Undergraduate Research Hub Symposium 2025

The Undergraduate Research Hub’s annual symposium this year showcased the collaborations between staff and students from the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences that have been funded during24/25.

There was a training session on what co-creation and partnership can mean in different disciplines and provide examples of the various outputs students and staff have achieved.

Professor Vanessa Lemm Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost and Dr Louise Hewitt Undergraduate Research Hub Lead, opened the event and introduced the wide range of work that had been completed this year. These include the following:

Capturing Sonic Audiences – The student-led approach, Emma Margetson with Mo Ahmadi

Re-Imagining Justice: Co-Producing Creative and Alternative Futures to Address Sexual Violence on Campus, Molly Ackhurst with Reeve Perry and Jess Bastable

Clay Stories, Anushka Athique Winterbottom with Imogen Dunn, Khaled Mohamed, Hugo Hodgson and Ria Marshall
The Creative Potentials of Neurodiversity, Simon Bowes with Zara Woodward
56a Info Shop: situating the archive as a space for collaborative design research and exchange, Guglielmo Rossi with Clara Robson, Kiniek Rzeszotarska, Rebecca Accorsi, Imola Tantrum and Omiete Frank-Briggs
Using Gen Z technology and performance to explore anxiety and ambition, Jillian Wallis with Em Franks and Jamie Perren