Who are you?
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Watch the short video to hear from students about how to get involved.
Read the sections below to discover what's involved in sharing your project.
Why should I contribute?
Having your summary published gives your work visibility beyond the University and celebrates your contribution to research beyond graduation.
Each summary on this website was written by a student as part of their qualification at The University of Manchester and is published with the permission of each student researcher.
Only students who opt in via a consent form and meet the eligibility criteria will have their work considered for publication.
Your dissertation or major project summary is eligible if:
- You belong to a connected programme.
- Have provided your permission via the consent form.
- Your work is graded at Merit or above (programmes may adapt this benchmark).
- Your submission includes the mandatory sections required by your programme.
- Academic markers confirm that your summary accurately represents your wider research.
Your programme team will provide full guidance on how to write these sections and prepare your summary.
What next if I want to take part?
We are keen to represent as much student research as we can.
We need your permission to share your work and get your content on the website.
We will use:
- Project title.
- Programme name.
- Project summary.
- Impact summary.
- Your name (or we can publish your contribution anoymously).
We expect to retain content on the website for five years.
If you agree to these sections of your work being presented on the sharingstudentprojects.manchester.ac.uk website, please complete the opt in consent form via the link or QR code. Once you complete the form, a receipt of your response will be sent to the email address added into the consent form.
Why it matters
Why it matters icon cards
Gain recognition
Your abstract becomes part of a University-hosted website of student research.
Inspire others
Future students can learn from your approach and project ideas.
Build employability
Demonstrating how you communicate research clearly and effectively, enhances your CV.
Support open learning
Sharing your work contributes to a culture of open research at UoM.
How to use your summary
Once your summary is live, take pride in sharing your achievement:
How to use your summary icon cards
Add it to your CV
Include the link to your your dissertation or project entry. It highlights your research and communication skills.
Share it on LinkedIn
Post about your summary and tag The University of Manchester and your School or Programme. It's a great way to celebrate your success and share your work with peers, academics, and potential employers.
How do I get involved?
Any UoM programme can join and become a “Connected programme”.
Programmes opt in and our team will guide you through the setup process and handle most of the administration.
A SharePoint hub is available that provides full details.
Benefits
How does this help me or my students?
This project brings student research into the spotlight. Publishing lay abstracts gives students real-world recognition and provides future cohorts with inspiring, accessible examples.
Benefits card deck
For students:
- Opportunity to publicise dissertation online and gain recognition for their work.
- Can be included in their CVs.
- Enhances student experience and employability.
- Reduces anxiety about projects and project idea development.
- Emphasise real-world value of student projects.
For programmes:
- Supports research-informed learning.
- Minimal staff time is needed.
- Example teaching materials ready for use.
- Enhances your programme's visibility and supports social-responsibility goals.
- An inclusive way to celebrate student work and make student research visible beyond graduation.
For academics
- Embed open research principles easily into student work.
- Inspire idea development.
- Celebrate and share your students' work.
Does it involve a lot of work?
The process has been designed to minimise workload:
- A central team provides templates, guidance and adaptable teaching resources.
- Dissertation markers indicate which abstracts are suitable for publication.
- Research IT maintains the secure website.
Full guidance, consent templates, and adaptable teaching materials are available on the SharePoint hub:
- Access examples of dissertation handbook text that you can adapt.
- Posters to promote the project.
- Ready-to-use teaching activities that help students write the summaries.
Connected Programmes
Any UoM programme can get involved and will receive:
Connected programmes icon cards
1-to-1 support
Guidance to help you get started and integrate the process with minimal admin.
Access to adaptable teaching activities
Ready-to-use examples to embed open research principles and inspire students to develop their ideas.
Promotion and visibility
Project summaries are shared through UoM communications and social media channels, celebrating your students’ achievements.
A sustainable process
Website maintenance is handled by Research IT and this provides straightforward year-to-year continuity with minimal staff input.
“It was surprisingly easy to implement, and the resources fitted naturally into existing teaching. Students were genuinely inspired by seeing how their work could make a wider impact and gain visibility beyond the classroom.”
Dr Taslima Ivy
Programme Director MA DTCE
“The Sharing Student Projects Display website is an excellent platform which has enabled our PGCE trainee teachers to share their work on inclusive educational practices with a wide audience. In particular, our network of 250 primary schools now have access to the site and will benefit from seeing the results of their training-in-practice in the form of inclusive education posters researched and designed by the trainees they have mentored. We think that sharing our trainees’ work in this manner strengthens our university-schools partnership and our trainees have shown great pride in being part of this.”
Dr Rebecca Phillips
Co-director of PGCE Primary programme
Get in Touch
Contact us if you're interested in learning more or would like to get involved.
Partner with us
At the University of Manchester, collaboration drives transformation and is the catalyst for change
Read on and discover opportunities to use the content on this site and work with us to support your organisation.
