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SURE 2026: Registrations now open
Registrations to attend our Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) event are now open. This event will showcase the excellent research being carried out...
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Workers with ‘necks as white as snow’: Macclesfield Baths and Washhouses in the Nineteenth Century
4 March 2026 4:00 pm
Dr Sarah Griffiths, Managing Editor, University of Chester Press A key part of the national campaign to improve sanitary conditions in urban areas was...
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Less than Splendid Isolation: An Exploration of the Rise and Demise of England’s Fever Hospitals
3 June 2026 4:00 pm
Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead, University of Chester Our interest in the 1918-20 flu pandemic (Spanish flu) would re-emerge a century later when we turned back to...
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Experimentations with Narrative Voice: The Gothic and the Desire for Social Reform in The Story of Willie Ellin (1853) and Jane Eyre (1847)
4 February 2026 4:00 pm
Chloe Roberts, MBChB Student Engagement and Support Officer, University of Chester The Story of Willie Ellin (1853) remains a neglected facet of Charlotte Brontë’s...
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The Strangers’ Friends Societies: Methodism’s Response 1785-1840 to the Challenges of Urban Poverty and Disease
3 December 2025 4:00 pm
Revd Dr Tim Macquiban Tim Macquiban based his doctoral research through University of Birmingham on this topic while teaching in the School of Theology...
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‘It turned us yellow all over’: Health Care Provision for Munition Workers During the First World War
5 November 2025 4:00 pm
Photo credit: Leeds Central Library
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Forgotten But Not Lost. How a great medical pioneer was rediscovered
1 October 2025 4:00 pm
Sheena Evans, Independent Research and Biographer Janet Vaughan lived from 1899 to 1993. One of the few women to qualify as a doctor in...
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GET FUNDED: Models of Success
16 May 2024 10:30 am
Join the Culture and Society RKEI members to learn all about what makes a great external funding application. We have invited three academics from...
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Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experience
21 May 2024 9:30 am
At SURE, undergraduate students will present their research through poster or oral presentations. This showcase is an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of...
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Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experience: Save the date! Applications open soon!
29 November 2023 2:00 pm
The Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) will take place on Tuesday 21st May 2024 at Exton Park. SURE is an exciting opportunity...