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We have received notification of these forthcoming UUKi events:

BEIS-UUKi ODA research regional workshops- inviting expressions of interest to attend

The BEIS ODA research management team has now signed off a draft plan for the events which will take place across the UK in April and May in collaboration with BEIS and Fund delivery partners. The events will take place as follows:

  • London and South East of England (University of Greenwich) – Tuesday 21 April
  • Northern Ireland (The MAC Belfast) – Thursday 30 April
  • North of England (University of Sheffield) – Monday 11 May
  • Wales and South West of England (Swansea University) – Monday 18 May
  • Scotland (University of Strathclyde) – Thursday 21 May

The day will comprise of two separate workshops, with the morning session aimed at early career researchers and academics with little prior exposure to ODA funding opportunities and the afternoon session aimed at academics in receipt of or interested in Newton/GCRF grants and research services staff with responsibility for supporting ODA research applications within their institution. To ensure as wide a range as possible of institutions are able to attend, we will first be inviting expressions of interest, before confirming individual attendance. To register your interest in attending, please complete the expression of interest form available here.

UUKi are keen to attract academics, and particularly ECRs, who might be interested in attending. Please direct any questions about the events to Sophie Da Silva, Partnerships Officer- Sophie.DaSilva@international.ac.uk

Upcoming UUKi sub-Saharan Africa Network with a research focus

The next edition of the UUKi sub-Saharan Africa Network will be hosted by the University of Glasgow on 27th February and is timed to coincide with a visit of senior representatives from the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA). The meeting will provide an opportunity to hear from ARUA Secretary General, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, and for members to learn more about ARUA and where there may be opportunities for collaborative research with African partners. The meeting will also feature a presentation from the UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) on some of the key findings from two recent projects mapping fellowships for African students, and country mapping reports of UK research investments in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria.

To find out more and register to attend, please visit the event page here. Please direct any questions about this meeting, or the UUKi sub-Saharan Africa Policy Network, to Richard Grubb, Senior Policy Officer sub-Saharan Africa, via richard.grubb@international.ac.uk

This post is information only. Please follow the links above to find out more. BU Research Development & Support (RDS) have no further information and funding is not available from RDS to attend.

BU visiting fellow in the 2nd National Symposium on Migration Health Research

Addressing the health of migrant workers, the Department of Health (DOH), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Commission on Filipino Overseas and Philippine Migration Health Network (PMHN) recently organised the 2nd National Symposium on Migration Health Research in Manila, Philippines. The theme “Achieving Universal Health Care for Overseas Filipinos Through Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice,” aims to identify gaps and propose future directions of migration research in the Philippines.

Dr Erwin Martinez Faller, a visiting fellow of Bournemouth University and a MHADRI (Migration Health and Development Research Initiative) member was invited to share research outputs on Aches and Pains’ of Filipino Migrant Workers in Malaysia: A Profile of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, as one of the research work mainstreaming health in migration. A high prevalence of musculo-skeletal disorder (MSD) in the shoulder and lower back has been reported which is mainly due to physical and postural demands of their occupation on Filipino migrant workers in Malaysia [1]. Household workers are suffering more on hip/thigh pain due to repetitive manual tasks. Implementation of ergonomics policy, education on posture and lifting techniques and physical function need to be addressed [1]. Moreover, Dr Erwin also discussed the challenges of migrant workers in accessing healthcare in Malaysia [2] and compared with health conditions of migrant workers from Nepal [2-3], Bangladesh, Indonesia, and other countries [4].

The symposium also discussed the Philippine Migrant Health Research Agenda Plan for 2016-2022 towards achieving Universal Health Care for Overseas Filipino through evidence-informed policy and practice. The main themes focused on 1) establishing baseline Migration Health Information, 2) ensuring access of Overseas Filipinos to Migration Health Services, and 3) evaluating migration health policies, programs and services.

BU researchers Prof Edwin van Teijlingen, Dr Pramod Regmi, and Dr Nirmal Aryal are working closely with Dr Faller and other collaborators in Malaysia and Nepal on migration health related research.

References

  1. Labao HC, Faller EM and Bacayo MFD.’Aches and Pains’ of Filipino Migrant Workers in Malaysia: A Profile of Work-Related Muscuskeletal Disorders. Annals of Global Health. 2018; 84(3), pp.474-480. doi:10.29024/ aogh.2331 .
  2. Pocock,NS.,Suphanchaimat,R.,Chan,CK.,Faller,EM.,Harrigan,N.,Pillai,V.,Wickramage,K.Reflections on migrant and refugee health in Malaysia and the ASEAN Region. BMC Proceedings 2018,12(Suppl 4);4. doi: 10.1186/s12919-018-0100-6
  3. Aryal N, Regmi PR, Faller EM, van Teijlingen E, Khoon CC, Pereira A, Simkhada P. Sudden cardiac death and kidney health related problems among Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia. Nepal J Epidemiol. 2019; 9(3); 788-791.
    doi: 10.3126/nje.v9i3.25805.
  4. Chan,FM.,Lau,L.X.,Faller,EM.,Pereira,AA.(2016). Household Income, Food insecurity and Nutritional status of Migrant workers in Klang Valley,Malaysia. 6th Medical and Health Sciences Symposium.

Conversation article: Oscars 2020: Why people are talking about visual effects

As the presentation of the 2020 Academy Awards approaches, there has been a lot of buzz around the visual effects category. Two films – Sam Mendes’s 1917 and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman have, in particular, attracted a lot of attention for the tricks they use to immerse the viewer in the characters and storyline.

The first film to win an award for visual effects, in the first ever Oscars ceremony in 1929, also won best picture. American special effects artist and film director Roy Pomeroy won for Wings, a first world war movie featuring breathtaking realistic dogfight sequences. His work still looks amazing, given the tools he had to work with. In the 90 years since he won his award, though, visual effects have become ever more sophisticated.

Big bangs theory

If we take a look at the films that are nominated for Best Visual Effects in this year’s Academy Awards, we see five very different types of film.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the continuing sci-fi saga of the battle between the Jedi and the Sith. A set of tried-and-tested visual effects techniques were used in the film.

This included the return of a fully digital replacement for Princess Leia using pieces of old footage of the late Carrie Fisher and computer-generated elements to create a complete character that blended seamlessly into the new narrative. Most of the environments were created in the computer and then composited with actors’ performances against a green screen that allows backgrounds to be replaced with digital sets.

Avengers: Endgame, is the final episode of a comic book-based world of superheroes and their enemies in one final, epic battle. Green screens played a huge part in this film as well, allowing intricate digital environments to play their part in the storytelling.

As you’d expect there are plenty of pyrotechnics, explosions and battle scenes that were made with animated digital characters.

Rumble in the jungle

The Lion King, a computer-generated remake of the Disney classic, originally animated, on the whole, by hand in 2D. Many of the techniques used in this movie were originally developed for the making of the 2016 remake of Jungle Book which, like The Lion King, was reworked as a fully digital film – apart from Mowgli who was played by a real boy.

In The Lion King, director John Favreau developed a technique that he felt would inform the animation of the animals in a far more realistic way than how animation is traditionally created. Rather than simply recording voice actors in a sound booth, he put them in a studio and filmed them acting together so that animators had nuanced reference to work with to ensure the tiniest of reactions were captured in the creatures’ performances.

Virtual reality also played a big part in the making of the film. Camera operators were able to use digital sets to see the environments and move digital cameras in a realistic way.

Forever young

The Irishman jumps between present-day action and as far back as the 1950s, made more complicated by the fact that the characters are played by the same actors. The point of difference is that prosthetics and makeup weren’t used, but stars including Robert De Niro and Al Pacino were “de-aged” using computers, using images of the actors from photographs and previous films to build “digital masks” in the computer that replaced the actor’s real faces.

This meant that De Niro who plays the lead role was, at 74 when filming began, playing the role of a man in his 30s and by the end of the film the same man in his 80s. How successfully is something that has been hotly debated – but nobody can doubt the expertise with which the artists carried out their task.

Spot the joins

The final film nominated is the first world war epic 1917, co-written, produced and directed by Sam Mendes. Loosely based on a story Mendes was told by his grandfather, the film relies on a single shot depiction of the entire narrative, following the main character on his journey to get a message to the front line. This technique, also used in 2015’s best picture winner, Birdman, required meticulous planning to ensure that the cuts that occurred were invisible to the viewer.

Camera moves were choreographed to allow two scenes that were filmed in the same location at different times to be taken into the computer and “stitched” together as if they were one complete shot. Doing this over and over enabled the illusion of one continuous sequence.

Like many films though, 1917 used a host of other visual effects techniques that were unseen. This is often regarded as the pinnacle of success in visual effects – an effect that can’t be seen versus one that is smacking you in the face with a large, wet fish.

Appliance of science

Some of the nominated movies need visual effects to create worlds and creatures that don’t exist, while some employ tricks to enhance the cinematic experience and the ability of the filmmaker to tell their story. All of them use the technical expertise of visual effects artists to bring the director’s vision to the screen.

And there’s a great deal of scientific knowhow that goes into creating cinematic illusion. The movie that won the visual effects award in 2014, Interstellar, involved recreating the appearance of a black hole. To do this, visual effects artists worked with scientists to accurately model the phenomenon. The results were so advanced that scientists have since cited its importance to their ongoing work.

This scientific knowledge underpins flawless visual effects production. Not only does a visual effects artist need to know how their tools work, they need to be able to understand the science that informs the visuals we see on the screen. Human and animal anatomy, lighting, pyrotechnics, fluid simulation, mechanical engineering and robotics are just a few of the scientific disciplines that add strings to a visual effects artist’s bow.

So, when we talk about visual effects and the people who create them, remember the science that supports almost everything they do. Every frame is looked at in minute detail, so much so that the casual viewer might never understand the hours that go into making one of these films look the way they do and allow us to sit back and enjoy the story.The Conversation

Chris Williams, Senior Principal Academic, National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

Introduction to Good Clinical Practice – Tuesday 17th March at Dorset County Hospital

Guidance, NHS, Research Ethics, Training

Are you interested in running your own research project within the NHS or healthcare? Good Clinical Practice, or ‘GCP’, is a requirement for those wishing to work on clinical research projects in a healthcare setting.

GCP is the international ethical, scientific and practical standard to which all clinical research is conducted. By undertaking GCP, you’re able to demonstrate the rights, safety and wellbeing of your research participants are protected, and that the data collected are reliable.

The next GCP full day session is scheduled for Tuesday 17th March, at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester – 8:45am – 4:30pm.

The day will comprise of the following sessions:

  • Introduction to research and the GCP standards;
  • Preparing to deliver your study;
  • Identifying and recruiting participants – eligibility and informed consent;
  • Data collection and ongoing study delivery;
  • Safety reporting;
  • Study closure.

If you’re interested in booking a place, please contact Research Ethics.

Remember that support is on offer at BU if you are thinking of introducing your research ideas into the NHS – email the Research Ethics mailbox, and take a look at the Clinical Governance blog.

Good Clinical Practice Refresher – Dorset County Hospital, Tuesday 18th February

Coffee Morning, Guidance, NHS, Research Ethics, Training

Are you currently undertaking research within the NHS, and your Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training is due to expire? Or has it expired recently?

GCP certification lasts for two years, so if your training is due to expire, has expired, or you want to validate your learning, then take advantage of the upcoming refresher half day session, taking place at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester on Tuesday 18th February, 9:00am – 12:30pm.

Spaces are still remaining, so if you’d like to enrol, get in touch with Research Ethics.

Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships – internal expression of interest

Funding opportunities

The Leverhulme have launched their Doctoral Scholarships scheme offering UK universities funding of 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. As a university we may submit one application only and therefore the university will be coordinating expressions of interest from Academic Staff.

By 11th February 2020, those who are interested in making an application to the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships are invited to submit the following expression of interest – Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI  to Alexandra Pekalski .

Further information about the scheme is available from the Leverhulme Trust. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria very carefully.

