images, illustrations and photographs in this issue are © FRONTIER. 1. Main Image by Giacomo Savani (reproduced with permission). All other images are edited versions of below images 5 (bottom), 16, and 21 (bottom)2 Sarah Bugby4 (Bottom right and left): SEM images, With permission from Giannis Koukkidis5 (Top righ): Salad bag juice, With permission from Giannis Koukkidis5 (Bottom): Microbe print, With permission from Carl Vivian6 (Middle right): Microbe Print, With permission from Carl Vivian6  (Bottom Centre): Salad Varieties, With permission from Giannis Koukkidis7 (Left and Bottom): Salad leaf microbe prints, With permission from Carl Vivian8 Illustration, Clipartimage understandingchildhood.net9 Grandfather reading to kids, With permission from Donnie Ray Jones11 Copyright holder approved publication of image under the terms of CC012 Image by Giacomo Savani (reproduced with permission)13 (Right and Bottom): Photo and comic covers, Pixaby.com, free for commercial use14 Authorised for non-commercial use15 Photos, © British Museum. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license16-18 (All images): With permission from Héctor Carreño19 (Top): Mr Noel Conway and wife, Oxford Human Rights Hub - University of Oxford. All images used by permission of author19-22 Consent to use images from author20 (Top): Satirical cartoon, comres.co.uk20 (Bottom): Pie chart infographic, Washington Times21 (Bottom): Campaigners, Th e Telegraph22 Challenges of research writing, courtesy of ‘insight of an intern’, collegefocus.com23 (Top right): With permission from Yin Yang, publicdomainpictures.com23 (Right): Poem ‘Invictus’, William Ernest Henley – public domain24-27 Images used with permission from author29 Th e statue of Cincinnatus at his plough in Cincinnati, Ohio. Author: Chris Light. 2009. Wikimedia Commons CC 4.031 Th e Triumphal Arch from Palmyra. Author: Francesco Bandarin. Source: UNESCO.org. 2007. Creative Commons 3.0 IGODr Sarah BugbyFRONTIER Founder

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