Previous Research News

Highest quality assured for BU
23 December 2008

BU receives the highest possible praise for the quality of its academic standards.

BU Celebrates World Class Research
18 December 2008

BU celebrates world class recognition of its research.

BU’s largest grant to boost digital media
5 December 2008

BU is celebrating the awarding of its largest ever grant from a major UK research council.

Report exposes Asian wildlife trade
20 November 2008

The trade and movement of wildlife in south-east Asia is the subject of a major report co-authored by BU’s Professor Adrian Newton.

BU launches new research centre
30 October 2008

The new international Centre for Wellbeing & Quality of Life has now been launched.be joining BU experts at the global World Travel Market.

BU examines future of tourism
29 October 2008

Tourism industry executives from across the globe will be joining BU experts at the global World Travel Market.

Hidden history of TV and Radio at BU
27 October 2008

Hidden archives spanning 50 years of independent TV and Radio History have now arrived at BU.

Food safety fears in student fridges
3 October 2008

A BU study has highlighted the serious food safety risks involved in shared student refrigerators.

Results from Stonehenge dig revealed
22 September 2008

BU's Archaeology expert presents evidence from Stonehenge dig, revealing its use as an ancient healing site, to the world's media.

BU academia support Zimbabwe book appeal
17 September 2008

A BU Academic is helping deprived students from his native country Zimbabwe, by launching a university book appeal.

BU hosts international research conference
8 September 2008

An international conference which explores innovative approaches for understanding people’s lives takes place at BU this week.

BU gears up for 2012
3 September 2008

BU experts play key role in research for 2012 Olympic Games.

Innovative partnership to tackle trauma
22 August 2008

BU’s renowned Media School is conducting an innovative e-learning project to help tackle work -based trauma.

BU STRIDEs to keep skills in region
19 August 2008

BU launches STRIDE – a project which encourages graduates to remain and work in the region.

BU finds lowest ever cancer death rate
11 August 2008

Researchers from BU’s School of Health & Social Care have found that cancer deaths are markedly down in England & Wales.

BU research to aid skin sufferers
5 August 2008

A BU Research Fellow is conducting a UK study into care given to sufferers of psoriasis.

BU gives CSI exercise
1 August 2008

Students gain unique hands-on experience at BU's world-class forensic workshops.

UK television debut for BU graduates
29 July 2008

A film directed and produced by two BU graduates receives its TV premiere this weekend on Channel 4.

BU Partnership increases profitability
23 July 2008

A local business has reported a significant increase in turnover and savings thanks to a successful partnership with BU.

BU in ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ search
21 July 2008

BU is pleased to be sponsoring the new Entrepreneur category at this year’s Dorset Business Awards.

Radio expert explores poet’s trial
18 July 2008

BU’s Professor of Radio Sean Street will explore the trial of controversial poet Ezra Pound, on BBC Radio 3’s ‘The Sunday Feature’.

Top students put campus on Google Earth
17 July 2008

Two BU students have used their creative flair, initiative and technical expertise to win a top 3D design award.

BU students at Europe’s biggest showcase
15 July 2008

Design and engineering students from BU showcase their designs at a top London exhibition.

Shipworm points to global warming
11 July 2008

BU experts link discovery of a warm water shipworm to evidence of climate change.

Graduate pens ‘Inventing for Dummies’
8 July 2008

A BU Product Design graduate has launched a new book to help turn bright ideas into big business.

Graduate design best for festival survival
3 July 2008

A pop-up tent designed by BU Product Design graduate has been voted top festival accessory by ‘The Gadget Show’.

BU launches ‘world-class’ MBA
2 July 2008

Our newly launched MBA postgraduate course is the UK’s first to specialise in five different industry sectors.

BU academic helps promote surgical safety
30 June 2008

A BU health care expert is helping to improve the safety of patients undergoing hospital surgery.

BU Dean hits top ten book list
20 June 2008

A publication written by the Dean of the Business School has been listed as a ‘Top Ten Best Business Book’.

It’s email, but at a snail's pace...
8 June 2008

BU Researchers devise project to challenge our obsession with the speed of sending and receiving emails.

Festival of Design & Innovation 2008
11 June 2008

Come and be inspired at this year’s Festival of Design & Innovation

Top award for BU design graduate
9 June 2008

BU Product Design graduate wins place on prestigious Flying Start Programme, taking her to USA’s top universities and companies.

Global Centre unveils new director
30 April 2008

Learning and Teaching head is appointed Director of the new Centre for Global Perspectives.

New Executive Business School for BU
7 May 2008

BU is strengthening its reputation with a £5m investment in a new Executive Business School building.

BU’s postgraduate medical centre
2 May 2008

BU has opened its doors to the first postgraduate medical centre in Dorset, and it’s already benefiting newly qualified doctors.

BU makes positive impact on the economy
21 April 2008

A new report reveals the importance of BU’s impact on the local and regional economy.

BU experts complete Stonehenge excavation
16 April 2008

BU archaeologists complete rare excavation at ancient monument.

Bryson takes to ‘Streets of Bournemouth’
14 April 2008

A world-famous author has become Patron of BU’s ‘Streets of Bournemouth’ project.

BU expert leads historic excavation
30 March 2008

Renowned BU archaeologist leads rare excavation at Stonehenge.

Grant links animation and psychology
20 March 2008

BU is awarded major funding to support ground-breaking research linking animation and psychology.

Streets of Bournemouth a virtual reality
7 February 2008

Major funding ensures Bournemouth's history is no longer a thing of the past.

Professor’s research focus for BBC Radio 4 programme
4 January 2008

The work of Professor Sean Street from our Media School features on BBC Radio 4’s Archive Hour

BU launches UK’s first commercial radio archive
13 December 2007

A unique online sound archive has been launched, featuring material from commercial radio broadcast during the 1980s.

Volcano expert boosts fortunes of Caribbean island
20 November 2007

A BU-based expert on volcanic activity is supporting the regeneration of a Caribbean island recently affected by an active volcano.

BU appoints top tourism expert
24 October 2007

New tourism expert brings a wealth of world-wide research and consultancy experience in the field of Tourism and Hospitality Development.

BU expert gains World Heritage first for Korea
18 October 2007

The Republic of Korea’s natural heritage is recognised thanks to the work of a BU expert.

BU students complete rainforest studies
18 October 2007

BU students have completed an expedition to Ecuador to study the decreasing diversity of rare animals.

BU Professor leads global Dermatology Congress
28 September 2007

BU is playing a leading part in the World Congress of Dermatology meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Coleridge research reveals Malta dilemma
20 September 2007

Papers uncovered by a BU Professor shed new light on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's political life in Malta.

‘Rock’ music inspired by Antarctic research
11 September 2007

‘Rock’ music inspired by our research into the geology and the coastline of the Antarctic is ready for its world premiere.

Research reveals numbers of potential child killers
20 June 2007

Research by two BU academics has looked at the potential numbers of child killers in the community.

Fossil Hunters Fuel Jurassic Coast Project
11 June 2007

Laser scans by BU experts will determine the extent of which fossil hunters are eroding the Jurassic Coast.

Dame Yvonne Moores to Chair New Research Centre
26 June 2007

The country’s former Chief Nursing Officer will chair our new Centre of Postgraduate Medical Research and Education

Research to Reflect Media’s View of Thatcher Years
19 June 2007

BU to explore media reflection of Margaret Thatcher’s view that “there’s no such thing as society” in £90,000 backed research.

Volunteers Step Up for Footprint Experiment
4 May 2007

BU Professor Matthew Bennett has enlisted the help of over 200 volunteers as part of research into ancient footprints.

Funding Boost for Back Pain Management
20 April 2007

A BU-led project to improve the management of back pain in Primary Care has attracted major funding worth £456,000.

Mapping Exercise Reveals Extent of Magnolia Decline
4 April 2007

BU experts say over half the world’s magnolia species face extinction in their native forest habitats.

BU Offers PhD Studentships
4 May 2007

BU is building on its areas of academic strength by seeking to recruit 30 outstanding individuals to take up three-year full-time PhD studentships in 2007.

Impact Study Primes Weymouth for Economic Benefit
23 March 2007

BU's Market Research Group predicts a major economic boost to the economy of Weymouth if the town's Pavilion Quay is redeveloped.

Forensic Investigation Comes Full Circle for BU Expert
14 March 2007

BU Forensic Archaeologist Ian Hanson observes international court proceedings in The Hague to see his work as an investigator in Bosnia come full circle.

Counting the Cost of a Writing Career
9 March 2007

Research by the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) reveals the struggle that authors face to survive financially.

New Product To Improve Patient Care
19 February 2007

Portsmouth based software company Datasym (UK) Ltd predicts a £400k increase in sales following the successful completion of BU Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

BU Research Underlines Risk of Violent Child Abuse
12 February 2007

Research finds risks of children being murdered by strangers is reassuringly low, but dangers posed by a very small group of offenders tends to be underrated.