News Archive 2010

November

Left to Right Prof Siamak Noroozi Prof John Vinney Dr Philip Sewell and Alex Peirce

Airbus course makes successful take-off
9 November 2010

Academics from Bournemouth University are participating in a Knowledge Transfer enterprise with one of the largest civil aircraft companies in the world.

September

Lifeboat

Lifeboat project ready for awards splash
22 September 2010

Tribology research is shortlisted for UK Univesity 'Oscars' in Innovation & Technology.

Peter Nash of SADiE with Sounding Out organisers Prof Sean Street and Dr Alain Renaud

BU conference celebrates world of sound
10 September 2010

Bournemouth University (BU) hosts international conference Sounding Out 5.

Computing graduate and British Graduate 100 award nominee Helen Paget

Computing graduate amongst Britain's top 100
7 September 2010

Enterprising graduate short-listed for British Graduate 100 Award.

Lois Skelton receiving the Murray & Willis Associate Prize at New Designers

Project makes prize-winning point
20 August 2010

A design concept to re-invent an iconic building constructed in the 1980s has made Bournemouth University (BU) graduate Lois Skelton a prize-winner at the biggest graduate design showcase in Europe.

August

Autocar competition

Money can’t buy experience from Autocar
11 August 2010

BU students are being offered the chance to win £7,500 and an extensive programme of work experience in the automotive industry.

July

BU stand at New Designers show

BU students celebrate at New Designers
14 July 2010

BU's student designers were part of the London design scene at the biggest graduate design showcase in Europe.

Dr Andrew Mayers

BU Psychologist works with local school to improve children’s sleep patterns
1 July 2010

Dr Andrew Mayers from the Psychology Group at BU takes on children's deprived sleep issues at local school, Winton Primary.

June

Festival of Design & Innovation logo

Chief Designer at Jaguar launches eighteenth annual Festival of Design and Innovation at BU
16 June 2010

Ian Callum, one of the foremost designers in the automotive industry will be hosting the preview night of this year's graduating students design show.

James Wood's 'Vedge'

'Vedge' gives the edge to BU student designer
7 June 2010

Industrial Design student earns acclaim for his unique 'organic' kitchen unit.

BU Research features in The O&P EDGE

BU Research features in internationally recognised publication
2 June 2010

Research into improving the fit and comfort associated with prosthetic limb sockets has been further publicised in trade magazine, The O&P EDGE.

May

Winners Gonzalo Garcia Fatjo-Atance, Liliana Moyers and Choukri Mecheraoui

Poster conference showcases school's current PhD research
19 May 2010

Postgraduate students exhibit their PhD research projects and compete against each other to win recognition of the best poster design.

March

Cover of the book 'Understanding Trauma: How to overcome post-traumatic stress' by Roger Baker

Professor sees his third book published
22 March 2010

A BU academic who dedicated ten years of his life to analysing and recording ‘emotional displays’ in a series of diaries, has now published his third book in the field of clinical psychology.

Diagram of a social network

BU offers information about design and technology support available to local businesses
22 March 2010

Bournemouth University hosted a breakfast networking session for around forty local businesses to find out how they can engage with the services and expertise within the School of Design, Engineering and Computing, to help fulfil their business objectives.

Dr Ben Thomas

BU appoints lecturer to give modern perspective on sustainable product design
19 March 2010

Thirty-year-old Dr Ben Thomas has been appointed as Lecturer in Sustainable Product Design following his recent completion of a BU funded PhD, awarded in 2009.

Front cover of The Engineer magazine

BU research features in The Engineer magazine
15 March 2010

Leading prosthetics research conducted by BU appears in major trade magazine, The Engineer.

February

Paper planes

Short design courses launched for industry professionals
23 February 2010

BU launches 22 new short courses to provide professional development for product designers and engineers.

January

A satelite

BU launches new PhD studentships
26 January 2010

BU is offering 25 fully-funded PhD studentships commencing in October 2010.

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