Research projects

A practice-led project that is underpinned by the belief that improving the student learning experience starts by impr...

This project is supporting pedagogical universities in Viet Nam to provide digital resources and skills to meet the nee...

This project seeks to provide a holistic approach to the elimination of barriers to successfully accessing postgraduate...

Experiences, expectations and possibilities for learning and engagement in education. This research examines students’ ...

What has been the impact of the Uni Connect programme across the West Midlands partnership on participating students, t...

The Socially Distant Stories is an ethnographic exploration about the impact of a hybrid theatre in education approach ...

The planned research project aims to explore the ways in which practising educators contribute to the governance of Bir...

Dr Amna Nazir was invited by the Christian Muslim Forum, founded by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to act as a scholar c...

Birmingham Art School (BAS) connects schools and arts organisations - including music , dance, theatre and visual arts ...

Our Stakeholder report to Botswana’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr Alice Storey, makes specific recommendations...

Our Stakeholder report to Mali’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr Amna Nazir, makes specific recommendations to th...

Our stakeholder report to the UAE’S Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr Amna Nazir, makes specific recommendations to...

CHECKIT-HE aims to enhance the higher education (HE) sector's response to hate and extremism on HE campuses by building...

Improving youth voice and youth-led approaches across Music Education Hubs in the West Midlands to increase engagement ...

Dr Amna Nazir provided her consultancy services to the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Righ...

These activities funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are jointly-delivered by the Centre for Huma...

Professor Jon Yorke collaborated to provide information for a death penalty case to the United Nations, with Professor ...

Investigating how young children watch, understand and engage with digital content on YouTube and YouTube kids. ...

A small-scale international project focus ing on children’s experiences at home during the C...

Our Stakeholder report to Benin’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Amna Nazir, makes specific recommenda...

Our Stakeholder report to Japan’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Alice Storey , makes specific reco...

Our Stakeholder report to Gabon’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Amna Nazir, makes specific recommenda...

Our Stakeholder report to Zambia’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Amna Nazir, makes specific recommend...

Our Stakeholder report to Sri Lanka’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Amna Nazir , makes specific re...

In partnership with AIDER and led by Dr Amna Nazir, our Stakeholder report to Ghana’s Universal Periodic Review...

Malthouse Engineering Co. Ltd. was formed in 1947, and has grown, historically, through a series of acquisitions. It i...

Our Stakeholder report to Indonesia’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Amna Nazir, makes specific recommendations...

Our Stakeholder report to Philippines’ Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Amna Nazir, makes specific recommendation...

Our Stakeholder report to South Africa’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Professor Jon Yorke, makes specific recomme...

The CHR provided its consultancy service to non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Women’s Justice, contributing...

Consider yourself a super sleuth? Constantly invested in true crime shows and podcasts? If so, you may want to find ou...

Consider yourself a super sleuth? Constantly invested in true crime shows and podcasts? If so, you may want to find ou...

Following the auction of Boulton's Baskerville bible, Dr Caroline Archer-Parre led a consortium of city heritage organ...

In collaboration with the Library of Birmingham, British Library and Find My Past, this project aims to digitise Birmi...

Working with Billesley Primary School, the academic team will evaluate the Arts Council England Creativity Collaborati...

The Institute for the Future of Work’s Good Work Monitor builds a detailed sub-regional map of access to good work acr...

The project aims to evaluate and advise the Women's Health Network in Bradford, a collective of women who strive to imp...

Exploring the experiences of student nurses who are assigned clinical placements in prison settings in order to suppor...

This research re-discovered the rural urban fringe within more positive, inclusive and proactive agendas for management...

This work focuses specifically on integrating the principles and thinking behind the ecosystem approach and ecosystem s...

Rufopoly is a participatory-learning board game, which enables players to undertake a journey through a fictitious rur...

Professor Jon Yorke acted as the lead legal advisor and drafter of the amicus curiae briefs submitted by the Governme...

Professor Jon Yorke worked with Hannah Gorman on an amicus curiae brief on comparative perspectives on capital punishme...

Submission of an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Zane Floyd in support of a rehearing due to the adjudicative defici...

Exploring the factors behind falling rates of STI home test kit returns in Birmingham and Solihull.

This ESRC funded project aims to identify the drivers behind t he current climate of conspiracy theories and racist '...

