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There have been a number of large scale, cross-School and/or inter-university collaborative bids, internally led by members of the Professoriate, submitted this month which is excellent news. Good luck therefore to Edwin van Teijlingen and Anthea Innes in HSC for submitting two large collaborative proposals to the EC under the FP7 Health calls, to Alan Fyall, Feifei Xu (both ST) and Adrian Newton (ApSci) for submitting a cross-School and inter-university collaborative bid to ESPA. Good luck also to Oleg Fryazinov (MS) for a bid to the European Research Council, Vijay Reddy, John Fletcher and Richard Gordon (ST) for submitting a bid to the ESRC, Alan Fyall, Dimitrios Buhalis, Philip Alford and John Brackstone (ST) for a bid to the ESRC’s Knowledge Exchange call, Simon Thompson (DEC) for a large bid to the ESRC’s (Open Research Area in Europe) call, Phil MacGregor (MS) for a fellowship bid to the AHRC, and to Sarah Hean (HSC) for a bid to the ESRC.

Good luck also to Peter Comninos and Dan Cox (MS) for an Interreg bid, Vijay Reddy (ST) for a bid for pilot funding from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for a short course proposal to Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, John Tarrant (HSC) for a small bid to Persides, Sue Way (HSC) for a bid to NHS Portsmouth, and to Maggie Hutchings (HSC) and Jacqui Taylor and Becky House (DEC) for two bids to the Higher Education Academy.

Congratulations to Crispin Farbrother (ST) for a small consultancy contract with Dorset County Hospital, Richard Gordon (ST) for securing another training contract with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jon Wardle (MS) for a production contract with Skillset, Mark Maltby (ApSci) for a small bones consultancy contract with Bedfordshire County Council, Roger Herbert (ApSci) for winning a contract with Shellfish Association of Great Britain, and to Gill Jordan (HSC) who has been awarded a large contract with the South West Strategic Health Authority.

Well done to Steve Calver and the MRG team for securing four contracts with various organisations, Stephanie Farmer (Red Balloon, MS) for number of contracts with organisations including DM Orthotics Ltd and Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust, and to Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Archaeology team (ApSci) for two contracts with Christchurch Borough Council and Donhead St Andrews Parish Council.

Best wishes

Matthew

It’s been a few weeks since the last Good Luck and Congratulations post, and there has been a huge amount of activity in September! It is fantastic to see so many of our staff from all Schools engaging in research and knowledge exchange activities.

Messages of good luck are due to Sarah Bate (DEC) and Scott Cohen (ST) who both submitted bids to the prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders scheme, to Adrian Newton (ApSci), Ric and Rudy Gozlan (ApSci_hard Stillman (ApSci) who all submitted large bids to NERC, and to Madhu Acharyya (BS) for a collaborative bid to ESRC/DfID. Also to Ben Thomas and Christine Keenan (DEC) for a bid to JISC, Vijay Reddy (ST) for submitting a bid to the Sasakawa Foundation, Tom Davis (DEC) for an outline proposal to NESTA, Keith Hayman (ST) for submitting an outline proposal to KFC to accredit an in-house CPD programme, and to Jon Wardle (MS) for a handful of proposals to various HEIs for Parashoot and Caspar licenses. Good luck to Bronwen Russell (ApSci) with a bid to Distributed Generation Limited, Roger Herbert (ApSci) for a research bid to URS Scott Wilson, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for a bid to Solent PCT, and to Kathy Hodder (ApSci) for an outline proposal to Natural England. Good luck to you all!

Huge congratulations are due to Kate Welham (ApSci), Neal White (MS) and Hugh Chignell (MS) for winning a Block Grant Partnership award for Masters and PhD studentships from the AHRC! This is an outstanding achievement! Congratulations are also due to to Jane Murphy (HSC) for winning a grant from Macmillan Cancer Care, Cornelius Ncube (DEC) for winning a grant with the European Commission, Rob Britton (ApSci) for a contract with Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, Matt Northam (MS) for a contract with the British Universities Film and Video Council, Lee-Ann Fenge (HSC) for winning funding from the Big Lottery Fund, Gill Jordan (HSC) for a continuation of the overseas nurses contract with Pulse International, and to Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Archaeology team (ApSci) for securing a contract to undertake a watching brief for Christchurch Borough Council Congratulations also to Andrew Main and Norman Stock (DEC) for winning a shorter KTP with Chantacre Ltd, Richard Gordon (ST) for securing a contract to deliver disaster management training in Venezuela, and to Steve Calver and the MRG team (ST) for winning contracts with four different local authorities, Anastasios Theofilou (MS) for a contract with NES Health, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for winning the contract for a PDU re-accreditation with Somerset Partnership NHS Trust, and finally to Rachael Bewes (HSC) for securing funds to set up a physio clinic at BU. Many congratulations!

There was only one bid submitted last week – good luck to Rob Britton (ApSci) for submitting a bid to Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority to undertake the 2012 sea angling survey.

Congratulations are due to Ian Jones (ST) for securing a contract with Bournemouth Indoor Bowls Centre to undertake some consultancy work, Jane Murphy (HSC) for winning a contract with Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals to deliver nutrition education and training for health professionals in cancer care, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for securing a PDU Accreditation with Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation, and to Richard Scullion (MS) who will be running the Dorset Days Out Seminar in September. Well done and keep up the good work!

Professor Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

This week’s messages of good luck are due to Darren Lilleker (MS) and to Chris Pullen (MS) for submitting large bids to the Leverhulme Trust, Gill Jordan (HSC) for submitting a bid to the South West Strategic Health Authority to explore the role of mentorship in supporting learning and assessment in practice, Edwin van Teijlingen (HSC) for submitting a bid to Bliss Innovation in Care Fund, Steve Calver and the Market Research Group (ST) for submitting a bid to Weymouth College to host focus groups, and to Sofronis Efstathiou (MS) for an animation pilot development bid to Nick Rose Ltd. It has also been a busy week for bidding to the EC Marie Curie fellowship schemes – bids have been submitted by Bogdan Gabrys (DEC), Jian Chang (MS), Rob Britton (ApSci) and Richard Stillman (ApSci). The Marie Curie schemes offer opportunities for mobility and research training, whilst also building institutional research capacity. Good luck to all of you!

Congratulations are due to Steve Richards and Lisa Stuchberry (ST) for winning a contract with LHC Architecture, Jonathan Wardle for winning CPD contracts with the BBC, Skillset and Met Film Ltd, Clive Andrewes for securing the repeat contract for the 2011-12 GP work and also for winning a contract with Dorset Community Health Services for a PDU accreditation, and to Joanne Holmes for running a nutrition course for Partners in Care. Many congratulations are also due to Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Archaeology team for securing three new contracts, all with Wardell Armstrong, Steve Calver and the Market Research Group (ST) for a small contract with Holburne Museum in Bath to undertake and analyse a survey, Liam Toms and the Creative Enterprise Bureau (MS) for winning a contract with Hidden Renewable Energy Ltd, Amber Burton (MS) for winning a contract with Dorset Wildlife Trust, Demetra Andreou (ApSci) for winning a grant from the Fisheries Society of the British Isles and to David Osselton (ApSci) for securing funding from Randox to explore eyewitness techniques. Well done and keep up the good work!

Professor Matthew Bennett

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This week’s messages of good luck are due to Ann Bevan (HSC) who has submitted a first stage proposal to the BUPA Foundation’s Philip Poole Wilson Seedcorn Grants, to Gill Jordan (HSC) for applying for another contract with Pulse International to run the overseas nursing programme, to Joanne Holmes (HSC) who has submitted a bid to Partners in Care to run a nutrition course, to Clive Andrewes (HSC) for bidding for two PDU accreditations with Somerset Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, and to Dave Parham (ApSci) who has submitted a large proposal to English Heritage to continue his marine archaeology research in the Swash Channel.

Congratulations to Rudy Gozlan and the Conservation Ecology and Environmental Sciences Group (ApSci) for winning an Erasmus Mundus award from the European Commission. The TECHNO project aims to develop cooperation between Asian and European HEIs through the exchange of students and staff. The project will start later this year and will contribute significantly to the research culture in ApSci. This is excellent news considering BU’s push to grow its European activity and international networking. Well done to Jonathan Wardle (MS) for securing 5 license renewals for CEMP’s Parashoot tool as well as winning a CPD contract with Pearson Education Ltd. Congratulations are also due to Steve Calver (and the MRG team, ST) for a contract with Bath Preservation Trust, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for winning a CPD contract with Care UK and also for running a dementia short course in September, and to Les Todres (HSC) who will be running a masterclass on interpretive phenomenological analysis in November. Well done to everyone involved in these projects!

Professor Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

It has been a couple of weeks since the last ‘good luck & congratulations’ e-mail and I’m really pleased to report that there has been lots of activity! Good luck to Rob Britton (ApSci), Alan Fyall (ST), Dimitrios Buhalis (ST) and Adrian Newton (ApSci) who have all submitted large bids for EU funding which is excellent news given BU’s aim to grow its European activity. A cross-School bid was submitted to Arthritis Research UK by Samuel Nyman (DEC) and Kate Galvin (HSC) – good luck! Milena Bobeva and Geli Roushan (BS) have submitted a large bid to JISC on developing digital literacy and in ST Lorraine Brown has submitted a bid to the British Council IELTS scheme. Tian Feng and Christos Gatzidis (DEC) have submitted a bid to the Royal Society and Venky Dubey (DEC) has submitted an outline proposal to the NIHR to develop a wearable upper arm exoskeleton to train stroke survivors for everyday tasks. Anita Diaz (ApSci) has submitted a teaching development bid to the Higher Education Academy, Mark Dover (ApSci) has submitted a couple of bids for consultancy projects with Geoplan and the Forestry Commission, and Rob Britton is seeking funds from the Darwin Initiative to continue his biodiversity conservation work in Africa. In HSC Clive Andrewes has submitted a number of proposals to local NHS organisations, and Lee-Ann Fenge has submitted a bid to the Big Lottery Fund. I would like to thank all of you for your efforts with these various bids and wish you all good luck!

There have been a lot of successes recently which is excellent news! Huge congratulations are due to Paola Palma in ApSci who has been awarded £145k from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project to encourage the public the visit museums. Fabian Homberg, Dermot McCarthy and Vurain Tabvuma in the Business School have been awarded funding from the British Academy to research public service motivation across Europe. Holger Schutkowski (ApSci) has also been successful with the British Academy and has been awarded funding to investigate the interrelationship of diet and status in early medieval Almanac societies. In the Media School Jon Wardle has secured another contract with Drum Cussac and a contract with Pearson Education Limited to run a postgraduate CPD course, Cliff Van Wyk has been awarded a small contract with Studentpadz, and Graham Goode has been awarded a contract with CC Group Communications Ltd. In HSC Gill Jordan has been awarded funds to continue running the overseas nurses programme and Fiona Cowdell will be working with Cotoco to develop innovative technology around self-care options after winning government funds as part of a larger bid. In addition Edwin van Teijlingen will be running a master class in November titled ‘Meeting the Editors’. Adrian Newton (ApSci) and Tim Darvill (ApSci) have been awarded funding from the New Forest National Park Authority and Poole Harbour Heritage Project for two match funded PhD studentships. Bournemouth Archaeology, led by Bronwen Russell (ApSci), has been awarded 3 contracts and also submitted two bids. The Market Research Group, led by Steve Calver (ST), has been awarded a small contract from Bangor University. Well done to everyone involved!

Professor Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

This week messages of good luck are due to Sophie Smith in HSC for a grant submitted to the Higher Education Academy and congratulations to Clive Andrewes for successful bids to the South West Strategic Health Authority and Dorset Community Health Services.  Within DEC Nan Jiang, David John, Glyn Hadley, Sherry Jeary, Jacqui Taylor, Melanie Cole, Heather Mays and Suzy Atfield-Cutts have all submitted bids to the Higher Education Academy this month, while Christine Keenan has been successful in two bids for educational projects supported by HEFECE.  I also have to report that I am involved in large NERC grant which was submitted last week via Liverpool University to look at the evolution of endurance running.  Otherwise it has been a quiet week for bidding!

It has been a couple of weeks since the last ‘good luck & congratulations’ e-mail so I am please to say that there is lots to report!  I will start by wishing Jian Jun Zhang (MS) &  Wei-Jun Liang (ApSci) well with there application to the Medical Research Council for their work on the Drosophila Larval Heart; nice to see a strong inter-disciplinary bid of this sort.  Jonathon Wardle has also just submitted a large bid to develop a Global Masters programme with Jilin College of the Arts and Jian Chang submitted a project to the Royal Society around Dyslexia – a subject close to my own heart. In ApSci Karina Gerdau-Radonic has submitted a bid to the Wenner Gren Foundation to continue her work in Peru and Daniel Franklin has also made a bid to the Royal Society for his work on microbiology.  Mark Dover and colleagues have submitted an bid to the Forestry Commission to establish a GIS and Database for them.  Steve Richards & Lisa Stuchberry have submitted a bid for work on the Poole Beach Master Plan and Jenny Piesse & Khurshid Djalilov have put a large bid into the DFID / ESRC Growth Programme for financial development in central Asia which is exciting.  Clive Andrews has put in a range of bids to Dorset Community Health Services and Jane Murphy has submitted bids to the Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for work on nutrition education with cancer care professionals.  Keith Brown, Steve Keen and Jonathan Parker have also put in a substantial bid to work with CWDC in evaluating their Social Work Programme.  As always I would like to thank you for your efforts with these various bids and  wish you all good luck!

Congratulations are due the Market Research Group for another success bid with Dorset County Council, to Stephanie Farmer for a couple of interesting bids, to Bournemouth Archaeology and the Sue Eccles and Liam Toms of the Creative Enterprise Bureau.  As always thank you!

Professor Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

A slim week in terms of submissions and awards but some notable successes despite this.  Congratulations are due to Philippa Hudson in the School of Tourism for the award of a Shorter KTP with Quartto Foods Ltd in Portsmouth.  In Applied Sciences Rob Britton and Duncan Golicher have received small amounts of enterprise income, however the big news is the award to Kate Welham of a collaborative AHRC/NSF award for work in Tanzania.

Matthew Bennett

This week the messages of good luck and congratulation go to a varied mix of people and projects!  It is really nice to see a  large bid going into the Leverhulme Trust from Barry Richards in the Media School; an intriguing project about emotion while playing interactive games.  Zulfiqar Khan has also submitted a large bid to EPSRC which I am pleased to say was reviewed by the Research Peer Review Scheme.  In HSC Heather Hartwell and Clive Andrews has submitted bids for various pieces of well-being work and/or medical training while Rob Britton in applied Sciences has submitted something to the CABI.   On the congratulations side Julie Robson (Business School) has just secured a grant from Friends Provident for work looking at the relationship between pawnbrokers and their clients and Richard Gordon of the School of Tourism has secured a small piece of training with St. John’s School in Leatherhead.  So good luck and congratulations to all concerned!

Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

I am pleased to report that there has been a rush of research/enterprise bids over the last couple of weeks and a few notable successes.  Rudy Gozlan in Applied Sciences and colleagues have submitted  a large Erasmus Mundus scheme for over £300k which is great news given BU’s push to increase its European activity.  The bid Proving our Value to the SW Forum from Sarah Hean (HSC), Gordon Liu (BS) and Vurain Tabvuma (BS) is also a great example of collaborative working which is fantastic to see.  Heather Hartwell, Edwin van Teijlingen, Ann Hemingway, Joanne Mayoh, Ian Jones and Roger Vaughan have collaborated on a bid around male wellbeing to the NIHR Public Health Research; another example of cross BU working.   Sarah Cheesman, Gail Thomas, Clive Andrewes, Clive Matthews have put in a bid to the SW SHA for non-prescribed medical training. Jian Zhang has joined a collaborative bid to the AHRC Knowledge Exchange Hub and John Ellis has applied for support from the CIMA Relevance Regained Scheme.  All of this activity is fantastic especially the cross BU and EU bids, so good luck to all with your bids!

If we turn to the successful awards there is a host of things from Jon Wardle and CEMP and successful bids in Applied Sciences from Harry Manley and Tim Darvill the latter from the AHRC is particularly notable.  Steve Calver, Lisa Stuchberry and Philip Alford have all been successful with bids to Dorset County Council for various projects.  The other bid news is the success on the part of Kate Welham, Neil White and Hugh Chignell in receiving support from the AHRC for a block grant to support PhD students over the next three years; this is an outstanding achievement.  So congratulations to all concerned on these successful bids!

Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

This week good luck and congratulations are due to staff in the Business School, Media School and Applied Sciences.  Julie Robson, Tim Ford, Sue Warnock and Mark Ridolfo all submitted enterprise bids for short courses or consultancy.  Martin Kretschmer is to be congratulated on his successful application for support from AHRC/SCRIPT.  In the Media School Sofronis Efstathiou and Hugh Chignell both submitted conference and enterprise bids, while  Dan Jackson, Craig Batty and Jo Tyler have all received good news about bids.  Finally in Applied Sciences congratulations are due to Eileen Wilkes and Bournemouth Archaeology for a couple of small grants and consultancy contracts.

Keep those bids coming!

Matthew Bennett