Research projects

BAME in health and social care research

Exploring researchers’ viewpoints and learning of a toolkit designed to increase Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups in health and social care research.

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Brexit and mental wellbeing

Investigating the psychological factors relating to England's imminent exit from the EU.

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Exploring the proximity effect

Research suggests that this simple yet promising intervention may contribute to decreasing obesity and snacking behavi...

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The Impact of Game Mechanic Preference, Gaming Motivation and Personality on Video Game Engagement

This project investigates which game mechanics are best suited to increasing engagement, using several participants fr...

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Exploring the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention on weight and eating behaviours in clinical populations

Testing the effectiveness of the Mindful Construal Diary (MCD; a novel mindfulness-based intervention) on weight loss ...

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Improving BAME Student Achievement in the School of Law

Working to boost the achievements of black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) students within the University's School o...

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The impact of LEGOLAND on Mindfulness, Stress and Wellbeing

This knowledge transfer partnership with Birmingham-based LEGOLAND Discovery Centre (LDC) assesses how the centre's ad...

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Mindful construal diaries and healthy eating

When forced between picking healthy and unhealthy foods, we often make the wrong choice. This project assesses whether...

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Mindful construal diaries to reduce portion size effect

 In this research, it was hypothesised that the use of a mindful eating-specific intervention, namely Mindful Construa...

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Autobiographical memory specificity and restrained eating

Determining  if priming memory retrieval with images of healthy/unhealthy foods would influence memory specificity an...

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The Effect of Mindfulness App Use in Complex Needs Students

Examining   the effect of a mindfulness application on social emotional development and cognitive development.

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Using Nudges to Promote Healthful Eating

This research aims to identify which nudges implemented in the school cafeteria yield an increase in fruit and vegetab...

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Mindfulness-based interventions for healthier eating

Exploring the utility of mindfulness and associated techniques to aid positive eating behaviours and provide an eviden...

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Stuttering Intervention: Perspectives of Adults Who Stutter

This project focuses on stuttering intervention from the viewpoints of adults who stutter. By working with advisors who...

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Katie Goodacre (Education Studies student): My First Children's Book

Birmingham City University BA (Hons) Education Studies student, Katie Goodacre would like to tell you about how her dre...

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Identifying and treating allergies

As part of Allergy Awareness Week, we look at the most common allergies, how to recognise them, and how to treat them.

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A visit from Myo-band: Food and Nutrition students get the low down on working in industry

At Birmingham City University, we want to give you as many different learning opportunities as we can, to help you get...

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Let’s talk about Rheumatoid Arthritis

Birmingham City University's  Course Leader for our MSc (Pre-registration) Physiotherapy , Jodie Bryant, talks t...

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