Advanced Microwave Technologies (United Kingdom)

Neurodivergent students are systematically disadvantaged in higher education. Many of the barriers that they face stem from the persistence of outdated narratives about disability and difference, and institutional refusal to listen to students when it comes to their own needs. In addition to all of the usual steep learning curves faced by students when they first enter university, many neurodivergent students need to learn how to be their own advocates for the first time: understanding their own access needs, what can help, and how to fight for support. We draw on our own experiences and those of students we have helped support, along with the research literature, to examine the realities of university life for neurodivergent students, and look at the factors in the way of personal and academic thriving. We argue that a neurodivergence-affirming, student-centred approach, coupled with semi-formalised peer support, has the potential to smooth the way.

We present a demonstration of an integrated circulator for TR modules using low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology. Two different circulators have been realised to be used in TR modules in two different frequency bands, C- and Ku-band. The circulator is a three-port junction microstrip type device. The ferrite disc is embedded in the LTCC substrate and the composition is exposed to an external magnetic field, to provide the circulator as an integrated LTCC substrate circulator. Technological development, design and characterization of the circulator are reported.