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3C Event: ECR Network Café – Wednesday 16 September 2-3pmJoin Us for Culture, Community & Cake: Launching BU’s Early Career Researcher Network Kick off the new academic year by... Read more »
BU geography student’s undergraduate dissertation published in international journalResearch that began as an undergraduate dissertation at Bournemouth University has been published in Geographical Review, journal of the American... Read more »
Why some commons survive and others don’tDr Marin Cvitanović, Principal Academic in Human Geography at BU’s School of Life and Environmental Sciences, presented research on commons... Read more »
BU Research blog in 2023 grows into 2026 publicationWhat started as a BU Research Blog in September 2023 became a properly published paper last week when the Nepal... Read more »
REF 2029 Sector Survey: Have Your SayThe REF2029 team has launched an informal sector survey to gather targeted feedback on a small number of policy areas for... Read more »
BU methods paper reached 2,500 readsOur paper ‘Guide to the design and application of online questionnaire surveys’ [1] has reached 2,500 reads this week according... Read more »
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