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24 September 2018

Celebrate Cafe Scientifique turning 6 on Tuesday 2nd October

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Café Scientifique – Tuesday 2 October- Facing our future self

Bournemouth Café Scientifique is turning 6 on Tuesday 2 October. To celebrate we have a fantastic talk from Dr Curie Scott about changing our attitudes to ageing. We’ll also have Birthday Brownies!

Join us on Tuesday 2 October from 7.30pm until 9.00pm (doors will open from 7.00pm):

Café Boscanova – 650 Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH1 4BP

Facing our future self

Dr Curie Scott

One in five people alive today will reach their 100th birthday. You are going to grow old but have you thought about it? Ageing is a taboo subject and older people are often stereotyped and overlooked. Dr Curie Scott invited people over 60 and students from Health & Social Care professional courses to four drawing workshops. Come and hear how drawing about ageing made a startling difference to their current lives. In terms of ageing, we cannot separate ourselves from our future older self, however much we want to do so. ‘They’ are the ‘we’ of the future.

If you have any questions please do get in touch. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Plus, why not send us a request to be added to our Public Engagement mailing list and be the first to hear about all our events and activities.

We look forward to seeing you!

Café Scientifique Team

20 September 2018

BU Events and Leisure Research Staff Contributions Recognised by Events Industry

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The Department of Events and Leisure (DEL) has a long-standing tradition of contributing their expertise to events and festival organisations throughout the UK. This event/festival season has been exceptionally busy for DEL and has seen staff collaborating with organisations in Northern Ireland, London and in Dorset.

Dr Nicole Ferdinand ( front row, third from left) at project update meeting at Ulster University attended by Fergus Mckay, Operations Manager, International NW200 (back row, 1st from left)

Dr Nicole Ferdinand, Senior Academic in Events Management through a collaborative research project with Ulster University is currently working with the International NW200. Fergus Mckay, Operations Director has been extremely positive about the results of the project so far and the value it has delivered for his organisation. At a project update meeting hosted on August 24, 2018, he provided the following feedback:

“The collaboration with Ulster University and Bournemouth University has enabled us to investigate technology enabled means to create accessible, real-time and personalised event experiences both at the event and throughout our fans visit to the area. Looking for fun and unique experiences for event participants is a critical event objective and the recent twitter bot was a means by which to create and share fun experiences.”

Dr Aaron Yankholmes, VIP at Notting Hill Carnival 2018

Dr Aaron Yankholmes, Academic in Events and Leisure was a VIP at the Notting Hill Carnival on bank holiday Monday August 27^th, 2018. He was specially invited by the organising committee to the celebrations this year. DEL staff have a long history with the organization, having collaborated with NHC stakeholders on a research informed strategic visioning project in 2013 entitled Carnival Futures. DEL staff have also published a number of articles and case studies on this event. This year was first time that the organisation has hosted a DEL member of staff at their event.

Dr Caroline Jackson at B-Side Festival Launch

Dr Caroline Jackson and Dr Nicole Ferdinand were also VIP guests at the B-side Festival opening. Dr Ferdinand has also joined the B-side Festival Board of Directors with a view to supporting B-side with implementing a programme of institutional strengthening activities supported by their recently awarded Arts Council Catalyst Fund.

12 September 2018

Responsible online gambling seminar Friday 14 September

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Three national gambling addiction campaigners will be speaking at a seminar this Friday (14th), organised by the university’s EROGamb project (Enabling Responsible Online Gambling), led by Dr Raian Ali. Terry White and Josephine and Peter Holloway will share their powerful, personal stories about the effects gambling addiction can have on gamblers and their families.

EROGamb team members will also present recent results about gamblers and the gambling industry’s perception of EROGamb, as well as the current status of responsible gambling when people play online slot games for real money.

Attractive and trusted slot gambling games can now be played in a much safer and more comfortable way. You can also try your luck, get the convenience and excitement of betting when you visit a good place like qarchive.org.

The seminar forms the second part (3-5pm) of the Emerging Technologies and Age Verification event, details below:

Friday 14th September 12.30-5pm

EB306 (3rd floor Lecture Theatre)

Executive Business Centre

89 Holdenhurst Road

Bournemouth

BH8 8EB

The EROGamb project, which is jointly funded by GambleAware and BU, calls for more transparency in the mechanics of online gambling and offering tools for parhaat kasinot gamblers to stay more in control of their gambling experience.

Register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emerging-technologies-and-age-verification-tickets-48950946599?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

EROGamb: Enabling Responsible Online Gambling

25 July 2018

ADRC attend 47th British Society of Gerontology Conference, Manchester, UK

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Yolanda Barrado-Martín from the Psychology Department and Ageing and Dementia Research Centre (ADRC) attended the 47th edition of the British Society of Gerontology in Manchester (UK) from 3rd July to 6th July 2018.

International researchers from different disciplines gathered in Manchester to learn about projects under the theme “Ageing in an Unequal World: Shaping Environments fro the 21st Century”. This was a very well attended conference (with a waiting list), with up to 17 parallel sessions. Dementia had a relevant space in this conference with different sessions highlighting the use of diverse interventions to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia and those providing support such as facilitating decision making processes, exploring environmental adaptations and supporting home-care for those willing to stay at home.

Yolanda Barrado-Martín had an oral presentation entitled: “How is Tai Chi received by people living with dementia and their informal carers?” Those attending the session showed their interest in the topic and asked questions about people living with moderate dementia’s involvement in the classes and about the Ransomised Controlled Trial Phase of the study. This was a great experience for Yolanda who presented her PhD pilot results to a friendly international audience.

The ADRC’s work was also represented by Dr Michele Board who gave a presentation on “Evaluating the impact of the Virtual Reality app ‘A Walk Through Dementia’, and Mananya Podee who discussed leisure activity, arts and social inclusion for those with dementia.

Participation in the BSG conference was a valued addition in knowledge regarding psycho-social interventions for people living with dementia and a great opportunity to network with researchers from the gerontology background. Yolanda’s attendance to this conference was possible thanks to one of the Santander Mobility Awards.

British Society of Gerontology 47th Annual Conference – Ageing in an Unequal World: Shaping Environments for the 21st Century.

16 July 2018

ADRC attend 4th EU Falls Festival, Manchester, UK

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Dr Samuel Nyman and Yolanda Barrado-Martín from the Psychology Department and Ageing and Dementia Research Centre (ADRC) attended the 4th EU Falls Festival in Manchester on 2nd and 3rd July 2018.

International researchers met in Manchester to learn about current projects under the theme, “New Solutions to Old Problems: Ensuring sustainability of falls prevention interventions”. Yolanda Barrado-Martín presented a poster entitled: “How is Tai Chi received by people living with dementia and their informal carers?” Attendants showed interest in the poster over the two day conference and voted Yolanda´s as the second best poster of the conference!

This year’s conference included sessions around Cochrane Updates on falls preventions, the use of new technologies to prevent falls, epidemiology and the implementation of research into practice. This year there was also a space for specific conditions such as dementia and the use of “qigong” to improve balance and prevent falls amongst older adults, which made this conference particularly relevant for the TACIT Team.

You can learn more and keep updated about the TACIT Trial via the following links:

The TACIT Trial website.

The TACIT Trial Facebook page.
The TACIT Trial YouTube video:

14 July 2018

Successful Midwifery Education conference at BU

international, NHS, PG research, Publishing, student research Edwin van Teijlingen

In the first week of July Bournemouth University ran its second international midwifery education conference in the Executive Business Centre. This year’s conference was called ‘What works in midwifery education? A conference run by midwifery educators for midwifery educators.’ CMMPH (Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health) brought together nearly 100 delegates on Thursday and Friday (July 5-6). There were presentations and posters from midwifery educators based in in all four countries of the UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Australia, resulting in lively stimulating debates.

The conference organisers has teamed up with the leading scientific journal in the field Midwifery (published by Elsevier). To coincide with BU’s conference Midwifery published this month its special issue on Midwifery Education. This special issue was introduced at the conference by Dutch midwife Dr. Ans Luyben, one of the special issue’s editors.

The conference awarded two prizes for the best poster. One prize was for the best academic poster and one voted by the conference audience. The former prize was won by a poster from NHS Education for Scotland. The public’s poster prize was won by a poster from the University of Bradford jointly produced by film students and student midwives.

The main conference organisers Dr. Catherine Angell and Dr. Sue Way from CMMPH said afterwards that the success of the conference means that CMMPH will organise a third midwifery education conference run for and by educators in three years’ time.

21 June 2018

Festival of Learning Nepal & India focus

Festival of Learning, international, Public engagement Edwin van Teijlingen

Last Saturday Festival of Learning highlighted BU’s research in the fields of health and migration in South Asia. BU Visiting Professor Padam Simkhada from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) presented selected studies with Dr. Pramod Regmi and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen in the Create lecture theatre. Their work covers some of the recent research conducted in Nepal by staff from the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences. They highlighted two very interesting, but different, projects in particular.

The first one relates to Nepali migrant workers, since some 3.5 million Nepalese (14% of total population) are working abroad; primarily in Malaysia, the Middle East and India. One recent project is focusing on Nepali migrant workers in India. Working abroad is considered a livelihood strategy for many poor people and most Nepalese migrants are involved in semi/unskilled labour, mainly on building sites, in factories, and in domestic work.

The second project focuses on the health and social issue of transgender and the use of hormones. To date there is little literature on hormone use experiences in transgender populations in Nepal, focusing on a study of male-to-female transgender (MTF) populations and the experiences of people using hormone therapy (oral or injection or other replacement therapies).

20 June 2018

Digitisation and public engagement

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Dr Holly Crossen-White has had a conference paper accepted for National Programmes Conference: Museums and Digital Memory Conference to be held at the British Museum in September. The paper will be presented with Dr Trudie Cole, Head of Access and Participation, The National Museum of the Royal Navy. Trudie and Holly have previously worked on several research projects related to the use of digital archives and this gives them opportunity to apply their findings within the context of collections held by the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Holly’s research interest in digital archives arose through her PhD which explored the hidden history of illicit drug taking during the early twentieth century. Holly has published on the ethical issues of undertaking research using digital archives and has been awarded Faculty Seedcorn Funding with her colleague Dr. Angela Turner-Wilson for some of this research work.

12 June 2018

Your vote is needed please!!

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Over the last 3 years, Prof Jane Murphy from Faculty of Health & Social Sciences and The Ageing and Dementia Research Centre has been working with The Nutrition in Older people Programme team at the Wessex Academic Health Science Network as Clinical Lead. The team has been shortlisted in the ‘ Community Nutrition Professionals of the Year’ category for the Complete Nutrition awards in the Community Nutrition Professional of the Year category that recognises their contribution to support nutritional developments in the community.

Please click on below for further details and would be great if you can add your vote!

Just select Wessex Academic Health Science Network – Nutrition in Older People Programme Team ‘ Community Nutrition Professional of the Year’ and any other categories to suit.

https://www.nutrition2me.com/cn-awards/2018-cn-awards-voting-form

https://www.nutrition2me.com/cn-awards/2018-cn-awards-the-shortlist

DEADLINE 23^rd July 2018

12 June 2018

Health & migration research in Nepal & India #BUFoL18

Festival of Learning, international, PG research, Public engagement Edwin van Teijlingen

Festival of Learning event 2018 with an international flavour: exploring recent research projects undertaken in Nepal by staff from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. The event focuses on Nepali migrant workers in India, women and migration and explores the health and social issues of transgender and the use of hormone therapy in male-to-female transitioning populations in Nepal.

Fusion Building: Create Lecture Theatre, Bournemouth University on Saturday 16 June 2018 from 5.00-6.00PM

Free tickets can be found here!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen, Dr Pramod Regmi & Prof Padam Simkhada (BU Visiting Faculty)

10 May 2018

Calling all researchers & academics – Upcoming Research Communication Day

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Are you interested in developing the real-world impact of your research? How about increasing your public profile? If you’ve answered yes to any one of those questions, then the Research Communication Day is for you.

This day event on Wednesday 23 May 2018, 10.30 – 16.00, will provide you with a better understanding of the benefits of communicating your research, how you can go about it and who can help you with this within BU.

Subjects covered will include: planning and promoting your Festival of Learning event, practising in our radio studio and in front of a camera, writing for the research website and sharing your research via social media.

You’ll also have the chance to pitch your work to Stephen Harris, Commissioning and Science Editor for The Conversation. Stephen covers science, technology and health for The Conversation. He previously spent five years as senior reporter and special projects editor at The Engineer, the world’s oldest technology magazine and professional journal.

Workshops include:

Media Training
Creating & Marketing your Public Engagement Event
Sharing your Research via Social Media
Developing the Impact of your Research
Pitching to The Conversation
Developing your Digital Profile
Broadcast Training
Influencing Policy Makers

More information about the day schedule and a booking link can be found here.

4 May 2018

BU’s Sascha Dov Bachmann Keynote Speaker at 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps

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Dr Sascha Dov Bachmann, Associate Professor in International Law (BU) and War Studies (Swedish Defence University – FHS), Research Fellow at CEMIS, Stellenbosch University and Director of BU’s Centre for Conflict,Rule of Law and Society was invited to give a keynote address on Hybrid Warfare at 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps to flag officers of the Royal Netherlands Army on invitation by General Beulen, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army.

1 (German/Netherlands) Corps is one of NATO’s High Readiness Forces (Land) Headquarters. It is based in the German city of Münster.

The speech will reflect on Sascha’s ongoing work on the role of lawfare in developing an cyber-empowered offensive and defensive Hybrid Warfare Campaign.

3 May 2018

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018: Call for proposals!

Funding opportunities, Knowledge Exchange, Public engagement Natt Day

The call for proposals is now open for the Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Science 2018. The festival offers an excellent opportunity to be part of a week-long celebration of social science—and we are keen to see many of our researchers at BU to take part in this exciting public engagement event as possible.

This year the ESRC festival will be taking place from the 3-10 November 2018, marking the eighth year that the festival has taken place in Bournemouth. Last year we had a jam packed schedule of events across a range of topics from Brexit through to hitchhiking—attracting diverse audiences. This year we are an official festival partner and so we are looking to make the festival bigger and better than ever before!

Present your research however you like— public debates, workshops, interactive seminars, film screenings, virtual exhibitions are just some of the formats we’ve had in previous years. If you want to try something completely new and different—we want to hear about that too. Your events can target a variety of non-academic audiences including young people, the public, third sector, business or government.

How to apply

Before completing the application form, please ensure you’ve read through the applicant guidelines available on the ESRC website. This will provide you with details of what the review panel will be judging events by, and make you aware of funding criteria for events.

If you would like to propose your event idea for the festival, please complete the application form and sent to FestivalofSocialScience@bournemouth.ac.uk. The call closes 5pm Friday 1^st June.

If you’d like to discuss your event idea or need help with application form, please contact Engagement Officer, Natt Day (nday@bournemouth.ac.uk).

29 April 2018

First meeting Dorset Global Health Network great success!

international, PG research, Public engagement Edwin van Teijlingen

This week’s inaugural meeting of the Dorset Global Health Network was a great success. It was sold out on ‘Eventbrite’ long before day of the event (25th of April). The inaugural meeting held at Bournemouth University (BU) focused on Nepal. The evening was opened by Dr. Emer Forde who is GP Programme Director, Health Education Wessex (Dorset) and member of BU’s Centre for General Practice. She spoke of her and her son’s recent experience in her presentation ‘Voluntourism in Nepal : A lesson in the grey areas of global health.’

