Engagement and Place Awards 2022 | School of History, Classics and Archaeology

HCA student project shortlisted

A project created by Daisy-Alys Vaughan, an Archaeology postgraduate research student, has been shortlisted in Newcastle University's Engagement and Place Awards 2022. A total of 18 projects have been shortlisted across the six categories of this year’s Engagement and Place Awards, showcasing and recognising great examples of engagement from across the University.

Nominated in the Postgraduate Award catagory, Daisy's project is titled Stories from the Archive and looks at objects in the Great North Museum’s Shefton Collection of Greek and Etruscan Archaeology. These objects link to papers from the archive of its collector, Brian B. Shefton. This innovative online exhibition intends to highlight the relationship between archive and museum. The primary purpose was to inform and inspire wider audiences, (including older and refugee audiences). It helped to increase understanding of the history of the artefacts within the Shefton Collection. The project also aimed to engage the public with recent research on the Shefton Archive. It offered histories of objects in the museum’s collections and shared items from the Shefton Archive.

Best of luck to Daisy - we will update this page once the results have been announced.