Long-term Collective Student Research Programme (LoCoR)

Lead: Feng Mao (Cross-faculty Studies)

Staff team members: Jason Adams (Cross-faculty Studies), Surangi Jayakody Mudiyanselage (co-lead, WMS), Modupe Jimoh (co-lead, Engineering), Laura Lammasniemi (co-lead, Law), Bing Lu (co-lead, Arts), Gioia Panzarella (co-lead, Cross-faculty Studies), Jianhua Yang (co-lead, WMG). Student Project Officers: Chloe Barker (GSD), Elena Sokola (WMG), Naveera Abhayawickrama (Law), Madison Bracher (WMS), Alexa Sujatna (Engineering)

Year: 2024-2025, 2025-2026

Summary

LoCoR is a two-year project aimed at co-developing and piloting a new model of project-based teaching that empowers students from different years and disciplines to engage in long-term, collective and interdisciplinary research. This model will offer students an option to build their projects upon completed student research such as dissertations and student-led projects, thereby fostering research continuity and communities.

The model is being piloted across various modules at departments at Warwick, including

GD307, GSD Dissertation, School for Cross-Faculty Studies
WM195, Smart Solutions Development, WMG
ES327, Individual Project - School of Engineering
Dissertation Module, WMS.

Once validated, this innovative educational practice will be scaled to other departments and universities, contributing to curriculum design for research-led education, transforming project-based learning, and demonstrating Warwick’s leadership in Higher Education.

We warmly invite new partners who lead project-based learning or teaching modules to join the LoCoR initiative and help to build our growing community.

Click here to learn more about the project symposium 'From Pilot to Practice: Building a Legacy of Collective Student Research Together'Link opens in a new window held in November 2025.

Further information about the project is also available here: LoCoR