Student Research Launch Pad Prizes 

The Student Research Launch Pad project awards several prizes each year to encourage, celebrate and reward excellent student work. 

The 2023 GetPublished! conference prizes were awarded to 18 students. 

There were 2 'Outstanding' awards of £50, 14 'Highly Commended' awards of £30, and 2 'Commended' awards of £20. 

Outstanding: 

• Empowering nursing students: giving voice to the next generation
  Emily Palmer

• Applying the prototype willingness model to predict binge-drinking and investigate the influence of gain, loss, and combined message-framing

Liberty Griffin

Highly Commended: 

• The expression of the antimicrobial peptide RLK-SMP24 in Nicotiana benthamiana and its localisation to the plasma membrane to prevent tomato blight
  Dan Jackson

• The architectural strive to rejuvenate the Angolan urban fabric
  Adalgisa Cassuende  

• Lobster estates
  Alfie Gurtler 

• Effects of Serretations on a Wing
  Arish Syed

• An investigation into the gender imbalance in Formula One: identifying the barriers that impede women from entering the industry
  Racheal Wilson 

• Applying machine learning tools to detect cyber attacks in financial firms and banks 
  Md Aminul Islam

• Drinking and mental health in middle adulthood: exploring the impact of wellbeing, mental health literacy and drinking motives on drinking risk level.
  Angela Creery

• Blame the parents for my toxic relationship: An exploration of attachment and dyadic trust within romantic relationships
  Eve Brassington

• Has the pandemic affected consumers' motivation and consumption habits towards second-hand clothing resale platforms?
  Martha Power 

• Do conservative British tabloids portray Ukrainian refugees more positively than Syrian refugees?
  Rosanna Mills 

• The perception of plywood planes
  Jim Hubbard 

• Occupational therapy and mental imagery for suicide prevention
  Jennifer Hayes

• Assessing the impact of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Oxford 

• Jacob Grant

• Contextual factors affecting access to sustainable finance by female owned micro, small, and medium scale enterprises: A case of shea butter producers in Niger State, Nigera 

• Indira Usman 

Commended:

• The Impact of Fintech on Financial Development in Nigeria between years 2002 – 2021
  Yinka George

• The effectiveness of providing prehospital care training to prehospital care providers in reducing mortality and morbidity outcomes of trauma victims
  Amali Nawarathna

A substantive judging team comprising academics and students from a range of disciplines from across the university chose the winners based on the quality of the work and presentation design and delivery.

The judges were:  

• Patrick Alexander,  Reader in Education, HSS

• Mary Wild, Professor of Child Development and Education,  HSS

• Nicole Pohl, Professor in Early Modern Literature and Critical Theory, HSS

• Jeremy Macclancy, Professor of Anthropology, HSS

• Chara Bakalis, Reader in Law, HSS

• Sarah Quinton Professor of Digital Society, ADRKE, OBBS

• Husni Kharouf, Reader in Marketing , OBBS

• Kat Kwok, Researcher, OCAED

• Elizabeth Mullenger,  Student partnership, OCAED

• Rebecca Jones - Research Engagement Officer , HLS

• Daniel Bell, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, TDE

• Olga Barrera,  Reader in Mechanical Engineering, TDE

• Dave Valler, Professor of Spatial Planning, TDE

• Sangeetha Thondre, Research Lead for Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health, HLS

• Sakhile Masuku, Senior Lecturer in Management and Professional Development in Health and Social Care, HLS

The 2022 GetPublished! conference prizes awarded to 16 students of either a £50 or £25 online shopping voucher

Winners from the live panel judges votes on the day : 

Best oral presentation, strand 1 

• The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the language learning environment, and the importance of taking age into account

Francesca Surman

Best oral presentation, strand 2

• Home and belonging in three works of historical fiction by contemporary Middle Eastern authors

Gul Imaan Ali

Best poster presentation, strand 1

• Monkeys of TikTok 

Hannah Giammarco

Best poster presentation, strand 2

• What are the experiences of children’s nursing students caring for children with learning disabilities in a hospital setting? 

