Projects (13)

Inspiring European Citizenship through Educational Technology Oct 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2024
This project targets a number of cross-sectoral European priorities such as social inclusion, open and innovative practices in a digital era and promoting the acquisition of skills and competences to inspire European Citizenship through the innovativ... Read More about Inspiring European Citizenship through Educational Technology.

Hubert Nicholson: Lost and Found Jun 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2020
A guided walk around the area associated with Hubert Nicholson’s East Coast novel Sunk Island (1956) focusing on specific geographical features and including readings from the novel, followed by a ‘Yorkshire Tea’ in Holy Trinity Church and a rehears... Read More about Hubert Nicholson: Lost and Found.

Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2020
Project website: http://circularplastics.hull.ac.uk/

By the rising tide of Humber: Flooding Andrew Marvell's Hull Oct 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
https://risingtide.hull.ac.uk/

This project engages new and young audiences with the story of ‘tide of Humber’ poet, Andrew Marvell (1621-78), highlighting Marvell’s relationship with Hull and the Humber in the lead-up to Marvell’s 400... Read More about By the rising tide of Humber: Flooding Andrew Marvell's Hull.

ECPE PPF: A demonstrate process to showcase the plastic conversion into fuels Oct 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020
EVERY MINUTE 1 Million polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are produced and will increase further 20% by 2021. Current recycling technology cannot provide a due solution to completely transform them into high value products. The industry will lo... Read More about ECPE PPF: A demonstrate process to showcase the plastic conversion into fuels.

The University of Hull Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre on Water Cultures Jun 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2027
Water Cultures critically re-examines our relationships with water in the populous, but precarious, zones between land and sea. Coastal, estuary and delta regions are home to 40% of global population, and the opportunities and challenges of living wi... Read More about The University of Hull Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre on Water Cultures.

On the Edge: a co-created exploration of young people’s eco-anxiety in the face of climate uncertainty Jul 1, 2021 - May 30, 2022
On the Edge is an innovation theatrical and digital intervention which brings together research experts, artists and young people in order to explore young people’s eco-anxiety and empower them in the face of human-induced climate change. It stems fr... Read More about On the Edge: a co-created exploration of young people’s eco-anxiety in the face of climate uncertainty.

A bereavement support programme for children and young people based in a forest school setting Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project will provide a bereavement support programme for children and young people based in a Forest School setting. Recent studies have found that mental and physical wellbeing can be improved by being in nature. It has been shown to boost the... Read More about A bereavement support programme for children and young people based in a forest school setting.

HEIF: Developing Effective University-Prison Partnership Policies: The Prisoner’s Perspective on the Educational Resources offered on in-cell TV at HMP Hull Jan 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
This project originally commenced in January 2022 with the aim of developing educational content for HMP Hull’s pioneering TV channel, HTV, and putting mechanisms in place to monitor the impact on prisoners of the educational materials provided by th... Read More about HEIF: Developing Effective University-Prison Partnership Policies: The Prisoner’s Perspective on the Educational Resources offered on in-cell TV at HMP Hull.

HEIF: Rising Tide in the Humber: An online toolkit for teaching flood and climate histories in schools Jan 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
This project uses the past to raise awareness about present-day flooding by highlighting the environmental, social, and cultural impact of a major flood of Hull in 1646. It will create an online toolkit – a website, dynamic map, and 360 VR film – des... Read More about HEIF: Rising Tide in the Humber: An online toolkit for teaching flood and climate histories in schools.

NERC: Supporting Interdisciplinarity in Discovery Science 2022 Oct 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
The NERC Discipline Hopping for Discovery Sciences (DHDS) funding provide our academic community with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge across disciplines in encouraging new research perspectives and methodologies through innovative act... Read More about NERC: Supporting Interdisciplinarity in Discovery Science 2022.

From Noah to Now: A Cultural History of Flooding in English Coastal and Estuary Communities Apr 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025
From Noah to Now charts a centuries-long fascination with flooding and the Noah myth in the literature of England’s coastal and estuary communities across time. It sets this deep cultural history within the context of the heightened flood risks facin... Read More about From Noah to Now: A Cultural History of Flooding in English Coastal and Estuary Communities.

HIKE: The Water Cultures Hull-Utrecht Symposium: Living with Risk, Learning through Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange Aug 9, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
The purpose of this HIKE Rapid Response Fund application is to support attendance at an international symposium at Utrecht University - ‘Water Cultures: Living with Risk in Coastal, Estuarine, and Oceanic Environments’ (see attached poster). This sym... Read More about HIKE: The Water Cultures Hull-Utrecht Symposium: Living with Risk, Learning through Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange.