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Working with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Themis Foundation in Andorra. School of Tourism’s Adele Ladkin on her FIF Staff Mobility Funding

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In September of last year, Professor Adele Ladkin received funding from the FIF staff mobility strand to undertake two visits to the UNWTO.Themis Foundation Headquarters in Andorra. 

As part of its Capacity Building Programme, UNWTO.Themis provides educational courses for tourism industry experts.  Due to the demand for different topics, subject experts from the tourism industry and public sector are recruited as facilitators to deliver the courses.

Adele has just returned from her first visit to Andorra where she and Ms Sònia Figueras, the UNWTO.Capacity Programme manager at the UNWTO.Themis Foundation have been writing a teaching guide, and developing an intensive training course for the facilitators.

As a provider of educational courses, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is committed to sharing best practice in tourism teaching and learning. The purpose of the course is to assist and train facilitators to provide UNWTO Themis courses.  Along with practical guidance, the course aims to ensure that facilitators understand and articulate the philosophy and strategic issues of the UNWTO, UNWTO.Themis and their programmes.

The visit provided an excellent opportunity for knowledge exchange, with Adele gaining an insight into the latest educational activities being undertaken by UNWTO.Themis, and for her to share her expertise in developing tourism educational materials.  As Adele states:  “This has been a very intensive visit with us working collectively on the educational materials.  It also gave me the opportunity to discuss the potential for further research collaboration, which is great news for the School of Tourism and BU.”  Adele will return to Andorra for the second visit later in the year.

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Richard Berger and the CEMP team (MS) for securing a number of CPD contracts with various individuals / organisations, Keith Brown (HSC) for securing four contracts with county councils, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for winning two contracts with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, Peter Thomas (HSC) for winning funds from the NIHR for the PREVIEW project (in collaboration with Keele), John Tarrant (HSC) for organising an event on patient care in anaesthesia, Carol Bond and Louise Worswick (HSC) for securing funding from Dorset PCT, and to Jo Tyler (MS) for winning a contract with Best Rate Deals Ltd.

Congratulations are also due to Steve Calver and the MRG team in ST for securing a number of contracts, Charlie Wilkinson (BS) for securing a significant number of CPD contracts with Guernsey Training Agency, Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Archaeology team (ApSci) for a contract with Swanage Town Council to undertake some 3D scanning, Mark Dover (ApSci) for a couple of contracts with Dataloft, Mark Maltby (ApSci) for winning a couple of small contracts with English Heritage. David Osselton (ApSci) for securing a consultancy contract with the Home Office, Dave Parham (ApSci) for securing funds from English Heritage to continue the SWASH project, Roger Herbert (ApSci) for organising the Marine Taxonomy and Habitat Survey in May 2012, Jian Jun Zhang (MS) for organising the Computer Graphics International conference in June 2012, and to Liam Toms (MS) for a contract with KidZone Direct.

Good luck to Anthea Innes (HSC) for submitting a large bid to the EC FP7 Health programme in collaboration with 2 UK institutions and 5 institutions in the EU, Alessandro Inversinii (ST) for a bid to the EC, Kip Jones (HSC) for a bid to the AHRC to continue impact work from the Rufus Stone film, Zulfiqar Khan and Mark Hadfield (DEC) for submitting a bid to Interreg on the Green Energy Channel Cluster, Tania Humphries-Smith (DEC) and David Kilburn (ST) who both submitted bids to the HEA’s Teaching Development Grant scheme, Fabian Homberg, David Secchi, Dinusha Mendis and Martin Kretschmer (BS) for a collaborative bid to the Intellectual Property Office, Howard Davis and Melanie Klinkner (BS) for a bid to the Nuffield Foundation, Keith Brown (HSC) for a bid to the States of Jersey Community and Social Services, Adam Blake (ST) for a bid to Matrix Evidence Ltd, David Kilburn (ST) for a bid to Philips Lighting Ltd, Ann Hemingway (HSC) for a couple of bids to NHS Bournemouth and Poole, Clive Andrewes (HCS) for a number of bids for PDU accreditations and re-accreditations, Daniel Franklin (ApSci) for a bid to Marine Management Organisation, Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Arch team for a bid to the British Museum, and to Jacqui Hewitt-Taylor, Carol Bond and Melanie Ledwith (HSC) for a bid to the Sir Halley Stewart Trust.

Good luck to the academics in the School of Tourism who have submitted a collaborative bid to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Adam Blake, John Fletcher, Alan Fyall, Stephen Page, John Brackstone, Neelu Seetaram, Phil Alford, Steve Richards, Steve Calver).

BU submitted a number of applications to the HEA’s Doctoral Programme – good luck to Adele Ladkin and Lorraine Brown (ST), Mike Molesworth (MS), Richard Berger (MS), David John (DEC), and Jenny Moon (MS). Good luck to you all!

Matthew

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

I am delighted to be able to congratulate Richard Berger and Bronwen Thomas / Julia Round in the Media School for being awarded grants from the AHRC! Congratulations – this is a huge success and a great achievement for the University.

Also in the Media School congratulations are due to Kris Erikson for winning a grant from the Intellectual Property Office to undertake a project to inform the Hargreaves Review, Rosie Cullen for arranging the Southern Script Festival 2, Stephanie Farmer (Red Balloon) for securing a contract with New Master Planning to produce a short film, Matt Northam for winning another contract with Drum Cussac, Jon Wardle for securing a contract with Sony to provide CPD, Richard Berger for arranging the CEMP Media Education Summit 2012, and to Graham Goode for winning a contract with Dorset Wildlife Trust,

Congratulations are also due to Richard Stillman in the School of Applied Sciences for winning a contract with Ducks Unlimited to undertake bird modelling in the Humboldt Bay, Bronwen Russell and Jonathan Monteith for winning a contract with Dorset Ecology, and to Kathy Hodder for securing a contract with Fieldwork Ecological Services.

In HSC, congratulations are due to Joanne Holmes for securing a contract with Partners in Care, and to Peter Thomas, Zoe Sheppard and Sarah Thomas for winning a contract to deliver consultancy services to Poole Hospital NHS Trust.

In the School of Tourism congratulations to Adam Blake who has secured a small consultancy contract with Tourism Respect.

Good luck to Richard Stillman (ApSci) with a bid to Darts Farm, Fabian Homberg (BS) for submitting a bid to the Intellectual Property Office, Martin Kretschmer (BS) for submitting a large bid to the AHRC, Carol Bond and Marilyn Cash (HSC) for a bid to Bournemouth and Poole PCT to evaluate the implementation and use of RISC software, Anthea Innes and Michele Board (HSC) for a bid to the NIHR, Tim Darvill and Bronwen Russell (ApSci) for a bid to English Heritage to continue the AIP project, Christos Gatzidis (DEC) for a bid to the European Commission, Carrie Hodges (MS) for submitting a bid to the British Academy to investigate transforming promotional cultures, Stephanie Farmer (MS) for a collaborative bid with Bovington Tank Museum to REACT, Jenny Piesse (BS) for a bid to the ESRC’s follow-on fund, Martin Kretschmer (BS) for an FP7 bid to the European Commission, Anthea Innes, Edwin van Teijlingen, Sarah Hean, Marilyn Cash, Fran Biley, Lee-Ann Fenge, Helen Buckley (HSC) for a bid to the Joseph Rowntree Society to review risk, trust and relationships in an aging society, Jonathan Parker (HSC) for a bid to the Higher Education Academy’s Doctoral Programme, and finally to Dan Franklin (ApSci) for a bid to NERC’s New Investigator Grant call. Good luck to you all!

Matthew

BU academics win AHRC grant!

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We heard some excellent news at the end of last week that BU academics Dr Bronwen Thomas and Dr Julia Round, both based in the Media School, have been awarded funding from the AHRC!

The research project, due to start imminently, aims to understand the impact of digital transformations on the reading process. Digital technologies have made it much easier for readers to participate in a wide range of activities around their reading, including connecting with other readers, commenting on a range of texts, and even writing stories themselves.  Online communities and fan forums present researchers with a wealth of data not only on what readers are reading, but how they are reading and engaging with texts. This data is potentially invaluable, especially in a context where reading is supposedly in decline, and where new devices such as ereaders are threatening to supplant the printed book.  This project will investigate the implications of these changes, and how they may potentially benefit a wide range of stakeholders, including those working in education and in the creative industries, as well as academics interested in readers and audiences.  The research will provide insights into emerging forms, practices and epistemologies amongst readers, while also reflecting on the ethical and methodological implications for researchers engaged in this kind of activity.

This is an excellent achievement, congratulations Bronwen and Julia 🙂

Bronwen and Julia’s successful proposal was reviewed internally via our internal peer review scheme (the RPRS) prior to submission, and they also received support from Martin Pickard during one of his grant writing sessions. BU regularly hosts these sessions with Martin – keep an eye on the Blog for the next one to be advertised! It is strongly advised that all research proposals are reviewed via the RPRS prior to submission. See our RPRS webpage or contact Caroline O’Kane for further details.

Good Luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

There have been a number of strong Research Council bids submitted since my last email, most of which have been run through our internal peer review scheme (the RPRS) which is great news – good luck therefore to Venky Dubey (DEC) for submitting large bids to both the MRC and the NIHR, Barry Richards (MS) for a bid on interactive extremism submitted to the AHRC, Bronwen Thomas (MS) for submitting a bid on researching readers online to the AHRC, Neal White (MS) for being part of a large multi-institution bid submitted to the ESRC’s joint council Connected Communities scheme, and to Genoveva Esteban (ApSci) for a bid on food webs to NERC. One cross-School bid has been submitted this period – good luck to Peter Thomas and Zoe Sheppard (HSC) and Samuel Nyman (DEC) who submitted a joint bid on reducing falls for inpatients with dementia to the NIHR, an excellent example of cross-School working.

Good luck to Cornelius Ncube (DEC) for a systems design bid to the BBC, Hywel Dix (MS) for submitting a bid to the Leverhulme Trust’s Senior Research Fellowships call, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for a bid to Wiltshire Community Health Services to run some study days, Mark Dover (ApSci) for a bid to Dataloft to produce some GIS images, Steve Calver (and the MRG team) (ST) for a bid to NHS Bristol, Karina Gerdau-Radonic (ApSci) for a bid to the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Barry Surman (ST) for submitting a shorter KTP application, Richard Fisher (HSC) for a collaborative bid led by Imperial College to the Newman Foundation, Rob Britton (ApSci) for a bid to DEFRA, Kris Erickson (MS) and Fabian Homberg (BS) who each submitted a bid to the Intellectual Property Office, Rob Britton and Josie Pegg (ApSci) who have submitted a studentship bid to the FSBI, Dave Parham (ApSci) for a large bid to English Heritage, Samuel Nyman (DEC) and Jan Weiner (DEC) for each submitting a PhD studentship proposal to Age UK, Matt Northam (MS) for a bid to Drum Cussac, Tomasz Kakareko (ApSci) for a bid to the Fisheries Society of Great Britain, and to Richard Stillman (ApSci) for a second bid to Halcrow Ltd to continue his work on the Severn Barrage. Good luck also to Keith Hayman, Janet Dickinson, Philip Alford, Feifei Xu, and Susanna Curtin (ST) for submitting a collaborative tender to IRD Dunhallow Ltd on ecotourism, Stephanie Farmer (Red Balloon) for a bid to MicroNav to produce a corporate promo, and Keith Brown (HSC) for submitting a number of bids to local authorities.

Congratulations to Rob Britton (ApSci) for being awarded a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship grant from the EC – this is excellent news! Congratulations are also due to Genoveva Esteban (ApSci) for winning a contract with the Environment Agency to conduct an aquatic biodiversity survey, Richard Stillman (Apsci) for securing a contract with Halcrow Ltd, Mark Maltby (ApSci) for securing a small bone assessment contract with Bedfordshire County Council, Keith Hayman (ST) for securing a CPD contract with Hall and Woodhouse, Roger Herbert (ApSci) for securing a contract with the Shellfish Association of Great Britain to research pacific oyster issues, and to Mark Dover (ApSci) for winning a contract with Dataloft. Congratulations also to Mike Molesworth (Liam Toms and the CEB team) (MS) for securing a contract with Work Research Ltd, to Steve Calver (and the MRG team) (ST) for winning a number of contracts with local authorities and a repeat contract with the Holburne Museum in Bath, to Bronwen Russell (and the Bournemouth archaeology team) (ApSci) for a securing a number of contracts with Distributed Generation Limited, and to Richard Gordon (ST) for securing a training contract with NEMA..

Congratulations also to Les Todres (HSC) for organising a masterclass on gathering people’s ideas and opinions, Crispin Farbrother (ST) for organising a WSET 1 day short course, Vijay Reddy (ST) for organising the Tourism, Climate Change and Sustainability Conference to take place in September 2012, Tom Watson (MS) for organising the History of PR Conference, to Lai Xu (DEC) for organising the PRO-VE Conference, Julia Round (MS) for organising the Annual International Comics Conference, and to a number of staff in ApSci (Duncan Golicher, Martin Smith, Ross Hill, Paul Cheetham, Alex Otto and Damian Evans) for organising various short courses to take place in 2012, including the Big Dig Field School.

Best wishes

Matthew

Good Luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Good luck to Stuart Allan (MS) who has submitted quite a large bid to the BBC to undertake some research in the media coverage of conflict, Einar Thorsen (MS) for a small bid to the Association of Journalism Education to look at strategies for the use of news websites in journalism education, Edwin van Teijlingen (HSC) for submitting a capacity building partnership bid to THET, Eileen Wilkes (ApSci) for submitting a proposal to the British Academy small grants scheme to continue her research at Mount Folly, Ian Jones, Emma Kavanagh and Lorraine Brown (ST) for a joint bid to the British Academy, and to Lorraine Brown for a second bid to the British Academy. Good luck also to Janet Dickinson (ST), Heather Hartwell (ST/HSC) and Fabian Homberg (BS) each of whom has submitted a bid to the ESRC seminar series, Rosie Read (HSC) who has submitted two fellowship applications to research volunteering in the Czech Republic, and to Steve Calver and the MRG team (ST) who have submitted three bids to Dorset County Council

Congratulations to Mark Passera (MS) for a winning a contract with Grapevine Telecom Ltd and to Clive Andrewes (HSC) for securing a small contract with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust. Congratulations also to Stephanie Farmer (Red Balloon, MS) for winning a contract with Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to film footage for the Olympics, and Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Archaeology team (ApSci) for securing a contract with Donhead St Andrew.

Best wishes

Matthew Bennett