Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence

This year’s student-led co-creation awards were handed out to 15 outstanding students from different faculties of BU. The event took place on the 5^th of December 2017 in the presence of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim MacIntyre-Bhatty who handed out the prizes and certificates, the Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning Professor Debbie Holley and some Faculty Deans.

In line with BU’s commitment, this year’s awards aim to support the development of student-led, collaborative projects with academics, leading to co-created outputs. Prior to announcing the winners of the competition, interested students conceived an idea and approached an academic they would like to work with. Each contestant then submitted a brief project plan with intended outcomes to a panel for review organised by the Centre for Excellence in Learning. Out of the record number of entries received this year, the following students were declared successful and received a cash prize:

	Student(s)	Academic Partner	Faculty	Degree Programme	Title of Project
1	Alice Newmeir, Jemma Joseph, Tayla Paton	Lesley Laver	FST	BSc Psychology	Children as Suspects of Crime: Sharing knowledge and networking with Police, other practitioners and local agencies.
2	Anna Freia Orsatti, Claudia Vouk	Dr. Milena Bobeva	FM	BA (Hons) Business Studies	iSpeak
3	Cameron Scott	Dr. Salvatore Scifo	FMC	BA (Hons) Communication & Media	Instagram and the Premier League: a study of how social media strategies are designed, planned and delivered.
4	Charlie Simmons	Dr Elvira Bolat	FM	BA (Hons) Business Studies	Digital Immersion: Origins of Stimulation Within Streaming and E-Sports
5	Claudia Wilkin	Dr Elvira Bolat	FM	BA (Hons) Business Studies with Marketing	When your lifestyle and hobby are your brand: social media influencing as a business
6	Connor Peters	Dr. Joyce Costello	FMC	BA (Hons) Public Relations	An exploration of social media as a PR tool for multinational UK organisations in emerging economies.
7	Elizabeth Falkowska	Dr Elvira Bolat	FM	BA (Hons) Business Studies with Marketing	Surviving the advertising apocalypse with RAISA (Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Service Automation)
8	Kirby Garrett	Professor Jane Murphy	FHSS	BSc (Hons) Nutrition	What are the barriers and facilitators to the provision of good nutrition by informal carers for people living with dementia?
9	Louise Rich and Hollie Earley	Rachael Bewes & Beth Cooke	FHSS	BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy	Bereavement
10	Maximillian Schultz	Dr Lois Farquharson & Susanne Clarke	FM	BA(Hons) Business Studies	Kindness Matters: Building a Platform for Kindness at BU
11	Ronan Gaffney	Hayley Sarian	FMS	BA Television Production	“Project U” – An interactive short film that allows viewers to choose how the story develops through a protagonist’s viewpoint.
12	Shey Spears, Shemonti Shams	Dr Roman Gerodimos	FMC	BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism / BA (Hons) Communication & Media	Russian interference in western liberal democracies: an investigative feature and news curation report
13	Sophie Witcher	Debora Almeida	FHSS	DipHE Operating Department Practice	The use of simulation training to enhance student practice.
14	Tanika Syed, Alysha Rocque, Louisa Millar	Dr. Ching-Yu Huang	FST	BSc Psychology	Youth Investigative Interviewing- Co-creating best practice informed by research
15	Zoe Carter	Dr Edward Apeh	FST	BSc Forensics Computing and Security	An awareness package for combatting identity theft amongst the elderly using Eduweb