Projects (8)

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.

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 400th birthday... Read More about By the rising tide of Humber: Flooding Andrew Marvell's Hull.

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.

Project Insight Feb 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
Total Awarded Value: £53,696

Project Insight involves a collaboration between Dr Bethan Jones (Senior Lecturer in English, Hull University) and the local charity Sight Support: Hull and East Yorkshire. The aim of the project is to chart the devel... Read More about Project Insight.

Echoes of the Past: Scarborough's Lost Aquarium Feb 1, 2024 - Jan 31, 2025
Scarborough’s underground aquarium, demolished in 1968, was a once-spectacular building that has now been lost to residents and visitors of the town, but remains a haunting example of intangible cultural heritage, surviving through local newspaper ar... Read More about Echoes of the Past: Scarborough's Lost Aquarium.

HIKE: From Noah to Now May 6, 2025 - Mar 31, 2027
This HIKE project will accelerate the impact arising from the partnerships established, and activities undertaken, for the AHRC Noah to Now project (AH/Y004779/1). It will also widen the reach of our current activities by forging new partnerships wit... Read More about HIKE: From Noah to Now.