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The Month in Research

The Month in Research is our monthly round-up sharing research and knowledge exchange successes from across the previous month, showcasing the amazing work taking place across BU.

Your achievements

Thank you to everyone who has used the online form to put forward their achievements, or those of colleagues, this month.

• Dr Ellie Jennings (Business School) has had a new publication in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth: E Gennings, J Batten & H Brown (2024) Development and validation of the Winchester Adolescent Wellbeing Scale: a holistic measure of children’s wellbeing, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 29:1, DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2024.2331569

Funding

Congratulations to all those who have had funding for research and knowledge exchange projects and activities awarded in April. Highlights include:

• Professor Jane Murphy (Faculty of Health and Social Sciences) has been awarded c.£140,000 by the National Institute for Health Research for their project Stage 2 – The clinical and cost-effectiveness of oral nutritional supplements compared to routine practice, fortified menus and dietetic supported nutritional care on the quality of life and functional outcomes in older people living in care homes in partnership with Plymouth University (lead institution)
• Dr Dominique Mylod (Faculty of Health and Social Sciences) has been awarded c.15,000 by the National Institute for Health Research for their project Early Labour App.

Publications

Congratulations to all those who have had work published across the last month. Below is a selection of publications from throughout February:

• Fry, A., 2024. Wellbeing and religious community participation: Exploring resources for wellbeing in areas of socio-economic deprivation in the United Kingdom. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 34 (3), e2796.
• Dawson, E., Bista, R., Colborne, A., McCubbin, B-J., Godec, S., Patel, U., Archer, L.and Mau, A., 2024. Inclusion for STEM, the institution, or minoritized youth? Exploring how educators navigate the discourses that shape social justice in informal science learning practices. Science Education, 108 (3), 792-819.
• Oleo, D. D. D., Manning, L., McIntyre, L., Randall, N.and Nayak, R., 2024. The application of systematic accident analysis tools to investigate food safety incidents. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 23 (3), e13344.
• Markostamou, I., Morrissey, S.and Hornberger, M., 2024. Imagery and verbal strategies in spatial memory for route and survey descriptions. Brain Sciences, 14 (4), 403.
• Kavanagh, E.and Mountjoy, M., 2024. CyberAbuse in sport: beware and be aware! British Journal of Sports Medicine (April), 1-3.

Content for The Month in Research has been collected using the research and knowledge exchange database (RED), the Bournemouth University Research Online (BURO) repository and submissions via The Month in Research online form. It is by no means intended to be an exhaustive list. All information is correct as of 1.5.24.

Please use The Month in Research online form to share your highlights and achievements, or those of colleagues, for the next monthly round-up.