Research

Above: Dr Tariq Umar with UPRA Management and Project Team. Dr Tariq Umar, Senior Lecturer in Construction Project Management at the School of Architecture and Environment (UWE Bristol), visited UPRA as part of the funded project “Improving soft skills, learning outcomes and employability of women students, graduates, and early career professionals in STEM”. The aim … Continue reading "Collaborative visit to Universidad Politecnica de Ramos Arizpe – UPRA, Mexico"

Dr Myriam Bellaouaied Senior Lecturer in Marketing at UWE Bristol , has had her project considering ‘healthcare staff and patients’ wellbeing and impacts on the quality/provision of care and patient experience’ approved by the Integrated Care Academy (ICA) – 2024/25.  The interdisciplinary project connecting service marketing to the healthcare sector considers the healthcare staff /patients’ … Continue reading "Dr Myriam Bellaouaied links service marketing to health, considering ‘healthcare staff and patients’ wellbeing in new research study"

Dr. Francesco Tava, Associate Professor of Philosophy, has recently embarked on an exciting collaboration with HSBC’s Legal Learning Team to deliver a podcast series on critical thinking and good judgment. Recorded in December at HSBC’s global headquarters in London, the series will launch in January and be shared with HSBC’s 1,500 legal professionals across more … Continue reading "Critical Thinking in Action: New Collaboration between Dr Francesco Tava and HSBC"

The European Union has recently adopted a new Air Quality Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2881), aimed at improving ambient air quality and tackling environmental inequalities across Europe. The new directive directly cites research co-authored by Professor Jo Barnes, Professor of Clean Air and Dr Laura de Vito, Senior Research Fellow from 2018 in a report titled … Continue reading "UWE Bristol research helping to shape new EU Air Quality Directive "

UWE Bristol in collaboration with Polytechnic University of the Philippines and British Council Philippines organised an International Conference and World Café: Advancing Transportation and Construction Management in the Philippines and United Kingdom. Dr Tariq Umar, Senior Lecturer from the School of Architecture and Environment, at UWE Bristol, was the co-chair of the conference that was … Continue reading "International Conference and World Café: Advancing transportation and construction management in the Philippines and the UK"

A West of England partnership comprising five universities, the NHS and private investors have been awarded funding from Research England to deliver SpinOutWest – a new six-month pilot programme to strengthen research commercialisation and increase spin-out activity in health and social care. SpinOutWest will be led by the University of Bath in partnership with higher … Continue reading "New programme set to boost health & social care innovations in West of England universities & NHS"

*Date change* Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been postponed to March 20 6pm – 8pm. Kathryn Bishop and Gillian Camm, finalists for the 2024 Business Book Awards, are bringing their ground-breaking book to life at UWE Bristol in a bespoke workshop Board Talk: Insights in Action. With a combined 60 years of board-level … Continue reading "Board Talk: Transforming Leadership from the Boardroom"

Professor Maisuria was shortlisted for two Parliamentary awards for his work as a Fellow preparing Parliament for the General Election. In 2022, Alpesh Maisuria, UWE Bristol’s Professor of Education Policy, was awarded a Parliamentary Academic Fellowship (PAF) in the UK Parliament. The PAF is administered by Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange Unit with the objective of fostering … Continue reading "UWE Bristol academic awarded a Parliamentary Academic Fellowship"