Hi! My name is Laurie and I am one of two interns who worked with GRACE International this summer as part of the University of Birmingham’s CRI Programme. Throughout my time working with GRACE, I focused predominantly on creating a communications plan for their Ukraine project. This project focused on creating a legal framework for … Continue reading “GRACE International – Communications Plan- by Laurie Archer (CRI 2025)”
Investigating the Golden Age of Children’s Literature at Winterbourne House – by Leila Phillips (CRI 2025)
My name is Leila, and I’ve just finished my first year studying French and English Literature. This summer, I had the exciting opportunity to investigate the collection of Golden Age Children’s Literature at Winterbourne House, as part of a Collaborative Research Internship led by Dr Emily Wingfield and Henrietta Lockhart. Working from books dating back … Continue reading “Investigating the Golden Age of Children’s Literature at Winterbourne House – by Leila Phillips (CRI 2025)”
My Experience at the Birmingham Transformative Humanities Lab (BTHL) by Simcha Kerbel (CRI 2025)
As a student studying Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics, I don’t often get to use tech as much as I would like to. Being promised an opportunity to work with various tech, such as motion capture (on which I spent most of the internship), and seeing the EEGs, eye trackers, and so on in the lab … Continue reading “My Experience at the Birmingham Transformative Humanities Lab (BTHL) by Simcha Kerbel (CRI 2025)”
‘Crafting Charity Comms: GRACE’s Uganda Project’ by Lucy Panter (CRI 2025)
Hi, I’m Lucy, and I’m going into my second year of Philosophy at UoB. This summer, I have had the privilege of working with GRACE to assist in developing their communications strategy. I am particularly interested in pursuing a marketing or communications-related career after university, so this internship has been a great way to gain … Continue reading “‘Crafting Charity Comms: GRACE’s Uganda Project’ by Lucy Panter (CRI 2025)”
‘The Game’s Afoot’ – A Summer of Shakespeare and Video Games by Liberty O’Dell (CRI 2025)
This past summer, I had the chance to assist Dr. Erin Sullivan, as part of the University of Birmingham Collaborative Research Internship program. As a life-long gamer and Shakespeare nerd, the opportunity to work with Dr. Sullivan on researching the intersection between Shakespeare and Video Games was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Getting Started My internship began … Continue reading “‘The Game’s Afoot’ – A Summer of Shakespeare and Video Games by Liberty O’Dell (CRI 2025)”
Meeting Medieval Manuscripts in the Cadbury Research Library – by Lucy Snow (CRI 2025)
My name is Lucy Snow, and this year I will be completing my MA in English Literature, the culmination of four years of studying at the University of Birmingham. My project, in collaboration with Dr Emily Wingfield and Dr Liv Robinson, is interested in the redesign of the Meeting Medieval Manuscripts module offered as part … Continue reading “Meeting Medieval Manuscripts in the Cadbury Research Library – by Lucy Snow (CRI 2025)”
‘Conducting Analysis of Litigated Music Works through Sonic Pi’ – by Xinhang Sui (Cecelia)
My name is Cecelia. As a second-year law student, I appreciate this chance of Collaborative Research Internship provided by the College of Arts and Law to collaborate with Dr Chen Zhu and two music students, focusing on the music copyright project, with the combination of music, programming and legal issues. Basically, this programme attempts to … Continue reading “‘Conducting Analysis of Litigated Music Works through Sonic Pi’ – by Xinhang Sui (Cecelia)”
CRITiCAL (Collaborative Research Internships Team in CAL) Digital Insights
The Collaborative Research Internship Team in the College of Arts and Law (also known as the CRITiCAL project) involved four student interns working collaboratively with HEFi staff to analyse data from a large student survey. The Jisc Digital Experience Insights students’ survey is an annual UK-wide survey which is designed to reveal how students are … Continue reading “CRITiCAL (Collaborative Research Internships Team in CAL) Digital Insights”
Tracing Macbeth: ‘The Local/Global Birnam Oak’ – by James Richards
I’m James Richards, a second year BA English student who spent his summer working on Dr Toria Johnson’s ‘The Local/Global Birnam Oak’ project. I thought I knew everything there was to know about William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Prior to becoming an intern on Dr Toria Johnson’s project, I had already studied the Shakespearean tragedy on three … Continue reading “Tracing Macbeth: ‘The Local/Global Birnam Oak’ – by James Richards”
Imagining Learning – by Tanshpreet Kaur
My name is Tanshpreet Kaur and I am studying Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences focusing on Biology and Physics. I am interested in education and learning accessibility, therefore I applied for the Collaborative Research Internship (CRI), which gave me the opportunity to work on Dr Rex Ferguson’s CRI project “Imagining Learning.” I was a first … Continue reading “Imagining Learning – by Tanshpreet Kaur”