Documenting Demolition: A Community Evidencing Project at Manchester’s LGBT+ Centre

This image was entered into Manchester Met’s Images of Research competition in 2020. It was taken in summer 2019 and it always makes me smile, not only because of the subjects’ happy faces, but as I distinctly remember taking the photo stood on a chair, wearing a sparkly dress having just run down Oxford Road from an industry awards night! All because I…

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Illuminating Arts Practices in Early Childhood with More-Than-Human Technologies

Charlotte Arculus’s image ‘Illuminating Arts Practices in Early Childhood with More-Than-Human Technologies’ was shortlisted in the postgraduate researcher category of the 2020 Images of Research competition. You can see the celebratory brochure and find out about the 2021 competition, launching soon, by visiting…

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Defining Obesity: BMI or Body Fat Percentage?

My entry for the 2020 Images of Research competition was designed to transmit an impactful message on the importance of how obesity is classified (BMI vs. body fat) and why that matters. This message is even more pertinent in…

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Exploring displaced young people’s belonging and learning experiences through art

The photograph that I submitted for the Images of Research competition in 2020, was taken during a workshop we were conducting in Kampala, Uganda, as part of our Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and Arts and Humanities Research Council…

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Britain’s Unspoken Wildlife Tragedy

Please note, this blog post contains imagery that readers may find disturbing, depicting a hare killed by collision with a car. My research explores the animal conservation and welfare dilemma of animals killed on our roads. It was an…

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Corporate ‘security’ responsibility

Traditionally, I am not one to participate in competitions. However, when I first received the email about the 2020 Images of Research competition, asking for image entries, I immediately knew I needed to share my images of the conflict…

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Kiritimati and the Bomb: A Tale of Two Churches

Kiritimati is a tiny atoll at the heart of the Pacific Ocean. It is also known “Christmas Island” and forms a part of the larger nation state of Kiribati – an archipelago that stretches horizontally across the Pacific Ocean….

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Blog Entry: Don’t just survive, thrive…

I must admit, if you were to ask me 8 months ago when I started my journey as a postgraduate researcher, what they actually did, I probably would have given you some sort of wise crack about just getting…

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‘I’m just wired differently’ (or, what’s it like being dyslexic in the academic world!).

I moved to the UK when I was 17 to do my A-levels and then progress to university. I had previously struggled with some academic subjects both in Russia and in the UK, but when I started my A-levels, I clearly had some problems with my…

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Virtual conferences- the new frontier?

I recently attended my first virtual conference, in the era of the ‘new normal’. This experience had both pros and cons. As a PhD researcher I am going to reflect on this experience, in the hope that going forward…

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