{"id":2,"date":"2024-11-27T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:40:27","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2024\/12\/stori-profile-pic-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Sophie smiling.\" class=\"wp-image-8 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2024\/12\/stori-profile-pic-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2024\/12\/stori-profile-pic-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2024\/12\/stori-profile-pic-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2024\/12\/stori-profile-pic-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2024\/12\/stori-profile-pic-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2024\/12\/stori-profile-pic.jpeg 1832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, I graduated from Durham University with a Masters in Mathematics, having written my dissertation on Natural Language Processing. In the third year of my degree, having previously focused on pure mathematics, I began to be curious about statistics due to its applications in solving real world problems. This led me to completing the STOR-i Summer Internship, during which I completed a project on clustering neural spike train data in the spectral domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The internship deepened my interest in statistics, and I was drawn to the emphasis STOR-i puts on collaboration, both between students and with industrial partners. In the MRes course, I am excited to begin exploring my interest in Operations Research, developing my research skills with the topic sprints, and gaining industry insight on the problem solving days.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/durham-maths-building-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of Durham Mathematics and Computer Science building.\" class=\"wp-image-343 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/durham-maths-building-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/durham-maths-building-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/durham-maths-building-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/durham-maths-building-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/durham-maths-building-2048x1485.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/durham-maths-building-1140x827.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Work &amp; Volunteering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have an interest in maths outreach; I was a tutor for the Durham University branch of the LMS Levelling Up programme, delivering maths tutoring sessions to sixth form students from backgrounds which are underrepresented in STEM subjects in higher education. I was also a part of the Young Minds Big Maths project, which aimed to encourage deeper thinking about mathematics in the Early Years setting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/472901625_986500673390243_8894683209896286021_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"Border Terrier dog sat on a rock on a mountain.\" class=\"wp-image-353 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/472901625_986500673390243_8894683209896286021_n-1.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/472901625_986500673390243_8894683209896286021_n-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/01\/472901625_986500673390243_8894683209896286021_n-1-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my spare time I enjoy gardening, exploring the Lake District, and walking my dog. I am an avid reader, and I also enjoy anything crafty, in particular knitting and crocheting my own clothes. I love cooking and baking, and enjoyed taking part in the STOR-i Bake Off competition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academia In 2024, I graduated from Durham University with a Masters in Mathematics, having written my dissertation on Natural Language Processing. In the third year of my degree, having previously focused on pure mathematics, I began to be curious about statistics due to its applications in solving real world problems. This led me to completing the STOR-i Summer Internship, during which I completed a project on clustering neural spike train data in the spectral domain. The internship deepened my interest in statistics, and I was drawn to the emphasis STOR-i puts on collaboration, both between students and with industrial partners. In the MRes course, I am excited to begin exploring my interest in Operations Research, developing my research skills with the topic sprints, and gaining industry insight on the problem solving days. Work &amp; Volunteering I have an interest in maths outreach; I was a tutor for the Durham University branch of the LMS Levelling Up programme, delivering maths tutoring sessions to sixth form students from backgrounds which are underrepresented in STEM subjects in higher education. I was also a part of the Young Minds Big Maths project, which aimed to encourage deeper thinking about mathematics in the Early Years setting. Hobbies In my spare time I enjoy gardening, exploring the Lake District, and walking my dog. I am an avid reader, and I also enjoy anything crafty, in particular knitting and crocheting my own clothes. I love cooking and baking, and enjoyed taking part in the STOR-i Bake Off competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/sophie-brimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}