Clik here to view.
‘Students who bounce back’: Photo exhibition
From 12 September, the Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) is holding a photo exhibition in Poole House, next to the Cash Office. This exhibition is part of the ‘Students who bounce back’ project,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learning together: widening participation with you
We’ve been finding out how people working in higher education learn, think and feel about and put into practice widening participation. Exploring the idea of widening participation as a process of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New sociology book by Prof Ann Brooks
Congratulations to Prof. Ann Brooks in FHSS on the publication of her latest book Genealogies of Emotions, Intimacies and Desire: Theories of Changes in Emotional Regimes from Medieval Society to Late...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Voice, My Story: Festival of Social Science
I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes – Sonia Sanchez...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Congratulations to BU Visiting Faculty Dr. Sam Rowlands
Dr. Sam Rowlands, FHSS Visiting Faculty, has just published an interesting article on ‘On being an expert witness in sexual and reproductive health’. The paper will appear in the Journal of Family...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New THET project paper published
Today saw the latest publication on our BU-led THET in Nepal. The paper ‘Needs assessment of mental health training for Auxiliary Nurse Midwives: a cross-sectional survey’ was published the Journal of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New inter-interdisciplinary media & health paper
The week saw the publication of multi-disciplinary paper ‘Media, Health & Health Promotion in Nepal’, co-written by Faculty of Media & Communication academic Dr. Ann Luce, Centre for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Festival of Social Science: widening participation and photography
“I want to take a break… stop autopiloting … everything that you do makes you feel” Student, 10/10/2016 In My Voice, My Story, we explore what it means to be a non-traditional student at university...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FHSS Dr. Vanessa Heaslip awarded Florence Nightingale Travel Scholarship
Dr. Vanessa Heaslip in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences (FHSS) has been awarded a Florence Nightingale Travel Scholarship. She will be using this prestigious award to travel to New Zealand...
View ArticleThe social sciences at BU
Earlier this year a Fusion-funded series of public events at BU was organised by Professors Ann Brooks (FHSS), Candida Yates (FMC) and Barry Richards (FMC). For these ‘Dialogues in the Social...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BU THET Nepal project presented at RCM conference
Our THET (Tropical Health & Education Trust) funded project which trains community health worker such as Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) on mental health issues related to pregnancy was presented...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nine Dots Prize – a new prize for creative thinking in the social sciences
Friday saw the launch of the Nine Dots Prize – a new prize for creative thinking in the social sciences. It is sponsored by the Kadas Prize Foundation and supported by CRASSH at the University of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Helping Nepal to establish its midwifery profession
The international journal Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (Elsevier publication) published the online first version of our latest maternity-care research paper on Nepal [1]. This paper is part of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New edition qualitative research book
Congratulations to BU Professor Emerita Immy Holloway and FHSS (Faculty of Health & Social Sciences) Visiting Faculty Professor Kathleen Galvin on the publication of the latest edition of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
History and Biography in the Sociology of Welfare: The importance of student...
Sociology, as an emerging discipline, developed within the crucible of historical studies of changing lives, transforming events and a search for alternative ways to understand history. We see this in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New publication CMMPH student Donna Wixted
Congratulations to CMMPH’s Donna Wixted, Joint BU-Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, doctoral student who just had a paper published in MIDIRS.[1] The paper is titled ‘Drinking in pregnancy: poor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top three most accessed 2016 paper BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth
It is always nice to receive some good news just before Christmas. The journal BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth informed us that our paper ‘“Is it realistic?” the portrayal of pregnancy and childbirth...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New blog on Open Access publishing
Some months ago Andy Nobes asked my colleague Prof. Padam Simkhada and I if we could write a blog about why we had so many papers in freely available online journals in Nepal. Andy is the Programme...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Worldwide media coverage BU co-authored paper
Many prestigious newspapers across the globe re-published a very interesting Associate Press article called ‘At soaring rate, Nepalis seeking jobs abroad come home dead’ on the plight of Nepali migrant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Call for Papers for 2017 Nepal Study Days at Bournemouth University
Call for Papers for the 15th Nepal Study Days 12-13 April 2017 hosted by Bournemouth University, UK The Britain Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) invites scholars and practitioners from all disciplines...
View Article