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Congratulations to your winners of the 2017 Research Photography Competition!
Bournemouth University researchers have given us a glimpse into some of their fantastic research, for the Research Photography Competition. The competition which ran in its third year challenged BU academics and students to capture the impact of their research in a single image. Researchers from across BU and all its faculties entered the competition.
Entries to the competition demonstrated some of the research taking place both here at BU and across the globe from forensic investigation, midwifery in Nepal, meeting the identity needs of older people and looked at repairing trust in the service sector.
The competition saw an overwhelming response with close to 1000 votes from BU staff, BU students and the wider BU community.
Vice Chancellor John Vinney congratulated the winners on 9 March in the Atrium Art Gallery.
“It’s been brilliant to be able to announce the winners. There’s a great diversity of winners that really encapsulate the range and impact of research here at BU,” commented Vice Chancellor John Vinney.
Below are your winners:
1st Place- “This is Me. I am Ron” by Chantel Cox
Chantel is a PhD student from the Faculty of Health and Social Science. She is looking at the cultural processes that underpin healthcare professionals meeting the identity needs of frail older people.
On winning first prize Chantel commented,
“It’s very exciting to win. It’s really good to get your research known about and out there in a different format. I’d like to use photography somehow in my research, so it’s really inspired me.”
2nd Place- The Compound Eye of Calliphora Vomitoria (Bluebottle fly) by Christopher Dwen
Christopher is a Forensic Research Assistant from the Faculty of Science & Technology. He’s been looking at the blood feeding activities of flies at crime scenes, as these can often be confounding. These patterns can help in instances of violent assaults.
3rd Place- A Concerted Effort to Repair Trust by Samreen Ashraf
Samreen is a Lecturer in Marketing from the Faculty of Management.
Samreen is a Lecturer in Marketing from the Faculty of Management. Samreen has been looking at the service sector and examining trust repair endeavours from various stakeholders’ perspective related to three different contexts: mis-selling financial services (e.g. PPI); HR issues in the retail sector (e.g. Sports Direct) and safety issues within the leisure sector (e.g. Alton Towers).
All entries from this year’s Research Photography Competition are currently being exhibited in the Atrium Art Gallery until 22 March.
Research Photography Competition- Your winners announced today!
Find out who you voted to be your winner of 2017’s Research Photography Competition.
Come along today at 2-3pm, in the Atrium Art Gallery, where Vice Chancellor John Vinney will be announcing the three winners.
The Competition is in its third year and saw 26 entries from across all faculties. The images give us just a small glimpse into some of the fantastic work our researchers are doing both here at BU and across the globe. These images will be displayed in the gallery and the researchers will be on hand to to talk about their research and the inspiration behind their photographs.
If you would like to come along to congratulate the winners please register here.
Staff and students are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided!
Early Intervention in Eating Disorders Conference
Bournemmouth University and Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust have organised an ‘Early Intervention in Eating Disorders Conference.
Event Date: 10 May 2017
Time: 9:00-16:00
Venue: 2nd floor of the Executive Business Centre (EBC), Lansdowne Campus, Bournemouth University, BH8 8EB
The event has a host of speakers and workshops. If you are interested in seeing the conference agenda and booking on to the event then please click here.
Service Excellence Conference: Academic Strand
The Magic Weaving Business – Teaching in the 21st Century
21st century jobs? How and why educators make a difference.
This keynote from Sir John Jones will share his experiences of working with young people in the most challenging schools in the UK and the need to develop creativity, ingenuity, portability & flexibility in our students, and indeed, in ourselves.
Academic colleagues are warmly welcome to attend the Service Excellence Conference which will include the opportunity to attend this exciting session with Sir John Jones.
Unable to attend for the whole day?
For those of you who are unable to attend the full day please do book for this specific session only. You may also like to join us for lunch before the keynote.
Date: Thursday 20 April
Times: Lunch – 1.00pm, Keynote – 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Location: Talbot campus – Fusion
Please register for this session and let us know if you would like to join us for lunch so we can organise the catering.
This talk will be of particular interest to academic staff and non-academic staff are of course very welcome to attend too.
If you would like to register to attend the conference for the full day please book here.
14:Live Presents- Festival Fear of Missing Out (FoMO): What is it and how can you manage it?
Come along on 21 March at 2-3pm on Floor 5, Student Centre on Talbot Campus for the March edition of 14:Live.
Spring is fast approaching and festival season is just around the corner. Over the next few months you will be subjected to intense marketing campaigns from festival promoters, such as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, who will be telling you not to miss out on this year’s music festivals.
Many of your friends will be sharing their excitement about going to these festivals on social media. Social media has heightened the sensation that everyone but us appears to be having fun and many people have become more sensitive to FoMO appeals.
In this 14:Live, Dr Miguel Moital will discuss the psychology of ‘Fear of Missing Out’. What emotions come with FoMO? What marketing tricks are used to heighten FoMO? How can these emotions be managed?
With drinks and snacks provided, this will be a session you won’t want to miss!
All staff and students are welcome!
Research Photography Competition- Your Winners!
Find out who you voted to be your winner of 2017’s Research Photography Competition.
Join us on Thursday 9 March 2017 at 2-3pm, in the Atrium Art Gallery, where Vice Chancellor John Vinney will be announcing the three winners.
The Competition is in its third year and saw 26 entries from across all faculties. The images give us just a small glimpse into some of the fantastic work our researchers are doing both here at BU and across the globe. These images will be displayed in the gallery and the researchers will be on hand to to talk about their research and the inspiration behind their photographs.
If you would like to come along to congratulate the winners please register here.
Staff and students are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided!
Public Engagement Opportunity at the Poole Maritime Festival!
It’s that time of year where The Festival of Learning is heading back on-tour and taking BU’s research out to some exciting locations. One of our stops this year includes the Poole Maritime Festival on Saturday 20th May.
Whatever stage you’re at in your research career, academic or PhD, we’re looking for participants to display and promote their research at the festival. This could be through table-top activities, posters, interactive displays – we’re open to ideas! It would be fantastic if your activities fitted into the theme of maritime heritage and environment but if your research isn’t directly related, we’d still love for you to get involved.
We’re expecting lots of interested members of the public with Poole Harbour Boat Show and the Seven Seas Festival forming part of Poole Maritime Festival’s exciting programme. The Boat Show alone attracted over 15,000 people in 2015! The Festival is linked with European Maritime Day, originally created in 2008 to give Europe’s community of maritime professionals a forum to meet, exchange knowledge and forge partnerships. It is a unique opportunity to promote Poole, local businesses and Bournemouth University’s research to an international audience!
If you’d like to get involved, need some idea inspiration or for any more information, drop me an email jpawlik@bournemouth.ac.uk. If you can’t get involved this year, still make sure that you head down to the Maritime Festival this year, taking place from the 15th-21st May.
Being Human Festival call for Participants 17–25 November 2017
Take part in the Being Human Festival 2017!
This year, the festival will return between 17-25 November with a new theme, ‘Lost and Found’. Applicants are invited to respond creatively and in ways that probe the rich intellectual possibilities of the theme. The festival is a celebration of the
Humanities, highlighting research in this area in fun, hands-on, immersive ways to
Demonstrate its relevance to our everyday lives.
There are a number of grants to support public engagement activities being offered.
These opportunities to run an event are for researchers at any career stage, background, disciplinary expertise or experience of delivering public engagement events.
For more information on the call and to apply for a “Small Award” or a “Hub Award”, please click here.
You can also find a number of case studies here that could prove useful if you’d like to apply!
Tackling Coercive Control & Domestic Abuse
About the event: This year, the Safer Poole Partnership in association with Bournemouth University, and supported by AFC Bournemouth will mark International Women’s Day with a conference on the theme of coercive control and domestic abuse.
The line-up includes nationally-renowned Certain Curtain Theatre Company, with their production of ‘Lady in Red.’Assisted by other guest speakers, this conference will be an opportunity for front-line workers to refresh their knowledge and improve their practices to ensure that victims get the best possible support.
Date: Monday 20 March
Location: The Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, Poole, BH15 1UG.
Times: 9.00am for 9.30am start until 1.30pm
To book and for more information: Click here
International Women’s Day 2017
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
Look out for #bued1617 hashtag for programme and talk updates at Bournemouth University.
To book onto any of the below events, please visit eventbrite
Experience of being a women in senior leadership
Speaker: Wendy Williams, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC)
Date: Monday 6 March
Time: 11:00-12:00
Venue: Talbot Campus
HMI Wendy Williams leads Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary which undertake regular inspections of police forces. Wendy will be delivering a talk for International Women’s Day on her experience of being a female in a senior leadership role.
Developing Women Leaders
Speaker: Louise Barton, Head of SRP Operations, Barclays; Tara Flynn, Managing Director, Ratio, Sarah Derbyshire, Chief Inspector CID, Dorset Police and Diana Parkes, Business Owner, Women’s Sat Nav to Success
Date: Wednesday 8 March
Time: 15:00-16:00
Venue: Talbot Campus
This panel discussion featuring industry guest speakers will consider some of the gender challenges within the workplace and provide tips for students hoping to undertake future leadership roles.
