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This week’s research process seminar. Visual Politics and the Global South. 6th December at 2pm on Zoom

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You are warmly welcomed to this week’s research process seminar. Hosted in FMC but open to all staff and research students

Visual Politics and the Global South – by Dr. Anastasia Veneti (BU) & Dr. Maria Rovisco

The discussion will build on those efforts by various scholars to de-westernise media and communication studies. By drawing on our forthcoming edited collection (Visual Politics in the Global South), we aim to discuss whether there is a distinctive global-south approach to the study of visual politics, as well as how the methodologies, theories and concepts mobilized by visual scholars from the Global South interact with those Northern approaches, concepts and methodologies that constitute the canon of visual politics research.  

6th December at 2pm

https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/9292103478?pwd=UzJnNTNQWDdTNldXdjNWUnlTR1cxUT09

Meeting ID: 929 210 3478

Passcode: rps!4fmc

We hope to see you there

Dan and Sae

New paper FHSS Visiting Faculty

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The latest issue of the journal Performing Ethos: An International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance includes the paper ‘The birth of a lullaby and these COVID years’ by Jillian Ireland, who is BU Visiting Faculty.  Jillian is Visiting Faculty in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) and Professional Midwifery Advocate in Poole Maternity Hospital, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD). 

Her new paper describes the birth (an appropriate verb to be used by a midwife) of a lullaby. This particular lullaby grew from a community-based maternity care intervention.  This project was funded by the Burdett Fund for Nurses, supported by the Foundation of Nursing Studies, and co-created by local women and staff  from maternity, health visiting and the Children’s Centre in the community.  The beautiful illustrations in this paper are by two local artists: Alan Mercel-Sanca and Allison Churchill.

Reference:

Ireland, J. (2022) The birth of a lullaby and these COVID years, Performing Ethos: An International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance, 12: 39–52,  https://doi.org/10.1386/peet_00045_1

Supervisor Lunchbite | Clinical Research Governance and the role of the PGR supervisor

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Hosted by the Doctoral College, these one hour online lunch bite sessions supplement the regular New and Established Supervisory Development Sessions and are aimed at all academic staff who are new to, or experienced at, supervising research degree students and are interested in expanding their knowledge of a specific aspect or process in research degree supervision.

Each session will be led by a senior academic who will introduce the topic, and staff will benefit from discussions aimed at sharing best practice from across BU. Bookings are arranged by Organisational Development.

This session is focused on expanding individuals’ knowledge on the research governance processes and supervisory responsibilities for supporting their PGRs. This discussion will be led by Suzy Wignall, RDS.

Staff attending this session will: 

  • have gained additional knowledge of the research governance approval process
  • have gained an understanding of the role of the Supervisor in supporting PGRs

Further details on the session as well as information on future lunchbite sessions can also be found on the staff intranet.

Date: Wednesday 7 December 2022

Time: 12:00 – 13:00

To book a place on this session please complete the booking form.

Further details and future sessions can also be found on the Supervisory Development Lunchbite Sessions staff intranet page.

Visiting NEOMA Business School

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I was delighted to present the findings of a consultancy project aiming to enhance research governance at the university of Manouba to Professor Mourad Touzani and his team at NEOMA, a leading Business School in Europe. I received excellent feedback that helped me to improve the project and adapt the presentation of the project outcomes to the audience. I have been working on this project with Professor Marcjanna Augustin and Dr Sean Beer. I have also discussed future collaboration with Professor Mourad Touzani.

Congratulations to Dr. Daisy Wiggins

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Congratulations to Midwifery Lecturer Daisy Wiggins on the publication of her paper ‘Could a decision support tool be the key to supporting choice for women regarding place of birth?’ and her co-author Prof. Vanora Hundley.  This paper, based on her Ph.D. studies, has been accepted by the international journal Midwifery (academic publisher = Elsevier).

Doctoral Supervision | New Supervisors Development Workshop

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Whether you are a new supervisor, you plan to be one, or you have experience but are new to Bournemouth University, this development workshop is for you.

The workshop, which is mandatory for new supervisors, offers the necessary knowledge to supervise Postgraduate Research students by placing this knowledge within both the internal and external regulatory framework.

This workshop will cover the following key areas:

  • Nature and scope of doctoral study and the role of a supervisor
  • Code of Practice for Research Degrees at BU, its purpose and operation
  • Monitoring, progression, completion and process of research degrees at BU
  • Importance of diversity, equality and cultural awareness
  • Student recruitment and selection
  • Keeping students on track: motivation and guidance

Book your place onto one of the Doctoral Supervision: New Supervisors Development workshops below. Further details about this workshop can also be found on the staff intranet.

