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March 25, 2014

Fusion Investment Fund – BU research and education visit in Mexico

Dr Christos Apostolakis from the Business School has been awarded Fusion Investment Fund to establish working relationships with Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Tecnologico de Monterrey), Mexico in terms of research and education. Christos has accepted an invitation by the Global Research Chair in Entrepreneurship Eugenio Garza-Laguera at Tec de Monterrey and he will travel to Monterrey on the 5^th April 2014 for a week’s visit to engaging in a series of intellectual and networking activities.

During his 5 working-day visit, Christos plans to:

Give a guest lecture about Bournemouth University Business School (vision; goals; history; future plans; suggestions for collaboration with Tec de Monterrey and EGADE Business School);
Give a presentation about his research work on social entrepreneurship expanding on the significant role of entrepreneurship in biotechnology the main research theme of the host research centre;
Attend student classes on Entrepreneurship and, Strategy;
Collect material and other secondary data about entrepreneurship activities run or supported by the host research centre;
Visit wherever possible local businesses that promote entrepreneurship in biotechnology (in collaboration with the Global Research Chair in Entrepreneurship Eugenio Garza-Laguera);
Do networking with colleagues who work for EGADE Business School and the Global Research Chair in Entrepreneurship Eugenio Garza-Laguera;
Collaborate in expanding the paper the abstract of which has already been accepted for the ECIE 2014 conference with Dr Marcia Villasana Campos.

It is envisaged that this visit can initiate long term collaboration between the two universities such as staff and student exchange, joint PhD supervision and, student recruitment with a focus on entrepreneurship (and not only). The project contributes to both research and education of the Fusion concept as it aims to develop gradually a strategic partner for BU’s internationalisation process.

Tecnológico de Monterrey is one of the largest private multi-campus universities in Latin America, with over 90,000 students. Based in Monterrey, Mexico the University has 31 campuses in 25 cities throughout the country. It has one of the top graduate business schools in the region and it is well-known for having a large number of students studying abroad every year.

For more information, please contact Dr Christos Apostolakis (capostolakis@bournemouth.ac.uk)

March 23, 2014

CSR checklist proposed at Dubai conference

Public engagement, Research news, Uncategorized Tom Watson

A critical analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) theory and practices was given by Professor Tom Watson of the Media School in his keynote speech at the 4^th Middle East Public Relations Symposium in Dubai.

The symposium, held on March 19-20 at Zayed University, brought together academics from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Lebanon and Qatar with leading practitioners from the UAE’s semi-governmental bodies and regional and international PR agencies.

In his address, Prof Watson launched a CSR checklist developed from research and recent literature.

“CSR is increasingly part of the language and practices of business and communicators, but it has been moving away from the moral philosophies and attitudes that formed it,” he said. “Often ‘CSR’ is seen as a method for gaining business advantage rather than participation in society. The checklist has been written to assist managers and communicators develop meaningful and effective CSR strategies and actions.”

Research into employee engagement with CSR that Prof Watson is conducting with Dr Tasos Theofilou and Dr Georgiana Grigore of the Media School strongly influenced the checklist’s preparation. Their research is supported by the Arthur W. Page Center at Penn State University and the Public Relations Research Group.

Platform for future research

“A relationship between BU and Zayed University has developed over the past four years. It offers a platform for future collaborative research into CSR and other communication issues,” Prof Watson said.

During his visit, he met Zayed’s Dean of the College of Communication and Media Sciences, Prof Marilyn Robinson, and Associate Dean, Dr Gaelle Duthler, and staff at its Abu Dhabi and Dubai campuses. His visit was sponsored by Zayed University as host of the MEPRA Symposium.

Prof Watson also chaired a Symposium panel on crisis communication in which experts discussed communication management of the missing MH370 aircraft crisis.

Prof Tom Watson addressing the MEPRA Symposium

March 21, 2014

Sustainable Design Research Centre New Experimental Resources for Research & Education

BU research, Fusion, PG research Zulfiqar Khan

Sustainable Design Research Centre

Faculty of Science & Technology

Newly Added and Commissioned Experimental Resources for Research & Education

The following new equipment have been recently added to the lab resources for both research & education. Two PhD research projects in Renewable Technology (Heat Transfer and Thermodynamic Expansion) and one Research Assistant within SDRC are fully funded by industrial partner FES Ltd [Dr Zulfiqar Khan, PI]. This research informs education within the Design & Engineering Framework, MEng Programme, through Level I Thermo-fluids & Heat Transfer (20 Credit) unit led by Dr Zulfiqar Khan.

These equipment are significant addition for enhancing students’ experience and providing a vehicle for realising BU Fusion initiative.

PIPE FRICTION APPARATUS

The experimentation stand can be used to investigate pipe frictional losses with laminar and turbulent flows. The pipe section is a brass pipe with an internal diameter of 3 mm. The distance between the pressure measuring fittings and thus the length of the experimental pipe section is 400 mm.

The pressure losses for laminar flow are measured using a water manometer. The static pressure difference is displayed. A head tank is available to create a laminar flow and ensures a constant water inlet pressure in the pipe section at a constant water level.

For turbulent flow, the pressure difference is measured using a dial manometer. The head tank is not used to create a turbulent flow. The water is fed directly into the pipe section from the water supply via a bypass. The flow is adjusted using shut-off valves at the beginning and end of the pipe. The water supply is provided either by the Basic Hydraulics Module or from the mains supply in the laboratory.

BERNOULLI’S PRINCIPLE DEMONSTRATOR

The equipment is used to investigate Bernoulli’s law. The measurement object is a Venturi nozzle with six pressure measurement points. The six static pressures are displayed on a board with six water pressure gauges. The overall pressure can also be measured at various locations in the Venturi nozzle and indicated on a second water pressure gauge. Measurement is by way of a probe which can be moved axially with respect to the Venturi nozzle. The probe is sealed by way of a compression gland. Water is supplied either from the Fluid Mechanics Basic Module or from the laboratory mains.

The equipment enables a closed water circuit to be constructed.

Possible experiments:

Demonstration of Bernoulli’s law
Pressure measurements along Venturi nozzle
Determination of flow rate factor K

[The above information are provided by GUNT Publication-no.: 917.000 01 A 150 12 (A) Experiment instructions HM 150.01 Pipe Friction Apparatus & Experiment Instructions HM 150.07 Bernoulli’s Principle Demonstrator].

If you have interest in Renewable Technology research & education and would like to find more about the activities within the Sustainable Design Research Centre, then please contact.

Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor)

Director SDRC

March 20, 2014

BU Researchers launch a new online copyright resource at the AHRC Creative Economy Showcase London

Awarded & submitted bids, BU research, Featured, Featured academics, Funding opportunities, Fusion, PG research, Post-award, Public engagement, REF Subjects, Uncategorized cippm

Following the internal launch at BU on the 14th February 2014, BU Researchers at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) launched the Copyrightuser.org at The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Creative Economy Showcase.

The event was held at Kings Place, London, on Wednesday 12^th March 2014. The Showcase demonstrated the outputs and innovations of AHRC investments in the Creative Economy through presentations, workshops and exhibitions. The sectors exhibited on the day, included fashion, design, video games, architecture, broadcasting, archives, digital technologies and dance.

Amongst the various funded initiatives showcased on the day, Copyrightuser.org held a prominent exhibition stand and exhibited the website which was complemented by large posters, bookmarks and myth/reality cards (illustrated below) which explained the most common myths about copyright.

This high-profile event was attended by over 450 delegates and included policy-makers, business leaders in the creative industries, knowledge exchange practitioners, directors of research in universities, senior representatives from partner organisations in the Creative Economy, other strategic funding agencies in the sector, representatives from the AHRC’s investments in the Creative Economy and other stakeholders.

Keynote speakers included amongst others Sebastian Conran (Designer), the Hon David Willetts (Minister of State for Universities and Science), Ed Vaizey MP (Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) and Professor Rick Rylance (CEO, AHRC).

Highlights from the day can be streamed here.

Copyrightuser.org was funded by the BU Fusion Investment Fund in 2012 and was developed by the Business School’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) in collaboration with Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP). Following the success of the Fusion Funded project, the CIPPM-led team went on to secure RCUK funding provided by CREATe in August 2013 to extend the scope of the project. Phase II of the copyrightuser.org is now underway.

The launched online resource aims to make UK copyright law accessible to creators and members of the public. This 1-minute video captures the concept behind the Copyrightuser.org project.

Using quantitative and qualitative methods the site aims to provide answers to the most pressing concerns that creators and the public have about copyright law. To achieve these aims, interviews with creators where conducted and a video for each creative sector was produced demonstrating their thoughts and questions about copyright, see the musicians video here for example. Secondly, 200 frequently asked questions posted by users online were sourced, analysed and coded down to the 20 most common.

The Copyrightuser.org has so far been received very well as evidenced by the positive feedback from various organisations, individuals, legal professionals and the creative industries.

During the launch, the website received 232 visits; and has now received over 1,558 visits to date.

Please also visit our twitter page – @copyrightuser to keep up with the Copyrightuser.org developments.

The copyrightuser.org team consists of:

Dr. Dinusha Mendis (Principal Investigator & Co-Director CIPPM)

Mr. Bartolomeo Meletti (Lead Multimedia Producer and CIPPM Research Assistant)

Ms. Hayleigh Bosher (PhD Candidate (Copyright) and CIPPM Research Assistant)

Professor Martin Kretschmer (Principal Investigator & Director CREATe)

Dr. Kris Erickson (Co-Investigator, CREATe).

The team is further assisted by a Production Team consisting of Marco Bagni (Art Direction, Design and Animation), Sar:co (Music and SoundFX), Davide Bonazzi (Illustrations) amongst others and an Editorial Board consisting of Professor Maurizio Borghi (Director, CIPPM); Professor Ruth Towse (Co-Director, CIPPM); and Professor Ronan Deazley (Professor of Copyright Law, University of Glasgow) amongst others.

March 19, 2014

Dash7 for remote patient monitoring via mobile phone

BU research, PG research, Research news djohn

We would like to invite you to the next research seminar of the Creative Technology Research Centre that will be delivered by Andrew Yearp.

TitleDash7 for remote patient monitoring via mobile phone

Time: 2:00PM-3:00PM

Date: Wednesday 26^th March 2014

Room: P302 (Poole House, Talbot Campus)

Abstract: Wireless Remote patient monitoring systems provide an improved environment for hospital patients while expanding the range physiological information available to medical personnel. With these developments patients are now free from wires, but are still contained within the range of the wireless monitoring system. This seminar explores the application of Dash7 and mobile phone technologies in patient monitoring, particularly in hospital wards. The functionality of a prototype system which has been developed so far will be demonstrated during this seminar.

We hope to see you there,

Dr. David John

March 19, 2014

Significant Professional Practice Role and Contributions

BU research, Fusion, Public engagement Zulfiqar Khan

Dr Zulfiqar Khan, Director Sustainable Design Research Centre has been appointed as Industrial Advisor (voluntary role) by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The role of Industrial Advisor (IA) is to evaluate membership applications where candidates are usually not required to attend a membership interview. IA also evaluates Fellowship applications of the Institution. IA provides an evaluative report to the IMechE Professional Review Committee (PRC). IAs are appointed by the IMechE to provide expert guidance to the Institution staff, the Professional Review Committee and where necessary, other committees who are involved in the membership application process.

“The Industrial Advisor’s prime responsibility is to undertake an initial peer assessment of applications in a variety of situations where an interview is not normally required:

Applications for transfer of Member to Fellow
Applications from existing CEng, IEng or EngTech registrants
Applications via a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)
Applications via the European Mobility Directive (EMD)

Industrial Advisors will normally assess applicants from their indicated areas of expertise.”

If you are interested to know more about the IMechE, its membership/registration please click on the link or contact

Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor)

Director Sustainable Design Research Centre

Faculty of Science & Technology

March 19, 2014

FIF supporting work with the BSO to create a BUDI orchestra

BU research, Fusion, Public engagement, Uncategorized Anthea Innes

An orchestra for people with dementia and their families faciliated by players from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and BU Music students has been funded following a successful application from Ian Jones, Ian Davis and I to the FIF CCCP strand. The kick off meeting with the musicians, students and the BUDI team was held on the 5 March and we are currently in the process of recruiting people with dementia, and their carers if they wish, to participate in a 10 week programme that will start in April and culminate with a performace at the Winton Life Centre on 14 June as part of the BU Festival of Learning. This is the first project that we are aware of where a symphony orchestra works with people with dementia giving them the opportunity to relearn instruments, learn instruments for the first time while combining this with the choir approach of many initiatives in the UK and worldwide which acknowledge the power of music for the well-being of those with dementia. The team working on this project are very excited about the possibilities this project offers, not just as an example of public and community engagement, and a fused approach to working between students, researchers and professional musicans that engages with those living in our community, but because it ensures that we address one of the fundamental myths that often surround dementia of decline in abilities, when in fact people with dementia can learn new things!

March 18, 2014

Website & BRIAN Training Sessions

BU research, Guidance, Research news, Research themes, Training sastringer

Due to popular demand we are hosting training sessions for the new research webpages together with BRIAN training.

These sessions are open to all BU academic staff, post graduate research students and those supporting researchers in their communications activity.

During the session you will learn the following:

Research Webpages

Why BU has new research webpages
How you can upload content to the website
How the site can be used most effectively to maximise exposure of BU research.

BRIAN

What is BRIAN and why is it important
How to set up and maintain your BRIAN profile
How to ensure your details are correct
How to request a photo is uploaded
How BRIAN links to your external staff profile

To book on one of the following sessions please use the links below…

Thursday 27^th March 2pm in P421 Poole House, Talbot Campus

Thursday 17^th April 2pm in P421 Poole House, Talbot Campus

We hope to follow these with a session at the Lansdowne Campus (room pending). If you would be interested in a Lansdowne session or you have any queries, please email Shelly Maskell on smaskell@bournemouth.ac.uk

March 18, 2014

FUSION within Sustainable Design Research Centre (SDRC) – Faculty of Science & Technology

BU research, Fusion, PG research, Public engagement, Publishing Zulfiqar Khan

“At the heart of the BU2018 strategy is the powerful fusion of research, education and professional practice, creating a unique academic experience where the sum is greater than the component parts”.

SDRC has been actively engaged with the BU Fusion initiative through various methods i.e. Fusion fund, Festival of Learning, Fusion conferences, international collaborations, chairing international conferences, keynote & invited guest speaking, journal reviews & editorship, funding councils review panels, visiting professors from international HE, engaging with regional industry & community stakeholders and research informed education.

Some examples of research informed education & linkages between the two academic activities are provided briefly.

Design Engineering Level – C

Unit: Design Methods & Projects (40 credit)

Dr Zulfiqar Khan is leading this significant unit within the Design & Engineering framework in the Faculty of Science & Technology. This unit has four projects. Final project (project 4, 50% of the course work) is linked to The Tank Museum. An educational trip to the museum is part of the course work, an additional visit (complimentary free entry for the day), which involves access/study to/in archives and study of engineering systems & components within design & engineering context. This project is linked to the PhD research projects with the Tank Museum [Zulfiqar Khan lead] and current collaborative research project with the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) Ministry of Defence [Zulfiqar Khan lead]. Topics in these projects are related to the Sustainable Design Research Centre areas of Corrosion, Contact Mechanics and Tribology.

Design Engineering Level – H

Unit: Advanced Technology & innovation (40 credit)

Dr Zulfiqar Khan is leading this core unit within the Design & Engineering framework in the Faculty of Science & Technology. The students submit a research paper (50% of the coursework) in the second semester. Students have the opportunity to get involved with the existing PhD programmes within SDRC [mainly led by Zulfiqar Khan] or engage in new mini research projects. Students are involved with the Sustainable Design Research Centre research themes in Renewable Technology, Corrosion, Tribology & Sustainable Design. Students published 2 x journal and 1 x Conference papers in AY 2012-13. Students have published 1 x journal paper this year. 2 x journal & 1 x conference papers are submitted in AY 2013-14 and are currently under review.

Design Engineering Level – I & H

Unit: Design Projects (40 credit) and Final Design Projects (60 credit)

Zulfiqar is QS for level I and supervised the following level H projects. Students in both levels were involved in the Sustainable Design Research Centre Renewable Technology theme in collaboration with community led Poole Tidal Energy Partnership [ZK one of the founding directors] projects in Tidal Energy. Final year projects in Tidal Turbine and Heat Pump were showcased in the BU Festival of Design & innovation (FoDI) 2011-2012. Level I students were set projects to design non-rotating tidal turbines and students presented their work to the community stakeholders in renewable technology.

Product Design Level – H

Unit: Design Projects 3 (60 Credits)

A retro-fitted horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) was designed & a functional prototype was developed by a final year student [ZK supervised]. Student participated and presented his work in the BU Renewable Technology Public Engagement (Question Time) Event as part of the BU Festival of Learning 2013 organised by SDRC [ZK and Mark Hadfield].

MEng Level – I

Unit: Thermo-fluids & Heat Transfer (20 credit)

Zulfiqar Khan contributed to the development of this unit and has been leading as unit leader. Two research projects in Solar-thermal technologies (thermal conductivity and thermal expansion) are fully funded by Energy Company [ZK lead] within Sustainable Design Research Centre. This research is supported by off campus experimental and simulation labs at the industrial unit [ZK lead]. A lab has been developed at BU to fully link the newly developed unit through its fundamentals to the current researches in thermo-fluids, heat transfer (thermal conductivity, thermal convection) and fluids (Bernoulli’s, Frictional flow, Fluid properties) linking research in Solar-Thermal technologies. MEng level I students have been performing experiments in fluid properties and heat transfer which are directly linked with the researches within SDRC.

Students’ lead published papers

Nugent, M., Khan, Z. (2014). The effects of corrosion rate and manufacturing in the prevention of stress corrosion cracking on structural members of steel bridges. The Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering JCSE, 17(16). Retrieved from http://www.jcse.org/
Wilton-Smith, K., Khan, Z., Saeed, A., & Hadfield, M. (2013). Accelerated Corrosion tests of Waste-gated Turbocharger’s Adjustable and Fixed End Links. In 11th International Conference on Surface Effects and Contact Mechanics. Siena, Italy: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK. Retrieved from http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/contact-and-surface-2013.html
Dobson, P., & Khan, Z. (2013). Design considerations for carbon steel pipes materials’ selection applied in fossil powered plants subjected to wet-steam flow accelerated- corrosion review paper. Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 16, 1-13. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/source/sourceInfo.url?sourceId=12326&origin=recordpage
Denham, L., & Khan, Z. (2013). The prevention of corrosion and corrosion
stress cracking on structural members of
fixed deep sea oil rigs. The Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 16, 1-13. Retrieved from http://www.jcse.org/

If you have interests in BU Fusion, Research informed education and or SDRC research activities and would like further information then please contact

Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor)

Director SDRC

March 18, 2014

An EU Masters in Dementia

EU, Public engagement, Training Anthea Innes

Positive about Dementia is an EU multi-lateral project to develop an inter-disciplinary Masters programme to educate and develop an effective and informed dementia workforce. It was launched in September 2013 and is funded by the EU Lifelong Learning programme. The Positive about Dementia Masters programme will take a positive and appreciative view of the life experience of people living with dementia. The curriculum will contain modules that will explore dementia awareness, evidence-based practice,and research to inform how we can support the wellbeing of people with dementia through educating dementia professionals. The BU team (involving colleagues from SciTech, the Business School, HSC and BUDI) hosted the kick off meeting back in December and following our next team meeting in Dublin in February we are moving full steam ahead with partners in all countries currently conducting consultations with a range of local stakeholders including service commissioners and providers as well as people with dementia and their carers about their views on what the curriculum should cover. A website has been created which will document our development activities over the next 2 and 1/2 years www.posadem.eu. In due course we will be looking for students to pilot the modules we create. If you have a view about what the curriculum should look like or if you know someone who may be interested in being one of our pilot group students do get in touch.

March 18, 2014

School of Tourism Researcher Presents Keynote on CSR at ‘8th Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference’

BU research, Featured academics, Public engagement tbreitbarth

School of Tourism researcher Dr Tim Breitbarth (Sport Academic Group) delivered a keynote presentation at the 8^th Health and Wellbeing At Work conference in Birmingham at the beginning of March. Health and Wellbeing At Work is the UK government’s programme for improving the health and wellbeing of working age people.

Now in its 8th successful year, the two-day conference held at the NEC featured – for the first time – a track fully dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Tim has published widely on CSR in international business and sport. The thousands of national and international participants could pick and mix from 20 tracks and visit the large exhibition.

Following Tim’s presentation on ‘Making the business case for CSR’, other well-known presenters and practitioners like Professor David Crowther (De Montfort University), Mark Baird (Head of Industry Affairs & Alcohol Policy, Diageo), Nicky Day (Director of Corporate Partnerships, WWF) and Karen McArthur (Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Thomson Reuters) informed and inspired the audience.

Invited by Sterling Events, Tim also co-chaired the track together with Yogesh Chauhan (Director Corporate Sustainability, Tata Consultancy Services; Business In The Community Board Trustee Director).

March 17, 2014

Fusion funding supports Brussels trip to find out what EU does for you

EU, Fusion, Public engagement, Research news dmcqueen

As a result of a successful Fusion fund bid, 34 students drawn from across Bournemouth University’s Media and Business Schools will go on a five-day fact finding trip to Brussels between 17th-21st March. The trip is part of a project around engaging the public in the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections. The students, who will be accompanied by Dr. David McQueen and Dr. Dan Jackson (Media School), will be gathering data and producing a range of media reports (interviews, features, blogs, photographs, profiles and backgrounders) which will feed into Media School coverage of EU election night on 22nd May. The itinerary includes a meeting with MEPs Ashley Fox and Julie Girling organised by Douglas Tham (Politics Society President and Politics and Media second-year student), tours of the Council of the EU, the Parlamentarium, the European Commission and the Palais de Justice.

The Fusion project links to the research theme Communities, Cultures and Conflicts. In particular, it links into work within the Media School on governance and exploring ways of deepening democracy through developments in political communication and in the production and consumption of news. Research outputs will include qualitative data on young people’s attitudes to the EU elections in Britain, but also in other EU nations. Students will be reflecting on opportunities and barriers to engaging young people in EU political affairs and considering the particular challenges media professionals face in covering the election against a backdrop of political disengagement, the rise of UKIP and increasing euro-scepticism. As a recent Eurobarometer survey (2012) demonstrated only 27% of Britons were very or fairly attached to the EU, last by a significant margin out of all member states. The survey also revealed Britons to be amongst the most uninformed citizens of all member states about EU matters, thus raising democratic concerns about the public’s potential for manipulation, and the democratic legitimacy of elected representatives with turnout at the last EU Parliamentary Elections in the UK at just 34.7%.

This multidisciplinary project will embrace staff-student co-creation to produce research and media outputs that will inform and engage students and the local public in the 2014 EU Parliamentary Elections. Alongside the many benefits for participating BU students and staff, the project will strengthen links between Bournemouth University and local and regional political parties, media organisations, as well as EU political and educational institutions in Brussels and beyond.

The students who will attend represent programmes across the Media School including Politics and Media, TV Production, Journalism, Radio Production, Animation, Post Production Editing the Business School’s Law degree,

More details on the Brussels trip and the election night coverage will follow in future posts.

David McQueen
(Programme Leader: BA Politics and Media)

March 17, 2014

Sharing ideas

BU research, Fusion, Public engagement Anthea Innes

Is it possible for BU to help shape a social movement for positive change? I have been lucky enough to attend various external events recently that have been pretty inspiring from the point of view of hearing from colleagues working in different countries and different sectors in the UK about new, novel, creative, innovative (select the word you prefer!) approaches to understanding dementia, conducting dementia research and generally creating what I would call a ‘social movement’ to improve and enhance the lives of all those affected by dementia. I shared some of these with staff on the BU induction session this week and got a pretty good response from new colleagues working across BU schools and services so thought I would take the opportunity to share some of the ideas that hearing about work elsewhere have got me thinking about in terms of what we might be able to do locally as part of the work that BUDI is doing on behalf of the University, but also that aligns to current government priorities about creating dementia friendly communities.

The first idea that excites me is the idea of intergenerational schools that has been pioneered in Cleveland by a truly inspirational colleague, Professor Peter Whitehouse who is a neurologist by trade, but a social innovator at heart. Take a look at the innovative approach they have used to improve education standards for kids but also providing community engagement opportunities for those living with dementia http://www.tisonline.org/. What I love about his work is that when I first met him over 15 years ago it seemed to me that he was very much talking about medical aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease (which I tend to be critical about) and so I was intrigued when he then wrote a book challenging medical conceptualisations about dementia back in 2008, http://www.themythofalzheimers.com/a really good read for anyone interested in constructions of knowledge – and over the years he has been involved in so many cutting edge scientific studies but he has also been applying more ‘social’ knowledge to his community to help improve the day to day lives of those with dementia. So a scientist who is applying practical lessons to the real world. Could we create an intergenerational school here in Dorset? or could we apply aspects of this idea and create for example an intergenerational garden where people with dementia work with kids, families, to create an inner city space where people share life skills and work in community with one another? Thanks to Ian Jones and his community partnership work which is such an asset to what we can do research wise at BU, we are going to test out the idea of having school children work with people with dementia learning to play with technology such as the wii, xbox, ipad, Nintendo DS. So we are going to do a little bit of intergenerational work locally that also feeds into the wider UK work to try and create a generation of dementia savyy youngsters who will understand dementia, be open to talking about it, know the risk factors and generally help to reduce the stigma surrounding dementia in our society. Angela Rippon, who is an Alzheimer Society ambassador gave a fantastic talk about the Alzheimer Society schools project at the Dementia Leadership Challenge project washup workshop we hosted in Bournemouth at the and of February; and I have been following this up and it is disappointing that there appear to be no projects happening in Bournemouth. What could we do with local schools to help raise awareness and contribute to the long term challenge of erradicating the stigma that surrounds dementia? See this link for some really creative projects that are happening across the UK http://alzheimers.org.uk/schools. Back in December ULT agreed to a proposal developed by a group of BU colleagues for BU to work towards being a dementia friendly university. What might this mean beyond raising awareness of dementia amongst our student and staff body, addressing HR policies and creating a dementia friendly environment that makes it easier for all staff, students and visitors to find their way around campus? Could we create opportunities for people with dementia to help students with their projects, for example to create technologies that genuinely address from the outset the needs and wishes of members of our community who become socially disabled by their dementia? Could we encourage students to create a media campaign that challenges negative images of dementia and raises awareness of dementia at the same time? I like the idea of a bus poster campaign that has been used successfully elsewhere to raise awareness of mental health issues, but there are likely many other creative approaches!

Can we build on the positive reputation I believe that BU has of being an applied University, and by this I mean one that equips its students to apply knowledge to their future working lives, a University that addresses societal issues by getting dementia embedded into more of our activities? I appreciate that there are many societal issues, different health conditions that may also be worthy of this kind of approach, so really I am talking about an example of how we can contribute to the notion of a ‘social movement’ generally to help improve society. Dementia offers an opportunity to test out social innovation and given 1 in 3 of us will develop dementia and a further 1 in 3 will know someone with dementia (friend, family, neighbour) more than 2/3 of us are going to directly experience dementia as our population continues to age. If you have creative ideas about how we might achieve a ‘social movement’ type approach do feel free to pop into PG63 or the first floor of the EBC and have a chat with me or the rest of the BUDI team.

March 14, 2014

CEMP Bulletin for March / April

BU research, Funding opportunities jmcdougall

Here is the updated CEMP Research / Innovation bulletin for March / April 2014. CEMP bulletin March | April 2014

Please contact Julian or Richard in CEMP if you are interested in any of the funding opportunities here, or have other ideas for collaborative projects with CEMP.

March 13, 2014

2014 sees a surge in engagement with eBU

BU research, PG research, Publishing, Research news aharding

Through immediate internal publication and open peer review, eBU is ideally placed to support the developmental needs of authors at any career stage, and I’m pleased to say that, so far, the 2014 issue has seen a levels of engagement from across the career spectrum. eBU has had two working paper submissions so far in 2014 (and there are plenty more in the archived 2013 issue!).

Firstly, under the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing theme, Sheetal Sharma (HSC) and colleagues submitted a paper titled Eliciting Nepali women’s views on childbirth and the newborn. A full text file of this paper has been openly reviewed and can be viewed here – http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/17. I understand Sheetal has just submitted this paper to an external journal, so best of luck and we await with great excitement to hear the outcome!

Secondly, under the Education, Learning and Practice theme, Jonathan Williams (again HSC) has submitted a paper titled Is student knowledge of anatomy affected by a Problem-Based Learning approach? A full text file of this paper can be read here – http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/24.

eBU was also delighted to be able to support outputs from the 2014 PGR conference, and a number of PGRs have decided to use eBU to showcase their work. Why not take a look at the following abstracts and posters:

Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Alice Bonasio – PGR Conf 2014 Abstract: Customer Engagement Through Crowd-Funding and Social Media: http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/21

Lifelong Health and Wellbeing

Ben Hicks – PGR Conf 2014 Abstract: Using commercial computer game technology to benefit men with dementia residing in rural areas of Dorset: http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/19

Sheetal Sharma – PGR Conf 2014 Abstract: Pregnant and ‘dirty’ for 40 days: A qualitative study of childbirth practice, beliefs and myths in Nepal: http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/20

Jonny Branney – PGR Conf 2014 Abstract: Is spinal manipulation associated with changes in cervical inter-vertebral motion?: http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/23

Research Methods and Practice

Jenny Roddis – PGR Conf 2014 Poster: Experience of interviewing: face-to-face vs. telephone: http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/22

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Manuel Salvador – PGR Conf 2014 Poster: Automating Data Pre-processing for Online and Dynamic Processes in the Chemical Industry: http://ebu/index.php/ebu/article/view/18

March 13, 2014

BUDI – Lunch time seminar

BU research mobrien

BUDI welcome
Associate Professor Elaine Wiersma to deliver a lunch time seminar

Date: Tuesday 8 April
Time: 12 Noon until 13.00
Venue: EB203

Limited places available: email mobrien@bournemouth.ac.uk to reserve your place.

Engaging People Living with Dementia in the Development of Services: Lessons Learned from a Canadian Context
This presentation will explore the ways that a Canadian research team is engaging people living with dementia in the development of services. Specifically, two projects will be discussed—the development of a self-management program for people living with dementia, and a dementia journey mapping project. The engagement of health and social care providers with researchers and people living with dementia will be described within those two projects. Lessons learned about people, relationships, and process will be described and discussed.

Bio:
Elaine Wiersma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. She is the Advisor for the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Dementia Studies, the lead of re-THINKing dEMENTIA, the division of Dementia and Seniors’ Mental Health at the Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health, Lakehead University, and the chair of the North West Dementia Network. Her work has spanned community and long-term care sectors, using qualitative and participatory methodologies to examine the social dimensions of aging and dementia. Currently, her work is focusing on the development of self-management in dementia and exploring the context of aging and dementia in rural northern communities in Ontario. Elaine is engaged in a number of initiatives, both research and community initiatives, that seek to engage people living with dementia and care partners as equal partners, recognizing that the involvement of these groups is vital to creating more effective services and programs.

