My name is Zuha Zubair, and I’m a master’s student studying Philosophy, Mental Health, and Psychology. For the past two months, I worked alongside my colleague Simcha Kerbel and our supervisor Amy Wilkins on the Birmingham Transformative Humanities Lab (BTHL) User Experience Project. As the name suggests, the purpose of the project was to examine … Continue reading “Birmingham Transformative Humanities Lab (BTHL) User Experience Project by Zuha Zubair (CRI 2025)”
Tag: CRI
Investigating the Golden Age of Children’s Literature at Winterbourne House by Hope Sikolia (CRI 2025)
Having completed a Collaborative Research Internship (CRI) in the summer of 2024 – which I loved due to my pre-existing passion for the project topic (world literature) – I told myself that I would only apply for an internship in the 2024/2025 application period if there was a project I was equally (if not more) … Continue reading “Investigating the Golden Age of Children’s Literature at Winterbourne House by Hope Sikolia (CRI 2025)”
‘Expectations in Cataloguing and Digitising, and the Reality of John Crowfoot and the Gerasa Archives’ by Theo Halton (CRI 2025)
My name’s Theo, I’m a second year Classical Literature and Civilisation student, and I had the opportunity to intern in the ‘John Crowfoot and the Gerasa Archive’ CIR project under Dr. Daniel Reynolds, in collaboration with the Palestine Exploration Fund. My role, along with my co-intern, was to digitise the archaeological records of Crowfoot in … Continue reading “‘Expectations in Cataloguing and Digitising, and the Reality of John Crowfoot and the Gerasa Archives’ by Theo Halton (CRI 2025)”
‘Empowering Learners: Identity, Creativity, and Motivation in the Age of Generative AI’ by Mathilde Williams (CRI 2025)
This summer, I had the chance to intern on a project that explored how generative AI is changing education. The focus was on how AI can help students be more creative, motivated, and confident in expressing their unique identities. The project, “Empowering Learners: Identity, Creativity, and Motivation in the Age of Generative AI,” opened my … Continue reading “‘Empowering Learners: Identity, Creativity, and Motivation in the Age of Generative AI’ by Mathilde Williams (CRI 2025)”
Tracing Tourism Trends: My Summer Internship Experience – by Isabelle Rose (CRI 2025)
This summer, I had the exciting opportunity to intern on a research project titled Tracing Tourism Trends, a study that investigates how the language of tourism promotion has evolved over time. This project takes a unique diachronic approach, comparing tourism discourse across different time periods, specifically 2012 and 2021, using texts from the Visit Britain … Continue reading “Tracing Tourism Trends: My Summer Internship Experience – by Isabelle Rose (CRI 2025)”
GRACE International – Communications Plan- by Laurie Archer (CRI 2025)
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)”