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Good luck & congratulations

Awarded & submitted bids

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!

Good Luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

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)

Congratulations

Awarded & submitted bids

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

Market Research Group Update and Overview

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Current news:  we have just moved our data entry facility to Talbot Campus reuniting the group on one site (DG10, ground floor) we have also updated our scanning equipment and software to make data processing faster and more accurate. Some good teamwork with IT services and Estates made the move possible, while handling a record amount of data for this time of year.

 Our ongoing projects include:

  • Dorset County Council panel surveys, providing data for the ‘Big Society’ and various staff surveys
  • RDO European Time Share research.
  • Data processing for two Bangor University, healthcare research projects with Health and Social Care.
  • Data processing for Kings College London, healthcare research with Health and Social Care.
  • Renaissance South East – Research into museum and gallery visits by primary and secondary school children in the SE region.
  • Data processing and analysis for North Staffordshire NHS, Maternity Patient Surveys a joint project with Health and Social Care.
  • The National Trust Countryside visitor research – a survey of 60 countryside areas managed by the organisation.
  • The National Trust visitor research – a survey of 180 properties in the United Kingdom, providing monthly market intelligence and feedback to properties and analysis to guide strategic decision making at a national level. The research includes and investigation of specific topics including, community engagement and drivers of visitor enjoyment.
  • Countryside and leisure research, sponsored by the National Trust to investigate drivers of countryside visit behaviour and motivation.
  • Hindhead Common, Surrey, impact of road new road route and tunnel.
  • Wareham St Martin Community research project this will provide analysis feedback for the development of community projects.
  • Research support for the Digital Hub HEIF 4 research managed by Philip Alford.
  • Research support for the GIS HEIF4 research programme managed Mark Dover, Applied Sciences
  • Research support for the Boscombe Surf Reef Project managed by ICTHR and Applied Sciences

The value of projects in the ‘order book’ at present is around £400,000 but of course this value is much enhanced by the value of case studies and research material to support the curriculum.

We also have a number of bids in progress including  Bournemouth Arts Festival, the Pembrokeshire Tourism Survey and research for the Northern Constabulary.

Good Luck & Congratulations Weekending 7 May 2011

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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)

Research & Enterprise Bids

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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)

EPSRC grant success for Dr Janet Dickinson (ST)

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EPSRC logoDr Janet Dickinson, based in the School of Tourism, has been awarded £127k from the EPSRC for leading a BU work package as part of the larger collaborative research project 6th Sense Transport (6ST), led by Dr Tom Cherrett (University of Southampton).

6ST aims to revolutionise the process of decision making in travel behaviour (whether it be for the movement of people or things) by using social networking principles to create ‘visibility’ of potential transport options in time and space. If we are better able to visualise the activity of people and things (cars, buses, lorries, even items within a lorry) relative to their immediate and future time schedules, and crucially, the conditions under which people and other ‘things’ might be willing to liaise and adapt, we might be able to realise more opportunistic and collaborative uses for transport resources, leading to a reduction in overall transport related carbon emissions. 6ST will provide a deep understanding of how the increasingly multiple forms of temporality and spatiality influence travel mode choices and the ways in which people and ‘things’ might be willing to share certain personal travel information. This will be achieved through the novel use of smart phone and tagging technology to provide data feeds on activity and availability, monitored through a Platform that will anticipate opportunities for connections that are then made visible to users in the social network. The contribution from Bournemouth University focuses on reducing car dependence at UK tourism destinations. A series of experiments at campsites will explore to what extent the tagging of vehicles linked to dynamic data repositories of tourists daily experiences, needs and desires can break down social barriers and facilitate more cooperation. This enhanced temporal and spatial visibility could lead to better use of public transport, lift sharing to and from attractions, and the co-ordinated movement of ‘things’ (in terms of provisions) required by the collective members of the campsite.

6ST seeks to reduce energy consumption and emissions from the transport sector through an increase in adoption of sustainable travel modes and lower carbon travel choices.

User-groups associated with three experimental areas (urban logistics; primary education and tourism) will immediately benefit. In tourism the main beneficiaries are tourists (the end users), but also local transport providers, visitor attractions, local tourism associations and ultimately local residents. The key benefit will be the ability to positively alter transport behaviours (reducing CO2, enhancing quality of life and reducing travel costs). Beyond the timescale of the project (2.5 years), as a growing mass of users participate, there is potential to expand the scale of the impact into other domains (e.g. work, retail travel).

The project is due to start in August 2011 and has a total award value of £730k.

Dr Janet Dickinson will be leading the research at BU together with four partners (University of Southampton, University of Lancaster, Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Salford). Janet’s research is currently focused on the role of time in the consumption of tourist travel and the ‘slow travel’ concept.

AHRC Block Grant – awarded!

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AHRC logoI am delighted to tell you that BU has been awarded the AHRC Block Grant Partnership: Capacity Building Scheme grant that we applied for early this year.   The final numbers are given below:

Archaeology –  2x PhD studentships (one for 2012 and one for 2013)

Film, Digital and Media Production – 1x PhD studentships (one for 2011) and 4 professional Preparation Masters (2 in 2011, 1 in 2012 and 2013)

History – 1x PhD studentships (one for 2011)

This is a fantastic achievement and many congratulations are due to everyone.  This was a collaborative venture between Applied Science and the Media School led by Kate Welham, but thanks are also due to the whole team: Neil White, Fiona Knight, John Fletcher and Hugh Chignell.  Not only is this a great illustration of the power of cross School collaboration but significantly allows us to apply for further block grants down the line.  Fantastic stuff!!!!!

Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

Good Luck & Congratulations Weekending 8 April 2011

Awarded & submitted bids

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

Bids: Good Luck & Congratulations Week Ending 1 April 2011

Awarded & submitted bids

Last week was a modest week for bidding but Media School was the exception with bids going to the British Academy from Carrie Hodges and Darren Lilleker.  Hugh Chignell and Vanessa Edwards have also put in sizable bids last week.   Congratulations are due for three bids from the Creative Enterprise Bureau (Mike Molesworth, Dan Jackson, Liam Sheridan) and another small success from Mike Molesworth for work with On The Wild Side.  In Applied Science Adrian Newton put in a large bid to the New Forest Higher Level Stewardship Board and Mark Dover secured another small enterprise contract for GIS work.  All good stuff!

Matthew Bennett

Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)

Research Bids 18 & 25 March 2011

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Since taking up my new post as PVC in January I have been sending out messages of congratulations and good luck each week to all those either awarded or submitting a Research & Enterprise bid.  I intend to continue this practice but also to make use of the blog in order to do this.   It is important in my view to celebrate the submission of new Research & Enterprise bids and wish our colleagues good luck!

I am a week behind so here with a double dose.  For the week ending the 18 March  I would like to wish Elizabeth Rosser, Janet Scammell, Ian Donaldson, Sara White and Mel Hughes of HSC good luck with their Nuffield Foundation bid and I am pleased to acknowledge the success of Karen Rees and Keith Brown in being awarded various recent bids from regional County Councils and NHS Trusts.  Ross Hill in ApSci has been successful with a bid to UK Space Agency and Holger Schutkowski, Browen Russell and Richard Stillman have also all put in recent bids.  Richard’s bid for work on the Severn Barrage is particularly significant.  Finally I would like to draw particular attention to Janet Dickinson’s success with an EPSRC grant and Clive Allen and Barry Surman are to be congratulated with respect to two KTP Schemes awarded this week.

For the week ending the 25 March I would like to acknowledge a large clutch of bids from HSC.  Good luck are due to: Catherine Angell, Sara Crabtree, Fiona Cowdell, Carol Bond and Clive Andrews.  The latter contract to the NHS South West is particularly noteworthy.   The following people in HSC had bids awarded this week: Joanne Holmes, Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor, Keith Brown, Clive Andrews, and Peter Thomas which is all great news!  Richard Gordon put in a bid for a provision of a short course in SoT and Fabian Homberg (BS) submitted a small grant to the British Academy.

Matthew

Professor Matthew Bennett

PVC (Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation)