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Music, Medicine and Dance - exploring what it means to perform

This AHRC-funded Network project is led by Prof Roger Kneebone (PI), Imperial College, London and Sarah Whatley (Co-I)  and brings together a network of practitioners, academics, and educators from music, dance, fine arts, medicine, and science to investigate the role of cross-disciplinary approaches to performance.


New pioneering research collaboration aiming to improve residents’ health in Coventry launches

Coventry University will play a key role in helping Coventry City Council improve the health of its residents through a five-year research collaboration. 


Restricting the movements of older people in COVID-19 lockdowns may have long-term implications for healthcare services

A study by Coventry University’s Centre for Sports, Exercise and Life Sciences found that increased time spent sitting or staying still over the course of the pandemic may have contributed to a drop in self-reported physical function in older people.


Freelance Dance Artists and Representation

This project will bring together freelance dance artists, representative agencies, policy makers, organisations and academics with a view to inform and influence public opinion, policy and practice.


Strengthening financial health in the UK

Join our question and answer session on Twitter on Wednesday 16th November 2016 from 12-1pm to discuss financial capability and key issues around personal finance, using #askCBiS. 


Performing AI

Young people will be most affected by artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, according to UNICEF (2018). They therefore require knowledge and agency regarding Al systems.


ifeed: User-centred development of an online and mobile phone intervention to support infant feeding choice and confidence to sustain breastfeeding and/or safe formula feeding

ifeed was launched in August 2018 to coincide with World Breastfeeding week. In the first week it had 800 views and was shared by organisations supporting mothers and babies across the UK and globally.


Somatic practice, chronic pain and self-care technology

This network brings together experts from dance and somatic practices, health and digital design to explore the living, sensate and subjectively experienced body in context as a means of understanding chronic pain and self-care strategies. 


Exploring Understanding of Sexual Consent Amongst Young People

The overall aim of this research was to explore young people’s views on sexual consent, investigating how contexts affect the understanding and ability to consent, and beginning to explore the influence of social differences on attitudes towards consent.


KEEPFISH

KEEPFISH is a Marie Curie RISE project that brings together an international team of biologists, engineers and interdisciplinary researchers. It is led by the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University.


Error Network

The overall objective is to set up a Research Network that will hold two workshop/laboratories and a symposium to identify important research questions concerning how dance research and human-computer interaction (HCI) can inform each other.


Coventry University hosts first UK ‘Visualise Your Thesis’ Competition for Postgraduate Researchers

Postgraduate candidates from across the university put together short videos to bring their PhD projects to life.


Dance Research Matters: Researchers change the UK funding landscape to develop cultural sector

A campaign to highlight the importance dance research has led to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) making £500,000 available to researchers.


Postgraduate researcher receives the ‘Rising Researcher Award’ for her work on suicide prevention

Mirabel Pelton, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, has been awarded the Rising Researcher Award for her work on suicide prevention in autistic adults.


Coventry University hosts South African university seeking to close the gap between industry and academia

Coventry University hosts South African university seeking to close the gap between industry and academia


Coventry University supporting Scarborough locals to bring their history to life

A team of researchers from Coventry University are working with Scarborough Museum and Galleries to create ‘Scarborough Atlas’.


CTPSR at the Guardian University Awards

Coventry University has been shortlisted for a prestigious award by the Guardian for the impact of its research shedding light on the dynamics of Europe’s migration crisis.


Dance and Somatic Practices Conference Summary

The fourth Dance and Somatic Practices Conference, which took place in July 2017, was another great success with over 100 delegates joining for talks.


Public sector accounting in developing countries - what we know and what we still need to know

This event will discuss public sector accounting in developing countries - what we know and what we still need to know


How Black Scholarship Informs My Health and Wellness Practice

In this presentation Lucy Aphramor will celebrate contemporary Black scholars whose work has strongly influenced her practice and thinking around health and wellness as a thin white dietitian.