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Stay Active and Independent for Longer (SAIL)

The SAIL project aims to identify new and sustainable partnership opportunities between areas such as leisure, tourism and health to help ageing people be more active and remain independent for longer.

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Centre for Digital Entertainment

The CDE is an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training based at Bath and Bournemouth Universities. We offer a four-year fully funded EngD programme. Our postgraduate researchers work closely with and in some of the most exciting high-tech companies in the world, not for a token short-term placement but fully-embedded, usually for three years.

OPINION: The PPI scandal is far from over – here's why

OPINION: The PPI scandal is far from over – here's why

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Scientists unlock the secret of the Stonehenge stones

BU helps leading news publisher adopt Nepal’s first disaster journalism policy

BU helps leading news publisher adopt Nepal’s first disaster journalism policy

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Unearthing the mysteries of Stonehenge

Research involving Bournemouth University academics has shed light on the origins of the UK's most famous monument - Stonehenge.

Unearthing the mysteries of Stonehenge

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Story 2 Remember: project update

Irma Konovalova, Danielle Wyman, Dr Ben Hicks and Prof Jan Wiener, members of the ADRC, have been working on ERASMUS+.

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OPINION: Why the UK Government is paying social media influencers to post about Covid-19

In this article published by The Conversation, BU's Dr Elvira Bolat says the Government has taken a bold step by working with influencers.

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More work needed to protect football players from head injuries

Research finds concussion and serious head injury in football is still not taken as seriously as it should be, particularly within the media.

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Sigma Nursing England annual conference goes virtual

This annual conference was hosted by Bournemouth University, Department of Nursing Science in June 2020, with the theme of Celebrating leadership, research and education in the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

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