Research Projects

Our research is connected to outcomes that feedback into industry, culture and the environment. Find out more about our researchers and their projects below.

The parental experience of receiving the diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder

The aim of this research is to explore the experiences of parents/caregivers about the receipt of a DLD diagnosis for ...

Mission ICU

The aim of this project is to develop a theory-based instrument to identify barriers and facilitators to optimal manag...

DEarEST

The aim of this research was to undertake a co-creation study with older people living in a northern city in the Unite...

Helping older people and their informal carers to prevent pressure ulcers in community settings

This project is implementing and evaluating a co-designed, tailored intervention to support pressure ulcer prevention b...

Pressure Ulcer Prevention: CPrUP1

The aim of this research is to co-design a theoretically underpinned, tailored intervention to support housebound older...

AlCohol HArM PreventIOn iN pregnancy (CHAMPION)

The aim of this research is to co-design a theoretically informed intervention to support midwives in implementing an a...

Tobacco Risk reduction with E-cigarette nicotine Therapy among adults with serious mental illness (TRIDENT)

This project aims to develop a brief intervention offering e-cigarettes, and a continued support programme given by me...

Do lifting cushions work in care homes? Implementation and impact of a lifting cushion for care home residents who have fallen

Care home residents are at significant risk of falling, often related to physical frailty, cognitive impairment and ce...

RAPID and Efficient Eczema Trials (RAPID programme)

To improve the lives of people living with eczema by partnering with citizen scientists to deliver multiple, efficient...

Knowledge mobilisation to enhance and amend eczema mindlines

To find effective ways in which to get eczema knowledge to research teams to patients, parents of children with the co...

Radiography mindlines: An ethnographic study of professional knowledge sharing in a diagnostic radiography clinical learning environment.

The aim of this research is to  explore how professional knowledge is shared, accessed, and created between undergradua...

Knowledge mobilisation using co-design to enhance midwives’ gestational weight gain mindlines in relation to South Asian women

The aim of this research is to  co-design prototype strategies that will support midwives to have culturally sensitive ...

Spirit Matters

'Spirit Matters' is an exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, curated by Jiang Jiehong in the Chinese Centre for Visua...

How feminists are harnessing human rights to advance abortion access

Dr Rebecca Smyth , Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University (BCU), is researching how feminists use human rights...

South Asian Cinema and Video Online Distribution Research Network

This project centres on the intersection between video online distribution (VOD) and the representation of South Asian...