International Confederation of Midwives online conference started today
The ICM (International Confederation of Midwives) planned its tri-annual conference for 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this conference was postponed and this year summer it is being held online....
View ArticleReminder: Medical Science Virtual STEAMLab APPLY NOW
This is a reminder that on Thursday 22nd July 2021 from 2-4pm, RDS will be hosting a virtual STEAMLab event under the strategic investment area (SIA) of Medical Science. Please apply for a space by 5pm...
View ArticleICM Media & Midwifery presentation today
Today Prof. Vanora Hundley, based in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, gave a well-received presentation on ‘Changing the narrative around childbirth: whose responsibility is it?’ at the...
View ArticleMedical Science Virtual STEAMLab LAST CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
This is a reminder that on Thursday 22nd July 2021 from 2-4pm, RDS will be hosting a virtual STEAMLab event under the strategic investment area (SIA) of Medical Science. As there are a limited number...
View ArticleHow visual stories and social media can help save lives in a global pandemic
Digital and visual communications are crucial methods for disseminating information during the COVID-19 pandemic. From slice-of-life diary pieces to public health guidance on prevention and symptoms,...
View ArticleCongratulations to Debora Almeida in FHSS
Congratulations to Debbie Almeida (in the Department of Midwifery & Health Sciences) who had another article published last month. This latest academic article “Dominant versus non-dominant hand...
View ArticleCongratulations to Sara Stride
Congratulations to Sara Stride and her PhD supervisors on the publication of ‘Identifying the factors that influence midwives’ perineal practice at the time of birth in the United Kingdom’ in the...
View ArticleNew obstetrics publication by PhD student Sulochana Dhakal Rai
Congratulations to Mrs. Sulochana Dhakal Rai on the publication today of her PhD article ‘Classification of Caesarean Section: A Scoping Review of the Robson classification‘ in the Nepal Journal of...
View ArticleUnsatisfactory conference attendance?
Over the 15 months many academics have learnt to use online tools to communicate with colleagues, students, the media, politicians and the general public. The COVID-19 pandemics forced us to introduce...
View ArticleHealth Research Authority UPDATE: undergraduate and master’s research projects
New eligibility criteria from 1 September 2021 The HRA and the devolved administrations, supported by the Wessex Institute at the University of Southampton, have reviewed their approach to study...
View ArticleNew joint publication with Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
This morning International Journal of Mental Health Nursing informed us that our article ‘Cultural issues on accessing mental health services in Nepali and Iranian migrants communities in the UK‘...
View ArticleTwo international midwifery publications by Prof. Vanora Hundley this month
Yesterday the international journal Midwifery (published by Elsevier) announced that our paper “Male Involvement in Promotion of Safe Motherhood in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. A Scoping Review”...
View ArticleNew FHSS nutrition publication
Congratulations to Faculty of Health & Social Sciences’ PhD student Karim Khaled and supervisors Prof. Vanora Hundley and Dr. Fotini Tsofliou on the acceptance of your manuscript ‘Perceived Stress...
View ArticlePilot studies paper reaches 90,000 reads
Today ResearchGate informed Prof. Vanora Hundley and I that our paper in the Nursing Standard of 2002 had reached 90,000 reads. This short methods paper called ‘The Importance of Pilot Studies’ [1]...
View ArticleFunding Development Briefings – back in September
The RDS Funding Development Briefings have occurred weekly, on a Wednesday at 12 noon since January 2021. Thank you to those of you who have joined us to discuss the latest funding opportunities, ask...
View ArticleBU conference presentation on migration and COVID-19 in Nepal
Yesterday Dr. Pramod Regmi, Dr. Shovita Dhakal Adhikari, Dr. Nirmal Aryal and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen, all based in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, presented at the tenth Annual...
View ArticleHealth is not in a vacuum
Last night I misread a call from BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. To be fair the email included two different request to contribute to two different kinds of blog posts with different set of...
View ArticleHealth Research Authority Releases Question and Answers: Student Eligibility...
The Health Research Authority have published some questions and answers in relation to student research – this is in relation to the recent update regarding the upcoming changes to eligibility...
View ArticleHorizon Europe collaboration tools and novelties
Collaboration tools Following the recent Horizon Europe (HEU) Cluster 1 Health Brokerage Event, the online partnering system remains open to book partnering video meetings and publish new collaboration...
View ArticleNew interdisciplinary paper
Congratulations to Dr. Shanti Shanker in BU’s Department of Psychology and Dr. Pramod Regmi in the Department of Nursing Science on their paper ‘The Interdisciplinary Team Not the Interdisciplinarist:...
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