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Student submissions were carefully considered by a panel at Newcastle University who picked the students who successfully presented their research in a way that non-experts could engage with.\u00a0That was just the first step as students then went on to submit their abstracts directly to the conference; they were then reviewed by the conference committee. All Newcastle University submissions were accepted with no revisions.<\/p>\n
Students were invited to present in a wide variety of formats including oral presentations, poster presentations, installations, demonstrations and performances.\u00a0 A performance from Warwick University aimed at\u00a0exploring\u00a0To What Extent Can an\u00a0All-Female Punk Band, from\u00a0Warwick University in 2017, Be\u00a0Authentic?<\/em> definitely got people talking!<\/p>\n Our students\u2019 presentations reflected the multi-disciplinary nature of the conference, ranging from\u00a0The Politics of Happiness: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Political Participation and Wellbeing<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Are Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Still Found in Treated Wastewater? Evaluation of the Local Domestic Wastewater of Johor Bahru, Malaysia. <\/em>You can take a look at the full conference programme on the website<\/a>, and you can see all the Newcastle contributors here<\/a>. Many of the posters that our students presented are also now on the walls in their Schools across the University.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of Newcastle\u2019s successful presenters said it was \u2018an amazing experience to see people like something I have worked on\u2019, and they haven\u2019t hesitated to tell the organisers it has added a valuable angle to their CV.<\/p>\n Dr Damien Hall (School of Modern Languages) and Dr Stephen Overy (Philosophical Studies) ran the competition and promoted BCUR across the University. Damien sits on the National Steering Group for the BCUR; he is committed to seeing this conference and its sister event, Posters in Parliament<\/a>, grow over the coming years. He said:<\/p>\n \u2018I was delighted with our students\u2019 response to the competition from all corners of the University\u2014we got many more submissions than we had thought we would! We had a great time at the conference, too. We made valuable contacts, and, most importantly, we did it in a fun way.\u2019<\/p>\n Damien would love to hear from any students interested in presenting at either of next year\u2019s two BCUR events: Posters in Parliament, in Westminster in February 2019, or the main conference<\/a>, at the University of South Wales in the Easter holidays 2019. If you are a student or a member of staff with some impressive student research in mind get in touch with Damien<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thirteen Newcastle University undergraduate students brilliantly represented all three faculties and their own research at this year’s British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR). This annual event is going from strength to strength with over 250 presentations and 180 posters over two days at this year’s host institution, the University of Sheffield. Recognising that this was\u00a0a … <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>