We partner with schools, families, organisations, and innovators to co-create impactful learning experiences, shape inclusive education and empower the next generation of changemakers.
We want to hear from you so that we can:
- Collaborate with you and support student projects.
- Co-create projects and commission research.
- Have your organisation fuel real-world knowledge creation.
- Identify service learning and real-world research opportunities.
- Act on your partnership idea.
Why Partner With Us?
These projects combine academic excellence with meaningful community impact, connecting student-led research with real-world challenges.
By working together, we help you and your community gain insights into existing issues and identify new opportunities for positive change.
Students are at the foreground of learning, innovation and evaluation and their projects provide:
Why partner with us icon cards
Contemporary opportunities
Tackle real social, environmental and educational issues.
Fresh perspectives
Creativity, analytical skills and new approaches.
Access to diverse talent
Organisations can participate without financial barriers, gaining access to new ideas and diverse talent.
What is the process?
What would it mean for me or my organisation?
Partnerships and projects can be proposed year-round, with most activities running during the academic year
What is the process icon cards
Identity opportunities
Identify service learning and real-world research opportunities
Connect with our students
Connect with our students
Submit a partnership idea
Submit a partnership idea
What is the process card deck
Hear from student researchers about their experiences and what these projects have meant for them
Opportunities to collaborate
We’re ready to collaborate - explore these options or get in touch with an idea:
Opportunities to collaborate card deck
Child Study Centre
Participate in hands-on studies exploring how children learn, play, and grow.
MIE Schools Network
Partner with us on classroom-based research, professional development, and creative projects. Join the thriving MIE Scholls and Partnership Network to work alongside educators and researchers driving educational innovation.
Email: Karen Kilkenny
DTCE Programme
Partner with our student innovators from the Digital Technologies, Communication and Education (DTCE) programme.
Email: Taslima Ivy
Educational Psychology
Research for our students’ projects is commissioned with a range of stakeholders from within schools, psychological services and from other education/ professional organisations.
Connect with our UoM programmes
Our interdisciplinary students drive change through real-world projects across undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes. The work on this website come directly from specific programmes at UoM.
PGCE Primary & Secondary
Train to teach through our innovative, socially responsible programme designed for the educators of tomorrow.
Partner Case Studies
These case studies celebrate the commissions and collaborations that are available when connecting with our student researchers.
Digital innovation
"Working with the Sharing Student Summaries Project has been invaluable"
Website before and after comparison images demonstrate the transformative impact of student-led digital innovation projects.
Student +
Watch the short video to hear from students about how to get involved.
Read the sections below to discover what's involved in sharing your project.
Why should I contribute?
Having your summary published gives your work visibility beyond the University and celebrates your contribution to research beyond graduation.
Each summary on this website was written by a student as part of their qualification at The University of Manchester and is published with the permission of each student researcher.
Only students who opt in via a consent form and meet the eligibility criteria will have their work considered for publication.
Your dissertation or major project summary is eligible if:
- You belong to a connected programme.
- Have provided your permission via the consent form.
- Your work is graded at Merit or above (programmes may adapt this benchmark).
- Your submission includes the mandatory sections required by your programme.
- Academic markers confirm that your summary accurately represents your wider research.
Your programme team will provide full guidance on how to write these sections and prepare your summary.
What next if I want to take part?
We are keen to represent as much student research as we can.
We need your permission to share your work and get your content on the website.
We will use:
- Project title.
- Programme name.
- Project summary.
- Impact summary.
- Your name (or we can publish your contribution anoymously).
We expect to retain content on the website for five years.
If you agree to these sections of your work being presented on the sharingstudentprojects.manchester.ac.uk website, please complete the opt in consent form via the link or QR code. Once you complete the form, a receipt of your response will be sent to the email address added into the consent form.
Why it matters
Why it matters icon cards
Gain recognition
Your abstract becomes part of a University-hosted website of student research.
Inspire others
Future students can learn from your approach and project ideas.
Build employability
Demonstrating how you communicate research clearly and effectively, enhances your CV.
Support open learning
Sharing your work contributes to a culture of open research at UoM.
How to use your summary
Once your summary is live, take pride in sharing your achievement:
How to use your summary icon cards
Add it to your CV
Include the link to your your dissertation or project entry. It highlights your research and communication skills.
Share it on LinkedIn
Post about your summary and tag The University of Manchester and your School or Programme. It's a great way to celebrate your success and share your work with peers, academics, and potential employers.
Staff +
How do I get involved?
Any UoM programme can join and become a “Connected programme”.
Programmes opt in and our team will guide you through the setup process and handle most of the administration.
A SharePoint hub is available that provides full details.
Benefits
How does this help me or my students?
This project brings student research into the spotlight. Publishing lay abstracts gives students real-world recognition and provides future cohorts with inspiring, accessible examples.
Benefits card deck
For students:
- Opportunity to publicise dissertation online and gain recognition for their work.
- Can be included in their CVs.
