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Radio polarimetry is essential to probe the inherently polarised synchrotron emission originating from the order magnetic field in the ISM on the plane of the sky. Through Faraday rotation we can also probe the ordered magnetic field in the line of sight.

In this talk, I will present radio polarimetry results from nearby galaxies with two new generation of radio telescopes, namely LOFAR and the JVLA. With LOFAR, we are able to probe weak magnetic fields extremely accurately through the method of RM Synthesis whilst the JVLA, suffering less from Faraday depolarisation can give us sensitive polarisation maps of diffuse polarisation.

I will also discuss the challenges faced with polarisation imaging in radio including data processing and polarisation statistics and some solutions to these problems.