The second short presentation was by Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen for BU’s Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perintal Health (CMMPH). His presentation with the title ‘The challenge of perinatal mental health in Nepal’ covered issues around maternal mental health, auxiliary nurse-midwives and stigma and culture in southern Nepal. The project brought together academics, midwives, nurses, and other health workers in Nepal and the UK to help in the training of auxiliary nurse midwives in Nawalparasi on key aspects of mental health and mental health promotion. The project led by Bournemouth University was funded under the Health Partnership Scheme (HPS) which is managed by a London-based organisation called THET (Tropical Health & Education Trust).

The third speaker and final speaker Dr Ollie Ross, Consultant Anaesthetist at Southampton General Hospital, introduced the film ‘Hospital’. The film provides a portrait of a state-run hospital in one of the most remote and poor districts of Nepal and how individuals can make a difference to people’s lives. Dr Ross is also a consultant to the Nick Simons Foundation working in Nepal. According to The Nepali Times Nepal’s most accomplished documentary maker, Kesang Tseten, has a knack of bringing out in his films the best in people. He looks for the flower that grows amidst the squalour, and tries to spread a message of hope. His film, Hospital, returns to rural Nepal to portray a hospital in Kalikot where ordinary health workers accomplish extraordinary things.

The event was organised by the Dorset Primary Care Workforce Centre in collaboration with Bournemouth University and the Wessex Global Health Network.

22 April 2018

CMMPH PhD student Preeti Mahato publishes latest paper on Nepal

international, Knowledge Exchange, PG research, Publishing, student research, Training, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

This week saw the pre-publication of ‘Qualitative evaluation of mental health training of auxiliary nurse midwives in rural Nepal’ in the international journal Nurse Education Today (published by Elsevier). The paper is a report of an evaluation of a THET-funded projectwhich run from 2015 to 2017. Bournemouth University led a team comprising Liverpool John Moores University and Tribhuvan University (the oldest university in Nepal). These three universities worked together on a training project of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives in Nawalparasi focusing on key aspects of mental health and mental health promotion. The project was funded under the Health Partnership Scheme (HPS) which is managed by a London-based organisation called THET (Tropical Health & Education Trust).

Mental illness is increasingly recognized as a global health problem. However, in many countries, including Nepal, it is difficult to talk about mental health problems due to the stigma associated with it. Hence a training programme was developed to train auxiliary nurse midwives, who otherwise are not trained in mental health as part of their pre-registration training in rural Nepal, on issues related to maternal mental health. After the training programme a selection of auxiliary nurse midwives were interviewed to establish their views on the training, its usefulness and ways to improve it.

Preeti Mahato is a PhD student in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) who undertook an in-depth evaluation of our project as part of her PhD research. This qualitative study has three themes emerging: (1) issues related to training; (2) societal attitudes; and (3) support for women. The ‘training’ theme describes the benefits and limitations of training sessions. ‘Societal attitudes’ describes society’s attitude towards mental health which is largely negative. ‘Support’ describes the positive behaviour and attitude towards pregnant women and new mothers.

The paper concludes that there is a need for continued training for auxiliary nurse midwives who are based in the community. This gives them the opportunity to reach the whole community group and potentially have influence over reduction of stigma; offer support and diagnosis of mental ill-health. There is still stigma around giving birth to a female child which can lead to mental health problems. It is imperative to increase awareness and educate the general public regarding mental health illnesses especially involving family members of those who are affected.

Reference:

Mahato, P., van Teijlingen, E., Simkhada, P., Angell, C., Ireland, J. on behalf of THET team (2018) Qualitative evaluation of mental health training of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives in rural Nepal. Nurse Education Today 66: 44-50. http://www.nurseeducationtoday.com/article/S0260-6917(18)30150-3/abstract

20 April 2018

Dorset Global Health Meeting on 25 April ‘Focus on Nepal’

international, Knowledge Exchange Edwin van Teijlingen

Next week the Dorset Global Health Network will have its inaugural meeting on April 25th. The meeting will focus on Nepal starting at 18.30 with a Nepalese buffet.

There will be three short presentations followed by the film ‘Hospital’.

Voluntourism in Nepal : A lesson in the grey areas of global health (Dr Emer Forde, Bournemouth University)
The challenge of perinatal mental health in Nepal (Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen, Bournemouth University)
Supporting Training and innovative solutions to the provision of rural health care in Nepal (Dr Ollie Ross, Consultant Anaesthetist, Southampton General Hospital)

The Film “Hospital” provides a portrait of a state-run hospital in one of the most remote and poor districts of Nepal and how individuals can make a difference to people’s lives. It will be introduced by Dr Ollie Ross, who is a consultant to the Nick Simons Institute working in Nepal.

This will be followed by a discussion about the development of Dorset Global Health Network.

All are welcome. Book your place at www.focusnepal.eventbrite.co.uk

17 April 2018

British Academy Small Grants Call – NOW OPEN

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The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is open. The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 6^th June 2018.

The British Academy have provided updated guidance on the small grants – BA scheme notes for applicants and BA FAQs . They have asked that all applicants read the documentation carefully before starting their application.

Due to the expected high demand, we ask that if you are interested in applying to this call then please send your intention to bid form to your Funding Development Officer by 2nd May, after this date no new applications will be accepted.

Timeline

The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 6^th June 2018.

11^th April 2018	Call Opens – start reading guidance
2^nd May 2018	Intention to bid forms to be submitted to your faculty funding development officer.
31^st May 2018	Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant
30^th May 2018	Your final application must be submitted on FlexiGrant by this date at the latest.
31^st May -6^th June 2018	Institutional checks to take place by RKEO

14 April 2018

BASES Student Conference 2018 – Day 2

PG research, Public engagement, student research Francesco Ferraro

The second day of the conference was open by Professor Graeme Close & Mr Michael Naylor with a lecture on “nutritional strategies for competition and performance.”

Follow up with the oral presentations and free communications. I found particular interest in the research of Mr Chynkiamis on the effect of VitaBREATHE on exercise tolerance in COPD patients and in the feasibility study of Miss Thomas on the effect of 10 weeks postural stability exercise on balance in elderly care homes residents. I am glad that I had the chance to discuss with Miss Thomas part of the outcomes and the methods she used for my undergoing research on falls prevention.

Later in the afternoon, I had the opportunity to talk more about inspiratory muscle training (IMT) with Mr Hopkins and Mr Gibb who are looking at the effect of IMT on time trial performance in trained cyclists.

After, the workshop “psychological challenges for physical activity uptake” by Dr Melissa Fothergill intrigued me as I believe it is a crucial matter of discussion, especially if working with frail populations.

The final motivational lecture titled “creating your future” by Dr Steve Ingham closed the 2018 BASES student conference with tips and advice on how to progress in the sport science carriers.

Concluding, it was a great experience as not only I had the chance to improve my network and meet peers with a similar background as mine but most important because in these two days I had increased my awareness and motivations.

A special thanks go to my supervisors Professor Alison McConnell, Dr James Gavin and Professor Tom Wainwright who pointed me at this event.

The conference is now over, and by the time you read this post, I will be already on my way back to Bournemouth.

Thank you for reading,
Francesco.

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Celebrate Cafe Scientifique turning 6 on Tuesday 2nd October

BU Events and Leisure Research Staff Contributions Recognised by Events Industry

Responsible online gambling seminar Friday 14 September

ADRC attend 4th EU Falls Festival, Manchester, UK

Successful Midwifery Education conference at BU

Digitisation and public engagement

Your vote is needed please!!

BU’s Sascha Dov Bachmann Keynote Speaker at 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018: Call for proposals!

BASES Student Conference 2018 – Day 2

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