Amarpreet graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a high first class BA (Hons) in Sociology and was awarded a Programme Leader's Prize for Outstanding Achievement in July 2016. During her undergraduate studies she was involved in several extra-curricular projects surrounding student engagement and presented these at various conferences, in addition to her dissertation at the British Conference for Undergraduate Research.
Amarpreet was awarded a Newton-College Masters Studentship with Murray Edwards college in 2016 for her MPhil, from where she graduated with a High Pass in July 2017. Her MPhil dissertation was entitled 'A factor-finding search based on decision making surrounding PGD in the UK'. The aim of her research was to explore the extent to which attitudes surrounding genetic disease and disability influence reproductive decisions in relation to ethics and biotechnologies.
In continuation from her MPhil, Amarpreet has progressed on to the PhD programme and is now at Christ’s college. Under the continued supervision of Professor Sarah Franklin, her PhD research is focused on human germline genome editing in the United Kingdom in relation to disease and reproduction. Amarpreet’s current research is funded by the ESRC, and she also holds an Honorary Vice Chancellor’s Award from the University.
