BU Research Blog

FHSS PhD student Hina Tariq has been featured in the frontline magazine of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy with her clinical supervisor, Joel Dunn in an article “Addressing the cost of contractures” . The article highlights her PhD research on the development and validation of a contracture risk assessment tool (ORACLE). Joint contracture is a debilitating condition characterised by the shortening and stiffening of muscles, pose significant challenges for individuals’ mobility and quality of life. A valid and reliable contracture risk assessment tool might have the potential to trigger timely and appropriate referrals and may aid in prompt escalation of early interventions by the specialists aiming to reduce the risk of contracture development or progression of existing contractures.The article also highlights her contribution to a contracture awareness video  developed as part of a QI-driven project with Dorset Healthcare. The evidence behind the content of the video has been generated by her PhD research. The awareness video is developed for carers to highlight the risks associated with the development of joint contractures and the practical preventative steps. This video was co-created as a collaboration between Dorset HealthCare’s clinical staff, the quality improvement team and with support from staff at Encore Care Homes.

You are warmly welcomed to our next research process seminar.
“When you’re stuck, just narrate”: 10 + 1 tips on how to boost your productivity

Description
After years of trial and error, Roman will share some thoughts and tips on how to boost your productivity, focusing on the main challenges of staying focused and motivated. He will demonstrate some of the tools and routines he uses to organise tasks, readings, notes and writing, as well as a few mental strategies on overcoming sticking points. He will also demonstrate the ‘typing pool’ method of kickstarting your writing and overcoming ‘writer’s block’. Please feel free to bring a piece of writing that you’re currently working on or need to get started/done. The aim is to leave the session with a toolkit of practical techniques that can help boost your productivity, confidence and self-esteem. Everyone is welcome but this session may be particularly appropriate for Early Career Researchers (ECRs), Postgraduate Research Students (PGRs) and staff who are juggling fragmented diaries/workloads.

Roman Gerodimos is Professor of Global Current Affairs at Bournemouth University and a faculty member at the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. His research, writing, filmmaking and outreach/impact work focus on the challenges facing democracy due to globalization, digitization and extremism, the ways 21st century citizens engage with the world around them, the psychological drivers of violence, threats to global security, and the role of urban public space, art, media literacy and shame awareness in bridging divides. His latest book is Interdisciplinary Applications of Shame/Violence Theory: Breaking the Cycle (Palgrave Macmillan 2022) and he recently completed his fifth short film (Fellows Hall). https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/rgerodimos

About the research process seminar series:
The purpose of this research seminar series is different to your typical research seminar and conference presentation. Instead of presenting the results and outcomes of research, we want to share good practices around the process of doing research. This might often involve a focus on research methods but it also includes aspects of publishing, writing, time management, career management etc.

The idea here is that the speaker takes us through the anatomy of the project or approach focussing particularly on the process – the challenges, the successes, and the failures. For the audience, we walk away with a practical application of a method or approach we may not be familiar with or may not have applied in this way before. Our ambition is to make us all better researchers as a result.
All welcome

13 Feb at 3pm on Zoom
https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87405070443?pwd=NzJlUk4xWGZDZ0R4blQ4VEhqVTA0QT09

Meeting ID: 874 0507 0443
Passcode: p?6MPyDd

You can also register for the event here: https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpd-yoqTsuHtcYQHIoQWkRTHCCO01Wo_mq

This paper (Trans women and/in sport: Exploring sport feminisms to understand exclusions) was published on-line first on Feb 1st, which is a nice coincidence given it is the start of LGBTQ+ History Month. The aim of the paper is to explore past and present developments in sport feminism to highlight the value of its dynamism to explain, critique, and challenge the current treatment of trans women athletes. The paper highlights the need to further develop, within sport sociology, a de-colonial transfeminism. De-colonial in this context involves post-colonial feminism, black feminism and queer of color critical approaches. It is the 24th peer-reviewed journal article in 24 years by Jayne Caudwell in the Department of Social Sciences and Social Work.

Are you continuing to struggle with COVID-19 symptoms or have been diagnosed with Long COVID-19? Are you interested in understanding how Long COVID-19 impacts the ability to conduct daily activities?

If so please see the below poster and contact us for further information – marmstrong@bournemouth.ac.uk

Expressions of Interest Invited

Following the previous call for membership of the Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Funding Panel, we are now seeking further expressions of interest from the academic community at any career stage. Applicants from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, and from Associate Professors, are particularly welcomed in this call.

What is the Knowledge Exchange & Innovation Funding Panel?

The recently formed panel is reinvigorating how we fund knowledge exchange and innovation projects internally; as a group we are developing a more agile approach to funding allocation and management, enabling collaboration with external partners to become more responsive.

The Value of Panel Membership

Membership of a funding panel enables you to be part of an important decision-making process, making a significant contribution to the direction and impact of knowledge exchange and innovation at the institution and beyond. Working individually and as a team, Panel Members evaluate applications to the internal Higher Education and Innovation Funding stream and other related funds. If you have not been a member of a funding panel previously, this offers an opportunity to develop peer reviewing skills and give back to the academic community by drawing on your expertise and insight working with others from across a range of disciplines and career stages. You will need to be confident in evaluating the merit of applications based on the requirement of the fund, the innovation and rigour of the proposal and to share your thoughts effectively and appropriately with the wider Panel meetings and provide feedback to ensure transparency.

By becoming an Panel Member you will be ensuring that internal funding at BU is used for projects that will have real world impact. It’s also a great opportunity to engage with colleagues and learn about research and knowledge exchange happening across the faculties.

What would I commit to as a Panel Member?

You will have to attend a number of Panel meetings per year, typically 5-6, either in person or online, read and review funding applications and occasionally make agreements via email circulation with the Panel when some detailed feedback maybe required.

Sounds interesting? How to apply:

Please send a short expression of interest, around ¾ of a page, outlining why you think you’re suitable to be a panel member. There is no need to provide a long CV of your expertise, just enough to:

– Tell the Chair and the Panel Members about your field of specialism;

– Highlight any experience you have of peer review and/or panel membership;

– A brief description of the type of skills you can bring (e.g. experience of working with external organisations; good with moderating discussions; able to respectfully challenge the status quo; creative innovation leadership etc.)

And perhaps most importantly:

• Why you want to join the panel . Have you been on a panel before, for example or does your role require you to give feedback on projects? Are you simply keen to be involved? It would be very helpful if you could demonstrate your knowledge of KE, innovation and the impact agenda.

Please email your expression of interest to the Knowledge Exchange Manager,  wsmorrison@bournemouth.ac.uk by 5pm on Wednesday the 24^th January.

Applications from individuals from groups generally underrepresented on University committees/panels (minority ethnic, declared disability) are particularly welcome.