…on poor imagery and lack ecological validity. In response, my research uses 3D computer-generated images and 3D body scans to investigate perceptual body image in men, including visual perceptions of body size and categorical judgements of body weight. This has implications in research and health contexts, in the development of more realistic scales for body image research and clinical interventions to help men with eating disorders, obesity and o…
…lizing of design as a subject for purposeful education. Established as a recommendation of the Select Committee on Arts and Manufactures, the School of Design, now the Royal College of Art, was a strategic response to anxieties that in the arts as applied to industry, the country’s mechanics found themselves deficient due to lack of instruction. Not surprisingly, the anxieties and concerns that led to such aims came primarily from national, indust…
…en worse – there are reported to be only 17 black female professors in the UK. There are clearly a whole range of reasons for these statistics and they include the choices made by women themselves. But that’s not enough to explain the differences that exist. An increasing body of research demonstrates some of the barriers women encounter in academia. To give one example, a study by Corinne Moss-Racusin involved recruitment to a science lab. Half t…
…nd their skills within this sector Starting your small business for those interested in developing and sustaining their own business Planning a better future for anyone who wants generic career planning guidance Caring for adults for those in low paid home/residential/community care settings and family carers…
…y, so watch this space! Have a fantastic break and a happy new year. Check out our festive look-back video for 2021 below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eNgwWnsvJo…
…ed colleagues and form a team to launch a new electric car charger service company, later dubbed as the “airbnb” of electric vehicle charging by the Spark! committee. I provided suggestions and edited the funding application incorporating some of the outcomes of the research funding projects I led over the past years. In the end the application came out as a runner up for the whole nationwide competition and won the Spirit of Spark! award.” Matthi…
…ss to not only the world-class facilities, supervisors and support at their home institutions, but also a broader professional community, spanning all 20 partner universities. The DTA is the largest nationwide doctoral training initiative across the UK, and currently benefits from funding through Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Doctoral Fellowship programme. For more information, visit the DTA website….
…hout the country to disseminate the approach. Nearly 2,500 patients have directly benefited from their work since 2008. They have also shared knowledge about their techniques and processes to over 330 individual company and public sector representatives and explored the potential of creating bespoke devices with nearly 200 companies. Back to Real World Impact…
…even West, Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England Press contact – Andrew Henry, andrew@www.unialliance.ac.uk | 07833 236 629…
…t companies The pandemic has brought under the spotlight the importance of commercialization of research and the creation of spinout companies is an important vehicle to achieve this. Women only represent 13% of female founders or co-founders in the whole of the UK. This represents an untapped source of talent and has highlighted the need to better support female researchers with the commercialisation of their research and spinout leadership. Youn…
