Professor Norman Black, Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor Teaching and Learning, Beverley Kerr Winning Student, Claire Mulrone, Administrator Science Shop and Patrick Corrigan, Director of Amnesty International NI at the award ceremony in QUB.

The University of Ulster’s Beverley Kerr is the proud UU winner of this year’s Science Shop student award.

The annual Science Shop event showcases the best community based action research projects of the year, identifying research at the University of Ulster and Queen’s University, Belfast, which has made a significant contribution to the community sector.

Beverley, a BSc Hons Social Administration and Policy student at the University’s Coleraine campus, worked in Partnership with Amnesty International, examining Black and Ethnic Minorities’ in Northern Ireland: A review of Racism and Redress.

Patrick Corrigan, Director for Amnesty International NI, said: “Accessing students through the University of Ulster Science Shop enables Amnesty International to commission evidence based research that influences policy development.  Beverley’s excellent piece of research shows how widespread the experience of racism is for members of the minority ethnic community in Northern Ireland. This research is helping to inform Amnesty’s work on combating racism as a human rights abuse.”

Claire Mulrone, Science Shop administrator said: “I am delighted that Beverley has received this award. For many years the School of Policy Studies has relentlessly supported students undertaking Science Shop projects, this support is being recognised today.”

QUB winner Catriona Daly, a Politics and Modern History student, researched the level of knowledge and understanding possessed by public organisations in the Cookstown area regarding domestic violence. This work was completed in partnership with Cookstown Women’s Aid.

Each of the winners received a £500 prize at a special ceremony last night.

The Science Shop at the University of Ulster is part of the Teaching and Learning portfolio, operating within the Department of Access and Educational Partnerships.

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