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Last week saw 天美传媒 welcoming hundreds of undergraduate students from over 60 universities to its campus for the annual British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR). The conference is an opportunity to celebrate the work of undergraduate students, while also giving them an insight into an academic career path.

Opening the conference, Vice Chancellor Professor John Vinney commented, 鈥淔or me, research is a core part of any university and here at BU, we believe that our integration of research, education and professional practice is a powerful combination that generates impact in everything we do.鈥�

鈥淏CUR will be a brilliant two days and it鈥檚 wonderful that you鈥檒l have the chance to hear all of these fantastic stories and journeys from your fellow students.聽 The fact that this conference promotes all disciplines and allows all undergraduate students to engage in it, is so important and I think makes this conference unique across the world 鈥� I鈥檝e not come across anything else that does what this conference achieves.鈥�

鈥淎t Bournemouth we really value the role that our undergraduates play in research, so it鈥檚 very exciting to be hosting BCUR and supporting so many of our students to take part.鈥�

The conference saw students from the UK, Germany, America, Canada and the UAE 鈥� to name just a few 鈥� presenting their research across a wide range of disciplines.聽 As well as sharing their own research, students had the opportunity to listen to other presentations and debate some of the issues raised.

Professor 聽from BU鈥檚 Faculty of Health &聽Social Sciences, gave the opening keynote speech taking the audience on a journey through science and explaining why systematic enquiry will always 鈥楾rump鈥� opinion and 鈥榓lternative facts鈥�.聽 The second day was opened by guest keynote speaker,聽Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, who gave an eye-opening talk exploring gender bias in science and the barriers that need to be overcome in order to pursue excellence in science.

The conference closed with a handover to the University of Sheffield, who will be hosting BCUR in 2018.

Check out some of the highlights from the conference on Storify for both聽听补苍诲 of the conference and review the case studies of the BU students who presented their research at the conference.