Research Projects

Our research is connected to outcomes that feedback into industry, culture and the environment. Find out more about our researchers and their projects below.

Development of a software system to enhance audit efficiency and audit quality

This is a systems project in a growth-oriented audit sector. It is aimed to improve efficiency, raise standards of customer service, and increase capacity in a market known to be short of resources. The resulting system will also reduce possibility for errors as well as increase the opportunity for fraud detection in audit engagements. 

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Supporting BAME Families of Prisoners with social-action research

In partnership with  Himaya Haven CIC , Birmingham City University is conducting community-led social action researc...

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Creating Schools of Recovery

‘Creating “Schools of Recovery”’ (SoR) was a two-year project to explore and evaluate a partnership model with theatre...

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Making Gender Equality Matter in Schools (MGEMS)

Making Gender Equality Matter in Schools (MGEMS) makes a direct response to concerns evidenced in the research literatu...

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STEM-Power: Enabling Progression of STEM Women Researchers

This research aims to build a knowledge exchange e-resource that provides free access to resources and project assets ...

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Pressure Ulcer Prevention: CPrUP1

The aim of this research is to co-design a theoretically underpinned, tailored intervention to support housebound older...

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DEarEST

The aim of this research was to undertake a co-creation study with older people living in a northern city in the Unite...

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Pressure Ulcer Prevention CPRUP2

This project is implementing and evaluating a co-designed, tailored intervention to support pressure ulcer prevention b...

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AlCohol HArM PreventIOn iN pregnancy (CHAMPION)

The aim of this research is to co-design a theoretically informed intervention to support midwives in implementing an a...

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Military Mental Health

This project aims to co-design a leader mediated intervention to prevent poor Mental Health in serving, regular and res...

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The parental experience of receiving the diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder

The aim of this research is to explore the experiences of parents/caregivers about the receipt of a DLD diagnosis for ...

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Mission ICU

The aim of this project is to develop a theory-based instrument to identify barriers and facilitators to optimal manag...

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Develop and implement a mortality risk score into acute medical ward in the UK

The aim of this research is to develop and implement a mortality risk score into acute medical ward in the UK.  

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Tobacco Risk reduction with E-cigarette nicotine Therapy among adults with serious mental illness (TRIDENT)

This project aims to develop a brief intervention offering e-cigarettes, and a continued support programme given by me...

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RAPID and Efficient Eczema Trials (RAPID programme)

To improve the lives of people living with eczema by partnering with citizen scientists to deliver multiple, efficient...

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Barriers and facilitators to and impact of the use of lifting cushions in care homes (CH-CUSHION)

Care home residents are at significant risk of falling, often related to physical frailty, cognitive impairment and ce...

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Radiography mindlines: An ethnographic study of professional knowledge sharing in a diagnostic radiography clinical learning environment.

The aim of this research is to  explore how professional knowledge is shared, accessed, and created between undergradua...

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Co-designing strategies to enhance midwives’ gestational weight gain mindlines in relation to South Asian women

The aim of this research is to  co-design prototype strategies that will support midwives to have culturally sensitive ...

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Knowledge mobilisation to enhance and amend eczema mindlines

To find effective ways in which to get eczema knowledge to research teams to patients, parents of children with the co...

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Optimising outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy and their babies: Reducing maternal seizure risks and assessing long-term safety of antiepileptic drugs

The aim of this research is to  improve maternal and offspring outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy through early i...

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Spirit Matters

'Spirit Matters' is an exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, curated by Jiang Jiehong in the Chinese Centre for Visua...

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How feminists are harnessing human rights to advance abortion access

Dr Rebecca Smyth , Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University (BCU), is researching how feminists use human rights...

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South Asian Cinema and Video Online Distribution Research Network

This project centres on the intersection between video online distribution (VOD) and the representation of South Asian...

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The experiences and needs of multiple birth fathers during the early years: an exploration with Twins Trust’s peer support service

In collaboration with Twin Trust’s Peer Support Service for fathers, we aim to explore multiple birth fathers’ experie...

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Mapping multiple birth care during the first 1,001 critical days: a World Café method study

This research project aims to understand and map the experiences and reported needs of multiple birth families receivin...

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The economic impacts of antimicrobial resistance in livestock (EcoAMR)

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) persists as a significant global threat to public health, with an estimated 4.95 millio...

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DIATOMIC: Digital Innovation Transformative Change

The DIATOMIC project aims to enhance innovation capability and capacity to nurture growth and prosperity in the West M...

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Aural Histories Coventry, c.1451-1642

The aim of the project is to explore the changing experience of music in late-medieval and early-modern Coventry, thro...

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No11: Know your place

Building on a recent Co.Lab pilot project at BCU this application brings West Midlands National Park lab research to ne...

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Small Performances: Investigating the typographic punches of Baskerville

'Small performances' is an interdisciplinary project that will make a substantial contribution to the history of print...

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Narrow Margins: the criminalisation of trespass, the politics of property, and life on the margins in England

The aim of this project is to explore the steady criminalisation of trespass and its impact upon marginalised communit...

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BESTA Project: South Asian Cricket Association Research

This project will aim to investigate the most effective ways of integrating diverse talent into the current pathway str...

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FIFA Talent Development Research

This project will focus on designing, implementing, and evaluating best practice guidelines across the six dimensions ...

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That's Me: Eliminating barriers to postgraduate research study in the West Midlands

Birmingham City University is proud to partner with the University of Wolverhampton to deliver  That’s Me! Eliminatin...

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Inclusive External Human-Machine Interface for Automated Vehicles-d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Pedestrian Interaction

This research aims to fill this gap related to 11 million d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people in the UK (potential...

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Global Animal Law from the Margins

This research project critiques emerging global animal law for relying primarily on mainstream animal ethics and for f...

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Solarpunk and Multispecies Worlding

This experimental research project will examine solarpunk themes of hope, multispecies perspectives, and queerness to ...

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Kenneth Eugene Smith

Complaint to the UN on behalf of Mr Kenneth Eugene Smith. Professor Jon Yorke collaborated for providing information on...

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Marine Dumping on UK Coastlines: Raising Sustainability Awareness through a Stakeholder-Oriented Experiential Learning Approach

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Fuel Additive Science Technologies Limited (FAST): Data Analytics and Environmentally Sustainable Firm Growth

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From Conservatoire Student to Music Educator

The research explores how undergraduate conservatoire students can develop pedagogical knowledge. 

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OHMI Music-Makers WCET Programme.

The OHMI Music-Makers WCET Programme led by The OHMI Trust and funded by Arts Council England, has been active since 2...

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Rethinking cross university approaches to training for doctoral supervision using STEAM provocations to promote fair, secure and just global societies

The terms cross-, multi-, inter- and trans- (disciplinary practice and working) are used interchangeably in research a...

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Enhancing the transition of non-traditional students ENTRANTS

There is robust empirical evidence that students lacking a “sense of belonging” within higher education is one of the m...

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Aimhigher Plus: The impact of regional partnership and collaboration

Understanding the impact and effectiveness of the Aim Higher Plus partnership relations and how these contribute to the...

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Enhancing Learning and Teaching Quality through Collaborative Observation

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

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

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

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Pedagogies of hybridity in the post-pandemic university

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

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Aimhigher Plus: Stakeholder project

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

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Socially Distant Stories from Beyond the Screen

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

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Educators In Educational Governance In Birmingham

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

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Christian Muslim Forum Dialogue on Blasphemy Laws

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

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Birmingham Arts School Evaluation

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

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

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CHECKIT HE – Countering Hate and Extremism on Campus

CHECKIT HE aims to enhance higher education (HE) response to hate and extremism on higher education institution (HEI) c...

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Music Makers of the Future

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

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NHRI Training on UN Freedom of Expression and Religion

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

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Universal Periodic Review 2022 – UK Civil Society Engagement

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

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Alan Eugene Miller

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

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

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

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

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

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Malthouse Engineering: Data Analytics and Environmentally Sustainable Firm Growth

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

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Ending the Criminalisation of Domestic Abuse Victims

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

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Matthew Boulton’s Baskerville Bible

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

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Digitising Aris’s Birmingham Gazette

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

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Creativity Collaboratives Billesley Primary School

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

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The Good Work Monitor

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

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An Evaluation of the Women’s Health Network in Bradford

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Linda Anita Carty

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

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Shonda Walter

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

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Zane Floyd

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Digi-Doc: Digital Doctorate Training Hub

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

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

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

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MacroBio – Sustainable Utilisation of Macroalgae (Seaweed) in Indonesia

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

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Optimising Biogas Production from Food Waste

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

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Converting organic waste into sustainable bioenergy and products

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

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Wearable Systems for Emotional Behavioural Disorders

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

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Inclusive AR/VR Experiences

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

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The Built Climate Action Game

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

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The experiences and expectations of trainee nursing associates

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

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The impact of Covid-19 on care home staff

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

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Reputable

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

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Digital Innovations for Niche Sector Industry Supply Chain Optimisation

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

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

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

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Determinants of corporate cash holdings in South Africa

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

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The New Urban Landscape Alliance

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

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The New Urban Landscape Alliance

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

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Music teacher attitudes to assessment

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

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A Level music decline and disadvantage attainment gaps

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

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Music Teaching Provision in Primary Schools

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

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

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

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Drivers of Change Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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Centre for Towns Research

We work with communities through design and research to make towns more successful, sustainable and inclusive. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Musical Beacons

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

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Postgraduate Researchers Mental Health and Well-Being

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

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Building a Diverse Practitioner Learning Environment

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

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Overheating mitigation and Indoor air quality improvement in new build residential developments in the UK

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

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Tomorrow's Great Pageant

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

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Exploring the multi-dimensional relationships between social class inequalities, wellbeing and play in children aged 0-5

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

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Life:Moving: Digital Technology and Human Vulnerability: Towards an Ethical Film Praxis

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

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MEHEM UpRising!

Improving music activities to engage young people with special educational needs, and / or disabilities and enhancing t...

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DfMA House Panel Production

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

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SITCO 3: Investigating multimodal interaction in storytelling

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

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XTranscript and the CASE XML Conversion Tool

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

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The Birmingham City University Online Islamophobia Project

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

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TRAC:COVID – Trust and Communication: A Coronavirus Online Visual Dashboard

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

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eMargin: collaborative text annotation tool

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

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OurSurveySays: online dashboard for the analysis of text-based survey responses

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

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WebCorp: harnessing the web as linguistic resource in research, teaching and beyond

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

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Repulsion: The investigation of an organising force in text

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

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Shakespeare in the Middle East

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

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Games and the Teaching of Literature

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

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Platform design for manufacture and assembly of housing

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

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Curriculum models in school practices

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

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World War One football stories

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

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Milton in the Arab Muslim world

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

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The most profitable words on eBay

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

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The real voice of Elizabeth Siddall

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

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Linguistic and socio-legal analysis of online forums for Litigants in Person

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

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Terrorism and the Arts

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

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Transforming house construction with DfMA

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

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Disability Under Siege

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

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Kipper and the Corpse

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

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Surviving Lockdown: performance responses in a constrained pandemic landscape

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

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Atomos

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

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Unveiling the Gorge

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

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Letterpress printing: past, present, future

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

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The Baskerville Punches: revelations of craftsmanship

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

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Speculative Natures

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

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Independent Evaluation of FosterTalk Membership Services

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

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Bummock

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

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

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

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Virtual Reality Ophthalmology Training

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

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Federalism and State Legislative Opposition to the Affordable Care Act

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

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Local Governance Participation and Monitoring in California: The Role of the Civil Grand Jury

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

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

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

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Compassionate Release

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

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Forensic Science and Jury Decision-making

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

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Automated Drum Transcription

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

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Intelligent Music Production and Automated Music Transformations

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

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The British South Asian pathway into elite cricket

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

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Genetics and Bone Mineral Density

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

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Inclusive coding for disabled developers

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

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

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

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Improving uniform design processes

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

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

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

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The Impact of Lockdown on Domestic Violence Perpetration and Victimisation

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

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

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

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Police Use of Tasers

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

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Vehicle configurator augmented reality system

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

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KTP Partnership with GSK

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

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Athlete preparation for elite swimming

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

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Ergogenic aids for adolescent swimmers

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

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The difference in athletes post-sodium bicarbonate digestion

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

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European Asylum Support Office: Iraq report

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

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Iraq Body Count: data collection and analysis on security

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

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Every Casualty: creation of an online knowledge base

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

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

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

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Perceptions of Safety and Risk Amongst Grindr Users

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

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Visualising Suspicion: Art, Community and Counter-Terrorism

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

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Social inclusion and exclusion of the greenification of urban space

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

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

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

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

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

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Personalising sodium bicarbonate supplementation to maximise performance

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

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Effects of sodium bicarbonate on exercise performance and recovery

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

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Thinking of Place iii

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

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Recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage

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

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

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

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Birmingham In Real Time

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

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Big Data Corridor

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

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Red-Alert

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

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Innovate Dignity

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

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The Shadow Never Lies

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

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Asia Triennial Manchester: Harmonious Society

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

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The Unseen: The Fourth Guangzhou Triennial

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

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This is Shanghai: An Exhibition of Urban Parallels

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

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The Distant Unknown: Contemporary Art from Britain

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

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Thailand Biennale Krabi 2018

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

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Exploring the application of property level flood risk adaptation

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

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Everyday Legend: Reinventing Traditions in Chinese Contemporary Art

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

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I Hear Your Dreams: Contemporary Art from Norway

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

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Waiting for diagnosis: an artistic exploration

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

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Recognising dementia

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

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Investigating burnout in nursing home nurses

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

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Communicating the Impacts of Austerity and Inequality

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

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Nursing support for South Asian carers of dementia patients

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

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Public Perceptions of Inequalities in Health and Income

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

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

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

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Exploring experiences of online peer support for newly qualified nurses

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

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PrisDem: Enhancing dementia care and support in prison populations

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

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Understanding cultural beliefs and dementia

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

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Supporting multiple birth families

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

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Reducing tool replacement and downtime

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

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Next generation technologies for networked Europe

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

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Sustainable infrastructure through structural health monitoring

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

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Advanced additive manufacturing

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

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

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

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Rising to the Climate Crisis

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

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Rising to the Climate Crisis

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

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Project SATURN

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

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Project SATURN

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

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National Park for the West Midlands

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

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Tame valley landscape vision development

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

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Media constructions of ‘migrants’ who cross the English Channel by boat

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

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Public understanding of controlling or coercive behaviour

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

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The nature and characteristics of spree killings

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

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Imagine Compose

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

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Through the Music Maze: Creative Composing for young children

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

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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group: Resolution project

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

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Eczema Mindlines

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

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Exploration of the concept of clinical academic careers in general practice nursing

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

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Internet of Things for Smart Water Innovative Networks (IoT4Win)

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

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Using knowledge mobilisation theory to address maternal obesity in Birmingham

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

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Context-aware frameworks in sensors for water distribution networks

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

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Attack detection and prevention in smart water networks

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

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Bridging patient-practitioner research boundaries

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

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Inclusivity within ‘femtech’: Period tracking apps and chronic health conditions

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

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Period Dramas: what works within menstrual health education?

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

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EMPiRE: Antiepileptic Drug Management in Pregnancy

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

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Communicating endometriosis: health professionals' experiences

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

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Plan UK Menstruation: Let’s talk. Period

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

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Preventing recurrence of endometriosis by means of long-acting progestogen therapy

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

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Reducing endometriosis and preventing sepsis at caesarean section

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

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BAME in health and social care research

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

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The Impact of Game Mechanic Preference, Gaming Motivation and Personality on Video Game Engagement

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

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Improving BAME Student Achievement in the School of Law

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

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First time mothers' expectations and experiences of postnatal care in England

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

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Evaluation of MR imaging to predict neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants

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

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Pregnant women’s experiences and perceptions of early-onset fetal growth restriction

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

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Researching the experience of families with twins or triplets

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

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Making mothers: feasibility study

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

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Holding children and young people for clinical procedures

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

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Experimental stability and agglomeration analysis of different nanofluids

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

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Rebuilding cities after the catastrophe of war and destruction

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

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Identifying the Offshore Wind Resource in the Philippines

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

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Investigating the development of young children’s social learning: Is ‘overimitation’ related to theory of mind

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

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Aggression, executive function and violent media exposure

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

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Desecuritising Higher Education

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

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The efficacy of school-based anti-knife crime interventions

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

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Families: Social Exclusion and Places of Safety

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

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Embrace HE

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

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Exploitation: Vulnerabilities and Experiences

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

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Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in Policing Through the Use of Novel Pedagogies

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

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Identifying and Sharing Good Practice in Tackling Domestic Abuse in Military Contexts

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

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Work-Related Pressures for Delivery Drivers in the Digital Age of the “Gig Economy"

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

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Youth perceptions and experiences of knife crime

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

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Designing a Microalgae Cultivation System for the production of animal feed supplements

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

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Engine heat waste recovery for greener vehicles

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

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Alliance for International Development, Education and Research (AIDER)

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

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The UN Sustainable Development Goals Project

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

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The Meriam Ibrahim Litigation in Sudan

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

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Safeguarding Human Rights in Sudan

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

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The European Union and Abolition of the Death Penalty

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

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Amicus ALJ

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

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Modelling the Drivers of the UK Multi-let Industrial Property Market

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

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Advancing real estate decision making

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

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Testing and optimising techniques for biogas conversion

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

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EnAlgae: Bioenergy for North West Europe

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

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IoT4Win: Connected water management

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

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The implications of physical inactivity

Estimating the potential economic benefits of making people physically more active

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Developing advanced systems for mobile lifting and handling equipment

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

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The Potential Socio-economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada

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

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Builder's Merchant Federation: Forecasting the future

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

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Teach Through Music

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

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Youth Music: Exchanging Notes

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

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Conductive education

Investigating a unified, integrated approach to educating children with disabilities

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Just Play

Highlighting key themes in music education for young people

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A 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.

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Go Compose

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

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Photographs 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.

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Voices Foundation Singing Schools Programme

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

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Whole Class Ensemble Teaching Research Report

How successful is Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET)?

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Arts Council England Music Education Hub data return analysis

Exploring the performance of music education hubs across the country

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Exploring 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...

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AHRC Network - Representations of/in classical music

What does classical music mean to today's generation? 

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Evaluation 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...

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Art Prize for Schools External Project Evaluation

Raising awareness of the Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools

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Cross-cultural approaches for teachers across Europe

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

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Global music examinations

How do we asses music proficiency across the world? 

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Evaluating the work of the Big Brum Theatre in Education Company

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

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Educational resilience through community arts education

Investigating the impact of community arts provision on educational resilience.

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Analysing accessible music education

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

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Geographical 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 ...

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Pupil-led anti-bullying interventions

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

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Listen Imagine Compose

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

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Technobabies: 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...

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Birmingham Music Education Partnership

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

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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.

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Vocational training for physiotherapists

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

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Examining 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...

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Evaluating Holiday Kitchen for Hungry Children

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

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Early care and education experiences of young children born prematurely

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

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Relationship-based early intervention services

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

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Independent Evaluation of Fosterline England

Birmingham City University researchers evaluate foster care service, Fosterline. 

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