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October 2, 2015

Research Professional visit 3rd Nov and set up your personal account and searches!

Funding opportunities, Info Days Dianne Goodman

Every BU academic has a Research Professional account which delivers weekly emails detailing funding opportunities in their broad subject area. Jordan Graham from Research Professional is visiting BU on the 3^rd of November 2015 to demonstrate to academics and staff how to make the most of their Research Professional account.

This will include:

Building searches
Setting personalised alerts
Saving and bookmarking items
Subscribing to news alerts
Configuring your personal profile

Location and the session timings are:

Talbot campus P424

10.15 – 11.15 – Research Professional presentation

11.15 – 11.45 – RKEO interactive session setting up searches

Lansdowne campus S103

13.30 – 14.30 – Research Professional presentation

14.30 – 15.00 – RKEO interactive session setting up searches

After the presentation, the RKEO Funding Development Team will be on hand for an interactive session where they will help you set up your Research Professional account, searches and offer advice from a BU perspective.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about funding opportunities and to meet the Funding Development Team, particularly if you are new to BU.

Please reserve your place now at a BU Campus to suit through Organisational Development

September 28, 2015

UKRO visit – 14/10/15

Funding opportunities, Info Days, Training Emily Cieciura

Our annual UKRO (UK Research Office) visit from our European Advisor, Maribel Glogowski, will take place on Wednesday, 14th October 2015 at Talbot Campus.

There will be an information sharing session for RKEO-only staff in the morning with presentations for all staff in the afternoon.

Indicative Schedule:

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch (afternoon attendees and RKEO)

13:00 – 14:00 EU Funding (an introduction to Horizon 2020)

14:00 – 16:15 (Draft) Work Programmes (specific strands):

14:00 – 14:25 Cross-cutting – Science with and for society / Widening participation

14:30 – 15:30 European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

15:30 – 15:45 Break

15:45 – 16:15 Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) and Industrial Leadership

16:15 – 16:30 Concluding remarks

You can see the draft Work Programmes in the Subscribers’ area on the UKRO portal. As BU subscribes to this service, all staff can register.

Please register for this event as soon as possible by contacting Dianne Goodman, so that we can arrange catering. Once you have registered, we will confirm your attendance and venue.

If you aspire to be research-active in Europe, this event is for you. We look forward to welcoming Maribel and BU staff with international research aspirations as well as those already active in this funding stream.

September 17, 2015

Joint project with Tribhuvan University

Awarded & submitted bids, Public engagement Edwin van Teijlingen

Today I attended a contract-signing meeting at the Department of Health, Physical and Population Education at Nepal’s oldest university, Tribhuvan University (TU).

BU, TU and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have been awarded a Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) grant for health partnerships to carry out training and capacity-building projects in low-income countries, such as Nepal.

The new BU-led THET project will bring highly experienced UK volunteers to train some 100 maternity care providers, such as Auxiliary Health Workers (AHWs) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) about the key mental health issues in pregnancy and in the months after birth. A local charity Green Tara Nepal (GTN) will support the work through some of the curriculum design, sensitising UK volunteers to live in rural Nepal, assisting in translating, as well as helping to recruit the local health workers. The two UK universities have a long history of working with GTN as well as its sister organisation Green Tara Trust (GTT), a Buddhist charity based in London. The new project will be based in Nawalparasi in the sub-tropical part of the country bordering India. The target population consists of grassroot health care practitioners since there are no doctors in these rural villages.

The pictures accompanying this post illustrate the inequalities and the mix of modern and traditional in Kathmandu today. The city crowded with motorbikes and then occasionnally one sees a couple cows been driven through these busy streets. The green house is in the street in front of where I am staying and the shanty town building are the backdoor neighbours. The picture with text is the price-list ourside the main infectious diseases hospital informing patients about the costs of certain treatments, tests and drugs. A reminder that health care might be free in name for the poorest people, there are still many costs involved in gettiong treated in hospital!

This project is supported by the Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) as part of the Health Partnership Scheme, which is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The following people make up the international project team: Edwin van Teijlingen, Padam Simkhada, Bhimsen Devkota, Padmadharini Fanning, Jillian Ireland, Bibha Simkhada, Lokendra Sherchan, Ram Chandra Silwal, Samridhi Pradhan, Shyam K. Maharjan, Ram K. Maharjan

September 8, 2015

Workshop on Falls (Older People) 01/10/15 – Purpose to develop multidisciplinary bids!

Funding opportunities boardm

From recent discussions with BU colleagues it is clear that many staff across all four BU faculties are involved in research and practice that is connected to the prevention and reduction of falls occurring in the older population.

It is also recognised that communications between BU researchers in this subject area can be greatly improved and cross faculty, multi-disciplinary bids developed to meet future research challenges (RCUK and European Horizon 2020, UK Charities etc) and the improvement of falls services provided by the NHS.

RKEO is organising a 1 day Catalyst Workshop on Falls (older people) to be held on the 01/10/15 in the Executive Business Centre (EBC), Lansdowne. The workshop will be facilitated by an external company Knowinnovation. This workshop is open to ALL BU academics whose research could be applied to falls, indeed emphasis is now on recruiting non-medical related academics to the workshop, to grow the multi-disciplinary content of future bids.

If you think that your research can add to a multidisciplinary approach and you are able to attend the full day workshop then please contact Mike Board or Dianne Goodman or Emily Cieciura for further information and book your place (dependent on remaining spaces!).

August 10, 2015

Media training for ESRC-funded researchers

Guidance Jo Garrad

Media training is changing at the ESRC.

Having taken on board extensive feedback from their delegates they are moving their media training forward to focus on the practical elements of working with the media.

They now offer a one day-long media training session that provides the opportunity to develop practical media skills in a safe environment.

They believe by concentrating their resources this way they will be able to give maximum opportunity for researchers, no matter what stage of their career, to develop their skills and feel comfortable handling media interviews. Whether a PhD student, postdoctoral researcher or senior fellow, the new practical media training session provides the guidance needed to engage the media with confidence – and plenty of opportunity to practice.

For more information, please see the article here.

The course will be taking place in different locations throughout the year. The forthcoming course dates are:

17 September 2015 – London
15 October 2015 – Cambridge
30 October 2015 – London
12 November 2015 – London

Book a place on a media training course.

For further information on any aspect of ESRC media training days please contact esrcmediatraining@esrc.ac.uk

July 6, 2015

Don’t miss out – Webinar 8th July – H2020 IPR

Training Dianne Goodman

Attend our Webinar 8th July – Maximising the Impact of Horizon 2020 Projects – IP Rights

Maximising the Impact of Horizon 2020 Projects

Join RKEO staff at this free webinar presented by Dr Eugene Sweeney of the EU Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk.

Taking place on Wednesday, 8^th July in Room P403, from 9:30am to 10:45am

According to the website, in this 60 minute session, you will:

Learn more about exploitation of IP rights in H2020 projects. This webinar gives an overall view of the creation and the development of IP rights both through and after the duration of an H2020 project. The most common planning mistakes will be analysed and some practical tips will be given, so that you can have the best possible results from an H2020 project.

Learning Objectives

After the training, participants should have a better understanding of the following:

The IP in the Consortium Agreements: a particular regard to the results of the research.
Which are the best means to maximize the value of your IP?
Assessing your IP: How can you estimate the value of your IP?
Which criteria should be taken into account when it comes to determine how much your IP is worth?
Which are the best exploitation strategies and business plans for entering the market?
Reap the rewards of your IP: licensing and post deal managing.

As part of the webinar, there will be around 15 minutes after the presentation for Q&A. Depending on attendees, there may be the opportunity for BU-related discussions after the webinar.

To attend, please contact Dianne Goodman in RKEO ASAP to secure your place.

July 2, 2015

Yesterday’s BRAD session – Public Engagement

Public engagement, Training Dianne Goodman

We had a very enjoyable and engaging BRAD session yesterday with Steve Dorney the Principal Public Engagement Fellow at the University of Southampton.

Here we have our Adrian Butterworth from the Faculty of Media and Communication demonstrating one of the many unusual items Steve brought in as an idea to possibly provoke, encourage engagement and participation with the public which did it’s job with us too – we became a little obsessed with making the bowl resonate causing a sound and the water to leap and dance.

As mentioned previously Steve Dorney is on Southampton’s Engaged University Steering Group and his activities extend to impact enhancement, student employability and outreach, as well as core support for Public Engagement with Research (PER) via a dedicated support unit www.soton.ac.uk/per .

He co-ordinates the Bringing Research to Life Roadshow www.soton.ac.uk/roadshow and through this has collaborated previously with BU on public engagement activities.

Steve led this workshop on how to make the most of public engagement, a key part of demonstrating the impact of your research and we covered:

An overview of the PER agenda in the UK and internationallyExamples of effective PER from various disciplines
Practical ‘top tips’ from Steve’s experiences in public engagement
Why do public engagement – what’s in it for researchers?
Strategies for presenting your research to public audiences
How to build public engagement into your research planning
Costing and funding public engagement activities
Opportunities for collaboration
Evaluating public engagement
Public engagement, REF 2014, REF 2020 and Impact Case Studies
Opportunities to get your public engagement noticed, i.e. awards etc.

Missed this session and would like to be notified when we possibly run it again please send an email to me dgoodman@bournemouth.ac.uk

Also it is not too late to book into one of our last 2 BRAD sessions being held on the Monday the 6th of July see below:

June 30, 2015

1st of July – Steve Dorney from the University of Southampton – BRAD Public Engagement Event at BU

Public engagement, Training Dianne Goodman

Are you presenting at the Festival of Learning?

Add more to your Festival of Learning event by attending our BRAD event hosted by Dr Steve Dorney, Principal Public Engagement Fellow at the University of Southampton, who will be leading this workshop on how to make the most of public engagement, a key part of demonstrating the impact of your research. BRAD

The session runs from 10am to 4pm on Wednesday the 1st of July – can’t attend all day, we urge you to book in and attend for as long as you can as this event won’t be repeated for a while.

Steve is on Southampton’s Engaged University Steering Group and his activities extend to impact enhancement, student employability and outreach, as well as core support for Public Engagement with Research (PER) via a dedicated support unit www.soton.ac.uk/per

He co-ordinates the Bringing Research to Life Roadshow www.soton.ac.uk/roadshow and through this has collaborated previously with BU on public engagement activities.

What to expect from this workshop:

An overview of the PER agenda in the UK and internationally
Examples of effective PER from various disciplines
Practical ‘top tips’ from Steve’s experiences in public engagement
Why do public engagement – what’s in it for researchers?
Strategies for presenting your research to public audiences
How to build public engagement into your research planning
Costing and funding public engagement activities
Opportunities for collaboration
Evaluating public engagement
Public engagement, REF 2014, REF 2020 and Impact Case Studies
Opportunities to get your public engagement noticed, i.e. awards etc.

2 things you could bring to the workshop (completely optional but can be helpful):

– Any ideas for engagement projects related to your research that you would like to share/get some feedback on

– An object that is somehow related to your research

The workshop will allow time for you to consider your own research and will include refreshments and a networking lunch.

Book in now through Organisational Development: Public Engagement – Steve Dorney

June 25, 2015

BRAD starts next week – don’t miss out – get yourself booked in!

Public engagement, Research Ethics Dianne Goodman

Don’t miss out – BRAD week begins next week – there is still time to get yourself booked in to one of our BRAD sessions!

Taking place between Monday the 29th of June – Monday the 6th of July

Book into BRAD now – we have a rich variety of events including some new events waiting for you!

Introduction and Basics

Research Methods

Impacts and Outputs

Public Engagement – Steve Dorney

Research Bid Writing

Research Bid Writing – Martin Pickard

We hope to see you soon!

June 23, 2015

BRAD – there is still time to get yourself booked in to one of our very helpful sessions!

Public engagement, Research Ethics, Training Dianne Goodman

With less than one week to go until our BRAD events programme begins – there is still time to book yourself into one or more of our exciting events – taking place from the 29th of June – 6th of July 2015.

Book into BRAD now – we have a rich variety of events including some new events waiting for you!

Introduction and Basics

Research Methods

Impacts and Outputs

Public Engagement

Research Bid Writing

Research Bid Writing

We hope to see you soon!

June 18, 2015

BRAD Week – One week to go!!

Training Dianne Goodman

Just to advise you our next BRAD events programme is now LIVE.

BRAD week is taking place from the 29th of June – 6th of July 2015.

Check out our events below and Book into BRAD now!

Please see the comments we received from people who attended our April BRAD events.
Introduction and Basics

Research Methods

Impacts and Outputs

Public Engagement

Research Bid Writing

Research Bid Writing

We hope to see you at the events ……….soon

June 10, 2015

BRAD Week coming soon…..watch out for details!

Info Days, Training Dianne Goodman

Just to advise you details of our next BRAD events programme will be coming out very soon….watch out for our announcements on the Research BLOG and BU Intranet and get yourself booked in via Organisational Development.

BRAD week will be held from the 29th of June – 6th of July 2015.

Please see the comments we received from people who attended our last BRAD event week in April.

Pop these dates in your calenders and get ready!

May 6, 2015

The Royal Society Pairing Scheme

Training ssquelch

This scheme gives policymakers and research scientists an opportunity to experience each other’s worlds.

Every year the scheme shows that 30 research scientists are paired up with UK parliamentarians and civil servants. The article states that you are then put together to learn about each other’s work whilst spending some time together in Westminster and the researchers lab.

The article then goes on to mention that those taking part can gain a better understanding of how research findings can help inform policy making.

“I can now see how important science is for making policies, even those that are not directly associated with science and technology issues.”

Dr Kate Lancaster paired with Anne Snelgrove MP

The pairing scheme takes place once a year, starting of with a ‘Week in Westminster’ where you first meet with who you are paired with. Part of the week includes workshops, speakers and spending two days shadowing your pair.

It is then time for the parliamentarians and civil servants to get an insight into the world of research, visiting labs from there pairs.

“My day at the University’s School of Chemistry was enormously useful, particularly in understanding some of the complex issues which affect the careers of research scientists and the funding of fundamental research”

John Denham MP paired with Dr Martin Bates.

So why should scientists get involved in this scheme?

Learn how parliament and government work and how you can feed in to the policy making process
Find out how your research can inform policy decisions
Build lasting relationships with parliamentarians and civil servants
Network with fellow scientists

To read the full article and find out more on who has taken part in previous years or the benefits of parliamentarians and civil servants taking part, please click here, or click here to start your application, the deadline is 24^th May.

April 7, 2015

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Workshop : 14th and 15th April 2015 – LAST CALL

Funding opportunities Emily Cieciura

Following the previous announcement, to support you and your potential fellow, RKEO are running a two-day Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship on 14th and 15th April. You are welcome to invite your potential fellow to this event, so that you can work together, developing your bid. The days will be a mixture of training and supported time to start writing your bid. Refreshments will be provided.

This event is free but does not include any travel or accommodation for your guest academic. You must book your place via Dianne Goodman, dgoodman@bournemouth.ac.uk, who is now in the post of Funding Development Co-ordinator. External guests must have a BU academic with them at the event and bookings cannot be accepted from non-BU staff. When booking please give numbers attending and any dietary requirements. Please book by Thursday 9th April as catering arrangements need to be finalised.

Please do not ask your guest to book any travel until your attendance is confirmed by RKEO. If the guest requires a a visa to attend, any letters required must be supplied by your Faculty.

If you don’t yet have a fellow or they cannot attend, you are still welcome to attend this event. BU academics who wish to be fellows are also invited.

The current call is now open with a closing date of 10th September 2015. Please follow the link to see the call documents and context. More information about the call is given on the dedicated MSCA webpage, including success stories to inspire you!

April 7, 2015

Datalabs 2: Maps and Mashups

Knowledge Exchange, Public engagement, R & KE Operations afeigenbaum

Digital technologies like google maps have transformed the ways people relate to visual representations of geographic space. From zoom functionality on street view, to rainbow coloured social network graphs, people are engaging their geographical imaginations to produce visual representations that matter to them and their research.

This second Datalabs event introduces participants to mapping tools and techniques for visual analysis and storytelling with spatial data. On Day 1 you will explore open source software for mapping location-linked data, discovering how to scale, symbolise and tell stories with the maps that you make. Then on Day 2 we learn how APIs work to retrieve information from social network sites like twitter and facebook. You will explore how to turn this social media data into maps and create mashups with other data, creating stories for public engagement and finding new, collaborative research questions along the way.

Our innovative datalabs format combines Masterclasses with hands-on workshop sessions to enhance and share skills around working with data for civic and humanitarian research and public engagement. Datalabs involve students and staff from across BU’s faculties, as well as participating NGOs, journalists and digital designers.

Our popular first event was oversubscribed, so register early to take part in this exciting interdisciplinary initiative! Monday April 27th – Tuesday April 28th: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/datalabs-2-maps-and-mashups-tickets-16433088811

Datalabs is a Fusion CCCP Funded project. The project team includes: Dr. Anna Feigenbaum, Dr. Einar Thorsen, Dr. Pippa Gillingham, Professor, Dr.Hamid Bouchachia, Dr. Dan Jackson, Dr. Shelley Thompson, Dr. Nathan Farrell, Dr. Edward Apeh, Dr. Duncan Golicher, Dr. Rebecca Edwards, Robert Munday, Oz Dermirkal and stakeholder coordinator, John Horne.

The Civic Media hub was established in 2014 and brings together a multidisciplinary, cross-Faculties team of researchers and students that work in collaboration with external stakeholders to co-create effective ways of tackling important social issues. We combine expertise from humanities, social sciences, geography, computer science and data analytics. Bios for the Datalabs team can be found at http://www.civicmedia.io/#team

April 7, 2015

Writing workshop in Kathmandu

Knowledge Transfer, Publishing Edwin van Teijlingen

We regularly conduct workshops and training sessions on academic writing at home and abroad. Yesterday afternoon I did one in Kathmandu for staff at Social Science Baha and Green Tara Nepal. There were the usual comments and queries about authorship, references, length of papers or sections of papers, how to target the ‘best’ journalfor my article, etc. One interesting question I had not been asked before was: “How did you feel when you had your first paper published?”, followed by the question: “Who did you tell about it?” I thought that was a very nice question, and also reminded me why we do these kind of workshops for those who haven’t had the pleasure yet of getting a paper in print.

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

April 5, 2015

Invited talk Easter Monday

Publishing Edwin van Teijlingen

On 6th April, Easter Monday, professor Edwin van Teijlingen will present the process and selected findings of research capacity building work conducted in Nepal. The invited lecture at Social Science Baha in Kathmandu was originally planned for early January, but unfortunately had to be cancelled at the last moment due to a national strike in Nepal.

PARI (Partnership on improving Access to Research Literature for Higher Education Institutions in Nepal) refers to a project to support and enhance health research in Nepal; a partnership between Tribhuvan University, three UK universities (including Bournemouth University), and the Development Resource Centre (Nepal). The British Council and DFID (UK) funded PARI to help build research capacity over a three-year period.

Nepal has limited capacity in health research, which restricts ability to implement evidence-based health care. PARI aimed to move university lecturers away from textbook teaching and make them more critical of the academic literature available on the Internet.

PARI workshops delivered to Nepal universities introduce the foundations of evidence-based practice and outline key electronic databases of health care and health service literature available to Nepalese academics. These workshops were informed by: (1) a curriculum review of all health-related courses at the major universities in Nepal; and (2) a needs assessment with lecturers, librarians and students of the major universities.

Key message included that We need to move away from textbook teaching in health care and teach health-care discipline students how to find the most appropriate evidence-based treatment for each patient.

The PARI team:

Ram Sharan Pathak,Tribhuvan University,Nepal

Padam Simkhada, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Bhimsen Devkota, Development ResourceCentre,Nepal

Edwin van Teijlingen,Bournemouth University,UK

Julie Bruce,University of Warwick, UK

Pramod Regmi, Development Resource Centre, Nepal

Amudha Poobalan, University of Aberdeen, UK

Trilochan Pokharel, Nepal Administrative Staff College, Kathmandu Nepal

The work has resulted in two academic publications:

Simkhada, P., van Teijlingen, E., Devkota, B., Pathak, R.S., Sathian, B. (2014) Accessing research literature: A mixed-method study of academics in Higher Education Institutions in Nepal, Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 4(4): 405-14. http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJE/article/view/11375
Simkhada, P., van Teijlingen, E., Pokharel, T., Devkota, B., Pathak, R.S. (2013) Research Methods Coverage in Medical & Health Science Curricula in Nepal, Nepal Journal Epidemiology 3(3): 253-258. www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJE/article/view/9185

March 22, 2015

BRAD – Upcoming Opportunities

Training apekalski

Financial Management Workshop Monday 13^th April 2014, 13:30-14:30

This workshop will cover several topics ranging from; financial management, income and funding budgeting, financial resourcing and strategic financial planning.
This workshop will be facilitated by Gary Cowen, Research and Knowledge Exchange.

There are limited spaces so please do ensure you get one by booking on the Organisational Development webpages.

Ethics and Research Governance Monday 13^th April 2014, 11:00-12:30

A 20 minute presentation on ethical considerations, policy, and principles. Followed by a Q & A session on your ethical issues or questions related to your research. This workshop will be facilitated by Eva Papadopoulou, Research and Knowledge Exchange

There are limited spaces so please do ensure you get one by booking on the Organisational Development webpages.

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Workshop on Falls (Older People) 01/10/15 – Purpose to develop multidisciplinary bids!

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Don’t miss out – Webinar 8th July – H2020 IPR

Yesterday’s BRAD session – Public Engagement

1st of July – Steve Dorney from the University of Southampton – BRAD Public Engagement Event at BU

BRAD starts next week – don’t miss out – get yourself booked in!

BRAD – there is still time to get yourself booked in to one of our very helpful sessions!

BRAD Week – One week to go!!

BRAD Week coming soon…..watch out for details!

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Workshop : 14th and 15th April 2015 – LAST CALL

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