{"id":1150,"date":"2018-11-21T14:57:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T14:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:17:47","slug":"news-dr-billy-wongs-urop-student-won-the-best-poster-in-the-prosperity-resilience-research-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2018\/11\/21\/news-dr-billy-wongs-urop-student-won-the-best-poster-in-the-prosperity-resilience-research-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS &#8211; Dr. Billy Wong&#8217;s UROP student won the best poster in the Prosperity &amp; Resilience research theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased that Meggie Copsey-Blake has won the best poster in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/research\/themes\/theme-prosperity-resilience.aspx\"><strong>the Prosperity &amp; Resilience research theme<\/strong><\/a> in the annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/internal\/urop\/urop_home.aspx\"><strong>Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0awards presentation earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>UROP is the University of Reading&#8217;s initiative to offer undergraduate students in their middle year of study the chance to gain hands-on research experience on projects covering all disciplines across University.<\/p>\n<p>Meggie is studying BA English Language and Applied Linguistic and she worked with the Institute of Education\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\"><strong>Dr.\u00a0<span id=\"0.878562200201388\" class=\"highlight\">Billy<\/span>\u00a0Wong<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Lecturer in Widening Participation) and later with Thames Valley Police\u2019s PC Tom Walters on the evaluation of the MiniPolice initiative at Reading.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1151 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/billy_photo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/billy_photo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/billy_photo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/billy_photo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/billy_photo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The MiniPolice initiative aims to offer primary school children (aged 9-11) first-hand experiences and engagements with their local community to develop a stronger sense of citizenship and responsibility, as well as a greater understanding of police work. This\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xNisy2nMypBctIqMo-ioaWSQXf1wzoIm\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a><\/strong>, co-authored by Dr. Wong and PC Tom Walters,\u00a0is an evaluation of the MiniPolice project in Reading, focusing on three cohorts of 60 MiniPolice students. The report was recently shared in a seminar at Mansfield to support the development of the National MiniPolice programme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased that Meggie Copsey-Blake has won the best poster in\u00a0the Prosperity &amp; Resilience research theme in the annual\u00a0Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)\u00a0awards presentation earlier this month. 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