2023 stories

Read about the experiences of our students who took part in a Q-Step paid summer internship. Each student's name links to a PDF of their poster with more detailed information relating to their internship.

Aaminah Azoor (BA Politics and Sociology) worked at the times on a number of data led news stories.

Aaron Elberg (BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics) was a data fellow at the department for work and pensions and worked on building an attraction strategy for the future.

Aleksandr Mednikov (BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics) interned at Greater Manchester Poverty Action on their anti-poverty programmes internship.

Alice Eddyshaw (BA Linguistics and German) worked as a diversity, equity, and inclusion data analyst at the data consultancy FDM.

Balint Lukacs (BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics) worked with the Centre for Local Economic Strategies to progress people-centred approaches to redesigning local economies.

Benedicte Bolingo (BSocSc Politics and International Relations) worked as a diversity, equity, and inclusion data analyst at the data consultancy FDM.

Chloe Jeffery (BASS Sociology and Criminology) completed her data fellowship with GM4Women and completed strategic mapping across Greater Manchester to improve women and girls lives.

Elilee Arulkumar (BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics) researched the gender pay gap during her time working at The Home Office.

Elisa Kocadag (BSocSc Sociology) was a data fellow at the British Youth Council where she analysed youth impact data.

Elsa Maneggio (BASS Philosophy and Criminology) worked at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority as an analyst within the police and crime team.

Hana Alwakeel (BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics) completed her internship at Manchester City Council and created a framework for measuring resilience within Manchester communities.  

Jacob Marshall (BA Sociology and Politics) worked at IPPR North on the State of the North 2023 report.

Joshua Mitchell (BSocSc Politics and International Relations)  was an intern at the Northen Powerhouse Partnership and explored road pricing in England.

Jude McNab (BA Criminology) investigated domestic abuse trends cross England, Wales, and Scotland during his internship at Respect.

Katie Gummer (BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics) assisted the Office for National Statistics on a project exploring the UK’s sustainable development goals.

Laim Jeong (BA Criminology) worked in the department for education on a project exploring why school-based provider staff are paid more than group-based provider staff.

Minji Kim (BSocSc Sociology) was a member of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion team at the University of Manchester for her internship and explored the use of intersectional analysis for EDI interventions.

Niquelah Le Blanc (BASS Politics and Sociology) worked at Greater Manchester Combined Authority on a school readiness and workforce competency framework.

Rimsha Afzal Kausar (BA Sociology and Spanish) worked at Manchester City Council and analysed the use of technology enabled care in adult social care.

Santiago Chau Principe (BA Linguistics) completed his data fellowship with the Civic University Partnership by mapping Greater Manchester.

Sarah Tunmore (BA English Language) was an intern at the Northen Powerhouse Partnership and explored road pricing in England.

Viktoria Genova (BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics) completed her data fellowship at IPPR on the project ‘Where's next for wages? Investigating real incomes after the cost of living crisis’.

Yanhao Li (BA Linguistics) completed her data fellowship with the Civic University Partnership by mapping Greater Manchester.

Zoe McCready (BSocSc Politics and International Relations) was a data fellow at the Northen Care Alliance and investigated the NCA’s staff experiences.