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1 January 2016

First CMMPH editorials of 2016

international, open access, PG research, Publishing, student research Edwin van Teijlingen

Happy New Year and a healthy and successful 2016. I have the pleasure to announce the first two editorials published this year by CMMPH staff and students. Although I am slightly cheating as the editorials were really published yesterday on the very last day of 2015 in the latest edition of the Nepal Journal of Epidemiology. In my defence I didn’t have access to the internet here in Nepal until this afternoon.

The first of the two editorials focuses on small-scale community birth centres in post-earthquake Nepal [1]. The lead author of this editorial our CMMPH PhD student Preeti Mahata and all her co-authors are affiliated with BU. Dr. Pramod Regmi, Dr. Catherine Angell and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen are FHSS staff and Prof. Padam Simkhada and Dr. Brijesh Sathian are both BU Visiting Faculty. Preeti Mahato is conducting her PhD research on birthing centres in Nawalparasi, in the south of Nepal, in an area bordering India.

The second editorial looks at ‘health’ in the recently announced new Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nepal [2]. The concept of health as a human right seems to us quite central in the Nepalese Constitution, considerably more so than in the Constitutions of the USA or the Netherlands, for example. Four of the five authors of this editorial are affiliated with BU, whilst Dr.Puspa Pant is based at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, at the University of the West of England.

The Nepal Journal of Epidemiology is Gold Open Access hence both editorials are freely available to everyone.

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

References:

Mahato, P.K., Regmi, P.R., van Teijlingen, E., Simkhada, P., Angell, C., Sathian, B. (2015) Birthing centre infrastructure in Nepal post 2015 earthquake. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 5(4): 518-519. http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJE/article/view/14260/11579
Simkhada, P., Regmi, P.R., Pant, P.R., van Teijlingen, E., Sathian, B. (2015) Stipulating citizens’ fundamental right to healthcare: Inference from the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nepal 2015. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 5(4); 516-517. http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJE/article/view/14257/11576

30 December 2015

New paper by BU PhD student Preeti Mahato

open access, PG research, Publishing, student research, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Today saw the publication of an academic paper in the World Health Organization’s WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health by FHSS’s PhD student Mrs Preeti Mahato. The paper ‘Access to free health-care services for the poor in tertiary hospitals of western Nepal: a descriptive study’ [1] based on work conducted prior to commencing her PhD thesis in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinal Health (CMMPH). The journal is Open Access and the paper is freely available across the globe, to access online manuscript click here!

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

Reference:

Mahato,P.K, Paudel, G.S. (2015) Access to free health-care services for the poor in tertiary hospitals of western Nepal: a descriptive study. WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 4(2): 167–175.

21 December 2015

Live Migration of Virtual Machines to the Cloud and its associated issues

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We would like to invite you to the latest research seminar of the Creative Technology Research Centre.

Speaker: Ibrahim Mansour

Title: Live Migration of Virtual Machines to the Cloud and its associated issues

Time: 2:00PM-3:00PM

Date: Wednesday 6^th January 2016

Room: P302 LT, Poole House, Talbot Campus

Abstract: Cloud computing provides users the ability to access shared, online computing resources. However, providers often offer their own proprietary applications, interfaces, APIs and infrastructures, resulting in a heterogeneous cloud environment. This heterogeneous environment makes it difficult for users to change cloud service providers; exploring capabilities to support the automated migration from one provider to another is an active, open research area. Many standards bodies (IEEE, NIST, DMTF and SNIA), industry (middleware) and academia have been pursuing approaches to reduce the impact of vendor lock-in by investigating the cloud migration problem at the level of the VM. However, the migration downtime, decoupling VM from underlying systems and security of live channels remain open issues. This talk focuses on analysing recently proposed live, cloud migration approaches for VMs at the infrastructure level in the cloud architecture. The talk will highlight issues with flexibility, performance, and security of the approaches, including additional loads to the CPU and disk I/O drivers of the physical machine where the VM initially resides. Finally, the talk will introduce how a new approach, LibZam (Libya Zamzem) will be developed. LibZam is a tangible system that will work towards addressing the identified limitations.

We hope to see you there.

16 December 2015

Public Engagement & Impact Event!

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The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences held a public engagement and impact event for postgraduate researchers and staff on Tuesday 15^th December. The event was chaired by Zoë Sheppard, Impact Champion for the Faculty, and Vanora Hundley, the Deputy Dean for Research and Professional Practice, took time out of her busy schedule to attend. Genna West, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Manager, kicked off by presenting the difference between public engagement and impact before Naomi Kay, Public Engagement Officer, outlined the internal and external public engagement activities. One of the co-founders of our local Café Scientifique, Sharon Docherty, then provided an overview of the initiative as well as describing a feedback session for research participants.

Angela Warren went onto present the fantastic resource that is the Carer and Service User Partnership and how they can help in public engagement and impact activities before Clare Farrance ‘got us on our feet’ presenting her experiences of informing practitioners as well as an exciting planned photo exhibition. After these inspirational presentations, attendees had a chance to plan their own public engagement and impact events before mince pies and mulled wine were consumed! Many thanks to everyone involved and may 2016 be full of public engagement and impact!

15 December 2015

Upcoming ‘Ageing Well Photographic Exhibition’ supported by British Society of Gerontology

Awarded & submitted bids, Knowledge Exchange, PG research, Public engagement, student research cfarrance

Public engagement and impact are important to consider if we want our research to make a difference. In response to this, one PhD student from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences will use photographs to creatively disseminate research findings. The ‘Ageing Well Photographic Exhibition’ will share about the role community based exercise programmes play in adding to the health and wellbeing of older people. It will also be a great opportunity to showcase the positive aspects of active ageing.

To support the event Michele Board and Clare Farrance have been successful in securing a grant from the British Society of Gerontology. The support of the BSG for the event is a valuable endorsement of the important topic of positive ageing and enhancing our understanding of later life.

More details will be posted closer to the time of the event launch. In the meantime if you have any questions feel free to contact Clare at cfarrance@bournemouth.ac.uk

14 December 2015

Santander Mobility Awards 8 x £1000 available

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Dear all,

Just a gentle reminder that the Graduate School is offering 8 x £1000 Santander Mobility Awards. These mobility awards can be used for attending conferences, undertaking a specific piece of research or to build/develop links with international researchers. This call is open to applications from any BU PGR (including MRes & MPhil), irrespective of mode of study (fulltime/ part-time); nationality (Home, EU or International) or funding status (BUstudentships / externally funded / self-funded). Awards made will cover only direct costs (travel; subsistence; training or development costs).

To apply:

Before applying please read the terms and conditions of the competition here: Santander Mobility Awards policy and complete Santander Mobility Awards application form

All applications must be sent via email to: gsfunding@bournemouth.ac.uk

Deadline for applications: Monday 11th January 2016, 17:00 GMT

In addition, please note this is a highly competitive funding stream and all applicants will be informed of the panels decision shortly after the deadline date.

Season’s greetings and good luck!

8 December 2015

The 3 Minute Presentation (3MP) is back for February

PG research, Public engagement jnugent

Dear all,

After the successful launch of the 3 Minute Presentation event (3MP) in December – we’ve decided to organise the next one for Wednesday 24th February 2016 at Talbot Campus in the run upto the 8th Annual Postgraduate Conference. To remind you, the 3MP format is an exciting way to learn about research in a bitesize and engaging way. If you missed the last 3MP event we had talks from each Faculty and some very topical subjects.

If you’d like to get involved in presenting please complete the 3MP application form here and submit it to pgevents@bournemouth.ac.uk before the 8th February 2016.

To attend please book your ticket via this link: 3MP Tickets

Here are just a few testimonials from our presenters:

Maria Musarskaya, Faculty of Management: “This was a great opportunity for us to share our research, to hear about other research that is taking place within the PGR community, to meet new PhDs & staff from across BU.”

Adrian Butterworth, Faculty of Media and Communication: “Great event and fantastic opportunity – has really concentrated my thoughts going forward…”

Dominique Mylod, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences: “Thank you so much for an enjoyable event and I had an adrenaline buzz for a couple of days.”

3MP December

7 December 2015

New joint AECC and FHSS publication

PG research, Publishing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to Joyce Miller, Monica Beharie and Elisabeth Simmenes based at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC) and FHSS’s Alison Taylor and Sue Way who just had their paper ‘Parent reports of exclusive breastfeeding after attending a combined midwifery and chiropractic feeding clinic in the UK: A cross sectional service evaluation’ accepted in the journal Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine.

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

7 December 2015

BU student quoted in The New York Times!

international, Knowledge Transfer, PG research, Publishing, student research Edwin van Teijlingen

FHSS PhD student Rachel Arnold has been quoted in of one world’s most famous newspapers The New York Times. Late last week on Dec. 4th The New York Times published an article under the heading ‘Reported Gains in Afghan Maternal Health Are Found to Be Implausible’ [1]. Rachel Arnold was interviewed since her PhD study, based in CMMPH, focuses on maternity care in one of the larger hospitals in the Afghan capital Kabul. Rachel has also published an excellent paper from her research in Afghanistan in the scientific journal BJOG [2]. Her paper analyses the culture of a Kabul maternity hospital to understand its impact on the care of perinatal women and their babies. The paper is published in Gold Open Access, hence freely available to audiences across the globe,

Congratulations.

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health

References:

Nordland. R. ‘Reported Gains in Afghan Maternal Health Are Found to Be Implausible’ The New York Times Dec 4th, 2015, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/world/asia/afghanistan-maternal-mortality-rate.html
Arnold R, van Teijlingen E, Ryan K, Holloway I. Understanding Afghan health care providers; a qualitative study of the culture of care in a Kabul maternity hospital. BJOG 2015: 122(2): 260–267.

7 December 2015

Latest co-creation paper hot off the press! Study investigated the mechanism of spinal manipulation.

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Does cervical lordosis change after spinal manipulation for non-specific neck pain? A prospective cohort study

C-spine QF image for Chiro and Man Therapies

The mechanism for spinal manipulation in the treatment of pain is unknown. One mechanism proposed in the literature is that neck pain might be alleviated by changing or ‘correcting’ the alignment of the cervical spine (normal is considered to be a lordosis or lordotic curve – curving in towards the body). We decided to put this idea to the test in an undergraduate student project at AECC. Mike Shilton, a third year chiropractic student at the time, measured the angle of the cervical spine on x-ray images taken of patients and healthy volunteers that I had recruited for my PhD research. In that research, briefly, patients received spinal manipulation over 4 weeks, while healthy volunteers did not. Both groups had motion x-rays taken at baseline and 4-week follow-up. By using the first static image of each motion sequence we were able to investigate whether the cervical spine alignment or lordosis changed in the patient group, and whether such changes were greater than that in the healthy group not receiving treatment.

For the statistical analysis Mike was assisted by another student, Bas Penning de Vries. After the study it was proposed to the two students, by me and Professor Alan Breen, that they have a go at writing up the study for publication, with our assistance of course. Happily, they decided to do so. It might have been at times a painful process for them (most worthwhile things seem to be!), but they persevered and now it is published in a peer-reviewed open access journal! A great achievement for them, a publication already as they begin their clinical careers.

This co-created paper was a valuable exercise for the two undergraduate students, getting to learn about the research process, statistical analysis, publication and dissemination. An obvious benefit of co-creation to academics is that the workload of a project is spread throughout a larger team, albeit the students require support -but the time invested in that support should pay off. For instance, Mike and Bas brought a fresh perspective to the team, posing well considered questions and suggestions that could be taken on board to improve the robustness of my own work and lines of argument. And of course, we now have a publication that would have taken much longer to get to press had I not had their assistance in writing it. In other words, with co-creation, everyone stands to gain.

Dr Jonny Branney

3 December 2015

Dr. Dinusha Mendis disseminates Government-funded research on the IP implications of 3D Printing at invited talks in UK and EU (Part II)

Awarded & submitted bids, conferences, Knowledge Transfer, PG research, Public engagement, REF Subjects, Research themes cippm

In April 2015, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) published three reports reflecting a legal and empirical study into the intellectual property (IP) implications of 3D printing. The project – commissioned by the UKIPO – was awarded to Bournemouth University and was led by Dr. Dinusha Mendis.

Together with Dr. Mendis, the research team consisted of Dr. Davide Secchi (Southern University, Denmark; previously Bournemouth University at the time of conducting the research) and Dr. Phil Reeves (Econolyst Ltd – now Stratasys Strategic Consulting Ltd).

All three reports can be found here and further information about the project, including research findings and recommendations for the UK Government, Industry and Intermediaries can be found here.

Since the publication of the reports, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) has been invited to deliver a number of talks in UK and Abroad, thereby reflecting the impact of the research.

This blog-post, highlights the invited talks in EU. For the dissemination of research in UK, please see here.

34th ECTA Conference, Hamburg, Germany

On 12 June 2015, Dr. Mendis was invited to present the research at the European Communities Trade Mark Association 34th Annual Conference in Hamburg. The Conference took place from 10-13 June 2015 and Dr. Mendis spoke on the copyright implications of 3D printing based on the findings from the UKIPO project.

Dr. Mendis spoke on the topic as part of a Panel exploring the challenges to copyright law, which also included Professor Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy, Cardiff University UK and author of the Hargreaves Review 2011.

For further information, please see here.

MAPPING Project, First General Assembly, Hannover, Germany

From 22-23 September 2015, the First General Assembly of the FP7-funded MAPPING Project was held in Hannover, Germany at the Hannover Congress Centrum.

MAPPING – Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and Internet Governance brought together stakeholders from three key areas including Internet Governance, Privacy and Intellectual Property.

Dr. Mendis was invited to speak in the Intellectual Property Panel titled ‘The EU IP Reform: Unlocking Culture, Stimulating Progress’. As part of the talk, Dr. Mendis was invited to speak on the UKIPO 3D Printing project.

Further information about the event can be found here.

OHIM Enforcement Conference, Alicante Spain

In November (18-20 November 2015) Dr. Mendis was invited by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) in Alicante Spain. The 3-day event organised by OHIM, Europol and Eurojust explored issues on tackling enforcement in relation to the infringement of copyright and design law.

The event was attended by policy makers, law makers, customs and border protection officials, investigators, criminal analysts and industry experts amongst others.

Dr. Mendis presented at this conference together with with Dr. Davide Secchi (co-author of Study 1 of the UKIPO Project) and member of the research team which carried out the Commissioned work for the UKIPO.

Dr. Mendis and Dr. Secchi presented the research carried out particularly for Study 1 of the UKIPO project, but also took the opportunity to speak on next steps and future projects – in taking forward the UKIPO Project.

In this regard, Dr. Mendis spoke briefly about the work being carried out for the newly funded project considering a legal and empirical case study on 3D printing, 3D scanning and mass customisation of ancient and modern jewellery.

For more information about the new project, please see here. For further information about OHIM’s event, please see here.

FORUM Institut Management GmbH, 3D Printing and IP, Munich, Germany

On 1 December 2015, FORUM Institüt fur Management GmbH hosted an international conference exploring 3D Printing and IP Rights. The conference brochure including further details and speakers can be found here.

Dr. Mendis was invited to speak on the UKIPO Project with a particular focus on the implications for IP as a result of 3D online platforms as well as its impact on the industrial sector.

The presenters were drawn from industry, professional practice and academia thereby providing for a vibrant discussion.

3 December 2015

Dr. Dinusha Mendis disseminates Government-funded research on the IP implications of 3D Printing at invited talks in UK and EU (Part I)

Awarded & submitted bids, conferences, Knowledge Transfer, PG research, Post-award, Public engagement, REF Subjects, Research themes cippm

In April 2015, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) published three reports reflecting a legal and empirical study into the intellectual property (IP) implications of 3D printing. The project – commissioned by the UKIPO – was awarded to Bournemouth University and was led by Dr. Dinusha Mendis.

Together with Dr. Mendis, the research team consisted of Dr. Davide Secchi (Southern University, Denmark; previously Bournemouth University at the time of conducting the research) and Dr. Phil Reeves (Econolyst Ltd – now Stratasys Strategic Consulting Ltd).

All three reports can be found here and further information about the project, including research findings and recommendations for the UK Government, Industry and Intermediaries can be found here.

Since the publication of the reports, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) has been invited to deliver a number of invited talks in UK and Abroad, thereby reflecting the impact of the research.

This blog-post highlights the invited talks in UK. For dissemination of research in the EU, please see here.

Plymouth Law School, One Day Workshop on CSR

On 28 August 2015, Plymouth Law School held a one-day workshop, titled, ‘Valuing Knowledge, Creativity and Innovation: Relating Corporate Social Responsibility to Copyright Law’.

The workshop considered the prospect of practising Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in relation to copyright, where similar ideas of corporate social awareness have already applied to other areas of intellectual property protection.

Dr. Mendis explored the issue from the angle of emerging technologies and gave a presentation titled ‘Printing the Future: Is there a Need for Regulation? The Copyright Implications of 3D Printing’.

Other invited speakers on the day included, amongst others, Professor Charlotte Waelde, Professor of Intellectual Property, Exeter University and Dr. Abbe Brown, Reader and Deputy Head of the Law School, University of Aberdeen.

Please see here for further information.

EPIP Conference 2015, CREATe, University of Glasgow

From 2-3^rdSeptember 2015, CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy at the University of Glasgow hosted the 10th Annual Conference of European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP). The event explored intellectual property from an economic, legal and political perspective considering its impact in the creative economy with a focus on copyright, data and the changing economics of the digital world.

Dr. Mendis presented and led a panel titled ‘A Legal and Empirical Study into the Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing – Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations’. The panel consisted of the research team, which carried out the research for the UKIPO Project, with a Panel member from the UKIPO outlining the next steps in relation to policy in the area of 3D printing and IP Law.

Together with Dr. Mendis, other Panel members included Dr. Davide Secchi (University of Southern Denmark), Ms. Sophie Jones (for Dr. Phil Reeves) (Stratasys Strategic Consulting) and Ms. Pippa Hall of the UK Intellectual Property Office.

Further information this event can be found here and further information about the conference including presentations from both days can be found here.

IPAN Event, London

On 11 November 2015, the Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN) hosted an evening event, which explored 3D printing from an industry perspective as well as from a legal (IP) perspective. IPAN is a non-profit organisation working to improve understanding of patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and other IP rights and their value to society.

IPAN is chaired by CIPPM Associate Director, Professor Ruth Soetendorp.

Dr. Mendis was invited to deliver a talk highlighting the research findings, conclusions and recommendations of the UKIPO Project and its implications for IPAN’s membership. Dr. Mendis spoke alongside Mr. Paul Gately, EMEA Manager of 3D Systems.

3D Printing Panel and Poster Presentation at University of Liverpool

On 11 December 2015, Dr. Mendis will form part of a panel exploring the topic of 3D printing and its implications for IP law, from a broader perspective at the University of Liverpool.

26 November 2015

PG Researcher Development Programme

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What’s coming up in December:

3 December – SPSS Workshop 8: Factor Analysis – Discriminant Function Analysis
7 December – An Introduction to Focus Groups
9 December – Academic Assertiveness
9 December – The Transfer Process
10 December – SPSS Workshop 9: Binomial/Binary Logistic Regression
10 December – Introduction to Nvivo (Day 1)
11 December – Advanced Nvivo (Day 2 ) – Limited Places and by invitation only. Attendance at Day 1 is mandatory
14 December – Interviewing in semi-structured interviews
16 December – Preparing for your Initial Review

Booking is via myBU Graduate School PGR Community (don’t forget to log on using your student username and password).

If you have any questions about the PGR Programme, please contact Clare Cutler, Research Skills Development Officer via email: pgrskillsdevelopment@bournemouth.ac.uk

25 November 2015

Robust Semi-supervised Nonnegative Matrix Factorization

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We would like to invite you to the latest research seminar of the Creative Technology Research Centre.

Speaker: Jing Wang

Title: Robust Semi-supervised Nonnegative Matrix Factorization

Time: 2:00PM-3:00PM

Date: Wednesday 2^nd December 2015

Room: P302 LT, Poole House, Talbot Campus

Abstract: Clustering aims to organize a collection of data items into clusters, such that items within a cluster are more “similar” to each other than to those in the other clusters, which has been used in many fields, including machine learning, pattern recognition, image analysis, information retrieval, and bioinformatics. Clustering is usually performed when no information is available concerning the membership of data items to predefined classes. For this reason, it is traditionally seen as part of unsupervised learning. However, in reality, it is often the case that some data information (e.g. labels) is available and could be used to bias the clustering for producing considerable improvements in learning accuracy. Also, data have some new challenges, such as high- dimensionality, sparsity, containing noises and outliers, etc. This motivates us to develop new technology to deal with this kind of complex data. To address all these issues, we propose semi-supervised nonnegative matrix factorization approaches. Experiments carried on well-known data sets demonstrate the effectiveness.

We hope to see you there.

19 November 2015

3 minute presentation (3MP) – tickets available

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The 3 Minute Presentation (3MP) is a brand new platform just for postgraduate researchers to learn about different types of research across BU in a fresh exciting format.

We have several excting presentations falling into the following categories:

Dementia
Sport Psychology
Biomechanics & Prosthetics
Consumer Behaviour
Governance & Risk Management
Narratology & Transmedia
Sustainability & Consumption
Nursing and Midwifery

When? Wednesday 2nd December 2015 18:00 – 19:30 (Talbot Campus)

Along with these exicting presentations there will be an opportunity to ask questions and network after the event in a secret location!

If you are curious about the event or want to meet some like-minded individuals please don’t hesitate to book your 3MP ticket here.

If you have any questions about the event please email: pgevents@bournemouth.ac.uk

We look forward to seeing you there!

18 November 2015

CIPPM Project Copyrightuser.org wins AHRC Research in Film Award

Awarded & submitted bids, Fusion Investment Fund, PG research, Post-award, Public engagement, REF Subjects, Research themes cippm

An animated film on Copyrightuser.org titled The Adventure of the Girl with the Light Blue Hair won an AHRC Research in Film Award on 12 November 2015 at an Awards Ceremony hosted at the British Film Institute, Southbank London.

Copyrightuser.org is an online resource, which makes copyright law accessible to creators, teachers, students and members of the public. The project began with Bournemouth University’s Fusion Investment Fund in 2012 after which, the project has been successfully funded by RCUK/AHRC since 2013.

It is a collaborative project carried out by the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) Bournemouth University and CREATe, University of Glasgow.

The animated film was short-listed for the AHRC 10^th Anniversary Research in Film Award within the category Award for Innovation in Film – Best Film in the Year and beat another four contenders to win the award.

The panel of judges – consisting of industry and academic experts such as film director Beeban Kidron, Financial Times Arts Editor Jan Dalley, and actor and producer Diana Quick – described the film as “a well-constructed, quality animation addressing issues of creativity, IP and copyright for schools and undergraduates: lively, engaging, witty (à la Sherlock Holmes mode), informative and educating at the same time.”

The Adventure of the Girl with the Light Blue Hair is the first episode of The Game is On!, web series and is produced by Mr. Bartolomeo Meletti (CREATe, University of Glasgow) and Professor Ronan Deazley (Queens University Belfast). The film draws inspiration from Sherlock Holmes and other well-known copyright and public domain works and provides a springboard for exploring various copyright concepts.

It forms part of a suite of online learning materials for students and teachers in the UK while educating the wider public about what can and cannot be done with copyright works. To achieve this aim, researchers working on Copyrightuser.org produced both video and textual material.

The animated film is enhanced by 12 ‘Case Files’ authored by Ms. Hayleigh Bosher and Dr. Dinusha Mendis (CIPPM, Bournemouth University), which draws on the various elements of the film to explore key principles and ideas underpinning copyright law, creativity, and the limits of lawful appropriation and reuse.

The educational materials also include Copyright for A Level Media Studies authored by Ms. Hayleigh Bosher and Dr. Dinusha Mendis (CIPPM, Bournemouth University) – an educational web resource which addresses the AS/A Level Unit Critical Perspectives in Media, Section B: Contemporary Media Issues.

The AHRC Research in Film Awards is designed to recognise the creative and innovative work being undertaken at the interface between research and film. All the winners and full versions of the films can be seen here.

18 November 2015

Talk by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers cancelled

conferences, Fusion, PG research, Research Ethics, Women's Academic Network Mastoureh Fathi

Unfortunately we are cancelling the talk: Ethnographies of Memory – the cultural reproduction of militancy in Kosovo by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers. We apologise for the late notice. This is because the Women Academic Network talk has been rescheduled this morning for the same time slot (see below). Dr Schwandner-Sievers will give her talk at a later date to avoid some people having to make a choice.

Polly Trenow (Fawcett Society)
‘Feminism in practice – does activism really work?’
Wednesday 18th November
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2-4pm (with networking 3-4pm)

For any questions, please get in touch with Dr Masi Fathi (mfathi@bournemouth.ac.uk)

14 November 2015

Successful ESRC Festival of Social Sciences in EBC today

Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Transfer, PG research, student research, Women's Academic Network Edwin van Teijlingen

This afternoon Prof. Jonathan Parker introduced the final of three session in the Executive Business Centre under the title ‘Enhancing social life through global social research: Part 3. Social science research in diverse communities’. This session was well attended and coveredwas a wide-range of interesting social science research topics.

Professor of Sociology Ann Brooks started off the session with her presentation on ‘Emotional labour and social change.’ She was followed by Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen who gave an overview of research in Nepal. FHSS PhD student Andy Harding introduced his thesis research into ‘Information provision and housing choices for older people.’ At this point Prof. Brooks gave her second talk on ‘Risk and the crisis of authenticity in cities’. Social Anthropologist Dr. Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers spoke about her research on ‘Reconciliation and engaged ethnography in the Balkans.’ Dr. Hyun-Joo Lim highlighted her study on ‘North Korean defectors in the UK’ and the session was completed by Dr. Mastoureh Fathi who presented her analysis of parenting books for Muslim parents in the UK.

This was the last day of the ESRC Festival of Social Science at which Bournemouth University was extremely well presented!

Thank you to my colleagues for organising this and the ESRC for funding the events!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

(medical sociologist)

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New paper by BU PhD student Preeti Mahato

Live Migration of Virtual Machines to the Cloud and its associated issues

Public Engagement & Impact Event!

Upcoming ‘Ageing Well Photographic Exhibition’ supported by British Society of Gerontology

Santander Mobility Awards 8 x £1000 available

The 3 Minute Presentation (3MP) is back for February

New joint AECC and FHSS publication

Latest co-creation paper hot off the press! Study investigated the mechanism of spinal manipulation.

Dr. Dinusha Mendis disseminates Government-funded research on the IP implications of 3D Printing at invited talks in UK and EU (Part II)

Dr. Dinusha Mendis disseminates Government-funded research on the IP implications of 3D Printing at invited talks in UK and EU (Part I)

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Robust Semi-supervised Nonnegative Matrix Factorization

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CIPPM Project Copyrightuser.org wins AHRC Research in Film Award

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