Past Projects
UKRI-funded "Living Deltas" Global Research Hub 
Living Deltas Hub: Professor Graham Smith with Siobhan Warrington are part of an international team exploring popular memories of environmental change funded by the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF).
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:44:00 BST
Preserving Byker's Vibrant Past with Oral History
Through 2025, various projects aimed at preserving Byker's heritage were undertaken.
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AHRC-Funded PhD: Oral History Design & Maintenance
Dr Hannah James Louwerse's AHRC-funded PhD explored innovative oral history preservation through the lens of "wicked maintenance," with a focus on Seaton Delaval Hall and collaborations across leading heritage institutions.
Last modified: Tue, 26 May 2026 11:01:51 BST
Newcastle General Hospital (NGH) Community History Project 
A pilot project capturing oral histories from retired NGH nurses to engage the community in reimagining the future of the former hospital site as a Health Innovation Neighbourhood.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 13:33:11 BST
Covid-19 and Mutual Aid
The Oral History Collective undertook a pilot study into mutual aid networks in light of Covid-19, to understand how these groups operate, the reasons people became involved, and their hopes for the future.
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Deindustrial Pasts and Present Inequalities
Collective Research Associate Dr Andy Clark received a prestigious ESRC New Investigator Award to undertake the project 'Deindustrial Pasts and Present Inequalities: An Oral History of Deindustrialisation and Experiences of Ageing’.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:47:48 BST
Collaboration with UNITE
The Oral History Collective assisted UNITE on an oral history project about the union's work since 1920.
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Apprenticeships and Engineering with Common Room
From 2018-'21, Dr Andy Clark led several projects exploring apprenticeships and engineering in the North East of England.
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Foodbank Histories
Foodbank Histories was a collaboration with Northern Cultural Projects and the Newcastle West End Foodbank, led by Silvie Fisch and Dr Alison Atkinson-Phillips.
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Original Public History Website: We Made Ships
A new education website, We Made Ships, was created in 2019 by Collective members Rosie Bush and Dr Alison Atkinson-Phillips to make the history of shipbuilding accessible to a new generation of students.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:50:17 BST
Funding Success: Oral History of Lockerbie Disaster
Congratulations to our Research Associate, Dr Andy Clark, who was awarded a British Academy / Leverhulme Trust grant to undertake an oral history of the 1988 Lockerbie Disaster.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:51:45 BST
Consultancy on 'Roma Stories' Heritage Lottery Fund Project
Professor Graham Smith has worked as a consultant on this important community oral history project, led by the London-based Roma Support Group.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:52:14 BST
Wastes & Strays collaboration with Newcastle University Law School
In early 2019, we were delighted to have appointed a new member of the Collective, Olivia Dee, working on a major AHRC-funded research project, Wastes and Strays: The Past, Present and Future of English Urban Commons
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:52:49 BST
Deindustrialisation, Heritage and Memory Network
Oral History research associate, Dr Andy Clark, received funding from the British Academy in 2018 to establish a new network for academic and community historians & heritage practitioners interested in deindustrialisation.
Last modified: Sat, 23 May 2026 16:54:44 BST