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Images of Research Competition

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Thank you to all our Early Career Researchers who took the time to enter our Images of Research Competition 2022. We had nearly 30 images submitted and the judges really enjoyed seeing the variety of research entered.

The winners

1st 'Reef Rehab' – Ines Lange, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, Streatham Campus

2nd 'Crabeater Seals from the Sky' – Luis Huckstadt, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Penryn Campus

3rd 'Pandemic Play' – Rachel Nesbit, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, St Luke’s Campus 


Congratulations to you all!

Images of Research Booklet 2022

Entries were on display in the Forum, Streatham Campus, 10-19 October, at the Environment and Sustainability Insitute in Penryn during the Autumn term and in the Queen's building on Streatham Campus during the Spring term of 2023, as part of our Arts and Cultures programme.

The winning entries for the 2020 competition were as follows:

1st place 
Sophia Edlund - Interspecies vocal attraction

Joint 2nd place
Diana Valencia Duarte - Food Sovereignty Learning Environment
Lydia Fisher - Visualising Faith in Medieval Stained Glass

View the 2020 competition entries brochure

The winning entries for the 2019 competition were as follows:

Theme Winner
Collaboration Kelly Thornber- Collaboration for sustainable aquaculture
Society and Culture (overall winner) Paul Rose- Listening to the Zoo
Sustainable Futures Anna Losiak- Impact!
Technology Anurag Roy- Bioinspired Self-Cleaning Coating for Solar Cells

Other entries that the judges considered to be ‘highly commended’ were:

Adam Porter – Fishing for Change

Harriet Hunt – PaReNt project team meeting 041218

Images of Research Booklet 2019

The images were on display in the Forum during the opening days on Friday 31st May 2019 and Saturday 1st of June 2019, where it was estimated that c. 12,000 people visited, each day.

The winning entries for the 2018 competition were as follows:

Theme Winner
Collaboration  Noreen Orr- My nature- I'm glad I came outside
Society and Culture Rebecca Abbott- Meet Synthia
Sustainable Future (overall winner)  Ines Lange- Survivor
Technology Laura Kelley- In the eye of the beholder

Images of Research Booklet 2018

 

The winning entries for the 2017 competition were as follows:

Theme Winner
Collaboration Charlie Jeyes- High Resolution Image of a Brain Capillary
Society and Culture Tanimola Martins- Ethnic Inequality in Diagnosis of Symptomatic Prostate Cancer
Sustainable Futures (Overall Winner) Matthias Becher- Tell Us Where You Are Going
Technologies Jayden van Horik– Robo-bird
 
Highly Commended  
Natalie Ohana- Legal Alienation
Richard Tennant- A Blast from the Past

A gallery of all 2017 entries can be viewed here

Images of Research 2017 judging panel 

Many thanks to our esteemed judging panel, that consisted of:

  • Professor Richard Toye - Professor in History
  • Grace Williams - Public Engagement Lead, Research Services
  • Naome Glanville - University Arts and Culture Manager
  • Caroline Gale - Library Liaison Manager
  • Carole Fitzgerald - Head of Design and Publications

Images of Research Booklet 2017

The winning entries were displayed to the public during 'universities week' on the Streatham Campus between 2-7th June 2016 and on the Penryn Campus between 13-17th June 2016.

Theme

Winner
Collaboration

Kate Boddy- Public Participation

Society and Culture Anastasia Sommerville-Wong- Tea Cermony
Sustainable Futures Andrew Watts- Face2Face with Plastic
Technologies Richard Tennant- A Millisecond of Analysis

Gallery of all 2016 entries

The winning entries were displayed to the public during 'universities week' on the Streatham Campus between 5-10th June 2015 and Penryn Campus between 15-19th June 2015. 

Theme Winner
Collaboration Leigh Shelford- Crystalline
Society and Culture Sulayman Mourabit- Fish Selfie
Sustainable Futures Andrew Watts- Plastic Waste
Technology Jolyon Troscianko- Fiery-necked Nightjar Hiding in Leaf-littler

Gallery of all 2015 entries

The winning entries were dislayed to the public during 'universities week' on the Streatham Campus between 9-13th June 2014 and the Penryn Campus between the 16-20th June 2014.

Theme Winner
Collaboration Rhys Goodhead- Fairy Light
Society and Culture Bernard Allaire- Archival Wreck
Sustainable Futures Matt Amesbury- Unlocking the secrets of Antaratic moss banks
Technology Natalie Garrette- Bright Bettle

Gallery of all 2014 entries