Purpose of funding

The Leverhulme will fund 15 doctoral scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. Each award funds 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at that institution, with 5 scholarships to be offered in each year of the first three years of the grant.

Each scholarship is for a fixed sum of £90,000 for each student for up to 48 months of full-time doctoral study. This covers:

  • maintenance (at research council levels)
  • tuition fees

Any remaining funds are to be used for the Leverhulme Scholar’s research and training expenses.

While the scholarships may be held by students of all nationalities, the Trust has a particular interest in supporting UK or EU students.

Process for selecting applications to be submitted

Should you be interested in applying, please note that your expression of interest application will be assessed by Doctoral Funding Panel. Further details of the assessment criteria can be found within the  Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI . Candidates can expect feedback by 25th February 2019.

Timetable

21-01-2020 RDS advertise Expression of Interest (EoI)competition for call
11-02-2020 EoI deadline (EoIs to be sent to RDS)
13-02-2020 Papers (applications) sent to Doctoral Funding panel (RDS to administer)
20-02-2020 Doctoral Funding panel meeting (virtual)
25-02-2020 Doctoral Funding panel decision and feedback disseminated to applicants
25-02-2020 RDS to contact Leverhulme to provide the Trust with the principal applicant’s name, departmental affiliation and email address. Access will then be granted to the Leverhulme Trust Grants Management System
March/April/May-2020 Applicants develop proposals with the support of RDS and Doctoral College
22-05-2020 Application finalised for APF financial sign-off by UET
05-06-2020 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Deadline

If you have further questions or queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski (apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Lisa Andrews (andrewsl@bournemouth.ac.uk  ). For queries relating to Doctoral colleague support please contact Fiona Knight (fknight@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Julia Taylor (jtaylor@bournemouthac.uk).

New BU paper published on Plos One

Congratulation to Dr Francesco Ferraro, who published his latest paper on Plos One. 

The paper “Comparison of balance changes after inspiratory muscle or Otago exercise training” comes from Dr Ferraro`s PhD where, under the supervision of Professor McConnell, Dr Gavin and Associate Professor Wainwright, he looked at the effects of inspiratory muscle training on balance and physical performance with older adults.

This latest paper looks at the potential benefit of inspiratory muscle training as an alternative to standard balance training intervention.  The findings of this pragmatic parallel study support the hypothesis that 8 weeks of unsupervised, individual, home-based inspiratory muscle training, improves balance ability to a similar extent to supervised, group-based balance training in healthy older adults.

The article is now fully available as open access here

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227379

 

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Dr Ferraro.

fferraro@bournemouth.ac.uk

www.ferrarotrainer.com

 

How to get published in an academic journal – FREE WEBINAR

BU Challenges, Publishing, writing

How to get published in an academic journal

Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Time: 8 am PT / 11 am ET / 4 pm GMT / 5 pm CET

What can I do to increase the chances of having my paper accepted? How long does it take for an article to get published? Who are good contacts to reach out to for more information about my article along the way? How can I play a role in the dissemination of my paper? Our free webinar will guide you through the author journey, from beginning to end. Featuring Jessica Lipowski, Publishing Editor at SAGE, and a panel of Editors-in-Chief from various disciplines, including management, medicine, and health, this webinar will break down each step of the process and detail best practices for authors or those who want to be authors, as well as answer your questions about the process.

Please see this link for information and for how to register: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-get-published-webinar

 

Deep Transformation and the Future of Organisations, The Penthouse, Tunis, 6-7 December 2019

Following the successful conference on the “Sustainability Goals implementation in the Era of Digitalisation in North African Countries” involving a team of colleagues i.e. Dr Julie Robson, Dr Kaouther Kooli and Dr Elvira Bolat (details here), once again Bournemouth University successfully collaborated with the Manouba University, the Laboratory LIGUE and the APIQ-ISCAE, to organize the 4th Edition of the LIGUE International Conference held in Tunis, on a very timely and interesting conference addressing the “Deep Transformation and the Future of Organisations”, the 6&7 December 2019. More than 240 academics in all fields of business science and practitioners have participated to this interdisciplinary event and more than 60 blind reviewed communications and talks have been presented. In addition to the papers’ presentation sessions, 2 special sessions and 4 workshops have been organised around sustainability issues in the textile sector, Case studies, General Data Protection Regulation, Governance in local collectivities, Methodology and Critical thinking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening Ceremony Panel : Professor Jouhaina Gharib   (Chair of the University of Manouba), Professor Hamadi Matoussi (Founder of the LIGUE laboratory and Co-Chair of the conference), Professor Salma Damak (University of Carthage, Chair of the conference), Professor Hamida Skandrani ( University of Manouba, Chair of the LIGUE laboratory), and Dr Malek Sghaier ( Lecturer, Opening the ceremony)

This Fourth Edition of The LIGUE Conference was also an occasion to celebrate the 20th  anniversary of the Laboratory LIGUE to witch the Bournemouth took part.

Team BU (Sangeeta Khorana, Ediz Akcay, Kaouther Kooli, Hiroko Oe) and festive events : Christmas in Tunis and the 20th anniversary of the LIGUE laboratory

This year’s conference took a multidisciplinary perspective to provide insight from marketing, management, accounting, finance and corporate governance on key issues challenging organisations. In addition to the issues of sustainability, other themes were explored providing insight on issues challenging the future of organisations. This conference is supported by several organisations i.e. The University of Manouba, Bournemouth University, the Associations for the Promotion of Innovation & Quality (APIQ) la quality, Tunisia), the Academy of Marketing B2B Marketing Special Interest Group.

In addition to the plenary sessions held on the morning of the 6th December 2019, interesting papers were presented and discussed during the two-day conference. Best papers are being selected for the review process of ranked journals (ABS, CNRS, FNEJ, ABCD).

Professor Michael Baker (Editor of the Journal of Customer Behaviour and Social Business), Professor David Lichtendhal, Editor of the Journal of Business to Business Marketing, Dr David Lindridge (Editor of Qualitative Market Research- an International Journal), Professor Hajj Nekka (Editor of RISO ), Professor Khaled Hussainey and Professor Aziz Jaafar (Editors of the Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting), Professor Nadia Albu (Editor of Journal of Accounting And Management Information System), Professor Han Donker and Dr. Saif Zahir (Editor of International Journal Of Corporate Governance), Dr Elise Penalva Icher (Editor of ROR), Prof Olivier Joffre and Stephane Tebuq (Editors of Recherche et cas en sciences de gestion).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On behalf of Bournemouth University, the Academy of Marketing B2B marketing special interest group, our special partner the LIGUE laboratory, I would like to express my gratitude to their dedication to enhance and support academic research not only in the UK but also in Tunisia.

The conference also involved practitioners in many ways i.e. workshops and presentations. I would like to express my gratitude to all the organisations that have supported this event, special thanks go to Sartex (from the Tunisian Textile and Clothing industry), PREMIUM Multiservices, Institut Francais, Justtech Links to the Future.- PMF, Authentika and the American Chamber of Commerce Centre Chapter.

Mrs Jasenka Lutjik, American Chamber of Commerce Centre Chaptre (Tunisia)

Please find below a few examples of this conference’s achievements :

  1. A plenary session with key speech from Professor Sangeeta Khorana, Bournemouth University, addressing the future of international trade in the era of blockchain and bitcoins and Professor Hajj Nekka, Angers University, (France)   of Human Resource Management in the era of societal transformations: a critical view Moderator
Professor Sangeeta Khorana (Bournemouth University), Professor Wafa Khilf, chairing the plenary session, Toulouse Business School, Spain, Professor Hajj Nekka (Angers University, France)

2-A plenary session organised by Dr Kaouther Kooli and focusing on the Textile and Clothing industry. Bournemouth University, the University of Manouba and the University of Florence have established the on-going global debate on the pollution caused by the global textile and clothing industry as featured by so many international conferences e.g. the Sustainable Apparel and Textile Conference that will be held in Amsterdam in April 2020, the International Conference on Global Textile Industry, Regulatory Standards and Regulation in London in January 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This session provided insight on sustainability in the textile and clothing industry and involved academics and practitioners:

  • A young team including Nour Jmour, chemical engineer and Malek Zaguia, director of Communication both represented Sartex, one of the most important players in Africa in the textile and clothing industry with more than 5000 employees. They provided insight on the Sustainability activities performed by Sartex.
Malek Zaguia, Director of Communication and Nour Jmour, Engineer (SARTEX)

 

  • Professor Patrizia Zagnioli from the University of Florence (Italy), gave insight on the sustainability activities performed in Prato, the second biggest district of Textile and clothing industry in the world and the first in Europe.
Professor Patrizia Zagnoli, the University of Florence.
  • Dr Hiroko Oe presented the potential of implementations of ICT to the B2B and B2C relationships. She emphasised the positive impact of ICT in enhancing the collaboration between businesses and consumers in the globalised era. She also added that in sustaining the small and medium sized textile firms, more active discussions on how to design roadmaps in responding to the UN Sustainable Development Goals are important.
Dr Hiroko Oe, Bournemouth University

 

  • Professor Hamida Skandrani, Dr Kaouther Kooli, addressed the cultural influence on the implementation of the UN sustainability goals, from the perspective of the Tunisian textile and clothing industry. This presentation also involved Ana Paula Teixeira, a BU postgraduate student that contributed to the data collection during her internship in the summer 2019.
Professor Hamida Skandrani, University of Manouba and Dr Kaouther Kooli, Bournemouth University

 

This session was very successful and gave an international perspective on the issues of sustainability in the textile and clothing industry. Research papers and research funding proposals are being developed based on very rich information produced in this session. Potential partners from practice and from academia have been identified and initial contacts have been made.

In addition to this session, papers addressing sustainability issues in different contexts have been presented during the two days.

Ediz Akcay, Bournemouth University.

As the Chair of the Academy of Marketing B2B Marketing special interest group, Dr Kaouther Organised an insightful session on how B2B marketers reach customers in the era of GDPR. Is GDPR as relevant for Tunisia as for the UK? Yes definitely. A video conference was organised with very strong contribution from Bournemouth University.Professor Sangeeta Khorana commented about the outcomes of the discussion. The session was facilitated in Tunisia by Dr Hiroko Oe, Ediz Akcay and Dr Kaouther Kooli. In the UK (EBC), the session was facilitated by Dr Elvira Bolat, Dr Mili Shrivastava and Dr Danny Liang. As well as constituting a proof that it is possible to run a Carbone zero conference, this session provided interesting and deep insight into how each marketer approached the issue of GDPR.The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individual citizens of the European Union and the European Economic Area. It also addresses the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas GDPR present new challenges for B2B firms in both countries. In the UK, businesses have to comply with the regulation when building their databases and contacted new customers. Although Tunisia is not the EU, most of its international trade is done with the EU. In addition the Tunisian legal framework emphasise GDPR as a key issue for organisations in Tunisia (details here). B2B marketers from Tunisia and the UK met together via video conference to discuss and share views on how GDPR is affecting the way they reach potential customers.

Professor Sangeeta Khorana commented about the outcomes of the discussion. The session was facilitated in Tunisia by Dr Hiroko Oe, Ediz Akcay and Dr Kaouther Kooli. In the UK (EBC), the session was facilitated by Dr Elvira Bolat, Dr Mili Shrivastava and Dr Danny Liang.

As well as constituting a proof that it is possible to run a Carbone zero conference, this session provided interesting and deep insight into how each marketer approached the issue of GDPR.

Video Conference: How B2B marketers reach their customers in the era of GDPR?
Participant from Tunisia

Malek Zaguia, Sartex

Nour Jmour, Sartex

Nawal Ayadi, Paris Dauphine

Nebil Belaam, Emrhod Consulting

Nizar Nouiri, Factory 619

 Participants from the UK

David John, Regional Manager, Eriks (Confirmed)

Timothy Foxx Neal, Digital Marketing Executive, Squire Technology (Confirmed)

Pauline Dean, Procurement Category Manager, BU

Fred Fowler, Founder, Core Computers. (Confirmed)

Ana Paula Teixeira, free lance Digital B2B marketer.

 4-Professor Salma Damak (University of Carthage, Tunisia) and Professor Samir Trabelsi (Brock University, Canada)organised a very interesting session on

Governance and financial transparency of local authorities.

In the presence of elected representatives of the local authorities, the session was dedicated to governance and financial transparency. Pr Damak presented the Tunisian regulatory framework for the management of local authorities and insisted on the need to comply with international accounting standards for financial reporting for public entities (IPSAS)

Pr Samir exposed the challenges of local governance in a moving context especially for a country in political transition phase. He proposed some recommendations in order to improve the governance of local communities while preserving local specificities.

Professor Samir Trabelsi, Brock University, Canada Professor Salma Damak, University of Carthage, Tunisia

5- Professor Wafa Khlif, Toulouse Business School, Spain, organised a special session on critical thinking and the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. Pr Khlif exposed the various skills that we need in order to be able to think critically (observation, analysis, interpretation, reflection, evaluation, inference, explanation, problem solving, and decision making)

Professor Wafa Khlif, Toulouse Business School, Spain

6 – Last but not least, a visit to Sartex was arranged the day after the conference. Professor Hamida Skandrani, Professor Sangeeta Khorana, Professor Patrizia Zagnoli and Dr Kaouther Kooli met with Mr Mounir Zarrad, Mr Ibrahim Zarrad, Mr Malek Zaguia and Ms Nour Jmour.

After a guided tour of the premises and the water plant, a meeting was held at Sartex to discuss future collaborations on research, education and bids for research funding.
 

Dr Kaouther Kooli, Mr Mounir Zarrad and Professor Sangeeta Khorana, Mr Malek Zaguia and Professor Patrizia Zagnoli and Mr Ibrahim Zarrad, tour and meeting at Sartex.

Finally, Dr Hiroko Oe and Ediz Akcay, academics from Bournemouth University, including ECRs, have the opportunity to undertake guest editing work for ABS ranked journals.

The special issues of all the journals supporting the event will be promoted at Bournemouth University and submissions will be welcomed.

If you need further information, please feel free to contact Kaouther Kooli : kkooli@bournemouth.ac.uk

in the meantime, special thanks go  to Professor Hamida Skandrani, Professor Salama Damak,  the big boss Dr Hanen Moalla and Dr Rihab Zorii for their dedication before, during and after the conference.

Dr Rihab Zorii and Professor Hamida Skandrani

 

  

 

 Professor Hamida Skandrani (University of Manouba and Chair of the LIGUE laboratory) and Professor Salma Damak (University of Carthage) happily supporting each other before going live on one of the national radios (RTCI Chaine Internationale) to promote the conference.

 

For more pictures, please join us on :

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Colloque-International-du-LIGUE-1418556165078154/photos/?ref=page_internal

Looking forward to receiving your feedback and to updating you on the next conference.

Dr Kaouther Kooli

Principal Academic in Marketing

Business School, Bournemouth University

 

 

International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research

ICTHR has recently been re-approved for another three years. If your research is in (or partly overlapping with) tourism or hospitality or related subjects such as events and leisure, join with other researchers in this centre.

What does membership involve?

  • addition of your details to the ICTHR website,
  • addition to the ICTHR email list, giving you news and updates from the centre, for example on meetings, seminars and workshops.

What does it give you?

  • collaboration across BU with other tourism and hospitality researchers,
  • workshops and seminars relevant to your research,
  • use of the centre membership, e.g. on grant applications as appropriate.

Simply email Adam Blake to be included.

Royal Society Visit

Funding opportunities, Training

SPACES STILL AVAILABLE

Wednesday February 5th

11:00 – 13:00

7th floor of the Executive Business Centre

 

The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science. The Society performs a number of roles including influencing policymaking, promoting public engagement with science and funding leading scientists.  Over £40 million is spent annually by the Royal Society across the grant-making schemes.

This event, presented by the Royal Society’s Grants Operations Manager and the Grant Impact and Promotions Officer, will deliver an overview of the society’s funding schemes and provide advice on putting together a successful funding application. Academics with a successful track record will also discuss their personal experiences, and there will be a Q&A session followed by a networking lunch.

The intended learning outcomes of this session are:

  • To learn about the Royal Society, its remit and the type of funding offered
  • To be able to determine whether or not the Royal Society is an appropriate funder for your research project

For more information and to book, please see the staff intranet. If you have any queries, please contact RKEDF@bournemouth.ac.uk.

MHRA webinar regarding new regulations on Medical Devices – 6 Feb 2020

Industry collaboration, NHS

*Unfortunately this webinar is being postponed

On 6 Feb MHRA are running a webinar about changes to the UK law for medical devices which will affect the NHS/University.

The changes will apply from 26th May 2020 and introduce a number of changes for Healthcare Institutions, including for clinical trials for medical devices, reprocessing single use devices and storing device identifier information.

If you are involved in developing a clinical trial for a device, manufacture, reprocess or regularly use medical devices, they encourage you to attend the webinar.

This is your opportunity to see what changes are being made and better understand how it will impact on you.

The meeting will be held on: Feb 6, 2020 12:00 PM

You will need to register in advance for this meeting at the following link: https://mhra.zoom.us/meeting/register/v5wqc-ChrDkrj8YZBNePipahj_S_yXcWng Instructions on how to register can be found here.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

If you have any further questions about this webinar please reply to Devices.Consultation@MHRA.gov.uk

 

Don’t forget your local branch of the NIHR RDS (Research Design Service) is based within the BU Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU) on the 5th floor of Royal London House.

Feel free to pop in and see us in person, call us on 61939 or send us an email.

NIHR Podcast on Dementia Research

Knowledge Exchange, NHS, Research Ethics

The NIHR have recently released another of their podcasts in their Health Research Futures series, this time from Professor Martin Rosser.

Professor Rosser founded Join Dementia Research, a national system for linking patients and public to research studies. He is also the Director of the NIHR Clinical Research Network for Dementia and Neurodegenerative diseases.

In this podcast he discusses dementia research and its importance in the clinical research landscape.

 

 

Research Professional – all you need to know

Funding opportunities

Every BU academic has a Research Professional account which delivers weekly emails detailing funding opportunities in their broad subject area. To really make the most of your Research Professional account, you should tailor it further by establishing additional alerts based on your specific area of expertise. The Funding Development Team Officers can assist you with this, if required.

Research Professional have created several guides to help introduce users to Research Professional. These can be downloaded here.

Quick Start Guide: Explains to users their first steps with the website, from creating an account to searching for content and setting up email alerts, all in the space of a single page.

User Guide: More detailed information covering all the key aspects of using Research Professional.

Administrator Guide: A detailed description of the administrator functionality.

In addition to the above, there are a set of 2-3 minute videos online, designed to take a user through all the key features of Research Professional. To access the videos, please use the following link: http://www.youtube.com/researchprofessional

Research Professional are running a series of online training broadcasts aimed at introducing users to the basics of creating and configuring their accounts on Research Professional. They are holding monthly sessions, covering everything you need to get started with Research Professional. The broadcast sessions will run for no more than 60 minutes, with the opportunity to ask questions via text chat. Each session will cover:

  • Self registration and logging in
  • Building searches
  • Setting personalised alerts
  • Saving and bookmarking items
  • Subscribing to news alerts
  • Configuring your personal profile

Each session will run between 10.00am and 11.00am (UK) on the fourth Tuesday of each month. You can register here for your preferred date:

10th March 2020

12th May 2020

14th July 2020

8th September 2020

10th November 2020

These are free and comprehensive training sessions and so this is a good opportunity to get to grips with how Research Professional can work for you.

Have you noticed the pink box on the BU Research Blog homepage?

By clicking on this box, on the left of the Research Blog home page just under the text ‘Funding Opportunities‘, you access a Research Professional real-time search of the calls announced by the Major UK Funders. Use this feature to stay up to date with funding calls. Please note that you will have to be on campus or connecting to your desktop via our VPN to fully access this service.