Junior Research Associates

Posters in Parliament

Posters in Parliament (PiP) brings together some of the UK’s best undergraduate researchers in the historic setting of Westminster Palace.

PiP LogoThe event is organised by the British Conference of Undergraduate Research, a group of universities committed to furthering undergraduate research in the UK, and takes the form of an exhibition. The prestigious location means that legislators and policy makers can meet some of the UK’s top undergraduate researchers.

Each university can nominate two students to represent them at PiP. Sussex’s nominated students are drawn from our JRA scheme: the creators of our top two undergraduate research posters, as selected by a panel of academics, will represent Sussex at Westminster.

There are clear benefits for the students presenting at PiP: a great addition to their CV; the opportunity to share research and ideas with those from other universities across the UK; and the opportunity to discuss their projects with influential individuals in their field.

Tom Baird-Taylor and Natalia James outside the Houses of Parliament at PIP 2024Tom Baird-Taylor and Natalia James receiving their certificates at PIP 2024

Photos of our Sussex 2023 JRA students Tom Baird-Taylor and Natalia James attending PiP 2024.

 

Sussex at Posters in Parliament

The table below lists all of the JRAs who have represented Sussex in parliament in previous years, since 2014, barring the hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic. One of the very first students we took from Sussex, Talitha Bromwich, was declared the overall winner for 2014.

StudentDepartmentYear
Talitha Bromwich   Physics 2014
Carlos Jo-Loo BMEc 2014
Charlotte Lillis Psychology 2015
Rhys Sandow English Language 2015
Alex Earl Psychology 2016
Daniel Hajas Physics 2016
  Robert Tempelaar    Neuroscience 2017
Lisa Wootton Chemistry 2017
Vasilii Kokorev Physics 2018
Daisy Neal Psychology 2018
Louisa Hunt Art History 2019
Nicola Barker Economics 2019
Artur Lindmaa Finance 2020
Cassandra Uthoff Biology 2020
Dana Aljarrah Medical Neuroscience 2023
Sam Husk Philosophy 2023
Melissa Rajalingam Medicine 2023
Tom Baird-Taylor Chemistry 2024
Natalia James Law, Politics and Sociology  2024

Some of the posters from this table are in the gallery below - be sure to take a look and see what makes a top undergraduate research poster.

Previous Posters in Parliament

Take a look at some of the posters that have been chosen to represent Sussex in Westminster since 2014.