Date Time Location Booking
Thursday 15 December 2022 10:00 – 14:30 Online Book
Thursday 23 February 2023 10:00 – 14:30 Talbot Campus Book
Wednesday 22 March 2023 10:00 – 14:30 Lansdowne Campus Book
Tuesday 16 May 2023 10:00 – 14:30 Talbot Campus Book

 

PGR Amina Hamza talked about mangrove conservation during royal visit in Kenya

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Our PGR Amina Hamza was part of a group hosting the visit of Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway to the Mikoko Pamoja project in Gazi Bay, southern Kenya, on Wednesday 23rd November 2022. Amina guided the Royals’ tour around the mangrove forest and responded to their concerns about the impacts of coastal development in Kenya with insights from her PhD work highlighting the importance of prioritising mangrove conservation to reduce the impact of  flooding and erosion along Kenya’s shoreline.

The Mikoko Pamoja project was the world’s first community-based project selling carbon credits from restoring and protecting mangroves. The project was initiated with the support from the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), where Amina works as a senior scientist. Sweden is the major buyer of the projet’s carbon credits and Norway has supported the Vanga Blue Forest project, which replicates the Mikoko Pamoja project to protect 460 hectares of mangroves closer to the border of Tanzania in southern Kenya. The Royals were accompanied by Kenyan Government dignitaries including the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of the Environment and Forestry, the Governor of Kwale County, the local Member of Parliament, and the CEO and scientists from KMFRI. Part of the joint royal visit was at the invitation of the United Nations Development Programme, to which the Crown Prince is the Goodwill Ambassador and the Crown Princess is an Advocate Emerita for the UN’s Global Sustainable Development Goals.

On 8th November 2022, Amina had her viva, where examiners recommended the award of PhD following minor modifications on her thesis entitled “Understanding changes in mangrove forests and the implications to community livelihood and resource management in Kenya“. Well done, Amina! Amina was supervised by Dr Lu Esteves and Dr Marin Cvitanovic from the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences and Dr James Kairo, from KMFRI.

These photos of Amina and the Royals during their visit to the Mikoko Pamoja project have appeared in the Daily Mail online: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden looks elegant alongside Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon in Kenya | Daily Mail Online

BU PIER (Public Involvement in Education and Research) partnership annual report

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Dear colleagues, we are delighted to share the BU PIER Partnership Annual Report 2021-22 . Every year the annual report provides us with an opportunity to look back at our achievements and impact and to share some highlights from our year. To reflect the significant level of co-production this year with students, PIER members and community organisations, this year’s report is written by people with lived experience and our partners, from their perspective. We hope you enjoy reading about PIER activity and impact and we look forward to hearing your comments. The report reflects some fantastic activity across HSS.

kind regards

Mel, Angela, Pete and Kate

RIP Quantitative Research: Using Game Based Learning to Teach Qualitative Research

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The Mysterious Methods of a Murderer 

During the summer I came up with the idea of creating an innovative teaching tool focusing on qualitative research methods. It was not much of a jump to go to my love of cosy murder mysteries and decided to create a murder mystery game which uses different methodologies as key characters in the game with the student group as the detective.

I enlisted the help of Richard Williams to help me. We wanted to create an immersive experience which used game-based learning to engage the learners in this seminar.

We asked colleagues to play different characters in different scenarios and be filmed, such as, the murder scene, interrogations, secret recordings and the reveal scene. I also wrote diaries and love letters as learning materials with plenty of clues in.

The notion is that each character in the game is a research method or related to research in some way. The characters of the game are, Dr Phenomenology, Professor Grounded Theory, Dr Autoethnography, Professor Biography, Dr Ethnography and Professor Quantitative. Other key characters are also included, Mr Relativism and Mr Positivism, Associate Professor Co-Production and Dr Values as well as Professor Ethics.

The story is as follows; a funding bid is being written to explore why people commit murder. During the write up of the funding bid Professor Quantitative is poisoned. Each character in the game has a unique motive to murder Quantitative and suspicions are high.

To play the game, the learners need to work in teams to investigate who done-it! They are given clues to take them to different places in the building where they will find different materials (films made by us, a virtual simulation of the murderer’s office and also written materials). They have quizzes, puzzles and questions to answer as they navigate the game to help consolidate their learning.

Last week we played the game with third year social work students. The student feedback from playing the game was extremely positive, saying it was fun, engaging, immersive and most importantly, they felt that through playing the game they learnt a lot about qualitative research methods.

Some feedback is as follows:

“It was a fun and different way to learn”

“It was very engaging and interactive; made me develop critical ways of thinking”

“Each character was given a good back story which helped me to learn more about the different types of research”

“The humour helped with engagement and made the experience enjoyable and memorable”

“It was easy to understand, very engaging and inclusive for all”

Dr Louise Oliver
Senior Lecturer in Social Work
LOliver@bournemouth.ac.uk

What is the Metaverse?