March 13, 2014

Bournemouth European Network in Cyber Security (BENICS)

BU research, EU, Fusion, Uncategorized Shamal Faily

In recent years, the field of Cybersecurity has attracted researchers and practitioners from academic fields ranging from Computer Science and Design, through to Psychology and Business Studies. To date, however, these communities have not been influenced by each other. Their research are disseminated in a variety of workshops and conferences across these fields. As a result, there is a misunderstanding of the role these different fields play in improving cybersecurity. For example, some researchers describe people are “the weakest link” and encourage designers to build systems that “Homer Simpson” can use safely. Unfortunately, treating users as a problem limits opportunities for innovation when people are engaged as part of a solution. Similarly, treating practitioners like cartoon characters disenfranchises the very people that a design is meant to support. Bournemouth University is one of the few institutions in the world with interests across the disciplines contributing to Cybersecurity, a small enough size for academics across these disciplines to engage with each other, and the vision necessary to fuel this engagement. To take advantage of the opportunities afforded to Bournemouth, an interdisciplinary seminar series in cybersecurity was launched in September 2013. The seminar series has attracted both staff and students from across the university, together with practitioners from local industry with interests in cybersecurity. So far, this has led to connections forming across the Faculty of Science & Technology, and the Media and Business schools. Resulting collaborations with our seminar speakers have also led to prospective KTP and Horizon 2020 proposals, and invitations to deliver guest lectures at other universities.

To build on this momentum in interdisciplinary cybersecurity activity at Bournemouth, we have created the Bournemouth European Network for Interdisciplinary Cyber Security (BENICS): a FUSION funded SMN activity. Over the coming year, BENICS will bring five invited European cybersecurity academics to Bournemouth to engage in short (one-week), focused collaborative visits. These visits will introduce invited academics to Bournemouth’s cybersecurity capabilities, allow them to share their interests with us as part of the cybersecurity seminar series, and engage in short and focused proposal building, research, or teaching resource creation activities.

Following each visit, Bournemouth and the visiting academic will engage in pump-priming activities; these will refine deliverables produced to sustain the momentum created during the visit. These deliverables will form the basis of a joint publication at an agreed international conference or journal.

Watch this space for more information about these visits, and please get in touch if you’re interested in engaging with BENICS and our cybersecurity research in general.

March 13, 2014

Sustainable Design Research Centre – Faculty of Science & Technology Research Seminar

BU research, Fusion, PG research Zulfiqar Khan

Date: 02/04/2014

Time: 12:00 – 12:30

Venue: PG 22

Title: Renewable energy goes global – what is wrong with the wind turbines?

Abstract:

As a fast growing renewable energy source, wind turbines have undergone significant development over the past thirty years providing a suitable portion of renewable energy in many countries. However, the world’s demand for wind energy supply will continue to increase in the next five to ten years. To increase the production efficiency, wind turbine manufacturers have been focusing on the increase of output power from individual turbines. Larger and heavier gearboxes are being put up ‘in the air’ (on the top of high towers), which has unfortunately been accompanied by an escalation of tribological issues related to wear and lubrication in the drivetrain systems. The unsatisfactory performance and reliability of wind turbines are threatening the sustainability of wind energy globally. Wind turbine failure, white structure flaking (WSF), has been found to limit the lives of a large number of wind turbine gearboxes from the design life of over 20 years to as short as 6 months to 2 years and the premature failure has a huge impact on the reliability of wind turbines and the cost of wind energy due to its frequent occurrences and high cost involved (at £300k per gearbox replacement). This talk presents the research on WSF at University of Southampton.

Brief bio:

Dr Ling Wang is a lecturer in condition monitoring of tribological systems at the national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS), Engineering Sciences Academic Unit, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment since 2007. She has published over 80 peer reviewed papers and conducted collaborative research projects with a wide range of industrial partners including Rolls-Royce plc. GE Aviation, Vestas Wind Systems, Shell Global Solutions, Afton Chemical Corporation, BP and Agusta Westland.

These seminars are organised by the University Sustainable Design Research Centre in the Faculty of Science & Technology to provide a platform for disseminating latest research activities and results. These seminars are good opportunity of networking for both BU staff and students.

If you would like further information on research activities in corrosion, corrosion simulation and corrosion monitoring please visit SDRC webpage. For any specific inquiries please contact

Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor)

Director Sustainable Design Research Centre

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