The social organisation of knowledge in a Conductive Education Centre in Birmingham
This project aims to unpack the benefits of Conductive Education (CE) by working with a CE centre in Birmingham.
Read moreCSPACE research projects
We are currently working on a number of projects within CSPACE. View our current research projects below. You can also see our past projects or view our individual research groups to see a filtered list of projects aligned to our specialisms.
The factors affecting the quality of the ‘off-the-job’ element of apprenticeships in the West Midlands region
The research aimed to explore the challenges of putting together and delivering successful apprenticeship programmes. ...
Read moreListen Imagine Compose
The project seeks to address weaknesses in current secondary school music provision.
Read moreEvaluation of the Professional Exchange Network Programme
Birmingham City University is undergoing research to critically evaluate the impact of the Professional Exchange Net...
Read moreBirmingham Music Education Partnership
Working with Birmingham Music Education Part nership to assess the music education pupils in primary and secondary sc...
Read moreOpen School Doors
Reducing disparities in learning outcomes for children from refugee, asylum seeker, and newly arrived migration context...
Read moreVocational training for physiotherapists
This project aims to improve the lives of children with complex disabilities by trailing early intervention methods ...
Read moreYouth Music: Exchanging Notes
Can getting young people involved in musical activities help those at risk of low attainment or exclusion?
Read moreTransforming Lives and Communities
Focusing on colleges not just as a producers of human capital but rather, as important community resources.
Read moreExamining Sex and Relationship Education
Sex and Relationship Education in schools will always be a contentious topic but to what extent do a teacher’s own vie...
Read morePreparing students for patient engagement with VR
Compassionate care is experiential and hard to teach, but VR could help prepare health students for their first engage...
Read moreEvaluating Holiday Kitchen for Hungry Children
Free school meals can be a vital lifeline for economically disadvantaged families but during the school holidays child...
Read moreArts Council England Music Education Hub data return analysis
Exploring the performance of music education hubs across the country
Read moreLeadership and the quality of teaching and learning in FE
What is the relationship between leadership and improving teaching and learning?
Read moreExploring Children’s Wellbeing through Music and Singing
Exploring children's right to make choices and engage in playful activities in restricted environments through music a...
Read moreEarly care and education experiences of young children born prematurely
Exploring the early care and education experiences of children born prematurely through reports from parents.
Read moreRelationship-based early intervention services
Early intervention services have the capacity to make big improvements to childrens' outcomes, but how might these ser...
Read moreThe impact and implications of the Teaching Excellence Framework
An exploration of the impact and implications of the Teaching Excellence Framework
Read moreIndependent Evaluation of Fosterline England
Birmingham City University researchers evaluate foster care service, Fosterline.
Read moreAHRC Network - Representations of/in classical music
What does classical music mean to today's generation?
Read moreImproving learning and teaching through collaborative observation
The primary aim of this project was to create a sustainable and collaborative model of observations.
Read moreEvaluation of BBC Ten Pieces initiative
Sound Connections, a leading music charity based in London, approached BCU to act as the data analysis partner in an e...
Read moreBelonging and achieving at BCU: pedagogy for all
Exploring how making a space in the curriculum for students to share aspects of their cultural background and identity ...
Read moreTechnobabies: the use of technology by children aged 0-3 years
This project aims to understand how the very youngest children (0 - 3 year olds) are using touchscreen technology in h...
Read moreCross-cultural approaches for teachers across Europe
To examine how drama in schools can be used to explore different subjects to create democratic spaces.
Read moreArt Prize for Schools External Project Evaluation
Raising awareness of the Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools
Read moreTemplate for performative inquiry
This study draws on Hill’s ‘cabaret’ research dissemination to develop a template to use for the range of exemplars.
Read moreEvaluating the work of the Big Brum Theatre in Education Company
The Human Spaces research project is a small scale evaluative case study.
Read moreGlobal music examinations
How do we asses music proficiency across the world?
Read moreUsing performative modes of research dissemination
The researchers in this project are actively and proactively exploring creative modes of research dissemination.
Read moreExemplars of performative inquiry
The research is in its early stages and has already identified exemplars of creative modes of research dissemination. ...
Read moreEducational resilience through community arts education
Investigating the impact of community arts provision on educational resilience.
Read morePupil-led anti-bullying interventions
The project harnesses the child’s voice to help resolve their specific experiences of school bullying.
Read moreCommunities of Practice around research supervision
Researchers are providing an array of approaches to investigating research supervision.
Read moreAnalysing accessible music education
Evaluating music education in projects with specialised instruments for those with upper-limb disabilities.
Read moreConductive education
Investigating a unified, integrated approach to educating children with disabilities
Read moreA Rhythmic Analysis of Teaching & Learning in HE: Space, Time, Affect
The pilot project set out to capture the rhythmic fluctuations and orientations of BCU’s campuses.
Read moreLeadership, further education and social justice
This research project aims to explore how further education leaders who have a self-professed history of commitment to...
Read moreGeographical and social demographic trends of A-level music students
Identifying regional contrasts in A-level music provision, and to understand the contexts within which the downturn in ...
Read moreJust Play
Highlighting key themes in music education for young people
Read morePhotographs as a tool for young children with Down Syndrome
Creating a common assessment tool that could be used by all professionals in a way that empowers parents and children.
Read moreGo Compose
Working in partnership with Sound and Music to understand more regarding musical learning through composing
Read moreVoices Foundation Singing Schools Programme
Examining the impact the Singing School model has on the educational outcomes of children and young people
Read moreWhole Class Ensemble Teaching Research Report
How successful is Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET)?
Read moreTeach Through Music
The evaluative report undertaken by Birmingham City University detailed a variety of perspectives on the Teach Through...
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