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Migrant labour, the not so nice side of the FIFA World Cup
Football has been referred to as ‘the beautiful game’. And to be fair, there has been some brilliant football at the men’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Qatar’s records on human rights have been widely...
View ArticleResearcher Roadshow – Exploring Health Data Science
Researcher Roadshow Exploring Health Data Science March 1st, 2023. 10:00 – 12:00 The NIHR Research Design Service, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), the MRC Regulatory Support Centre and NHS Digital...
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Journals, editors and censorship
On the day that The Sun took down an column in which Jeremy Clarkson spat vitriol at Meghan Markle, it seems odd to question what the role is of an editor in preventing material from being published....
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Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption
Congratulations to Dawn Morley and Debbie Holley Dr. Dawn Morley and Prof. Debbie Holley, both in the Department of Nursing Sciences, published a chapter in the book: Evaluating Academic Innovations in...
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Remember South-Asian migrant workers in the Middle East
The precarious situation of migrant workers engaged in building the football stadiums in Qatar has been well documented. It was brought to the fore during the FIFA Men’s Football World Cup. Their...
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Last BU paper of 2022
On the very last day of 2022 the Nepal Journal of Epidemiology published our editorial ‘Guidance to applying for health research grants in the UK’. [1] The lead author is Dr. Brijesh Sathian who is BU...
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Tourism, marketing and health in 2022
In his overview of 2022 on LinkedIn Professor Dimitrios Buhalis reminded us that: “The Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing Marketing was finally published with 1250 entries contributed by...
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BU research mentioned in The Washington Post
Today The Washington Post mentioned Bournemouth University’s research into kidney disease in migrant workers from Nepal. Our research was highlighted in an article with the title ‘The world’s torrid...
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Nepal publication PhD student Yayga Adhikari
Congratulation to FHSS PhD student on the publication of his article ‘Forgotten health and social care needs of left-behind families of Nepali migrant workers’ [1]. Yagya’s Ph.D. research title is...
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Two new papers by Dr. Pramod Regmi
Congratulations to Dr. Pramod Regmi on having two papers published in the latest issue of the Journal of Health Promotion which appeared online this week. The first paper reports on eight focus group...
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It is all about experience
This week we published a paper on the experience of conducting fieldwork in the public health field in the Journal of Health Promotion. [1] Fieldwork is usually a crucial part of PhD research, not only...
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New sociology paper led by Dr. Orlanda Harvey
Congratulations to Dr. Orlanda Harvey and Dr. Margarete Parrish in the Department of Social Sciences & Social Work on the publication of our article “Using a Range of Communication Tools to...
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Peer review picking up weaknesses in a scientific paper
Peer review is the the key pillar of academic publishing. Peer reviewers will read the submitted paper and assess its knowledge contribution, the appropriateness of the research question, the ethical...
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New paper on COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in Western Nepal
This weekend saw the publication of our paper ‘ Perceptions around COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A qualitative study in Kaski district, Western Nepal’ in the international journal PLOS Global Public...
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Congratulations to Dr. Pramod Regmi
Congratulations to Dr. Pramod Regmi for his appointment this month as Visiting Faculty at Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences (MMIHS). Dr. Regmi is Senior Lecturer in International Health...
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Setting up a longitudinal health & lifestyle study in Nepal
The Nepal Family Cohort Study (NeFCoS) is a multidisciplinary cohort study into the prevalence, incidence, and determinants of various diseases from childhood to adulthood in children and their...
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Applying FUSION in Bangladesh
Photo: RNLI /Kate Eardley Late in 2022 we started a new interdisciplinary study funded by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The research aims to reduce the deaths of...
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Establishing an evidence-based centre in Nepal
A team of Nepal and UK-based researchers are in the process of setting up a National Evidence Synthesis Centre under supervision of the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC). Recently, we published a...
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A global health journal with a diverse editorial board
A recent study of 43 journals in the global health field found that PLOS Global Public Health has the joint highest diversity index, whilst also recording the maximum geographic diversity score! [1]...
View ArticleHealthBus to present at Community Voices webinar Wednesday April 12th 12-1pm
This month’s Webinar welcomes Bels Wathen from HealthBus. The HealthBus Trust is a charity that provides accessible and appropriate healthcare to people experiencing homelessness in Bournemouth and the...
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