BU Research Blog

January 14, 2020

Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 4 February: Crooked picture frames and ageing of perception

BU research, Events, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Public engagement, Research communication ballen

Café Scientifique takes place on the first Tuesday evening of the month at Café Boscanova

Enjoy listening to a short talk from our guest speaker before engaging in debate and discussion around that topic.

We’ll be joined by Dr Sharon Docherty on Tuesday 4 February 7:30-9pm (doors open at 6:30pm) No need to book, make sure you get there early though as seats fill up fast!

Crooked picture frames and ageing of perception

How we experience the environment around us involves the brain combining information from our different sensory systems. Something as ‘simple’ as staying upright involves signals from our inner ears, joints and eyes. Join us to discover how our perception of upright changes throughout our lifetime, and how different medical conditions can affect this. It may also make you reconsider whether your picture frames are straight.

If you have any questions please do get in touch

Find out more about Café Scientifique and sign up to our mailing list to hear about other research events: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/cafe-sci

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

December 9, 2019

Deadline approaching for the Research Impact Fund 2019/20

ECR Network, Funding opportunities, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team gdelrosa

The deadline for the Research Impact Fund is 5pm on Thursday 12 December. Applications must be submitted to researchimpact@bournemouth.ac.uk. To apply, please read the policy, and guidance.

If you wish to discuss your application in more detail, please come along to one of our lunchtime drop-in surgeries this week. Panel members will be on hand to answer any queries.

Tuesday 10 December	Talbot Campus – F304	12:30 – 13:30
Wednesday 11 December	Lansdowne Campus – EB603	12:00 – 13:00

If you can’t make any of the drop-in surgeries but you’d still like to talk to someone about your application, please email Genna del Rosa (Panel Secretary) or contact your Faculty Impact Officer:

December 2, 2019

Research Impact Fund: drop-in surgeries to support your application

ECR Network, Funding opportunities, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team gdelrosa

The deadline for the research impact fund is fast approaching, on Thursday 12 December. Join our panel members at the last few drop-in lunch time surgeries to discuss your ideas.

If you’re not sure which strand to apply for, or you have any queries about the guidance or application form, then come along and let us help you.

Monday 2 December	Lansdowne Campus – EB303	12:30 – 13:30
Thursday 5 December	Talbot Campus – F206	12:30 – 13:30
Tuesday 10 December	Talbot Campus – F304	12:30 – 13:30
Wednesday 11 December	Lansdowne Campus – EB603	12:00 – 13:00

Applications must be submitted to researchimpact@bournemouth.ac.uk by 5pm on Thursday 12 December. To apply, please read the policy, application form and guidance.

If you can’t make any of the drop-in surgeries but you’d still like to talk to someone about your application, please email Genna del Rosa (Panel Secretary) or contact your Faculty Impact Officer:

November 25, 2019

How to turn your Research into Impact

BU research, ECR Network, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, REF Subjects, Research assessment, Research communication, Research Training, RKE development framework, Training alazar

Amanda Lazar and Brian McNulty are running an Impact Planning Session on Friday 6th December for anyone engaged in research – from ECRs to Professors.

If you have some research that you think has the potential to make a positive change in the world, then bring it along.

We will discuss how to effectively disseminate your research, plan your impact pathway and how to evidence the impact of your research, as well as how to work towards an Impact Case Study for the REF.

By the end of the session you will have the outline of an impact pathway and will know how to access BU resources to help turn your research into impact.

Click here to book yourself onto the workshop.

November 21, 2019

ESRC Festival of Social Science – Part 1

BU research, Events, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Public engagement, Research communication Adam Morris

Earlier this month saw BU host ten events as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. The Festival is a nationwide celebration of the social sciences, with 475 events held across the UK this year.

Over the next week, we’ll be sharing regular posts to look back over these events.

The Festival is designed to promote and increase awareness of social science and ESRC-funded research, enable social scientists to engage with non-academics and increase awareness of the contributions the social sciences make to the wellbeing and economy of UK society.

BU contributed to the Festival this year for the eighth time in a row, holding a variety of events spanning research areas and faculties, which were held on campus, off campus and online.

Our programme kicked off with ‘Living Your Best Life: Positivity for Wellbeing’ on Saturday 2 November, with Dr Camila Devis-Rozental and Susanne Clarke leading a keen public audience through a journey of positivity in Poole’s Lighthouse Centre for the Arts.

The audience learned how a few simple tips and techniques can make us more resilient, with a more positive attitude towards life. These included mindful eating – taking time to enjoy and experience tastes, how learning new skills can boost your confidence, expressing gratitude and the importance of ‘hippo time’ – giving yourself permission to wallow before moving on with purpose.

“Reminded me of positivity in all areas of life – so thoroughly enjoyable” – Feedback

On Monday 4 evening, Dr Emma Kavanagh and Dr Adi Adams presented an innovative and thought-provoking event in ‘Ways of Seeing Sport Coaching Violence’, an audio-visual exhibition conveying experiences of coach-athlete violence. Working with students, including project collaborator Terri Harvey, to develop and deliver the event provided a rewarding and productive experience for all involved, students and academics.

The varied audience included sports coaching students and representatives from local sport coaching organisations, sparking interesting debates and discussions on best practice in coaching.

You can read more about the event in this post by Impact Officer Matt Fancy.

We’ll continue our series with a new post tomorrow.

November 20, 2019

Research Impact Fund: drop-in surgeries to support your application

ECR Network, Funding opportunities, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team gdelrosa

Do you have an idea for your research impact funding application? Or perhaps you’re not sure which strand to apply for? Or are you confused by the guidance? Join us at our lunchtime drop-in surgeries to discuss your ideas and ask any questions to members of our funding panel.

Thursday 21 November	Talbot Campus – P402	12:30 – 13:30
Monday 25 November	Talbot Campus – P411	12:00 – 13:00
Wednesday 27 November	Lansdowne Campus – B202	12:00 – 13:00
Monday 2 December	Lansdowne Campus – EB303	12:30 – 13:30
Thursday 5 December	Talbot Campus – F206	12:30 – 13:30
Tuesday 10 December	Talbot Campus – F304	12:30 – 13:30
Wednesday 11 December	Lansdowne Campus – EB603	12:00 – 13:00

Applications must be submitted to researchimpact@bournemouth.ac.uk by 5pm on Thursday 12 December. To apply, please read the policy, application form and guidance.

If you can’t make any of the drop-in surgeries but you’d still like to talk to someone about your application, please email Genna del Rosa (Panel Secretary) or contact your Faculty Impact Officer:

November 19, 2019

Making your research more accessible – free webinar from the Physiological Society

Events, Festival of Learning, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Public engagement, Research communication, Training Adam Morris

The Physiological Society are hosting a free online webinar titled “Making your research more accessible” on 2 December 2019 from 12:00-12:45. The webinar is free and open to all, but mainly aimed at researchers with a little experience of public engagement who would like to take this to the next level and/or start designing their own activities.

Science Education Consultant Sai Pathmanathan will share her 20+ years’ experience of running successful public engagement activities across STEM to offer some top tips on:

Identifying what it is about your research that makes it exciting/relevant to public audiences
Choosing the right audience for you
Understanding your audience and how to tailor your message for them
Identifying what it is you’d like to achieve and how you’ll measure this

Registration closes on Thursday 28 November 2019.

November 12, 2019

Ways of Seeing Sport Coaching Violence – a unique interactive installation

BU research, ECR Network, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team mfancy

On Monday 4^th November 2019, as part of the ESRC festival of social science, Dr Emma Kavanagh and Dr Adi Adams (Faculty of Management) alongside final year sport student Terri Harvey, curated and hosted an arts based installation to showcase their research on inter-personal violence in sport. The event adopted an innovative, immersive, sensory art-based method not traditionally utilised in sport coach education (but widely used in other ‘caring’ professions) to bring their research knowledge to life and allow coaches and other practitioners to engage with data in a dynamic manner. This was achieved through re-presenting research data collected by the BU academics in audio and visual forms.

Abuse, intimidation and violence in sport and coaching remains a significant global problem. In 2017 the British Government published the Duty of Care in Sport Review, sharing the findings of a critical inquiry into the culture and climate of elite sport in the United Kingdom. High performance sport came under significant scrutiny linked to a number of high profile accounts in the media that raised serious questions concerning the safety of elite sporting spaces and the threats they can pose to athlete welfare. Allegations of bullying, racial, sexual and gender abuse alongside other forms of discrimination have been made across Olympic and Paralympic sports. This ESRC event provided an opportunity to engage practitioners in debates surrounding the safety of sporting spaces as a way of promoting the duty of care in practice.

The event brought to life qualitative social science research data, currently available to academics through peer-reviewed journal articles through the production of an immersive arts-based installation. The data was used to enable those who attended to see/hear/feel and confront the contemporary issue of inter-personal violence in the world of sport coaching, from the perspective of ‘others’. The event aimed to bring sport coaches (and other practitioners) together around a shared concern/problem in the sport industry, with the aim of inspiring awareness, understanding, empathy, care and practical solutions to reducing interpersonal-violence. An arts and media-based approach is often adopted in the education of other ‘caring’ professions engaged in complex, difficult, ‘social’ and emotional work (e.g. nurses, medical practitioners, social workers, palliative care workers), yet has gained limited application in the sporting profession.

The event attracted significant attention from external practitioners, students and local organisations. Participants moved around and shared the immersive space with others, experiencing the ‘felt difficulty’ (Trevelyan et al., 2014) of ‘what it feels like’ to experience violence and intimidation as a participant in sport. It is anticipated that experiencing this ‘felt difficulty’, provoked by engaging with material that is ‘perplexing’ or ‘disorientating’ has the potential to provide a platform for coaches to reflect authentically on and transform their own practice. The impact of attending the installation is currently the topic of Terri’s dissertation and the team are excited to understand more about how participants experienced the event.

The event would not have been a success without the support of the ESRC team and, in particular, Adam Morris who helped drive the installation forward. In addition, thanks goes to the sport students who volunteered on the evening and actively engaged in the project through ‘becoming voices’. All of these people shared one passion; making sport a safer space for all those who participate in it.

November 8, 2019

A Rainbow of Vegetable Literacy – an ESRC Festival of Social Science event

EU, Events, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Knowledge Transfer, Public engagement Natalia Lavrushkina

A balanced diet is essential for good health. In 2003, the World Health Organisation launched a global campaign to promote fruit and vegetable consumption well-known as the five-a-day mantra. Despite the clear health benefits and prominent media campaigns, still only one in ten children, and less than a third of adults consume this much.

Dietary habits are shaped at a young age and behaviours established in childhood persist through later life. As such, exposure to vegetables at a young age is instrumental to their acceptance and consumption.

VeggiEAT and Veg+ projects led by Prof. Heather Hartwell (FoM) have researched factors related to increased vegetable consumption, and the team were excited to share this research with school children in the local community as part of this week’s ESRC Festival of Social Science.

Hosted by Hill View Primary school, we spent Wednesday afternoon with 90 year 3 pupils (7-8 year olds), discussing how great vegetables are for our health and the planet. The children’s enthusiasm was at times deafening when we conducted a ‘Do you know your vegetables’ quiz using Turning Point handsets! Children were asked to taste some common vegetables in a variety of preparations (raw, cooked, baked) and many were surprised that vegetables they thought they didn’t like they actually did when prepared in a different way. ESRC Festival of Social Science funding provided gardening equipment, and every child was able to plant a broad bean seed and will be able to follow its germination and growth through to harvest in the Summer. Finally, the children did some ‘vegetable art’, designing a sign for their new ‘allotment’. We will get the best designs professionally printed and are looking forward to returning to the school in December to present these signs and see how their seedlings are growing.

The event was a great opportunity to see first-hand the impact that our research can have and has already led to discussions around the development of the next research research grant application, to further our understanding of the most effective interventions to increase children’s acceptance and consumption of vegetables.

Our interdisciplinary team included Dr Jeff Bray and Natalia Lavrushkina (FoM); Dr Fiona Cownie (FMC); Prof. Katherine Appleton (FST); Matt Fancy (RDS) and Clare Dunn from the Schools Liaison Team

October 27, 2019

Dr. Jaeyeon Choe’s (Faculty of Management ) research explores whether the tourism boom is a disaster for the poor in rural Indonesia

BU Challenges, BU research, BU2025, conferences, Funding opportunities, Global engagement, Impact, international, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Transfer Partnership jchoe

With the aid of QR funding (Faculty of Management), I conducted field-research in Ubud, Indonesia in July 2019. I went into the field with two research questions, linked to poverty alleviation and sustainable community development. What is the impact of spiritual/wellness tourism on local people and communities in Ubud? What are the strategies that can help provide micro-entrepreneurship opportunities for the poor? I interviewed multiple stakeholders including a former Indonesian Minister of Tourism, a spiritual leader in Ubud, a representative of the Ubud home stay association, local yoga teachers and other private/public stakeholders. I also talked to a representative of a rural orphanage.

According to the World Bank data, out of a population of around 264 million, about 25.9 million Indonesians still live below the poverty line. Based on March 2018 data, approximately 20.19% of the entire population remains vulnerable of falling into poverty, as their income hovers marginally above the national poverty line. Although Indonesia’s poverty rate is 9.8%, in 82 villages out of Bali’s 706 villages, the poverty rate hovers above 35% (Laos, 23.2%; Myanmar, 24.8%.). In Bali, growth has often been curtailed due to natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes as well as water shortages.

During my field-research, I learned from the informants that the rapid tourism growth and development have pushed out poorer locals to the margins. The poor have been losing their land due to the development of international hotels, resorts and yoga centres, which are mostly owned and managed by foreigners. The suicidal rates have gone up and the numbers of orphans have been increased. As an illiteracy rate is very high in Ubud as well as other rural villages, people in the margins do not have opportunities to benefit from the tourism boom. There is an urgent need for the local government and other organisations to alleviate poverty by developing education and training programmes.

As an ECR, I appreciate that BU’s QR funds help to facilitate and to explore important global challenges and develop local partners. Over the summer, we were able to successfully submit an external grant for further research and present our preliminary findings at the Royal Geographical Society Conference in London. In line with BU 2025 and the UN SDGs, I hope our research can help achieve SDG #1 No Poverty and #11 Sustainable Communities in rural Indonesia and beyond in real life, and make the impact that the rural poor deserve.

October 8, 2019

Forthcoming RKEDF Research Training Events

BU research, ECR Network, Events, Funding opportunities, Impact, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Post-award, pre-award, Public engagement, Publishing, R & KE Operations, Research communication, Research news, Research Training, RKE development framework, Training, Uncategorized Theresa

We have some great events coming up over the next few weeks to help support you in your research activities :

October

Tuesday 15th October	RKEDF: Good Clinical Practice ‘Lite’
Wednesday 16th October	RKEDF: Getting started in public engagement with research
Thursday 17th October	RKEDF: BRIAN: Building your staff profile
Monday 21st October	RKEDF: High Quality Public Engagement
Thursday 24th October	RKEDF: Overview of NIHR, CRNs and NIHR portfolio
Thursday 24th October	GCRF Best Practice Workshop
Wednesday 30th October	RDS Academic and Researcher Induction Event

November

Tuesday 5th November	RKEDF: Clinical Research- documentation and filing
Wednesday 6th November	RKEDF: Research Outputs – Writing Day
Tuesday 19th November	RKEDF: Impact Planning Session
Wednesday 13th November	RKEDF: EndNote Desktop for Managing References and Writing for Publication
Tuesday 19th November	RKEDF: Advanced Literature Search Techniques
Tuesday 19th November	RKEDF: Working with Industry
Tuesday 19th November	RKEDF: Building Evidence for REF Impact Case Studies
Wednesday 20th November	RKEDF: Leverhulme Prize Drafting Workshop
Wednesday 20th November	RKEDF: Inspirational Impact Journey
Wednesday 20th November	Leverhulme Trust visit to BU
Tuesday 26th November	RKEDF: Evaluation: Developing your approach
Wednesday 27th November	RKEDF: Measuring the Impact of Your Research with Advanced Citation Tools.

You can see all the Organisational Development and RKEDF events in one place on the handy calendar of events.

Please note that all sessions are now targeted, so look closely at the event page to ensure that the event is suitable for you. In addition, RKEDF events now require the approval of your Head of Department (or other nominated approver). Please follow the instructions given on the event page and the template email for you to initiate the booking request.

If you have any queries, please get in touch!

October 7, 2019

WAN & Seldom Heard Voices: ‘Gender in Conflict’ conference Wed 09/10/2019

BU research, conferences, Global engagement, Impact, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Public engagement, Research Centres, Research news, Uncategorized, Women's Academic Network sssievers

Staff, students and colleagues are warmly invited to an inspiring and engaging half-day conference on Wednesday 9 October from 1pm (BG11, Lansdowne Campus). Speakers include visiting colleagues from Kosovo and BU academic staff. The conference opens with an informal networking lunch, followed by presentations and panel discussion.

The focus of this conference is to discuss and debate whether issues of gender, violence and conflict that have heightened visibility in post-conflict environments, can be recognised similarly in the UK. By asking what we can learn from questions of gendered violence in a fragile international context and whether these can be applied to our social environments in the UK, the aims are:

To de-exoticise gendered violence in war and post-conflict contexts abroad by going beyond stereotypical assumptions and representations;
To interpret contemporary UK conceptualisations of gendered violence through an alternative lens inspired by international experience.
We are fortunate to have the opportunity of the Erasmus-funded presence of two visiting Kosovar colleagues who are presenting at this event. Dr Linda Gusia and Assoc. Prof. Nita Luci are the founders and directors of the Programme for Gender Studies and Research at University of Prishtina, Kosovo. They are highly active for women’s rights in the public sphere of in Kosovo. This poses unexpected challenges to equal rights not only arising from classic patriarchal cultural legacies but also from masculinity reiterations in the totalising field of international, post-conflict intervention.

We are also joined by two BU criminologists of the Department for Social Sciences who are working in related fields of gendered gang crimes: Jade Levell on gang crimes in the UK) and Dr Shovita Dhakal Adhikari on questions of human trafficking in Nepal. This conference arises from our own academic interests in questions of gendered hate crime in the UK (Dr Jane Healy) and on transnational and post-conflict questions of social justice (Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers).

1.00: Arrivals and networking lunch

2.00: Welcome by Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, WAN, and by Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, Centre for Marginalised Voices

2.15: Jade Levell, BU: “The competing masculinities of gang-involved men who experienced domestic violence/abuse in childhood”

2.45: Nita Luci, Univ. of Prishtina: “Researching Gender in the Balkans”

2.55: Break for tea and coffee

3.15: Linda Gusia, Univ. of Prishtina: “Recognition of Sexual Violence in Kosovo after the War”

3.45: Shovita Dhakal Adhikari: “Exploring Child Vulnerabilities: pre- and post-disaster in Nepal”

4.00: Panel Discussion: “Inverting the gaze: Juxtaposing gender and conflict in transitional societies abroad and the UK”

5.00: Close

Please register at: https://genderconference.eventbrite.co.uk/

Event Date: 09/10/2019

Event Description: Women’s Academic Network & Centre for Seldom Heard Voices present: Gender in Conflict Conference

Contact Details: jhealy@bournemouth.ac.uk & sssievers@bournemouth.ac.uk

Wednesday 9 October: BG11 1-5pm: ALL WELCOME

Please register at: https://genderconference.eventbrite.co.uk/

September 16, 2019

Research training and events coming up soon

BU research, ECR Network, Events, Funding opportunities, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Post-award, pre-award, Public engagement, Research communication, Research Ethics, Research news, Research Training, Training Theresa

We have some great events coming up over the next few weeks to help support you in your research activities. Unless otherwise specified, please follow the link for more info and to book.

Wednesday 25th September	ACORN Information Workshop, F306, 14:00 – 15:00 , contact acorn@bournemouth.ac.uk to book
Tuesday 1st October	RKEDF: Introduction to Impact (FMC)
Tuesday 1st October	RKEDF: Impact and Funding Bids
Tuesday 8th October	RKEDF: Research Ethics @ BU
Tuesday 8th October	RKEDF: Getting started on applying for research funding
Wednesday 9^th October	Networking meeting for Early Career Researchers, contact RKEDF@bournemouth.ac.uk for more info
Tuesday 15th October	RKEDF: Good Clinical Practice ‘Lite’
Wednesday 16th October	RKEDF: Getting started in public engagement with research
Thursday 17th October	RKEDF: BRIAN: Building your staff profile
Monday 21st October	RKEDF: High Quality Public Engagement
Monday 21st October	ACORN Information Workshop, Create Lecture Theatre, 15:00 – 17:00, contact acorn@bournemouth.ac.uk to book
Thursday 24th October	RKEDF: Overview of NIHR, CRNs and NIHR portfolio
Wednesday 30th October	RDS Academic and Researcher Induction Event

These events are delivered as part of the overarching Research and Knowledge Exchange Development Framework – RKEDF. On the RKEDF intranet page, training events have been grouped around your needs, so if, for example, you are an Early Career Researcher or need to know about external funding, you can click on the link to find a tailored list of all the RKEDF sessions that may assist you. You can also find related events by using the link on each session’s page.

You can also see all the Organisational Development and RKEDF events in one place on the handy calendar of events.

Please note that all sessions are now targeted, so look closely at the event page to ensure that the event is suitable for you. In addition, many RKEDF events now require the approval of your Head of Department (or other nominated approver). Please follow the instructions given on the event page and the template email for you to initiate the booking request.

If you have any queries, please get in touch!

August 19, 2019

Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 3 Sept – Eye Tracking as a Window to the Mind

BU research, Events, Impact, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Public engagement, Research communication, Student Engagement Adam Morris

Photo Mark Dolby, Flickr.

Café Scientifique takes place on the first Tuesday evening of the month at Café Boscanova

Enjoy listening to a short talk from our guest speaker before engaging in debate and discussion around that topic

We’ll be joined by Dr Tim Slattery from the Faculty of Science & Technology on Tuesday 3 September from 7:30pm until 9pm (doors open at 6:30pm) No need to register, make sure you get there early though as seats fill up fast!

Eye tracking as a window to the mind

The movements of your eyes can reveal a lot about what you’re thinking. Join us to discover how researchers at Bournemouth University are studying eye moment, in order to understand the mental processes behind everyday tasks, like reading and navigation. Alongside a talk, we’ll have interactive demonstrations to show what state of the art eye tracking technology is capable of. We’ll discuss how eye tracking is already being used and what the future may hold when eye tracking becomes more widespread, even embedded in our personal devices.

If you have any questions please do get in touch

Find out more about Café Scientifique and sign up to our mailing list to hear about other research events: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/cafe-sci

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

July 19, 2019

Cafe Scientifique: Can you save a life? Exploring the quality of CPR delivered by bystanders

BU research, Events, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Public engagement ballen

Cardiac arrest is a sudden stop of the heart due to electrical failure and is a potentially reversible medical emergency yet, if untreated, it can lead to death within minutes. Every year in the UK, around 30,000 people receive resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with survival rates ranging between 2-12%. High quality CPR is crucial in generating circulation to vital organs during cardiac arrest. However, it has been demonstrated that the quality of CPR delivered by a lay person, first aiders and highly trained rescuers is often inadequate, inconsistent and with excessive interruption.

Cardiac arrest is a significant worldwide health problem associated with considerable morbidity, mortality and extensive healthcare costs. If you’ve reached a stage in your life where other people depend on you financially, then you should consider getting a life insurance policy at LifeCoverQuotes.org.uk website.

Positive outcomes from cardiac arrest depend on the effective delivery of resuscitation techniques, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, the quality of CPR performance is normally suboptimal, reducing the chances of survival.

Debora Almeida, lecturer in Operating Department Practice at BU, who’s research project is about quality and retention of CPR skills, was Cafe Scientifique’s guest speaker earlier this month. Debora’s study is part of her PhD and is investigating the use of real-time feedback to improve quality of CPR skills. The idea behind it, is to understand different aspects of learning, retention and decay of the skill and create a better re-training model using real-time feedback to optimise learning and maintain the CPR skill effective for whenever it is needed.

The real-time feedback system provides detailed visual and auditory feedback on CPR targets, based on resuscitation guidelines. The different CPR components which include chest compression rate, chest compression depth, residual leaning, chest duty cycle (percentage between compression and relaxation) and rescue breaths are captured with sensors and displayed in real time on the monitor. Added to that, the monitor provides visual and auditory clues for a better quality (if the rescuer’s performance is not optimal), allowing rescuers to self-correct or validate their skill performance immediately during training, adjusting their performance based on the feedback provided by the device (shown below)

Debora’s Cafe Scientifique talk highlighted the epidemiology of cardiac arrest around the world, the variations in survival rates and surprisingly, how suboptimal the quality of CPR performance delivered by lay people, basic life support rescuers and highly trained rescuers can normally be. She also talked about how fast CPR skills decay and challenged the re-training schedule in hospitals, which is normally 1 or 2 years apart. “Even though it has been demonstrated that CPR skills diminish within months after training, hospitals still get away with re-training their members of staff yearly or even after 2 years. This needs changing…. But to change this practice we need to figure out a better one…”

One of the highlights of the evening was when the audience were given the opportunity to practice their CPR skills on the manikin using the real-time feedback system that is used in Debora’s research.

Debora Almeida reflects on her experience of presenting at Cafe Scientifique earlier this month;

Debora said “The experience of talking to an audience formed by lay people, healthcare professionals and academics was an interesting and enjoyable challenge. The audience engaged really well with insightful comments and relevant questions. It was a great opportunity to talk about the challenges and benefits of bystander CPR.”

This is complemented by feedback from one of the audience members; “For me, being a senior, the simpler the instructions the better. Simply having the knowledge that I must not waste vital time checking pulses etc. but start immediately with chest compressions gives me confidence should such a situation arise.”

Cafe Sci will be taking a break in August however we’re set to return on

Tuesday 3 September 2019!

Find out more about Café Scientifique and sign up to our mailing list to hear about other research events: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/cafe-sci

If you have any questions please do get in touch

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

June 17, 2019

Cafe Scientifique: The lived media experiences of unaccompanied refugee children in Europe

BU research, Events, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Public engagement ballen

By 2018, more than 80,000 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were registered in the EU. That’s half of Bournemouth’s population. Refugee children pose considerable policy challenges, with their integration being of utmost importance. Studies show that refugee children have IT skills; however they lack the ability to make critical media choices

Dr Annamaria Neag, a Marie Curie Research Fellow at BU’s Faculty of Media & Communication who has a keen interest in media literacy education, was Cafe Scientifique’s guest speaker earlier this month. Dr Neag’s project is looking at how unaccompanied refugee children use digital technology and social media in their countries of asylum. The aim of the project, beyond understanding their media use, is to create media literacy educational materials that can help them to become more critical about social media, and to use these technologies in a creative and responsible way.

The project investigated how unaccompanied refugee children use digital technology and social media across four European countries; the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy and the UK. Dr Neag discussed with the Cafe Sci audience how these findings can assist in developing media literacy for refugee children’s civic participation.

The project is unique because it brings together the disciplines of education, media literacy and migration studies for offering solutions to a matter of pressing urgency: the integration of unaccompanied minor refugees.

Annamaria’s Café Scientifique talk highlighted the very different experiences and knowledge unaccompanied children had in the area of social media and technology use. Although policy papers frequently talk about them as if they are a homogeneous group, the findings show that their social media savviness is influenced by their previous educational background and their access to technology in the country of asylum, among other factors. She also talked about the importance of involving children’s mentors and guardians in helping children understand issues such as fake news, advertisements and the importance of privacy settings online.

Dr Annamaria Neag reflects on her experience of speaking at Cafe Scientifique earlier this month; “I am very much interested in public engagement, so when I first heard about Café Scientifique I thought that it would be a great opportunity to present my research findings to people outside academia. I found it quite interesting to try and frame the talk in a way that is both academically sound, but still engaging enough for the greater public. As it turned out, people in the audience were really keen in hearing about the findings, and they had pertinent questions relating to their own perceptions on migration or their experiences with refugees. All in all, it was a wonderful experience, and I’d really recommend it to anyone believing in the importance of public engagement”

Find out more about the project; Media literacy for unaccompanied refugee youth

Refugee Week, 17-23 June 2019

The theme of Refugee Week 2019; ‘You, me and those who came before’, is an invitation to explore the lives of refugees and those who have welcomed them throughout the generations.

Events in London and across the country (e.g. Bristol, Coventry)

The next Café Scientifique will take place at Café Boscanova on Tuesday 2 July from 7:30pm until 9pm (doors open at 6:30pm)

There’s no need to register, make sure you get there early though as seats fill up fast!

We’ll be joined by Debora Almeida from the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences who will be asking;

Can you save a life? Exploring the quality of CPR delivered by bystanders

Cardiac arrest is a sudden stop of the heart due to electrical failure and is a potentially reversible medical emergency yet, if untreated, it can lead to death within minutes. Every year in the UK, around 30,000 people receive resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with survival rates ranging between 2-12%. High quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial in generating circulation to vital organs during cardiac arrest. However, it has been demonstrated that the quality of CPR delivered by a lay person, first aiders and highly-trained-rescuers is often inadequate, inconsistent and with excessive interruption, resulting in reduced chances of survival.

This talk will highlight some of the research taking place at BU into the use of real-time-feedback to improve the retention and quality of CPR skills. You will have the opportunity to learn a bit more about the equipment and practice your CPR skills.

Can you save a life? We think so…

Find out more about Café Scientifique and sign up to our mailing list to hear about other research events: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/cafe-sci

If you have any questions please do get in touch

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

June 12, 2019

Research Communication Day

BU research, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Research communication, Training, Uncategorized Theresa

Thursday 20 June from 10.30am – 3.30pm, Talbot Campus

This event is a one-stop shop in assisting academics in finding out more regarding research communication and outreach to external audiences. The day will be particularly helpful for academics new to BU, or early career researchers of all levels who wish to increase their public profile and the impact of their research.

Nineteen workshops will be on offer in the afternoon, covering a wide range of topics vital to researchers and academics – from broadcast training to sharing research through social media. Included in these are two one-to-one sessions – one with the editor from the Conversation, and another with the Impact Officer team.

By the end of the day, attendees will understand the benefits of communicating their research, how to go about this, and who in BU can help them. The event is sure to be of great use to academics and researchers.

More information is available on the staff intranet.

June 10, 2019

Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 2 July: Can you save a life? Exploring the quality of CPR delivered by bystanders

BU research, Events, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Public engagement ballen

Café Scientifique takes place on the first Tuesday evening of the month at Café Boscanova

Enjoy listening to a short talk from our guest speaker before engaging in debate and discussion around that topic

We’ll be joined by Debora Almeida from the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences on Tuesday 2 July from 7:30pm until 9pm (doors open at 6:30pm) No need to register, make sure you get there early though as seats fill up fast!

Can you save a life? Exploring the quality of CPR delivered by bystanders

Cardiac arrest is a sudden stop of the heart due to electrical failure and is a potentially reversible medical emergency yet, if untreated, it can lead to death within minutes. Every year in the UK, around 30,000 people receive resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with survival rates ranging between 2-12%. High quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial in generating circulation to vital organs during cardiac arrest. However, it has been demonstrated that the quality of CPR delivered by a lay person, first aiders and highly-trained-rescuers is often inadequate, inconsistent and with excessive interruption, resulting in reduced chances of survival.

This talk will highlight some of the research taking place at BU into the use of real-time-feedback to improve the retention and quality of CPR skills. You will have the opportunity to learn a bit more about the equipment and practice your CPR skills.

Can you save a life? We think so…

If you have any questions please do get in touch

Find out more about Café Scientifique and sign up to our mailing list to hear about other research events: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/cafe-sci

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

Category / Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team

Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 4 February: Crooked picture frames and ageing of perception

Deadline approaching for the Research Impact Fund 2019/20

Research Impact Fund: drop-in surgeries to support your application

How to turn your Research into Impact

ESRC Festival of Social Science – Part 1

Research Impact Fund: drop-in surgeries to support your application

Making your research more accessible – free webinar from the Physiological Society

Ways of Seeing Sport Coaching Violence – a unique interactive installation

Dr. Jaeyeon Choe’s (Faculty of Management ) research explores whether the tourism boom is a disaster for the poor in rural Indonesia

Forthcoming RKEDF Research Training Events

November

Research training and events coming up soon

Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 3 Sept – Eye Tracking as a Window to the Mind

Eye tracking as a window to the mind

Cafe Scientifique: Can you save a life? Exploring the quality of CPR delivered by bystanders

Cafe Scientifique: The lived media experiences of unaccompanied refugee children in Europe

Research Communication Day

Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 2 July: Can you save a life? Exploring the quality of CPR delivered by bystanders

Other services

Don’t miss a post!

Recent posts

Search by Category

Research Information Network

UKRI

Category / Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team

November

Eye tracking as a window to the mind

Other services

Don’t miss a post!

Recent posts

Search by Category

Search by popular post topics