Training of Trainers in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

Training programs for start-up coaches and E&I at Universities in Hanoi, Vietnam.  HE institutions and organisation in Vietnam mainly teach business with traditional business models such as small and medium-sized enterprises or corporate business models.


What works in supporting children with Special Educational Needs in the classroom? A literature review and teacher survey

Department of Education funded research on supporting children with Special Educational Needs. Created a free resource for teachers on what works in the classroom. Aims to help schools use evidence-based practice.


EDUHACK – Hacking Education by improving open e-learning teacher competencies

Participants in this capacity building programme for university educators will learn how to produce digitally-supported learning experiences and will have the opportunity to experiment with innovative models and approaches to teaching and learning; with a focus on fostering collaborative learning and enhanced student engagement.


DOMUS - Design OptiMisation for efficient electric vehicles based on a USer-centric approach

The DOMUS project aims to change radically the way in which vehicle passenger compartments and their respective comfort control systems are designed so as to optimise energy use and efficiency while keeping user comfort and safety needs central.


Managing Ash Dieback Disease

This project aims to identify whether factors associated with soil health influence ash tree susceptibility to ash dieback disease.


'Hot periods' of anti-minority activism and the threat of violent domestic extremism: Towards an assessment framework

This project will generate new insight about the pathways towards and away from violence during ‘hot periods’ of anti-minority activism, in which anti-minority groups intensify their efforts to influence policy and public opinion and capture media attention.


Gender and resistance to violent extremism: Untold stories of everyday resistance in Kenya

This project seeks to understand and redefine violent extremism from the ground up based on community’s understanding and experiences of this phenomenon.


Comprehensive Tourism Revival Framework for Socio-Economic Development in Post-conflict Kashmir: Lessons from Northern Ireland

This international project’s focus will be on one of the important and challenging areas in South Asia – Kashmir, which used to be a leading tourist destination for generations.


Phase diagram of the random-field Potts model

The Royal Society Newton Fellowship is aimed at non-UK scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Dr Manoj Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, will be working with Dr Martin Weigel in the field of computational and theoretical condensed matter physics.


Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions

Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions


Edigilit (Improving digital literacy of tertiary students)

Digital literacy which is considered as life skill in the digital age by UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).


The Effectiveness of a Primary School Based Badminton Intervention on Children’s Fundamental Movement Skills

This project examined if a badminton based intervention is effective in enhancing fundamental movement skills, physical activity, motivation to undertake physical activity, fitness and health in children aged 7-9 years.


Understanding and Addressing Asylum Seekers’ Health and Well-being in Coventry and Rugby

As the UK hosts asylum seekers and refugees, with Coventry leading on the Syrian Vulnerable Persons resettlement scheme, it is imperative to understand how their health and well-being needs can best be effectively and efficiently met by healthcare practitioners.


Coffee Ingestion: Interaction Between Sex and Cycling Performance

The aim of this study was to investigate whether sex differences exist with regard to 5 km cycling time trial performance and affective responses following the ingestion of 300 ml caffeinated coffee, a placebo (coffee flavoured solution) and a control (no fluid).


John Devane: Paintings at 60 Threadneedle St. London

John Devane: Paintings is a solo exhibition of fourteen paintings on canvas, which resulted from practice research into ‘imagination’ as a synthesis of iconography and the material in painting. The exhibition, at 60 Threadneedle St, London ran from 12th January 2018 until mid-May 2018 and was selected and curated by VJB ARTS.


The Master Gardener Programme working with urban communities: Garden Organic’s London Food Poverty Project: Southwark

Funded by The Hirschmann Foundation, The London Food Poverty Project aimed to work with communities to build resilience and knowledge so that involved communities feel confident to address the triggers of food poverty positively and proactively.


Water quality performance of permeable pavements

Permeable pavements (PPS) are often the most appropriate sustainable drainage (SuDS) device for highly urbanised areas and can be used for parking areas, low speed roads and landscaped areas.


Circular Economy Research and Development Network for Sustainable Food Supply Chain

Maximising food circulation from production to consumption and optimising the value of food across the supply chain.


AREA – Augmented Reality Enhanced Assembly

This explored the use of augmented reality in the context of manufacturing assembly workers required to conduct complex product assemblies (such as high performance battery packs for electric vehicles) with increased efficiency.