Lancaster University Undergraduate Research Conference 2022

In March 2022 Lancaster University held its third Undergraduate (UG) Research Conference. This conference was held virtually online, and included nearly 100 students from all UK and oversea partners including:

• Beijing Jiaotong University, China

• Blackburn College

• Blackpool and The Fylde College

• Lancaster University Bailrigg

• Lancaster University Ghana

• Lancaster University Leipzig

• Sunway University, Malaysia

• University Academy 92 (UA92), Manchester

B&FC students responded positively to the conference with applications submitted from the majority of curriculum areas by the agreed deadline. The abstract reviewers were impressed by the range of topics covered in the undergraduate research projects undertaken at B&FC; representing the diverse nature of the subject disciplines within each curriculum area. Unfortunately, some students withdrew from the conference owing to personal mitigating circumstances.

The impact of participation in relation to student scholarship and professional development was demonstrated through the positive feedback and outcomes achieved by B&FC students. Notably, a level 6 student on the Criminology and Criminal Justice Degree in Leadership, Management and Lifestyle presented on Zemiology and Covid-19: An Examination of UK Preparedness, Response and Avoidable Deaths (UK). The student received excellent feedback on her research and presentation and won the prize for the best presentation in the Social Sciences category at the conference.

A submission was made by the following students:

Blackpool School of Arts

BA (Hons) Fine Art Professional Practice

Freya Bennett - “Exploring the Vanitas”

Holly Woodman - “The Embodiment of Physical Health Conditions in Contemporary Art”

Leadership Management and Lifestyle

BA (Hons) Criminology and Criminal Justice

Carrie Lee - “Plastic Pandemic: A Green Criminological Investigation into the Ecological Impact of COVID-19”

Summer Kaur - “Zemiology and Covid-19: An Examination of UK Preparedness, Response and Avoidable Deaths (UK)”

Society, Health and Childhood

BA (Hons) Criminology and Criminal Justice

Danielle Jones - “Is social media making it more challenging to protect children and young people from Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)?”

BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies

Melissa Jayne Ball - “The Importance of Oral Health within Early Years and the Significance of Parental Influence”

Computing and Digital Technologies

BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Digital Technologies

Rooney Adu-Gyamfi - “At what level can deep learning be applied towards eliminating the need for skillful experts towards the diagnosis of parasitized or healthy malaria patients in remote parts of the world”

Engineering and Science

BEng (Hons) Engineering (Aerospace Engineering)

Elizabeth Barr - “A Training Needs Analysis for In-Air Refuelling Training in a Synthetic Environment”

BSc (Hons) Project Management

Ella Stanley - “Project Politics – How to Play the Game in the 21st Century”

Victoria Gatty - “Does a Global Pandemic, such a Covid-19, Impact the Identification Process of New and Emerging Leaders Within an Engineering Business such as BAE Systems”