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What is the Metaverse?

What is the Metaverse? Expert Panel Online Discussion Tickets, Thu 1 Dec 2022 at 14:00 GMT | Eventbrite

The Metaverse has attracted a great deal of attention and investment over the last 2 years, fuelled in part by coronavirus restrictions on face to face contact, and the opportunity to enrich the internet virtual meeting experience. The fact that the global social media giant Facebook acquired the virtual reality headset developer Oculus and has now changed Facebook branding to “Meta” gives some indication of the business potential of the Metaverse.

For many people in business, the Metaverse is not yet in use as a business tool or a vehicle for improving their internet presence with a Web 3.0 immersive (3D) experience. This panel brings together a selection of leading Metaverse solution providers with a diverse range of approaches and business applications. Each expert panel member has been asked to provide a short (60 second) video to illustrate what their Metaverse looks like and what it is designed to do for business.

This diverse set of Metaverse uses and approaches will set up a panel discussion designed to explore what the Metaverse is today, how it is being used, its value to business and how it is likely to evolve in the future.

The types of metaverse application covered in this panel discussion include :-

• Conferences, Exhibitions and Social Networking

• Brand Identity and Consumer retail experiences

• 3D virtual meeting spaces

• Mirror worlds and NFTs (non fungible tokens)

Our speakers will share their thoughts on these business applications and what are the next likely developments. To join the discussion, add your questions and comments in your chat facility.

Moderator

David Wortley, Virtual Conferences Director, IORMA; Vice President of the International Society of Digital Medicine (ISDM); Founder and CEO of 360in360 Immersive Experiences

David Wortley is the Founder of 360in360 Immersive Experiences and the Virtual Conferences Director at IORMA. In his previous role as Founding Director of the Serious Games Institute (SGI) , David was a Metaverse pioneer and hosted the world’s first hybrid conference in the launch event for the SGI in 2007. At the SGI, he also explored the potential of the Metaverse for mixed reality and integrating real and virtual worlds.

His areas of special interest are technologies for preventative healthcare, collaboration, virtual reality and interactive rich media knowledge sharing. He a professional virtual event facilitator, webinar host and publisher.

Expert Panel

Hanene Maupas, CEO of MEXT B2B Metaverse

Hanene is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the semiconductor and internet industry. Skilled in Management and Sales & Marketing, Strong business development professional graduated from Ecole centrale de Lyon, PhD.

Jennifer Drury, Founder, BrandLab360

In 2016 Jennifer co-founded the company with brand owner Dan O’Connell. BrandLab360 is an innovative digital software solution designed to streamline the wholesale fashion industry, consisting of an intelligent omni-channel back office, bespoke virtual reality showrooms and an immersive digital trade show and fashion network.

BrandLab360 was one of the early adopters of Metaverse technology, using platforms which enable companies of all sizes to elevate their business using virtual reality and gamification.

Stephanie (Hoffmans) Palomino, CPO and General Manager of @Room3D

Stephanie is CPO and General Manager of @Room3D, a @TMRW Foundation Company. She was the former CEO of redlab.group, one of the Top 50 German creatives, according to Business Punk magazine, Author of ‘The Lean-Back Perspective’ and Art Director of logic iOS game Queenrulesgame.com.

For more information about IORMA’s series of webinars and the opportunities to speak in and sponsor, go to IORMA Events.

Congratulations to Dr. Orlanda Harvey on her new publication

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This morning the editor of the international journal Sociological Research Online email to inform us that the paper “Using a range of communication tools to interview a hard-to-reach population” has been accepted for publication [1].  This methods paper, on the topic of conducting in-depth interviews, grew out of Orlanda’s postdoctoral research into support for people who are recreational (non-medical) users of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS).  This is the seventh paper from her PhD research [2-7].

Well done,

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery & Perinatal Health (CMMPH)

 

References:

  1. Harvey, O., van Teijlingen, E., Parrish, M. Using a range of communication tools to interview a hard-to-reach population, Sociological Research Online (accepted).
  2. Harvey, O., van Teijlingen, E. (2022) The case for ‘anabolics’ coaches: selflessness versus self-interest? Performance Enhancement & Health, 10(3) August, 100230
  3. Harvey, O., van Teijlingen, E., Parrish, M. (2022) Mixed-methods research on androgen abuse – a review, Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes 29(6):586-593.
  4. Harvey, O., Parrish, M., van Teijlingen, E, Trenoweth, S. (2021) Libido as a reason to use non-prescribed Anabolic Androgenic Steroids, Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy 29(3):276-288,DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2021.1882940
  5. Harvey, O., Parrish, M., van Teijlingen, E., Trenoweth, S. (2020) Support for non-prescribed Anabolic Androgenic Steroids users: A qualitative exploration of their needs Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy 27(5): 377-386. DOI 10.1080/09687637.2019.1705763
  6. Harvey, O., Keen, S., Parrish, M., van Teijlingen, E. (2019) Support for people who use Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: A Systematic Literature Review into what they want and what they access. BMC Public Health 19: 1024 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7288-x https://rdcu.be/bMFon
  7. Harvey, O., (2019) ECR Spotlight: From Social Work to Studying Steroids, HED Matters 2(2):16-19.

