Reflecting on ‘Doing Diversity Better: Interrogating ethnic and gender...
Last week, the Women’s Academic Network (WAN) hosted an extremely powerful, thought provoking and very well attended, public engagement Q&A Panel discussion that brought together four eminent women...
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ICM Media & Midwifery presentation today
Today Prof. Vanora Hundley, based in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, gave a well-received presentation on ‘Changing the narrative around childbirth: whose responsibility is it?’ at the...
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Mothering, studying and isolating: A mature student’s experience of studying...
Archaeology and mothering, image by Marion Fayolle A guest post by outgoing BSc Anthropology student Natalie Campbell. While mature students may make up a minority of the student cohort our numbers are...
View ArticleThe Women’s Academic Network Writing Retreats return!
Interrupted by the pandemic for a year and much missed, the Women’s Academic Network, are back in style to offer their popular, off campus Writing Retreats on July 5, 9.00-5.00. Places are limited to...
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Two international midwifery publications by Prof. Vanora Hundley this month
Yesterday the international journal Midwifery (published by Elsevier) announced that our paper “Male Involvement in Promotion of Safe Motherhood in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. A Scoping Review”...
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Announcing Wellness Retreat – the new WAN Wellbeing Strand
The last 18 months has been extraordinarily challenging for virtually everyone in the UK, for all the usual and known reasons of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, the end of a ‘phoney war’ Brexit to...
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BU academic interviewed for major Romanian newspaper on her research on...
BU academic, Dr. Alina Dolea, gave an extensive interview on her research on Romanian Diaspora, the emotional costs of migration, the constant identity struggles, as well as the role of diaspora in...
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Two scholarships in one month for PhD student
Congratulations to PhD student Abier Hamidi on winning two scholarships within weeks. Earlier this month Abier was awarded a scholarship from the BHIVA (British HIV Association) to pay the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Bespoke Research Masterclasses – Women’s Academic Network
Dear women academics and PGR at Bournemouth University, we would like to inform you that the Women’s Academic Network (WAN) is offering two bespoke, qualitative Research Masterclasses for our members...
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Bournemouth University Social Entrepreneurs Forum Welcomes New Advisory Board
BU Social Entrepreneurs Forum (BUSEF) is proud to announce our newest members of the team, our advisory board consisting of Bournemouth University members of staff- Ian Jones, Head of External...
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Dr. Samreen Ashraf Guest Talk
Dr. Samreen Ashraf was invited to be a guest speaker at the Virtual Bootcamp even organised at the Foundation University Islamabad- Pakistan for the aspiring entrepreneurs. The event was well attended...
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Announcing the WAN Wellness Mini-Retreat Dec 15
Announcing the (rescheduled) WAN Wellness Retreat fast approaching! Our WAN (Women’s Academic Network) Wellness Mini-Retreat has been rescheduled to the morning of Wed 15 December. The chance to take...
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Launch of New Open Access Comics Database – Supported by BU’s Women’s...
This week sees the online release of a new open access comics database (https://www.juliaround.com/spellbound) that reveals previously unknown and unpublished information about the British girls’...
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New BU paper on digital tools for diabetes
Congratulations to BU PhD student Nurudeen Adesina on the publication of his systematic review. Nurudeen together with Huseyin Dogan in the Department of Computing & Informatics, Sue Green in the...
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New BU social sciences and social work publication
Congratulations to Jane Healy and Rosslyn Dray, both in the Department of Social Sciences & Social Work on their publication today in The Journal of Adult Protection. Their paper’ Missing links:...
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FHSS Women in Science
Tomorrow Friday 11th February is the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To celebrate this event we would like to highlight the contributions of three BU female academics in the...
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‘How we can contribute to a collaborative society that embraces diversity’...
We will have an online event in hourner of the Internaitonal Women’s Day on the 8th March 2022. This event is open to all. 11:00-11:10 Opening remarks & Agenda of today Dr Hiroko Oe...
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Second WAN Wellness Retreat
Tired? Harassed? Stressed, sore and stiff? In need of a bit of TLC and revitalisation in a relaxing collegial environment? You are reading the right BU Blog! Following from our first retreat on the 8th...
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New CMMPH publication
Congratulations to Charlotte Clayton, PhD student in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) on the publication of an article based on her PhD study. The paper ‘The public...
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Successful book launch in Kathmandu
Two days ago Bournemouth University (BU) Professors Vanora Hundley and Edwin van Teijlingen together with University of Huddersfield academics Dr. Sharada Prasad Wasti and Prof. Padam Simkhada launched...
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