Research projects
Nursing support for South Asian carers of dementia patients
This qualitative study explores the experiences and perspectives of nurses who provide support to South Asian carers of...
How do registered health and social care practitioners change their practice post Mental Capacity Act training?
Identifying training strategies and determining how registered health and social care practitioners change their pract...
Exploring experiences of online peer support for newly qualified nurses
With newly-qualified nurses often succumbing to stress and questioning their choice of career, this research project ai...
Innovate Dignity
Innovate Dignity is a trans-national network that aims to deliver a shared, world-leading research and training progra...
The impact of social distancing and isolation on the elderly during COVID-19
Professor Joanne Brooke and Dr Maria Clark are researching the effects of social isolation on the elderly.
Periods in a Pandemic: how UK period poverty initiatives are mitigating Covid-19 related challenges
This project explores how period poverty initiatives have been mitigating the negative effects of coronavirus in order...
The experiences and expectations of trainee nursing associates
Identifying the different healthcare settings and specialities supporting the trainee nursing associate role.
The impact of Covid-19 on care home staff
With Covid-19 continuing to affect social care, how has the pandemic impacted - both professionally and personally - t...
PrisNurS: Student nurse’s lived experience of a clinical placement in a prison setting
Exploring the experiences of student nurses who are assigned clinical placements in prison settings in order to suppor...
An Evaluation of the Women’s Health Network in Bradford
The project aims to evaluate and advise the Women's Health Network in Bradford, a collective of women who strive to imp...
Breaking the taboo
Covering menstrual health, period poverty and pain, BCU’s research casts new light on hidden issues and inequality.
From Meghan Markle to Endometriosis… We don’t believe women
March is Endometriosis (endo) Awareness Month . Dr Annalise Weckesser , Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham City Uni...