Research projects

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

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...

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

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

‘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. ...

Exploring the social inclusion of adults living with the effects of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), with a...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

It is intended that RED-Alert will outperform state-of-the-art SOCMINTsolutions in terms of performance (number of lan...

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

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

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

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

Exploring the world of DIY justice and how those who represent themselves in court navigate the many communication pit...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

There are currently 36,000 nurse vacancies in the UK. With retention rates continuing to drop, this project examines h...

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

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

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

Analysing previously reported incidents to examine how it can help to monitor and predict where staff safety may be at...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This submission is based upon a research collaboration between the Centre of Human Rights’ Dr. Alice Storey and Keele ...

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

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

Birmingham City University's Centre for Human Rights will be working with the Research Society of International Law ...

This Stakeholder Report in Sudan’s UPR (2021) will be led by Dr Amna Nazir, and it builds upon our 2016 work with the ...

Our Stakeholder Submission in the UK’s review in the Fourth Cycle of the UPR will focus upon domestic violence, disabi...

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

This research project aims to explore how further education leaders who have a self-professed history of commitment to...

The research aimed to explore the challenges of putting together and delivering successful apprenticeship programmes. ...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Birmingham City University is undergoing research to critically evaluate the impact of the Professional Exchange Net...

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

Highlighting key themes in music education for young people

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?

Investigating a unified, integrated approach to educating children with disabilities

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

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

Researchers are providing an array of approaches to investigating research supervision.

The research is in its early stages and has already identified exemplars of creative modes of research dissemination. ...

The researchers in this project are actively and proactively exploring creative modes of research dissemination.

The primary aim of this project was to create a sustainable and collaborative model of observations.

What does classical music mean to today's generation?

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

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

Exploring the performance of music education hubs across the country

How do we asses music proficiency across the world?

Raising awareness of the Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools

Investigating the impact of community arts provision on educational resilience.

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

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

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

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

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

Exploring how making a space in the curriculum for students to share aspects of their cultural background and identity ...

What is the relationship between leadership and improving teaching and learning?

Reducing disparities in learning outcomes for children from refugee, asylum seeker, and newly arrived migration context...

This study draws on Hill’s ‘cabaret’ research dissemination to develop a template to use for the range of exemplars.

Focusing on colleges not just as a producers of human capital but rather, as important community resources.

Working with Birmingham Music Education Part nership to assess the music education pupils in primary and secondary sc...

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...

An exploration of the impact and implications of the Teaching Excellence Framework

Compassionate care is experiential and hard to teach, but VR could help prepare health students for their first engage...

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

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

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

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

Birmingham City University researchers evaluate foster care service, Fosterline.

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 ...

Research Projects

International Stammering Awareness Day: Challenging discrimination and prejudice

Curriculum models in school practices

Terrorism and the Arts

Transforming house construction with DfMA

Disability Under Siege

Kipper and the Corpse

Atomos

Surviving Lockdown: performance responses in a constrained pandemic landscape

Unveiling the Gorge

Letterpress printing: past, present, future

The Baskerville Punches: revelations of craftsmanship

Speculative Natures

Independent Evaluation of FosterTalk Membership Services

Bummock

Using vignettes to explore how supervisors and students clarify expectations during doctoral studies

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in adulthood: An exploration of social inclusion and identity

Periods in a Pandemic: how UK period poverty initiatives are mitigating Covid-19 related challenges

Automated Drum Transcription

Intelligent Music Production and Automated Music Transformations

Genetics and Bone Mineral Density

WMCA Serrano: A Vision-based System for Road Traffic Monitoring

Coding for disabled developers

Improving uniform design processes

Developing augmented reality technologies

Vehicle configurator augmented reality system

Police Use of Tasers

The impact of Covid-19 on the right to a fair trial

The Impact of Lockdown on Domestic Violence Perpetration and Victimisation

The Impacts of Police Messaging Services on Public Perceptions and Fear of Crime

Athlete preparation for elite swimming

Ergogenic aids for adolescent swimmers

The difference in athletes post-sodium bicarbonate digestion

European Asylum Support Office: Iraq report

The Role of Birmingham’s ‘Gay Village’ in the ‘Othering’ of Non-Homonormative Identities

Every Casualty: creation of an online knowledge base

Iraq Body Count: data collection and analysis on security

How COVID-19 has affected radiotherapy treatments

Perceptions of Safety and Risk Amongst Grindr Users

Social inclusion and exclusion of the greenification of urban space

Visualising Suspicion: Art, Community and Counter-Terrorism

Exploring home schooling experiences for children with SEND and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Doing / thinking – About (facing away from the direction of travel)

Effects of sodium bicarbonate on exercise performance and recovery

Personalising sodium bicarbonate supplementation to maximise performance

Thinking of Place iii

Recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage

The impact of social distancing and isolation on the elderly during COVID-19

Big Data Corridor

Birmingham In Real Time

Red-Alert

Innovate Dignity

Asia Triennial Manchester: Harmonious Society

The Unseen: The Fourth Guangzhou Triennial

The Shadow Never Lies

The Distant Unknown: Contemporary Art from Britain

This is Shanghai: An Exhibition of Urban Parallels

Language of DIY Justice: Communication practices and processes

Thailand Biennale Krabi 2018

Exploring the application of property level flood risk adaptation

Everyday Legend: Reinventing Traditions in Chinese Contemporary Art

I Hear Your Dreams: Contemporary Art from Norway

Waiting for diagnosis: an artistic exploration

Exploring experiences of online peer support for newly qualified nurses

How do registered health and social care practitioners change their practice post Mental Capacity Act training?

Investigating burnout in nursing home nurses

Nursing support for South Asian carers of dementia patients

Recognising dementia

Communicating the Impacts of Austerity and Inequality

Public Perceptions of Inequalities in Health and Income

Understanding cultural beliefs and dementia

PrisDem: Enhancing dementia care and support in prison populations

Supporting multiple birth families

Reducing tool replacement and downtime

Advanced additive manufacturing

Next generation technologies for networked Europe

Evolution of nanocrystallised, highly-reactive multi-layered metal structures

Sustainable infrastructure through structural health monitoring

Rising to the Climate Crisis

National Park for the West Midlands