Creative students make their mark on the Centre for Student Life

Three undergraduates will see their artwork brought to life as large-scale vinyl installations when Cardiff University opens the doors to its new Centre for Student Life later this year. The students submitted their designs to a competition launched in March to find original artwork for the new Park Place landmark due to open on 4 October 2021. The winners, final year students Shreshth Goel, Lizzie Eves and Isaac Slater, designed their entries for specific spaces in the building, which will provide a home for the University's Student Life services ready for the start of the 2021/22 academic year. Shreshth, who is studying the LLB Law programme at the School of Law and Politics, will see his design featured behind the frontline Student Connect service on the ground floor of the building. He explained: "I used the words of welcome in a number of international languages to represent the bilingualism and diversity of the University. And, the images of a daffodil, the national flower of Wales, represents new beginnings - something every student marks with their university life." Isaac, a BSc Architecture student at the Welsh School of Architecture, chose to use pathways in his design, which will be displayed on the first floor, where students can engage with employers and careers advisers from the Student Futures Team. He said: "Paths represent different choices in life, where they may lead you in your future and how perceived failures or dead ends can sometimes lead to success." Lizzie, who is also studying the BSc Architecture programme, will see two of her designs on display in the Centre for Student Life, both on the fourth floor, where students will wait for appointments with support staff.