I posted earlier in the summer to let you know of the changes to the research themes (Looking to the Horizons). We are about to launch them on the world so I thought it would be worth saying a few more words about them. The themes were used to categorise events that ran as part of the Festival of Learning in June and the themes icons also formed part of the design and branding of the Festival. You may also have noticed that the themes have been used in the new Postgraduate Prospectus and they will be used to structure the revised research pages on the web; yes, finally we are getting some revised pages after several false starts! The revised pages are due to be launched in the autumn to tidy things up in time for our REF submission which is submitted in November. We are also deep in planning for next year’s Festival of Learning and hope that each theme will showcase their work through a series of engaging events.
On Tuesday to Friday this week there will be an update each day from two of the Research Themes detailing activities that have taken place within the themes over the past twelve months and what the theme aims to do in future.
The Research Themes part of the Blog has now been redesigned with the new themes (http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/research-themes/) and I encourage you to take a look. If you’re not already a member of one or more of the themes then you can sign up using the form at the bottom of this post.
It would be a great help if you could let me know of a few choice examples of projects under each theme; things that you would like me to use while promoting the themes in the coming weeks. Just drop me a line with the project and a short paragraph, it would be a great help!
Sign up to the BU Research Themes here!