Bournemouth University

A new app has been developed to help people reach the recommended target of eating five portions of fruits and vegetables a day.Unlike most apps aimed at encouraging healthy eating, this new product tells users whether they are eating the…

Lee Miles, Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management and Deputy Dean of the Business School visited Sierra Leone last week to undertake influential research and professional practice activities with the country’s governmental…

Ukrainian archaeologist Dr Sergiy Taranenko has become a Visiting Research Fellow in Bournemouth University’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.The appointment has been made in recognition of his studies of the archaeology of…

A new study has found that radicalisation is now more likely to take place online rather than in person – but is also more likely to lead to a conviction for a non-violent extremist offence. Plots devised over the internet are also the…

A website run by MA Multimedia Journalism students at Bournemouth University was named Best Online News Site at the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) Awards at the Financial Times in London.Judges praised The Breaker for its…

A new project to reduce the number of child drowning deaths in Bangladesh is being co-ordinated by Bournemouth University in collaboration with the University of the West of England, Bristol and the Poole-based Royal National Lifeboat…

A new study has found that young Brits would be willing to change to a more sustainable diet, but a lack of understanding about what that actually means is preventing many from doing so.Many people are also uncertain about what changes…

An international team of researchers will explore how human occupation and land use over hundreds of years has affected the Brazilian Atlantic Forest – one of the world’s most critically threatened tropical forests.The research, to be…

A new charity to promote imagination and storytelling for children was launched at Bournemouth University (BU) by well-known children’s author Michael Rosen.The Story Works patron, author Michael Rosen, who is known for his series of…

Bournemouth University researchers are actively engaged in creating assistive technologies to help create an inclusive society for people with disabilities.Academics with assistive technology, human factors, product design and usability…