Financial Worries while at University

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Financial Worries of Young People 

In a recent survey conducted by one of the Big-4 accounting firms, 41% of millennials and 46% of Gen Z respondents said they were stressed all or most of the time. About two-thirds of each group identified day-to-day finances and job/career prospects as significant worries. While financial stress is nothing new, the economic impact of the cost-of-living crises, the pandemic and the growing generational wealth gap is exacerbating and complicating the picture in many countries. It’s best to hire a wealth manager who specializes in the type of planning you need, visit https://vigilantwm.com/managing-your-wealth/ to learn more.

Research

Dr Phyllis Alexander, Associate Professor in Accounting and Taxation in the Business School, is currently collecting data for cross-country research into university students’ financial anxiety, financial socialisation, financial literacy, financial behaviour, loss aversion and personality traits.

Survey

This is an open invitation to all BU students interested in participating in the study into financial management behaviour and anxiety of university students. The online survey should only take 5-7 minutes to complete. The data will be used only for statistical analysis and will be treated with strict confidentiality. Thanks to those for taking time to contribute to the research project.

 

BU and SUBU Financial Support Teams

If students would like to speak with someone about concerns, BU and SUBU offer free independent and confidential advice on housing, money and personal matters:

BU’s Student Money Advice Team can be contacted through AskBU by phone, by email or in person from Monday to Friday, between 9am – 5pm (4.30pm Fridays).

  • Call 01202 969696 – option 1
  • Email askbu@bournemouth.ac.uk​
  • Visit us at The Base in Poole House on Talbot Campus, or at the Helpzone in Bournemouth Gateway Building, on Lansdowne Campus.

SUBU – drop in sessions Monday to Friday from 2-4pm or you can email them to request an appointment at subuadvice@bournemouth.ac.uk

New BU midwifery paper published this week

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Congratulations to Prof. Vanora Hundley in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal &Perinatal Health (CMMPH) who published the paper ‘Effective communication: core to promoting respectful maternity care for disabled women’ in the international journal Midwifery. This paper is co-authored with BU Visiting Faculty Jillian Ireland who is Professional Midwifery Advocate at Poole Maternity Hospital, University Hospital Dorset (UHD), and two former BU staff members: Dr. Bethan Collins & Dr. Jenny Hall.

Congratulations,

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Reference: 

Collins, C., Hall, J., Hundley, V., Ireland, J. (2022) Effective communication: core to promoting respectful maternity care for disabled women’, Midwifery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103525

 

 

Professor Debbie Holleys’ work on EU Digital Competence Framework presented at International Conference

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Digital health, wellbeing and security working group lead Dr Anícia Rebelo Trindade 

The European Union (EU) revisited their Digital Competence Framework for citizens last year, with the new version published in April 2022. With EU colleagues, I contributed to the work of the Digital Health and Wellbeing working group. Together we revised and reframed the  Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes statements of the policy for digital health, protecting data and privacy. The research was conducted using a design-based research  (DBR) approach  (Mckenney & Reeves, 2014; Plomp, 2013); this protocol combines theory with practice and is used when complex decisions and multiple voices are to be collated and represented. In this case, the stakeholders comprised experts, volunteers, and Joint Research Centre (JRC) leadership.

From this body of work we have a series of publications underway, and one of these is a Springer Digital health publication, where the full peer reviewed papers from the 16th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA) will be published later this year. Our methodological approach was highly comm

ended by the peer reviewers. The conference is running 20/21 October 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal.

The EU revised framework can be accessed here:

Vuorikari. R., Kluzer, S., & Punie, Y. (2022). DigComp 2.2: The digital competence framework for citizens with new examples of knowledge, skills and attitudes. European Commission. Available: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128415

and our presentation, summarising the work in the paper is available here:

https://www.slideshare.net/debbieholley1/digital-health-and-wellbeing-the-case-for-broadening-the-eu-digcomp-framework

Debbie researches as part of the Nurses for Long Term Health (N4LTH) research group, and the Centre for Media  Practice in Education (CEMP) research group. You can follow her on twitter @debbieholley1 @N4LTH @CEMP_BU