In 2022, Yussaf Hamad (SOAS) took part in a teaching placement at Sumait University as a lecturer in linguistics.

Anita Strasser’s 2019-2020 placement project combined academia, art and activism to create a book detailing the changing faces of Deptford.

In 2019, Natasha Richards (University of Essex) undertook a placement with Sexplain, a company that provides comprehensive and inclusive sex education to young people.

In 2017, Simon Everett (University of Essex) established the small, independent creative writing publishing press, Muscaliet, as part of his six-month CHASE placement. Muscaliet Press’s editorial vision is to promote hybridity in written genres and forms.

In 2019, Elizabeth Morgan (University of East Anglia) took part in a twelve-month placement at The Bridge Plus+ a ‘Norfolk based black/Asian and minority ethnic (BME) organisation aimed at improving community cohesion through innovative community engagement activities and service delivery to promote race equality and community cohesion’.

From 2018-2020, doctoral researcher Emily Walker (University of East Anglia) acted as Curatorial Assistant of the Charlie Higson Archive, a collection of television comedy materials at the British Archive of Contemporary Writing. Within this role, she curated The Fast Show 25th Anniversary Exhibition 2019-2020.

In 2020, Olivia Croyle (University of East Anglia) undertook a CHASE funded placement with Muddy Knees Media as a researcher for the BBC 4 podcast, ‘You’re Dead to Me’. The podcast aims to make a wide variety of historical subjects accessible to a broad audience by injecting high quality research with funny commentary by comedians.