This ESRC funded project explores areas of need for Muslim communities during the impact of coronavirus, and developin...

BCU has pioneered an innovative ‘close to practice’ professional doctorate programme in Education, the EdD, and the UK...

Researchers from the Bioresource and Bioeconomy research group have been woring with the community of Wupperthal in So...

Identifying the potential in waste seaweed crops for the generation of sustainable biogas, this project aimed to equip...

Developing and testing systems which break down food waste in preperation for conversion into sustainable biogas. The t...

The Bioresource and Bioeconomy Research Group at BCU is supporting the development of sustainable, circular bioeconomi...

Monitoring children’s emotional and behavioural patterns via the use of wearable and external sensors tracking physiol...

After receiving a grant from Facebook, researchers at BCU are now investigating the opportunities around AR/VR to supp...

Researchers are working with teenagers in Birmingham to design a climate action board game, in order to engage young p...

Identifying the different healthcare settings and specialities supporting the trainee nursing associate role.

With Covid-19 continuing to affect social care, how has the pandemic impacted - both professionally and personally - t...

Our Stakeholder report to the Syrian Arab Republic’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Professor Jon Yorke, makes spec...

Our Stakeholder report to South Sudan’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr. Amna Nazir, makes specific recommendatio...

The need for blockchain-based applications to interact with external services and applications is increasingly evident...

The project will use the case of autonomous pods manufactured by Westfield Technology Group (WTG), a leading manufactu...

The Co-MAP project responds to the urgent need to understand the impacts of Covid-19 in relation to the most vulnerabl...

Academics at BCU and the University of Hertfordshire have been working with officials in South Africa to provide an ana...

The New Urban Landscape Alliance, is a working group to raise awareness of the capacity of urban landscapes to address...

Working with international partners to investigate what music teachers think is important in assessments.

Researchers in BMERG have been investigating the decline of young people choosing music as an A Level subject, and whe...

Exploring how schools interpret music education policy to assess the state of music education in primary schools.

This project will explore the interaction between STEAM subjects and their inherent creativity to better understand th...

Silvia Gullino, Associate Professor in City Making has created a six series podcast called 'Drivers of Change' to highl...

Our stakeholder report to Thailand’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Professor Jon Yorke, makes specific recommendat...

Our stakeholder report to Papua New Guinea’s Universal Periodic Review, led by Professor Jon Yorke , makes specific...

March is Endometriosis (endo) Awareness Month . Dr Annalise Weckesser , Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham City Uni...

Birmingham City University have developed a Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) tool to estimate life cycle cost and CO2...

The research investigates how Chinese contemporary art has increasingly become a popular method to help rejuvenate Chi...

Responding the recorded lack of diversity in classical music education, this study aims to investigate the lived exper...

Comparing cultural differences and sharing best practice around the teaching of music composition in the UK and Germany...

As a London-based music organisation expands its outreach, BCU has partnered with them to ensure their work - promotin...

Investigating the experiences of postgraduate researchers and the effects of those experiences on their mental healt...

This PAR project aims to build a new practitioner research team to generate meaningful research evidence on the barrier...

The aim of the project is to propose cost effective scalable construction solutions and strategies that take account o...

Producing a powerful, contemporary remake of a famous early 1900s Suffrage play, working with Bedfordshire's LGBTQ+ com...

This project is designed to explore the links between three topical issues within the fields of education and public h...

The aim was to explore the power of digital film to communicate the meaningful and honest experiences of those affecte...

Improving music activites to e ngage young people with special educational needs, and / or disabilities and enhanci...

The consortium has designed an efficient production line for DfMA houses under factory conditions (Figure 1). The aim ...

Utilising a multimodal approach, including conversation analytics and eye-tracking technology, this project aims to an...

The Research Development Unit for English Studies have developed a number of tools to assist quantitative language rese...

Over an 18 month period, the Birmingham City University Online Islamophobia Project is conducting one of the largest e...

Developing a dashboard to track hitherto underexplored online conversations surrounding COVID-19, to provide valuable ...

eMargin is an online collaborative annotation tool that lets you highlight, colour-code, write notes and assign tags t...

OurSurveySays is an online service for the analysis of open-text survey questions using Corpus Linguistic techniques. ...

The WebCorp suite of tools is comprised of three versions of the software that build on one another to provide linguis...

Exploring the instances of language whereby pairs of words are discouraged from appearing together, or are 'repulsed' ...

Islam's research as one of the AHRC and BBC New Thinkers aimed to continue building British national identity by celeb...

Evaluating the effect of education games on the learning and teaching of English literature.

The platform enables house design to be faster to construct, economical to build and low impacts to the environment.

Understanding the impact of whole school curriculum models on music subject leader practices.

Dr Islam Issa reviewed thousands of archives, letters and documents from the First World War, revealing how frequently...

In the first full length study of John Milton's influence in the Arab world, Dr Islam Issa reveals the poet's influenc...

BCU researchers have analysed over 68,000 eBay listings in order to find the most successful language used on the onli...

Elizabeth Siddall was an important and influential artist and poet during the 19 th century, but did her published ...

The project explored the online provision of information and advice directed at parents who turn to social media or on...

Jonathan Harris and a team of international researchers have created an extensive new publication detailing the key def...

Construction practice has hardly evolved in 40 years, and nor has productivity. Houses as a product have been criticis...

Examining the role of arts and humanities in developing inclusive forms of education for children with disabilities. ...

The Kipper and the Corpse saw Stuart Whipps pay homage to the iconic Longbridge Motor Factory by restoring a classic 1...

Analysing the emergence of lockdown performances in the entertainment industry and evaluating reactions to the challen...

Utilising new 3D technologies and dance choreography to create unique representations of the human body in movement....

‘Unveiling the Gorge’, started out as a photographic study of the landscape of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Sit...

Letterpress Printing: Past, Present, Future was an AHRC-funded Research Network that explored the survival of historic...

Analysing the influential Baskerville Punches to gain a deeper understanding of John Baskerville's techniques and 18th...

Speculative Natures, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, explores the role of contemporary art in imagining environmental ...

Evaluating the influence that fostering support programme, FosterTalk, has on foster carer retention and developing re...

Seeking to investigate, research and use unseen parts of archives as catalysts for the creation of new artworks.

The research will explore which strategies and resources are being used and how useful these are to student outcomes. ...

BCU researcher Andrew Wilson has worked with NHS trusts to develop a virtual reality app which allows medical students ...

The research investigated the legislation and related constitutional arguments used by certain state legislatures betw...

This research aims to fill the gap in current understanding of the work of these grand juries and its place in governm...

This project explores how period poverty initiatives have been mitigating the negative effects of coronavirus in order...

Analysing the scope of compassionate release in the US in an attempt to define state structures and approaches to the ...

Analysing the weight of forensic language used in court, in order to ensure the most accurate use of fornesic evidence...

Researchers within the Digital Media Technology centre have produced a state-of-the art music transcription system that...

Simplifying complex music production processes and making them more accessible, bridging the gap between musicians and...

PhD researcher Tom Brown is investigating why, despite its immense popularity, so few British South Asian cricketers m...

Investigating bone mineral density in athletes and understanding which genetic variants may be associated with this ph...

This funded project seeks to make coding more accessible for developers with physical impairments.

This knowledge transfer partnership aims to help long-standing company Murray Uniforms to expand their design capabili...

This research project, in collaboration with West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), aims to develop smarter traffic ...

BCU researcher, Sarah Lloyd is investigating the effects of Covid-19 on the justice system, specifically how to mainta...

Exploring the impacts of Covid-19 on domestic violence perpetration and victimisation are explored, while examining th...

This project explores the effectiveness of police community messaging systems, which provide users with local crime up...

This research explores police use of Tasers and of force more generally, in order to to ensure that Tasers are used...

Working in partnership to create immersive, real-time visualisation systems for motor vehicles.

This knowledge transfer partnership sees BCU experts partner with GlaxoSmithKline to create innovative augmented reali...

Enhancing the understanding, and place a greater emphasis on, the nutritional needs of young swimmers to maximise thei...

Utilising the use of ergogenic aids to help adolescent swimmers maximise their performance.

The time to peak blood bicarbonate, pH and strong ion difference in elite adolescent swimmers following sodium bicarbo...

Building off their influential work on the Iraq Body Count Project, researchers from BCU compiled a supplementary repo...

The Irag Body Count (IBC) project collects data from a variety of reliable sources to create an accurate picture of ...

Dr Lily Hamourtziadou worked with the Every Casualty project - an organisation, exclusively focused on advancing cas...

Exploring the lived experiences of the LGBTQ community in Birmingham's Gay Village, specifically looking at the inclus...

Exploring the perception of risk and safety in online dating spaces for the LGBTQ community.

Bringing academia, art and community together to explore themes of racism, hate and suspicsion, in an attempt to creat...

The COVID 19 pandemic has had a huge impact on us all, and has forced us to adapt how we live and work, and this is no...

Analysing the experiences of communities to ask the question, ' Does urban greening benefit everyone?'

This study aims to build on previous research about home schooling / home education more generally to explore and reco...

The project aims to explore how gathered materials can be combined and presented to create something new, making not a...

Helping athletes maximise their performances with personalised supplements of sodium bicarbonate, a hitherto inconsist...

Investigating whether sodium bicarbonate can help aid an athlete's performance and recovery, particularly in the world...

Thinking of Place iii brings artists together to reflect on geographical culture, exchange stories and reflect on them...

Determining the recovery response to muscle-damaging exercise when in a state of low energy availability.

Professor Joanne Brooke and Dr Maria Clark are researching the effects of social isolation on the elderly.

Birmingham in Real Time (BiRT) has a simple, clear but highly beneficial mission – to make available, and improve ac...

The Big Data Corridor (BDC) started as a way to link businesses with emerging technologies and help them utilise their ...

To detect and monitor terrorist activity, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) increasingly rely on social media intelligenc...

Innovate Dignity is a trans-national network that aims to deliver a shared, world-leading research and training progra...

This exhibition exlpored the meaning of shadow in different cultural contexts and determine, through contemporary art,...

This exhibition was centred around the concept of harmony, specifically in response to the notion of Chinese Harmony a...

Taking part in the Guangzhou Triennial, one of the largest art events in China, the BCU team's curation of the theme 'U...

This exhibition explored the ideologies behind President Xi Jinping's notion of the Chinese Dream.

This exhibition aimed to cross international boundaries by introducing a Chinese audience to five British artists, who...

Professor Jiang Jiehong of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts curated the biannual Thailand Biennale (2018)

This project aims to examine the applications of property level flood risk adaption in homes and businesses in the UK,...

Understanding the decline in traditional Chinese arts and culture amid the country’s rapid economic growth.

This project explored the artistic representation of dreams in different cultures, their socio-political meanings and ...

This project aim ed to explore the impacts of waiting on patients undergoing clinical treatment, as well as ways to...

This research explored family carers’ and professional carers’ experiences of pre-clinical dementia in the people they...

With a worldwide shortage of nurses and a large proportion of dementia sufferers based in nursing homes, this project e...

Austerity is a prevalent theme of current socio-political and economical culture but the impact on public health, thou...

This qualitative study explores the experiences and perspectives of nurses who provide support to South Asian carers of...

This project aims to assess and critically inform the public's perception of health inequalities in the UK, thus infor...

Identifying training strategies and determining how registered health and social care practitioners change their pract...

With newly-qualified nurses often succumbing to stress and questioning their choice of career, this research project ai...

Critically analysing the dementia care provision in the UK prison service.

Increasing our understanding of the spiritual and cultural beliefs around dementia to develop a nursing curriculum tha...

This study aims to provide contemporary evidence to support the development of policy, HV education and service pro...

This knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) with Birmingham-based company C Brandauer & Co Ltd investigates tool wear,...

Putting in place a cross-sectoral and cross-technological initiative at European level to increase integration between...

This project has helped to establish long-term UK-Indonesia collaboration on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) wh...

Development of the platform for three-dimensional simulation and modelling of the additive manufacturing processes suc...

Funded by the National Science Centre, this project looks to understand the complex relationships of the formation of ...

CATiD BCU has endorsed the document and contributed with drawings and images to demonstrate the importance of spatial ...

Creating a more sustainable and effective way of connecting cities and the landscape within them.

With the youngest, fastest-growing, most diverse population in the UK, the imminent arrival of HS2, the hosting of Cit...

Revolutionising the Tame Valley Wetlands area of the West Midlands into an accessible area teeming with wildlife and b...

Analysing the weighted language and media response to increased refugee activity in the UK.

Do the majority of the public recognise abusive controlling and coercive behaviours?

Analysing the characteristics of the perpetrators of spree killings to guide public policy and inform investigative pr...

Imagine Compose explored how groups of beginner instrumentalists up to Grade 3, can compose within a “Wider Opportunit...

This research will develop understandings of how to use repertoire as a stimulus that opens the composing horizons for...

Working with young people to create new music around the theme of auto-immune disease.

The Eczema Mindlines project provides a range of videos, conferences, workshops and more to provide sufferers with the...

Health professionals involved in academia are essential, but understaffed. This project aims to unravel why such a vit...

Ensuring the sustainability, security and resilience of water supplies in the face of climate change is a global chall...

The number of pregnant women classed as obese continues to rise across the globe. Using a range of innovative techniqu...

This project seeks to address sensor and sensor network deployment and communication in smart water distribution syste...

This research theme aims to utilise data intelligence and security to improve the cyber-physical systems of smart wa...

To identify how, when and in what context patient-practitioners-researcher boundaries have been crossed in knowledge m...

Birmingham City University researchers are embarking on a project to increase inclusivity in femtech apps by analysing...

In response to the introduction of nationwide Menstrual Health Education (MHE) in the UK, BCU researchers are investig...

Managing epilepsy while pregnant can be distressing and potentially harmful, which is why many opt to use anti-epile...

Endometriosis is a painful condition affecting 1.6 million women in the UK and this study explores the perspectives ...

This project aims to combat period poverty my researching and producing resources that advance knowledge in the mens...

Endometriosis is a painful condition and many sufferers require surgery to remove areas of endometriosis in order to...

This project assessed the feasibility of introducing new procedures in routine caesarean sections, which may reduce th...

Exploring researchers’ viewpoints and learning of a toolkit designed to increase Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME...

This project investigates which game mechanics are best suited to increasing engagement, using several participants fr...

Working to boost the achievements of black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) students within the University's School o...

Analysing the expectations and realities of postnatal care in England, in order to identify areas for attention and im...

MRI scans can be used to predict neurodevelopmental impairments in preterm infants. Birmingham City University conduct...

Fetal growth restriction is a serious complication responsible for 30% of stillbirths. The EVERREST programme aims to ...

Exploring the experiences of mothers and families with twins or triplets to assess their care needs.

The Making Mothers project concerns the analysis and development of novel antenatal care strategies to improve the hea...

Analysing holding techniques (which involve keeping patients still during invasive treatment or examination) within th...

Reducing heat-stress and increasing heat dissapation in is a key challenge in industries and processes, from micro/n...

The research sought to explain the nature and extent of destruction and the processes and products of replanning and r...

The Philippines has the potential to generate power from offshore wind but a thorough wind resource assessment (WRA) m...

The aim of the research is to expand our understanding of the cognitive mechanisms underpinning how young children lea...

The project aims to explore the link between violent media exposure, aggression and executive functioning in greater...

The project seeks to investigate the Prevent Duty within UK Higher Education (UKHE) and establish how it has been enac...

Knife crime interventions are an important initiative that aims to increase awareness of the dangers of knife crime. C...

FSEPS is a programme designed to combat social inclusion in mothers who live with their children in refuges or other...

Embrace HE - Enabling mental health benefits: resilience, achievement, competencies and engagement in improved higher ...

This project hopes to increase the general understanding of the underlying perceptions of exploitation in order to det...

Evidence suggests that police receptivity to research is low, which can potentially lead to knowledge gaps in core pol...

The research addresses the root causes of vulnerability to DA in military settings, focusing attention on emerging ris...

The central premise of this project is the question as to whether current manslaughter laws are sufficient when we con...

This project aims to identify the reason for the rise in youth perpetrated knife crime based on a number of factors. ...

Traditional foods used for livestock rearing, such as maize and soybeans, are suffering from increasing environmental p...

Road vehicles are one of the main contributors to increasing CO2 emissions. In order to reduce the reliance on the c...

CHR Consultancy members provide advice, reports and educative training for the Alliance for International Development,...

This project will review the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and identify project from which the CHR can...

The Clinic provided legal advice to the Sudanese Human Rights Initiative (SHRI) in the petitions for Meriam Ibrahim, h...

The UPR Project at BCU was established by the Centre for Human Rights in 2018. It was created to generate public awa...

Advising the United States of America on the subjects of capital punishment, climate change, and compassionate release...

The Centre for Human Rights provides recommendations for Myanmar to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on...

This stakeholder report submitted to Sudan’s third cycle UPR is led by Dr Amna Nazir and builds upon our 2016 work wit...

Our s takeholder report to Eswatini's Universal Periodic Review, led by Dr Alice Storey , makes specific recommend...

Our Stakeholder report to Namibia's Universal Periodic Review makes specific recommendations to the government on eradi...

In July 2022, the UPR Project at BCU submitted two submissions to Pakistan’s UPR, both led by Dr Amna Nazir. The firs...

In March 2022, the UPR Project at BCU submitted two joint submissions to the UK’s UPR. The first was submitted in conj...

This project will form staff and student collaborations to identify key human rights issues in Brazil.

The Centre for Human Rights Consultancy works closely with the Sudanese Human Rights Initiative for the promotion of a...

Professor Jon Yorke of Birmingham City University's Centre for Human Rights was part of the working group which devised...

Contributing to the work of Amicus ALJ, which trains the UK legal profession to undertake aspects of capital defence wi...

Looking behind the figures, this exploratory research can show the key value drivers of MLI properties.

The research aims to discuss this issue and provide a conceptual real estate framework to manage these risk events.

Doosan Enpure's patented Sonix technology aims to increase the yield of biogas production but the technology required ...

This four year project combines the expertise and resources of 19 partners over 7 countries in order to address sustain...

The water industry of the future will need to be smart and resource-efficient, and the current water industry is chara...

Estimating the potential economic benefits of making people physically more active

Funded by Innovate UK, Birmingham City University researchers have partnered with Wilmat Limited to investigate and de...

How can we prepare for the spread of anti-microbial resistance and what are the potential impacts on our lives and eco...

BMF reached out to Birmingham City University (BCU) to develop a model that would forecast the economic condition of t...

The evaluative report undertaken by Birmingham City University detailed a variety of perspectives on the Teach Through...

Investigating a unified, integrated approach to educating children with disabilities

Highlighting key themes in music education for young people

The pilot project set out to capture the rhythmic fluctuations and orientations of BCU’s campuses.

Working in partnership with Sound and Music to understand more regarding musical learning through composing

Creating a common assessment tool that could be used by all professionals in a way that empowers parents and children.

Examining the impact the Singing School model has on the educational outcomes of children and young people

How successful is Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET)?

Can getting young people involved in musical activities help those at risk of low attainment or exclusion?

Exploring the performance of music education hubs across the country

Exploring children's right to make choices and engage in playful activities in restricted environments through music a...

What does classical music mean to today's generation?

Sound Connections, a leading music charity based in London, approached BCU to act as the data analysis partner in an e...

Raising awareness of the Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools

To examine how drama in schools can be used to explore different subjects to create democratic spaces.

How do we asses music proficiency across the world?

The Human Spaces research project is a small scale evaluative case study.

Investigating the impact of community arts provision on educational resilience.

Evaluating music education in projects with specialised instruments for those with upper-limb disabilities.

Identifying regional contrasts in A-level music provision, and to understand the contexts within which the downturn in ...

The project harnesses the child’s voice to help resolve their specific experiences of school bullying.

The project seeks to address weaknesses in current secondary school music provision.

This project aims to understand how the very youngest children (0 - 3 year olds) are using touchscreen technology in h...

Working with Birmingham Music Education Partnership to assess the music education pupils in primary and secondary scho...

This project aims to unpack the benefits of Conductive Education (CE) by working with a CE centre in Birmingham.

This project aims to improve the lives of children with complex disabilities by trailing early intervention methods ...

Sex and Relationship Education in schools will always be a contentious topic but to what extent do a teacher’s own vie...

Free school meals can be a vital lifeline for economically disadvantaged families but during the school holidays child...

Exploring the early care and education experiences of children born prematurely through reports from parents.

Early intervention services have the capacity to make big improvements to childrens' outcomes, but how might these ser...

Birmingham City University researchers evaluate foster care service, Fosterline.

Research Projects

Aimhigher Plus: The impact of regional partnership and collaboration

Enhancing Learning and Teaching Quality through Collaborative Observation

Teacher Educators Digital Hub (TEDH): Supporting the digital transformation of teacher education in Viet Nam

That’s Me: Eliminating barriers to post graduate research study in the west midlands

Pedagogies of hybridity in the post-pandemic university

Aimhigher Plus: Stakeholder project

Socially Distant Stories from Beyond the Screen

Educators In Educational Governance In Birmingham

Christian Muslim Forum Dialogue on Blasphemy Laws

Birmingham Arts School Evaluation

The UPR Project at BCU: Botswana

The UPR Project at BCU: Mali

The UPR Project at BCU: UAE

The Jewellery Quarter Industry Cluster - halting terminal decline and providing practical support to Birmingham’s original creative industry

CHECKIT HE – Countering Hate and Extremism on Campus

Music Makers of the Future

NHRI Training on UN Freedom of Expression and Religion

Universal Periodic Review 2022 – UK Civil Society Engagement

Alan Eugene Miller

Resisting hyperreality?: talking to young children about YouTube and YouTube Kids

Using rhythmanalysis to explore the synchronicities and disruptions in children’s everyday lives in England and Greece during the 2020 lockdown

The UPR Project at BCU: Benin

The UPR Project at BCU: Japan

The UPR Project at BCU: Gabon

The UPR Project at BCU: Zambia

The UPR Project at BCU: Sri Lanka

The UPR Project at BCU: Ghana

Malthouse Engineering: Data Analytics and Environmentally Sustainable Firm Growth

The UPR Project at BCU: Indonesia

The UPR Project at BCU: Philippines

The UPR Project at BCU: South Africa

Ending the Criminalisation of Domestic Abuse Victims

Best crime scene shows on TV right now

Best crime scene shows on TV right now

Matthew Boulton’s Baskerville Bible

Digitising Aris’s Birmingham Gazette

Creativity Collaboratives Billesley Primary School

The Good Work Monitor

An Evaluation of the Women’s Health Network in Bradford

PrisNurS: Student nurse’s lived experience of a clinical placement in a prison setting

Managing Environmental Change at the Fringe: Reconnecting Science and Policy with the Rural-Urban Fringe

Tools: Applications, Benefits and Limitations for Ecosystems (TABLES)

Maximising the Impact of Games as Effective Participative Tools: The Rufopoly Resource Kit

Linda Anita Carty

Shonda Walter

Zane Floyd

Barriers to Return of Home Sampling Kits for Sexually Transmitted Infections Requested Online: A Qualitative Study

Covid-19: What are the Drivers of the Islamophobic Infodemic Communications on social media

Interventions around the impact of Coronavirus on Muslims in Birmingham in post-Covid Britain

Digi-Doc: Digital Doctorate Training Hub

Developing Community Centric Sustainable Solutions for Rural Communities in Western Cape, South Africa

MacroBio – Sustainable Utilisation of Macroalgae (Seaweed) in Indonesia

Optimising Biogas Production from Food Waste

Converting organic waste into sustainable bioenergy and products

Wearable Systems for Emotional Behavioural Disorders

Inclusive AR/VR Experiences

The Built Climate Action Game

The experiences and expectations of trainee nursing associates

The impact of Covid-19 on care home staff

The UPR Project at BCU: Syrian Arab Republic

The UPR Project at BCU: South Sudan

Reputable

Digital Innovations for Niche Sector Industry Supply Chain Optimisation

Co-MAP: Investigating Covid-19's impact on vulnerable young people

Determinants of corporate cash holdings in South Africa

The New Urban Landscape Alliance

Music teacher attitudes to assessment

A Level music decline and disadvantage attainment gaps

Music Teaching Provision in Primary Schools

Re-thinking curricula: STEAM education from early years through to higher education

Drivers of Change Podcast

The UPR Project At BCU: Thailand

The UPR Project At BCU: Papua New Guinea

From Meghan Markle to Endometriosis… We don’t believe women

DfMA house knowledge-based engineering (KBE) tool for Life Cycle Cost and CO2 emissions

Art Diplomacy and Nation Branding: The Visual Politics of Re-inventing China

Investigating how socio-economic background influences music students’ aspirations, sense of identity and belonging within UK conservatoires.

Comparing composition teaching and learning in secondary school education in the UK and Germany

Musical Beacons