- Enhances student experience and employability.
- Reduces anxiety about projects and project idea development.
- Emphasise real-world value of student projects.
For programmes:
- Supports research-informed learning.
- Minimal staff time is needed.
- Example teaching materials ready for use.
- Enhances your programme's visibility and supports social-responsibility goals.
- An inclusive way to celebrate student work and make student research visible beyond graduation.
For academics
- Embed open research principles easily into student work.
- Inspire idea development.
- Celebrate and share your students' work.
Does it involve a lot of work?
The process has been designed to minimise workload:
- A central team provides templates, guidance and adaptable teaching resources.
- Dissertation markers indicate which abstracts are suitable for publication.
- Research IT maintains the secure website.
Full guidance, consent templates, and adaptable teaching materials are available on the SharePoint hub:
- Access examples of dissertation handbook text that you can adapt.
- Posters to promote the project.
- Ready-to-use teaching activities that help students write the summaries.
Connected Programmes
Any UoM programme can get involved and will receive:
Connected programmes icon cards
1-to-1 support
Guidance to help you get started and integrate the process with minimal admin.
Access to adaptable teaching activities
Ready-to-use examples to embed open research principles and inspire students to develop their ideas.
Promotion and visibility
Project summaries are shared through UoM communications and social media channels, celebrating your students’ achievements.
A sustainable process
Website maintenance is handled by Research IT and this provides straightforward year-to-year continuity with minimal staff input.
“It was surprisingly easy to implement, and the resources fitted naturally into existing teaching. Students were genuinely inspired by seeing how their work could make a wider impact and gain visibility beyond the classroom.”
Dr Taslima Ivy
Programme Director MA DTCE
“The Sharing Student Projects Display website is an excellent platform which has enabled our PGCE trainee teachers to share their work on inclusive educational practices with a wide audience. In particular, our network of 250 primary schools now have access to the site and will benefit from seeing the results of their training-in-practice in the form of inclusive education posters researched and designed by the trainees they have mentored. We think that sharing our trainees’ work in this manner strengthens our university-schools partnership and our trainees have shown great pride in being part of this.”
Dr Rebecca Phillips
Co-director of PGCE Primary programme
Get in Touch
Contact us if you're interested in learning more or would like to get involved.
Partners +
Partner with us
At the University of Manchester, collaboration drives transformation and is the catalyst for change
Read on and discover opportunities to use the content on this site and work with us to support your organisation.
We partner with schools, families, organisations, and innovators to co-create impactful learning experiences, shape inclusive education and empower the next generation of changemakers.
We want to hear from you so that we can:
- Collaborate with you and support student projects.
- Co-create projects and commission research.
- Have your organisation fuel real-world knowledge creation.
- Identify service learning and real-world research opportunities.
- Act on your partnership idea.
Why Partner With Us?
These projects combine academic excellence with meaningful community impact, connecting student-led research with real-world challenges.
By working together, we help you and your community gain insights into existing issues and identify new opportunities for positive change.
Students are at the foreground of learning, innovation and evaluation and their projects provide:
Why partner with us icon cards
Contemporary opportunities
Tackle real social, environmental and educational issues.
Fresh perspectives
Creativity, analytical skills and new approaches.
Access to diverse talent
Organisations can participate without financial barriers, gaining access to new ideas and diverse talent.
What is the process?
What would it mean for me or my organisation?
Partnerships and projects can be proposed year-round, with most activities running during the academic year
What is the process icon cards
Identity opportunities
Identify service learning and real-world research opportunities
Connect with our students
Connect with our students
Submit a partnership idea
Submit a partnership idea
What is the process card deck
Hear from student researchers about their experiences and what these projects have meant for them
Opportunities to collaborate
We’re ready to collaborate - explore these options or get in touch with an idea:
Opportunities to collaborate card deck
Child Study Centre
Participate in hands-on studies exploring how children learn, play, and grow.
MIE Schools Network
Partner with us on classroom-based research, professional development, and creative projects. Join the thriving MIE Scholls and Partnership Network to work alongside educators and researchers driving educational innovation.
Email: Karen Kilkenny
DTCE Programme
Partner with our student innovators from the Digital Technologies, Communication and Education (DTCE) programme.
Email: Taslima Ivy
Educational Psychology
Research for our students’ projects is commissioned with a range of stakeholders from within schools, psychological services and from other education/ professional organisations.
Connect with our UoM programmes
Our interdisciplinary students drive change through real-world projects across undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes. The work on this website come directly from specific programmes at UoM.
PGCE Primary & Secondary
Train to teach through our innovative, socially responsible programme designed for the educators of tomorrow.
Partner Case Studies
These case studies celebrate the commissions and collaborations that are available when connecting with our student researchers.
Digital innovation
"Working with the Sharing Student Summaries Project has been invaluable"
Website before and after comparison images demonstrate the transformative impact of student-led digital innovation projects.
