Dr. Rachel Arnold’s first paper as BU staff
Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Arnold in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health who had her first paper accepted since she started working at BU two months ago. Her paper ‘Villains or...
View ArticleCoPMRE Sixteenth Annual Symposium Frailty: Enhancing Lives 9.10.19
Following the government’s industrial strategy grand challenge on Ageing Society, this year’s conference will be exploring the theme of frailty. The key areas will be: Current health needs – the...
View ArticleNew CMMPH publication on health promotion in post-earthquake Nepal
Today saw the publication of a new paper from an international research team from the UK, Japan and Nepal. Our research article ‘Assessing knowledge and behavioural changes on maternal and newborn...
View ArticleIOM or IOM: it can be rather confusing
This month’s fieldtrip to Nepal has a rather confusing element, namely the two separate organisations the BU team is working with have the same abbreviation. Not only that, each...
View ArticleCongratulations on academic paper by BU PhD student Orlanda Harvey
Congratulations to Orlanda Harvey, PhD student in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences on her PhD publication “Support for people who use Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: A Systematic Scoping...
View ArticleCMMPH presents at Nepal Sociological Association in Kathmandu
Yesterday Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen from CMMPH (Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health) gave a presentation on ‘Social and Medical Model of Childbirth’ at the International Conference...
View ArticleEmerald Literati Highly Commended award for BU paper
Former PhD student, Dr Andy Harding, now at Lancaster University, and BU Professors Jonathan Parker, Sarah Head and Ann Hemingway have been highly commended for their paper Supply-side review of the UK...
View ArticleBU Writing & Publishing Workshops in Kathmandu
This past week Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen from the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) presented several workshops on academic writing and scientific publishing to BU’s...
View ArticleRDS Research for Social Care Roadshow
The NIHR will be investing in future social care research with annual funding calls via the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme. The next call is planned to launch in September and will...
View ArticleNIHR RDS Grant Applications – seminar & support event, Truro, Cornwall – 8th...
Are you planning to submit a grant application to NIHR? We are holding a one-day event at the Knowledge Spa, Truro, Cornwall on Tuesday 8 October that is aimed at helping you to improve your chances...
View ArticleBMC blog on latest HSS paper
Dr. Rachel Arnold’s recent paper in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth was highlighted in a blog promoted by the publisher. The paper ‘Villains or victims? An ethnography of Afghan maternity staff and the...
View ArticleMigration & health research in Middle East & Malaysia
Yesterday the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health published the final version of Dr. Pratik Adhikary’s paper ‘Workplace Accidents Among Nepali Male Workers in the Middle East and Malaysia: A...
View ArticleNew paper by Dr. Caroline Ellis-Hill
Congratulations to Dr. Caroline Ellis-Hill on the publication of her article ‘We are not the same people we used to be: An exploration of family biographical narratives and identity change following...
View ArticleCongratulations to Dr. Pramod Regmi
Congratulations to FHSS’s Dr. Pramod Regmi on the publication of his recent qualitative paper ‘Parents’ and teachers’ perspectives on children’s sexual health education: a qualitative study in...
View ArticleNew BU paper: Health of Nepali migrants in India
Today the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health accepted our paper ‘The health of Nepali migrants in India: A qualitative study of lifestyles and risks’ [1]. The research...
View ArticleNepali migrants’ health & wellbeing: Setting research priorities
Work-related migration is a common livelihood strategy for many young people in Nepal. It is estimated that about 3.5 million Nepali work abroad, mainly in Malaysia, the Gulf countries, and India. The...
View ArticleWAN & Seldom Heard Voices: ‘Gender in Conflict’ conference Wed 09/10/2019
Staff, students and colleagues are warmly invited to an inspiring and engaging half-day conference on Wednesday 9 October from 1pm (BG11, Lansdowne Campus). Speakers include visiting colleagues from...
View ArticleMidwifery models in the Netherlands
This autumn the Dutch journal for midwives Tijdschrift voor Verloskundigen published a paper on the risk associated with thinking in terms of risks [1]. Dr. Marianne J Nieuwenhuijze is the lead...
View ArticleBU Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
BU is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, for the first time, on the 19th of November with not ONE but TWO Mega Events! Supporting student experience; supporting BU commitment to the UN...
View ArticleBUCRU (Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit) – Newsletter
Please see the latest newsletter from the Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU). We hope you find it interesting. This is our ‘last’ newsletter and covers content from last year, we...
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