La Cecchina (A recital of songs by a variety of the female composers including Caccini, Chaminade and Schumann) (Admission free)
Performer: Sarah Palfreman-Kay
Date: Thursday 9 March
Time: 5:45 (Duration approximately 45 mins)
Venue: Student Centre, Talbot House, Talbot Campus
You do not have to book for this performance
To book onto the above events, please visit eventbrite
Research Photography Competition: voting closes Friday!
‘Can you convey the impact of your research in a single image?’ That’s the challenge we set BU academics and students this year. The overwhelming response saw researchers from across the university getting creative and utilising their photography skills. The photos give just a small glimpse into some of the fantastic work our researchers are doing both here at BU and across the globe.
Researchers from across the university, working in areas as diverse as science, marketing, health and forensic investigation submitted images to the competition. Now we want your help to pick the winners!
To vote click on the ‘Vote’ button below your favourite image on this page. Or vote by liking an image via our Facebook album. Perhaps a particular research subject strikes a chord with you, or you find a certain image especially evocative – whatever your reason, the competition winners are for you to decide!
The deadline for voting is 3 March and the winners will be announced in the Atrium Art Gallery on 9 March, by Vice-Chancellor Professor John Vinney at 2pm. If you would like to come along to this free event please order your tickets here.
The full exhibition will then be on display in the Atrium Art Gallery from Thursday 9 March until Wednesday 22 March, so drop by and take a look.
Applying for funding from NIHR – Patient and Public Involvement Session 5th April 2017
As part of the Research and Knowledge Exchange Development Framework, RKEO are holding a session on Applying for funding from NIHR – Patient and Public Involvement (PPI). At this session, you’ll hear from a Research Fellow / former PPI Senior Programme Manager at the NIHR about what is meant by PPI, and to understand how this can be applied to your research. You’ll also hear from the NIHR Research Design Service South West PPI Lead on the importance of involving the public and patients in research.
Date: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Time: 14.00-16.00
Venue: Lansdowne Campus
Book your space via the RKE Development Framework page for this event.
For further information, please contact Lisa Gale-Andrews, RKEO Research Facilitator.
NIHR Grant Applications Seminar & Support event is coming to Bournemouth 28th June 2017 – book now
RKEO are delighted to announce that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Grant Applications Seminar & Support Event run by the NIHR Research Design Service South West (RDS-SW) is coming to BU.
The session is being held as part of the Research and Knowledge Exchange Development Framework, and will offer some insights into what NIHR are looking for in grant applications to their schemes. You’ll hear from NIHR RDS advisers on what makes a good grant proposal, and from Simon Goodwin, Research for Patient Benefit Programme Manager for the South West. The afternoon session will consist of one-to-one appointments for those who would like to discuss their own proposal with Simon and/or an RDS adviser. The session is open to academics from all Faculties, and clinicians in the local health service wishing to pursue research in the fields of health and social care.
Date: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Time: 10:30-16:00 (please note that 1:1 appointments are available between 13:45-16:00)
Venue: Fusion Building, Talbot Campus
How to book: Registration is FREE and lunch will be provided. Places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Find out more and register.
For further information, please contact Lisa Gale-Andrews, RKEO Research Facilitator.
Festival of Learning on-tour at RNLI College Food and Drink Festival: get involved!
Are you interested in getting to know the local community, and sharing your research and expertise with others? Do you have exciting research to talk about or would you like to gain some valuable experience in public engagement?
Join us in a lead up to Festival of Learning and be part of RNLI College Food and Drink Festival on 30th April! The festival is focused on great quality food, sourced and produced here in Dorset, and supports Mayday campaign, which is a nationwide community fundraising campaign.
There is a community theme to the Festival so we’re looking for activities that may be of interest to the local community or are around community based research. We’d also be keen to take along any food and drink related activities about. However, if your activity is not directly related then we’d still love to hear from you. Please drop me an email on jpawlik@bournemouth.ac.uk to express your interest in joining us and I will be able to provide you with more details.
We’re also looking for activities for Poole Maritime Festival and are looking forward to hearing from you! To find out more please click here.
Leading Innovation Masterclass – Research & Funded Interventions
On Thursday 2nd March 2017 Professor Edwin van Teijlingen (CMMPH – Professor Of Reproductive Health, BU) will be presenting one of the ‘Leading Innovation Masterclasses’ on Research & Funded Interventions.
In a very competitive field, the chances of successfully gaining a research grant can be somewhere in the region of one in twelve. In this session Professor van Teijlingen will explain how it may be possible to increase the chances of getting research funds through intervention grants. It will take place at the Lansdowne Campus 14:00-15:30 and you can book a place by emailing od@bournemouth.ac.uk
Other sessions in the series include:
- An innovative approach to setting up a Research Hub
- The clinical doctorate model – Enabling Practitioner Research
Details of these can be found on the Staff Intranet
Patient and Public Involvement Seminar Series
Dr
James Gavin is running a free series of seminars on patient and public involvement (PPI).
This series will highlight the importance of PPI throughout the research cycle, from design to dissemination. PPI is gaining importance to identify treatments that meet people’s needs and are more likely to be adopted in practice.
Speakers will share insights on involving the public as partners to improve: relevance, quality, study protocol design and the communication of findings in health research. The speakers are from a variety of roles in occupational therapy, mental health, social work, health demographics, education and national health governance.
To find out more information and to book your place please click here.
| Date | Location | Time | Speaker | Seminar Title |
| Monday 6 March 2017 | EB708, Lansdowne Campus | 3.00-4.30pm | Professor Jo Adams | Making research meaningful and accessible to patients: Why PPI is crucial to designing effective health research studies |
| Wednesday 15 March 2017 | EB708, Lansdowne Campus | 3.00-4.30pm | Lisa Gale-Andrews & Dr Zoe Sheppard | Importance of public involvement in research design: an orthopaedic case study |
| Monday 3 April 2017 | EB708, Lansdowne Campus | 3.00-4.30pm | Dr Mel Hughes & Angela Warren | Recruiting and supporting participants to engage in meaningful PPI |
| Monday 24 April 2017 | EB708, Lansdowne Campus | 11.00am-12.30pm | Simon Denegri | How can today’s patient help research tackle tomorrow’s health challenges? |
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS Two-day workshop: Politics in a post-truth era
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Two-day workshop: Politics in a post-truth era
10th – 11th July 2017, Bournemouth University
The concept of post-truth, where facts are deemed less important than beliefs, is one that has recently been frequently invoked when making sense of the modern political campaigning environment. The suggestion is that political campaigns exploit and reinforce strongly held beliefs, encouraging the disavowal of contrasting facts, in order to undermine support for the arguments of opponents.
Post-truth has become most associated with campaigns that invoke more populist arguments. Such arguments give voice to privately held beliefs, often hidden by norms of societies which reinforce pejorative stereotypes based on religious and racial differences, gendering of roles and discussing myths of us (as a nation and people) and the others whose differences mark them as not us. Hence there are far-reaching implications of such practices for democratic societies.
The workshop will explore the underlying themes and implications of this phenomenon.
KEY QUESTIONS
1) Is post truth really new, or simply a synonym for the exaggerations and spin long associated with the techniques of political campaigns? Or have political campaigns been proven to lie more?
2) What does a post-truth campaign look like, how is the communication constructed to tap into belief systems and feed the dynamics of a post-truth (belief-based) political environment?
3) Why might beliefs have more power in influencing voting behaviour than more fact, logic or reason based arguments?
4) How does post-truth link to the models of a marketised and professionalised campaign environment?
5) What does post-truth tell us about the current and future state of democratic engagement and of democracy itself?
CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributions need not be full papers, rather informed arguments that promote discussion – although they should have the potential to be full or part papers. The workshop seeks to tease out what post-truth means, how this is encouraged during political campaigns, its root causes, impacts on election outcomes and, importantly, what are the implications for democracy.
PUBLICATION
The longer-term aim is to develop an edited collection of work that would include solo-authored or joint publications from participants that address these questions. The volume will be published in the Palgrave series Political Campaigning and Communication.
DATES
The event will be held on July 10th and 11th with a workshop dinner on the evening of the 10th. There will be no attendance costs – the venue, refreshments and evening meal will be covered jointly by funding from the Centre for Politics and Media Research and the PSA Political Marketing Group. Participants should expect to cover travel and accommodation. The venue will be the Bournemouth University’s Executive Business Centre close to Bournemouth train station.
ABSTRACTS
Interested participants should propose their participation by offering a short 200-300 word abstract that summarises the main points of the argument, case studies and evidence drawn upon and the broader socio-political implications into which their argument offers insights. The deadline for abstracts is 1600hrs GMT on Friday 6th April 2017. Please email them to dlilleker@bournemouth.ac.uk
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