Research Excellence Framework 2021

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Our research shapes and changes the world around us, providing solutions to real-world problems and informing the education we deliver. Our students are a key part of the research we conduct, co-creating knowledge with us and playing a crucial role in everything that we do.

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Professor Tom Wainwright and Professor Robert Middleton sat on an operating table

Enhancing recovery after surgery

How BU's Orthopaedic Research Institute is improving patient outcomes following orthopaedic surgery

Bournmeouth University maritime archaeologist diving next to one of the two decorative gravestones on the seabed

Bournemouth University uncovers earliest English medieval shipwreck site

Hands reaching towards a brain

Healthy Brain, Healthy Life

Funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the project aims to create dialogue and engage with minority ethnic communities around brain health and dementia.

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Supporting communities in managing disaster

Through partnership with BU's Disaster Management Centre, the community in Freetown, Sierra Leone have built their resilience to deal with and manage crises locally by avoiding single points of failure.

BU helps to prepare for and recover from crisis - Disaster Management Centre

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Making a difference

95.7%

Percentage of BU research delivering considerable impact or higher

94%

Percentage of BU research rated as internationally recognised or higher

Latest research news

A photograph showing dieback in the ancient beech woodlands of the New Forest National Park, caused by climate change

New research has revealed the importance of trees to humanity, warning that a loss of trees could lead to ecological and economic catastrophe

The paper was co-authored by Professor Adrian Newton, Director of Conservation Ecology at Bournemouth University.

BU and UHD research project explores nutritional care for hospital inpatients

The study’s findings have led to changes in ward practices during mealtimes.

A group of actors showing textiles, tools and archaeology at Hengistbury Head

Bournemouth University works with Hengistbury Head to bring history to life

A BU PhD student is working with the Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre to engage local people with its archaeology through practical activities.

This picture contains an image of a beetroot sliced in half

New trial to explore if beetroot can help people with diabetes

Researchers are looking for people in the south of England with Type 2 diabetes to take part in a new clinical trial to see if drinking beetroot juice can improve their condition.

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