Take a look at what attendees at BCUR 2024 were able to experience and enjoy, with our handy programme overview.
BCUR 2024 programme overview (pdf)
For more specific info on timeslots of student presentations and poster displays, visit our Conference logistics page.
BCUR 2024 Workshops
Thursday 25 April
- Undergraduate Research: Reach a Wider Audience with Your Research at 2:50-3:40pm, in Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
- Diversifying Your Thinking: Tools and Techniques for Getting New Ideas at 2:50-3:40pm, in Thai Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
- Literature Searching for Undergraduates at 2:50-3:40pm, in Alumni Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
- Using Social Media for Efficient Networking Stratgies at 2:50-3:40pm, in Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
- Library Exhibition Guided Tour on "A Say in the End of the World: Solidarity and Nuclear Defence in the Cold War" at 4:20-4:50pm, in LSE Library Gallery, Ground Floor of the LSE Library. (20 people maximum per tour)
Friday 26 April
- Using Archives for Research at 4:20-5:10pm, in Education Room, LRB. R01, Lower Ground of the LSE Library. (25 people maximum per tour).
- Make Research Accessible and Understandable for Wider Audience at 4:20-5:10pm, in Alumni Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
- Getting Your Research Ready for Reinvention at 4:20-5:10pm, in Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
- Library Exhibition Guided Tour on "A Say in the End of the World: Solidarity and Nuclear Defence in the Cold War" at 2:50-3:20pm, in LSE Library Gallery, Ground Floor of the LSE Library. (20 people maximum per tour)
BCUR 2024 Keynote Speakers
Dr Grace Lordan - "Thinking Big By Thinking Differently" - 10:40-11:30am on 25 April, in the Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
Dr Grace Lordan is the author of Think Big, the Director of The Inclusion Initiative and Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Grace is an economist, and is an expert on the determinants of individual success, labour markets and skills, the future of work and creating inclusive leaders. Her research is focused on measuring the benefits of inclusion within and across firms, as well as designing interventions that level the playing field for underrepresented talent within firms. Grace is an expert advisor to the UK government sitting on their skills and productivity board, is a member of the UK government’s BEIS social mobility taskforce and is on the Women in Finance Charter’s advisory board. Her academic writings have been published in top international journals and she has written for the Financial Times, Fortune, Fast Company and Harvard Business Review.
Dr Jillian Terry - "Beyond Boundaries: The Power of Becoming Interdisciplinary" - 11:10am-12pm on 26 April, in the Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
Dr Jillian Terry is Associate Professor (Education) and Co-Director of LSE100, the sector-leading flagship interdisciplinary course taken by all undergraduate students at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Trained as an International Relations scholar, Jillian’s research foregrounds feminist ethical perspectives on violence and focuses on the role of new technologies in war and surveillance. She also works on scholarship of teaching and learning, with research interests in interdisciplinary education and inclusive pedagogies. Jillian is an enthusiastic advocate for student research – during her time as a student at Memorial University (Canada), she founded the institution’s first student-run academic journal, Mapping Politics. In 2021, she helped to establish LSE’s interdisciplinary student research conference, Knowledge Beyond Boundaries. This annual conference invites LSE students, recent alumni, and students from the CIVICA alliance to present their work in an interdisciplinary environment as part of the LSE Festival.
Professor Tim Leunig -- "Economic Challenges for the Next Generation"- 2:10-3pm on 26 April, in the Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground of the CKK Building.
Professor Tim Leunig is a multiple-international prizewinning economist. He has taught at the LSE for 25 years, and at Oxford, and held visiting faculty positions in the US and Europe. He has worked for the UK government for over 10 years, including serving as economic adviser to two chancellors (Javid, Sunak), three housing secretaries (Clarke, Javid, Gove), and as chief analyst and chief scientific advisor at the Department for Education. In government, he invented the UK furlough scheme during covid, saving more than 3 million jobs. He also invented the post-covid rent arbitration scheme, the schools national funding formula, and the method by which we assess the effectiveness of secondary schools, Progress 8. He is Director, Public First Consulting, and an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Historical Society and a Governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.