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.
Determinants of corporate cash holdings in South Africa
Academics at BCU and the University of Hertfordshire have been working with officials in South Africa to provide an ana...
Music teacher attitudes to assessment
Working with international partners to investigate what music teachers think is important in assessments.
A Level music decline and disadvantage attainment gaps
Researchers in BMERG have been investigating the decline of young people choosing music as an A Level subject, and whe...
Re-thinking curricula: STEAM education from early years through to higher education
This project will explore the interaction between STEAM subjects and their inherent creativity to better understand th...
Drivers of Change Podcast
Silvia Gullino, Associate Professor in City Making has created a six series podcast called 'Drivers of Change' to highl...
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...
DfMA house knowledge-based engineering (KBE) tool for Life Cycle Cost and CO2 emissions
Birmingham City University have developed a Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) tool to estimate life cycle cost and CO2...
Centre for Towns Research
We work with communities through design and research to make towns more successful, sustainable and inclusive.
Art Diplomacy and Nation Branding: The Visual Politics of Re-inventing China
The research investigates how Chinese contemporary art has increasingly become a popular method to help rejuvenate Chi...
Musical Beacons
As a London-based music organisation expands its outreach, BCU has partnered with them to ensure their work - promotin...
Postgraduate Researchers Mental Health and Well-Being
Investigating the experiences of postgraduate researchers and the effects of those experiences on their mental healt...
Building a Diverse Practitioner Learning Environment
This PAR project aims to build a new practitioner research team to generate meaningful research evidence on the barrier...
Overheating mitigation and Indoor air quality improvement in new build residential developments in the UK
The aim of the project is to propose cost effective scalable construction solutions and strategies that take account o...
Exploring the multi-dimensional relationships between social class inequalities, wellbeing and play in children aged 0-5
This project is designed to explore the links between three topical issues within the fields of education and public h...
Life:Moving: Digital Technology and Human Vulnerability: Towards an Ethical Film Praxis
The aim was to explore the power of digital film to communicate the meaningful and honest experiences of those affecte...