     Caitlin Skene 

Winners from the live public vote on the day: 

Best presentation, morning strand 1

• Social media use and self-control 

     Julia Synowiec & Nanami Tanaka 

Best presentation, afternoon strand 1

• Plastic Pollution and Human-Primate Interactions – a Lose-Lose Situation 

     Evelyn Anca 

Best presentation, morning strand 2

• Media Coverage and the Uptake of the COVID-19 Vaccine /Differences in likelihood of clinical diagnosis for depression between males and females in a given scenario 

     Lauren Cann/Oliver Knight 

Best presentation, afternoon strand 2

• Are the daily diets for children (2-5yrs) suggested by social media influencers meeting dietary guidelines for the specific age group and how any inadequacies could affect the child's health/growth

     Meghna Mundkur  

Best Undergraduate Abstract (PowerPoint presentation)

• Health Apps and Diet Fads: How Diet Culture’s Digital Environment Facilitates Eating Disorders 

     Ebony knowles 

Highly Commended Undergraduate Abstract (PowerPoint presentation)

• Intergenerational identities among black and mixed-race women: understanding the role of hair in navigating racial politics 

     Meriel Colenutt 

Best Undergraduate Abstract (Poster presentation)

• Exploring the Influence of Attachment Styles on Close Relationship Memories 

     Sarah Andrews 

Highly Commended Undergraduate Abstract (Poster presentation)

• Zookeepers' perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on primate behaviour and welfare in zoos 

     Jasmine Gandy 

Best Postgraduate Abstract 

• Population Density Estimate of Northern Yellow-Cheeked Gibbons (Nomascus annamensis) in the Tu Mơ Rông District, Vietnam 

     Konner Holzwart 

Highly Commended Postgraduate Abstract 

• Identifying mechanisms of Behaviour Change Techniques based breastfeeding support in UK mothers: A quasi-systematic review 

     Prafulla Chandravadiya

*New category for 2022*

Research with highest potential impact (UG)

• Food Banks: An Insight into Food Insecurity and the Accessibility of a Healthy Diet 

     Olivia Johns

Research with highest potential impact (PG)

• Young and Understudied: Psychological Wellbeing in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer 

     Ishmeet Kaur

A small judging team comprising academics and students from a range of disciplines from across the university chose the winners based on the quality of the work and presentation design and delivery.

The 12 prizes awarded for the 2021 GetPublished! conference are:

Best Undergraduate poster summary 

• The reality of refuge: How can we adopt a more humane response to a humanitarian crisis?

Ava Pevsner, BA Architecture, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment

Highly Commended Undergraduate poster summary 

• Exploring cognitive linguistic processes through cloze probability tasks

Eleanor Budenberg, BSc Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Best Postgraduate (taught) poster summary

• Communication and leadership practices in Enterprise Risk Management

Thomas Wolter, MBA, Oxford Brookes Business School

Highly Commended Postgraduate (taught) poster summary 

• How can comics be used to support young people's meaning-making with museum collections?

Irina Richards, MA Education (Artist Teacher Practice), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

• To what extent are safe distancing guidelines for viewing orangutans adhered to by tourists in Bukit Lawang, Indonesia?

Amy Woolloff, MSc Primate Conservation, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Best Undergraduate Webinar presentation 

• The suitability of the upstream Gala Water for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) spawning

Edward Eyre, BSc Geography, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Highly Commended Undergraduate Webinar presentation 

• Exploring cognitive linguistic processes through cloze probability tasks

Eleanor Budenberg, BSc Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

• Community participation in slum upgrading projects. A case of Nairobi slums

Diana Muthiani, BA Urban Design, Planning and Development, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment

• The reality of refuge: How can we adopt a more humane response to a humanitarian crisis?

Ava Pevsner, BA Architecture, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment

Best Postgraduate (taught) Webinar presentation 

• Communication and leadership practices in Enterprise Risk Management

Thomas Wolter, MBA, Oxford Brookes Business School

Highly Commended Postgraduate (taught) Webinar presentation  

• Gamification of Information Delivery

Sunny Goswami, MSc Digital Media Production, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment

• UK consumers’ perception of facial recognition technology application for in-store marketing

Ghita El Haitmy, MSc Digital Marketing, Oxford Brookes Business School

A small judging team chose the winners based on the quality of the work and the quality of the poster design and presentation design and delivery.

Announcing the journal article competition 2020-2021:

£100 voucher - Best Undergraduate Student Journal Article*

£100 voucher - Best Postgraduate (taught) Journal Article*

To apply, email studentresearchlaunchpad@brookes.ac.uk by 31/05/2021 with details including your name, student number, and which category of prize you are applying for, plus proof of your article having been accepted by your chosen journal (e.g. a screenshot of the acceptance email), and attach a copy of your article.

*The article must be based on undergraduate or postgraduate (taught) work to qualify (though you may have actually submitted it for publication after graduation). The article must have been accepted at some point between 01/07/2020 and 31/05/2021. The article may have been accepted subject to revisions. The article does not need to have been published by 31/05/2021 to qualify - as long as it has been accepted by this date, it is eligible. 

Check out our list of journals that publish undergraduate work. 

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