By Tania Willis on June 20, 2012
BU’s professor Colin Pritchard was interviewed in The Guardian today about his latest study which shows a link between mental illness and killing children. Colin told Guardian journalist David Brindle, “In effect, we have rediscovered the psychiatric-criminological interface with child protection and, although very rare, mentally ill or personality-disordered parents can be a threat to [...]
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By Tania Willis on May 21, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRN9sSslIw&list=UUoZJqGSt3CFeuLrYiKH4j-w&index=1&feature=plpp_video”
Bournemouth University Dementia Institute (BUDI) was launched on 16 May at an event at the Executive Business Centre which was attended by health care professionals, NHS workers, local councillors and members of the public whose lives have been affected by dementia. Speaking at the launch, Anthea Innes, Director of BUDI said that one of [...]
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By Tania Willis on February 14, 2012
The spring 2012 edition of RCN student journal features Dr Janet Scammell discussing the pros and cons of placement grading. BU has graded nursing students’ performance since 2007 and uses the grades to contribute to their final grades. Both students and mentors have found the system useful and other universities are now starting to use [...]
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By Tania Willis on February 2, 2012
To mark Eating Disorders Awareness week, which is between 20-26 February, Bournemouth University (BU) is providing a lecture which is open to staff, students and the wider community. The lecture is entitled Eating Disorders; Promoting Wellbeing, led by Dr Ciaran Newell (Consultant Nurse). The lecture will explore the causes of eating disorders; in particular the [...]
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By Tania Willis on January 12, 2012
Professor Edwin Van Teijlingen has been to Nepal in January to work with the Nepalese Government in promoting good health across the country. On 11 January he spoke at a conference that he helped facilitate which highlighted the benefits of community-based intervention for health. The conference was shown the results of two projects carried out [...]
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By Tania Willis on December 22, 2011
Midwifery lecturer Denyse King, from the School Of Health and Social Care, is the first midwife to register on the UK public health register. This means that Denyse can work closely with service providers in the NHS to produce services for a healthier population. The register chose Denyse for her wealth of experience and extensive [...]
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By Tania Willis on December 7, 2011
Bournemouth University received the internationally-recognised Baby Friendly Initiative Award today for the high quality of education in breastfeeding provided to midwifery students. The Award was presented by Sue Ashmore, Programme Director of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, presented the award to the staff and students today. The Baby Friendly Initiative, set up by UNICEF [...]
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By Tania Willis on October 27, 2011
If left for too long they can cause liver cancer apparently – Phillipa Hudson Senior Lecturer in Food Safety at BU told the Guardian. Philippa Hudson, senior lecturer in food safety at Bournemouth University, admits that she would only remove a centimetre or so beyond the surface mould to continue eating a product. Stating that [...]
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By Tania Willis on October 21, 2011
A PHD student at Bournemouth University has won a travel bursary from Santander for £4995. The money will be used for travel and living expenses, spending 5 weeks this winter and 5 weeks in winter 2012 at the University of Barcelona and the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy. Sheetal Sharma is evaluating health [...]
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By Tania Willis on October 20, 2011
The government department for international development each year gives Bournemouth University a scholarship to students studying in the school of Health and Social Care, usually students coming from abroad, especially Africa. This year Andrew Owen Kalule joins BU from Makerere University in Uganda after winning the scholarship to study MSc Public Health in the school [...]
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