YMCA Bournemouth to present at Community Voices webinar June 14th 12-1pm
June’s Community Voices webinar welcomes Dr Gareth Sherwood – CEO of YMCA Bournemouth. Gareth has a life history of working across the health sector, non-profit sector, education, in Christian...
View ArticleJune 1, 2023 (Post-)war memory & media politics, Kosovo – international guest...
Colleagues and their students might be interested in an international guest lecture offered by a political sociologist, Dr Gezim Selaci, and a ECR-media studies scholar/historian, Artan Krasniqi, from...
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The Impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Carers
On 5th June, the first day of carers week 2023, six carers from Dorset met for the first time and shared experiences of the effect of the cost-of-living crisis on their caring role. During the previous...
View ArticleReminder: YMCA Bournemouth to present at Community Voices Webinar Wed June...
June’s Community Voices webinar welcomes Dr Gareth Sherwood – CEO of YMCA Bournemouth. Gareth has a life history of working across the health sector, non-profit sector, education, in Christian...
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ADRC coffee morning: Future Directions in Ageing Research
The Ageing and Dementia Research Centre (ADRC) at Bournemouth University currently run a monthly coffee morning for local older people and others interested in ageing and dementia research to socialise...
View ArticleViolence Against and Women and Girls: Social Justice in Action Conference –...
A chance to showcase your ResearchDear all, We are holding a conference at BU: Violence Against and Women and Girls: Social Justice in Action Conference – Event Date: 29 June at BGB, Lansdowne.The...
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New ways of publishing: Qeios one more time!
In May I wrote a BU Research Blog under the title ‘New ways of publishing?’ on the first time we published an academic paper in the post-review journal Qeios. The paper in question ‘The paper ‘Impact...
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BU PhD student presents at Royal Life Saving Society event in London
FHSS PhD student Md. Shafkat Hossain was invited last week to speak at the event’Accelerating Action on Global Drowning Prevention’ in London. On the 12th July the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS)...
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Sociology journal seeks second book review editor
The British Sociological Society’s (BSA) journal Sociological Research Online is seeking a new second book review editor. All Editors, including the book review editor, have to be BSA members...
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World Drowning Prevention Day Bournemouth University
Worldwide drowning has caused over 2.5 million deaths in the last decade. The overwhelming majority of these deaths (90%) happen in low-middle-income countries. Globally, the highest drowning rates...
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BU top in health-related research in Nepal
A few days ago a group of researchers from the UK, Nepal and South Korea listed as the top five authors writing on migrant workers’ health-related research in Nepal. Their recent paper ‘Migrant...
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Midwifery paper read 2,500 times
Today ResearchGate alerted me that our paper ‘Women, Midwives, and a Medical Model of Maternity Care in Switzerland’ [1] has been read 2,500 times. This paper published in the International Journal of...
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An Appreciate Inquiry into NHS Maternity Services
Congratulation to Dr. Rachel Arnold and her Centre for Midwifery & Women’s Health research team on the publication yesterday of their paper ‘I might have cried in the changing room, but I still...
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Publishing papers takes time
Today we were informed by Razi International Medical Journal that the paper ‘Management capacity in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Afghanistan: Political and socio-cultural issues’ [1] is finally...
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Dedicated to drowning prevention in Bangladesh
Today we held the first International Advisory Group for the Sonamoni project. Sonamoni is a BU research project with CIPRB (the Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh) which aims to...
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Can ‘VOICE’ help with public involvement in your research? Find out more
Could using ‘VOICE‘ – National public involvement in research platform help with public involvement in your research? Many researchers will already be aware of patient and public involvement (PPI) and...
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Russell-Coates Gallery & Museum – BU Partnership Explorer Event
This Monday, 11th of September, BU is running a Research and Knowledge Exchange Explorer Event at the Russell-Cotes Gallery and Museum as part of a developing partnership between the two institutions....
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The end of an era
Yesterday I wrote my resignation letter to the journal BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. After acting as Associate Editor for fifteen years the time has come for me to give it up, and I found ‘giving...
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After predatory journals & conferences, now predatory academic prizes
After many emails about predatory journals and conferences, today I received an email about a predatory academic prize. Over the years there have been many BU Research Blogs warning readers about...
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Non-code sharing: Academic travel
Selective Travel offers interesting combinations of airlines to fly to far away destinations. This is great as it offers staff the opportunity to seek out the cheapest flight combination or the one...
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