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Previous winners and entries

2025/2026

The winner of the Visualising Research Competition 2026 is Viktoriia Iarova, PhD student, whose entry “The Ghost of Icelandic Glaciers” has been chosen as the Judges’ Winner of Wrexham University’s Visualising Research Competition 2026! 

A fantastic piece of research captured in a single image and bagging £250! 

The runners-up of the Visualising Research Competition 2026 are Dr Grace Thomas, with “Rethinking Inclusion: Beyond a Seat at the Table”, and Sara Hilton, with “From Constraints to Decisions: Learning Through the Game at Wrexham AFC”, who have been named as the two Judges’ Runners-Up in this year’s Visualising Research Competition!

Two brilliant entries showcasing the breadth and creativity of research taking place across Wrexham University and winning £50 each.

A huge congratulations to Cara Langford Watts, whose entry “What Did You See First?” has been crowned the People’s Choice Winner of the Wrexham University Visualising Research Competition 2026!

Cara gets a £50 prize alongside some specially developed merch with their image!

Winners 2026

Judges’ Winner: "The Ghost of Icelandic Glaciers” - Viktoriia Iarova

Runners-up: “Rethinking Inclusion: Beyond a Seat at the Table” - Dr Grace Thomas

“From Constraints to Decisions: Learning Through the Game at Wrexham AFC” - Sara Hilton

People’s Choice Winner: “What Did You See First?” - Cara Langford Watts

some glaciers looking like a ghost
a wheelchair user with a happy expression and their arm raised and another person speaking to them
AI generated image of a footballer on a pitch
a toyota landrover vehicle with a cow in the back

Entries 2026

A close up of a lemur on a perch with an AI generated image overlayed that has images of other animals such as a bat and robin
Beach at sunset with words overlayed
School children cooking in a classroom and chefs cooking in a kitchen
collage of images from the school farm
a small wooden table with natural items on it such as sticks and a circle of human feet around it
Castle on a hill
Collage of a person on a hill looking out at the view
Hand drawn octopus in the sea
Collage of images including headphones, music symbols, and digital words

Winners 2025

Judges’ Winner: "Football for Change: Global Connections, Local Impact”  - Sara Hilton

Runners-up:  “Screenshot you Soul” - Karolina Skorek & “What Does Inclusion Look Like?” - Dr Grace Thomas

People’s Choice Winner:  “Screenshot you Soul” - Karolina Skorek

Two adults in Wrexham AFC footballs shirts clapping their hands alongside two young children outdoors
Artistic head and shoulders image of a person with short brown hair in a purple coat with light surrounding them
Barbie in a wheelchair and Barbie with a prosthetic both leg lay on a large sheet of paper with handwritten notes

Entries 2025

Blue image with the letters AI in the centre then various AI generated surrounding images including people and shapes
An ornate Church window in the back with sunlight streaming in and a black icon of a peson in a tie with a laptop in the fore
School child in school uniform on a field holding a buttercup flower under their chin
Close up of a person's hands holding a small screen that shows an infared handprint
Person in hat and face covering crouching in front of a metal gate with cows behind
Hand drawn mind map
Three digital images of skeleton bones with some shaded darker than others
Dog sniffing grass in a green wooded area with words associated with the scene added to the picture such as 'earthy' and 'green'
A white and brown cadaver dog next to a river that has ducks in
Steep narrow road in a green hillside
Collage of 4 images on a black background. 3 images of Icelandic glaciers and 1 image of a person walking by a large waterfall
Groups of people in the street creating seperate pieces of street art on the pavement
A group of people next to a body of water doing a tug-of-war with a striking sunset behind them
Right handside is a corridor with bilingual words added and left handside is internal organs of a torso with a photo of a face
Image of Conwy Castle with a chatbot conversation about the castle added
Two people working outdoors with large pots and and an open fire
Image of a large glacier in the sea
3D model of a human cranium and face with key features noted. Half the image with skin and half as skeletal image

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