Research News
Graduates praise access to Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s ISPAR Conference platform
Graduates from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV have reflected on the value of having access and being able to contribute to the popular annual School of Sport & Physical Activity’s ISPAR conferences.
Â鶹´«Ã½AV academic helps trial pioneering PPE beard technique for healthcare staff
US Vice-President Elect, Kamala Harris, has inspired a research team led by Professor Gurch Randhawa from Â鶹´«Ã½AV and Dr Rajinder Pal Singh to promote an innovative beard covering technique, called ‘Singh Thattha’, which enables bearded individuals to wear a respirator mask without the need for shaving.
Â鶹´«Ã½AV and local SME receive funding for Covid-19 research
A successful application by a local company, Life Science Group Ltd (LSG), together with the Â鶹´«Ã½AV has resulted in £50,000 of funding from Innovate UK to complete a research project to improve Covid-19 testing.
Academic to lead British Psychological Society’s COVID-19 Behavioural Science & Disease Prevention taskforce
A Health Psychologist from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV, Dr Angel Chater, has been appointed to lead the Behavioural Science & Disease Prevention (BSDP) taskforce, to help provide guidance for policy-makers around the world.
Children in care are seven times more likely to be imprisoned, Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds
Research conducted by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV estimates that children in the care system are seven times more likely to be subject to imprisonment during childhood than those who are not in care, and learn to adopt a ‘survivor mentality’.
Bedfordshire researcher stresses importance of technology in times of self-isolation
Â鶹´«Ã½AV researcher, Dr Banita Lal, explains how technology and mobile phones ‘provide promise and opportunity’ for colleagues to stay connected and motivated during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bedfordshire researcher helps bring in legislation to give separated migrant children legal aid
Vulnerable migrant children who have been separated from their parents will get quicker and simpler access to legal aid, after new government legislation came into force.
Bedfordshire lecturer shortlisted for One Dance UK’s Dance Science award
Dr Imogen Aujla, Senior Lecturer in Dance and Dance Science at the Â鶹´«Ã½AV, has been shortlisted for One Dance UK's Dance Science award.
World class centre in renewable energy systems to be established
The Â鶹´«Ã½AV and TWI Ltd have formed a partnership to establish the Renewables Innovation Centre, a world class hub for engineering that focuses on renewable energy systems.
Researchers seeking people over 50 who feel stigmatised because of alcohol use
Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV are looking for people over the age of 50 from the Bedfordshire area who are experiencing problems with their drinking but haven’t sought help because of the stigma around alcohol problems.
Bedfordshire Professor & Al-Mahdi Institute to host World’s Inaugural Islam & Organ Donation Workshop
Â鶹´«Ã½AV's Professor of Diversity will join some of the world’s leading Islamic scholars and policymakers in Birmingham to attend the world’s inaugural Islam & Organ Donation Workshop.
Psychology can help us beat obesity problem, says Bedfordshire expert
Psychologists have expertise to understand the causes of obesity and should be central to help the prevention and treatment of the condition, according to a leading Health Psychologist from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV.