Student engagement and participation
The Inclusive Campus Challenge
The Inclusive Campus Challenge asks students to identify a campus challenge, and create an innovative and implementable solution that would actively contribute to combating hate and promoting equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in any dimension of campus life – academic, cultural, digital, social, community, or student services.
The winner(s) of the Inclusive Campus Challenge will be given access to a fund of €2000 to implement their proposals, and see their vision for a safe and inclusive campus become a reality.
Undergraduate students
Members of the Centre for the Study of Hate and Inequalities work with undergraduate students in a number of ways, and SHINE members across the four faculties of UL teach in a range of subject areas on equalities and inequalities.
Students regularly work with SHINE members on their Final Year Projects, and law students have developed a number of projects in their Advanced Lawyering module with SHINE members.
Taught postgraduate students
Our faculty members teach a range of modules on our taught postgraduate modules, and UL is the only university in Ireland with a dedicated postgraduate module on hate crime.
Students regularly work with SHINE members in developing and writing their dissertations for taught postgraduate programmes, and have moved from those programmes into doctoral research.
Doctoral students
The interdisciplinary nature of the work of SHINE means that our doctoral students are embedded in scholarship across the institution with a range of opportunities made available to them. Our doctoral students have access to the SHINE Research Hub, which has hotdesks, the SHINE Fieldwork library, a coffee machine and food preparation area, and lots of snacks.
Our graduated doctoral students are currently working across the globe in the academy, practice, and policy. If you are interested in pursuing doctoral studies with us, please contact SHINE@ul.ie.
We also regularly host doctoral students from other institutions as part of their research, on our Global Visitors Programme. If you are a doctoral student and would like to visit us, please contact us at SHINE@ul.ie.
Cooperative students - internships with SHINE
Since 2015, SHINE has hosted students on their cooperative work placements, and we have now had more than 20 students work with us. Our students are an integral part of the work that we do, and have produced research reports, supported the operation of events, and run our social media channels.
Our interns in 2026 worked with us from January-August, and you can see a video where they describe their experiences at SHINE.
If you would like to work with us on your cooperative work placement, please get in touch with the Cooperative Office, and they will provide you with details.
