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Festival of Design and Innovation

Festival of Design and Innovation returns for 2014

Bournemouth University’s Festival of Design and Innovation returns in 2014 to celebrate the creativity of designs and prototypes created by students.
BUDI Orchestra

First Dementia Orchestra worldwide performs in Bournemouth

Community members joined with Bournemouth University’s Dementia Institute (BUDI) to perform at an event to raise awareness about dementia.

BU helps host face blindness roundtable event at House of Commons

Event hosted by BU Centre for Face Processing Disorders and Tobias Ellwood MP to discuss measures to increase public and professional awareness of the condition

Seen but Seldom Heard returns to BU

Young disabled poets perform their own work at BU’s Festival of Learning

ShipWrEx

Ship Building project utilises ancient building technologies

A project in underway to recreate a sunken shipwreck using the techniques that would have been used by the original builders.

BU graduate who wrote & directed feature film back to give advice

BA (Hons) Scriptwriting for Film and TV graduate Ben Cookson created film Almost Married

BU students broadcast live EU Election coverage

Students from across Media School cover European Parliamentary Elections live

Germaine Greer gives public talk at Bournemouth University

Spoke about contemporary feminism during public lecture, organised by BU Women’s Academic Network

We’re supporting the Nursing Times Speak out Safely Campaign

This means we want every member of our staff and students to feel able to raise concerns about wrongdoing or poor practice when they see it and confident that their concerns will be addressed in a constructive way.

BU Midwifery Students receive funding for placements in Kenya

Third year students received funding from Iolanthe Midwifery Trust and BU’s Global Horizons Fund to carry out part of placement in Kenya