New CMMPH midwifery paper
Today the European Journal of Midwifery published our paper ‘Midwives’ views towards women using mHealth and eHealth to self-monitor their pregnancy: A systematic review of the literature’. There are...
View ArticlePhD student paper out in print today
Congratulations to FHSS Social Worker Dr. Orlanda Harvey, whose Ph.D. paper ‘Support for non-prescribed anabolic androgenic steroids users: a qualitative exploration of their needs’ published this week...
View ArticleNew FHSS nutrition publication
Congratulations to Dr. Jib Acharya on the publication of his latest research paper ‘Exploring Food-Related Barriers and Impact on Preschool-Aged Children in Pokhara, Nepal: A Qualitative Review’ which...
View ArticleInvitation to SAIL Webinar
SAIL (Staying Active and Independent for Longer) has been a three year EU funded project that utilised a social innovation approach to developed 10 pilots that aimed to support active aging. Four...
View ArticleNew paper concerning COVID-19 and Advance Decisions by Bournemouth academics
Mike Lyne and Prof Jonathan Parker of the Department of Social Sciences and Social Work and Centre for Seldom Heard Voices have published new research arguing for clarity and greater knowledge of...
View ArticleCongratulations to Prof. Bouchachia on latest paper
Yesterday the scientific journal Nepal Journal of Epidemiology published in its latest edition a paper co-authored by BU’s Prof. Hamid Bouchacha. The Short Discussion paper ‘Artificial Intelligence...
View ArticleNIHR Grant Applications Seminar ONLINE
Dear colleagues – Do you have a great idea for research in health, social care or public health? – Are you planning to submit a grant application to NIHR? Our popular seminar has now moved online...
View ArticleCommunity Hospitals: An international perspective
BU Visiting Faculty Dr. Emma Pitchforth (Senior Lecturer in Primary Care, University of Exeter) spoke this week at International insights: What can the development of community hospitals in...
View ArticleThe impact of COVID-19 on workforce stress and resilience – Parliamentary...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created major upheaval across the world, and for frontline practitioners in social work, this led to sudden changes in working practices alongside homeworking. In the summer...
View ArticleResearch seminar is on the Way! 😇How can we ensure an inclusive environment...
We will have a seminar session with the guest lecturer, Professor Natsuko Minamino (Toyo University, Faculty of Human Life Design, Department of Human Care and Support). This research seminar is...
View ArticleBU Professor publishes sixth edition of bestselling book ‘Social Work Practice’!
I am pleased to say that the sixth edition of my book Social Work Practice has now been published. It is with grateful thanks to all former students and people who have received social work services...
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs and Covid-19- Celebrating BU Global Entrepreneurship Week...
Women’s representation in entrepreneurship, the barriers women face in entrepreneurship is all well documented and well researched with robust evidence from around the world. From seeking access to...
View ArticleMidwifery and the Media
Today we received an end-of-year good-news message from ResearchGate telling us that 700 people had ‘read’ our book Midwifery, Childbirth and the Media [1]. Lee Wright, Senior Lecturer in the School...
View Article2021: More COVID-19 publications
The year 2021 started in many ways in the same way as it had ended with a country gripped in COVID-19 and a national lock down to limit the spread of the disease. It is appropriate timely that the...
View ArticleNew publication Dr. Orlanda Harvey
Congratulations to Social Work Lecturer Dr. Orlanda Harvey on the acceptance of a paper by the journal Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. This latest academic paper ‘Libido as a motivator for...
View ArticleDealing with the past in the post-Yugoslav space – Reflections on a conference
The EU-funded Reconciliation Network of civil society organisations of the Western Balkans, known as RECOM, in conjunction with the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre, on 21st and 22nd of December...
View ArticleNIHR Grant Applications Seminar ONLINE- 23rd March 2021
Dear colleagues – Do you have a great idea for research in health, social care or public health? – Are you planning to submit a grant application to NIHR? Our popular seminar continues online and...
View ArticleFaith Matters? New Book on Women and the Quest for Spiritual Authenticity
The quest for women’s authentic experience of spirituality and faith is a topic of broad and profound social significance. Since the first published, scholarly and excoriating critiques by women...
View ArticleCongratulations to Prof. Ashencaen-Crabtree on publication of new book
Congratulations to Prof. Sara Ashencaen Crabtree on the publication of her new Routledge research monograph, Women of Faith and the Quest for Spiritual Authenticity [1]. This new book is based on 59...
View ArticleCongratulations to Prof. Jonathan Parker
Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Parker on his latest publication ‘By Dint of History: Ways in which social work is (re)defined by historical and social events‘. This interesting paper is...
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