In what ways can the process of creating video inform future planning of research into the roll out of the OpenUpMusic’s “Open School Orchestras” programme across the nation in 2017-2020?
How can researchers enable the public to experience a conversation in a different and more immersive way and to communicate concepts of support and kindness through visual, embodied language?
Why aren’t children from Hartcliffe ‘on the buses’? Prompted by the experiences of children in Hareclive, this project uses arts-led methods to explore this important question, understanding the effects of “bus immobility” on the children of Room 13. It provides evidence to assess and challenge bus and transport policy in Bristol and beyond.
How much do the sounds around you affect your mood? How much do you need to alter a city’s soundscape to benefit its citizens? Much like air quality, the sounds of our cities affect our wellbeing and health. This project explored how noise pollution in the city can be mapped and the effect of noise on people’s wellbeing.
How do pubs feature in older men’s life-histories? What role do pubs play in these men’s social lives? And how have these social spaces impacted on men’s social connections and networks in later life?
How is closeness and distance being renegotiated and navigated? What does it mean to ‘bump into someone’ in the context of home-working and social distancing?
How can we explore an intense interaction of human and machine through a new musical performance work?
What's the best way to learn a poem? Is silent rote learning effective, or is it better to repeat things aloud, to visualise the poem's content, or to move about when trying to memorise it? Do different memorisation techniques induce different psychological effects?
How can we draw together expertise from patients and their families, health service staff, Citizens Advice workers, academics and civil society organisations to develop an innovative scheme for providing a Citizens Advice Service within a District General Hospital?
Can the discipline of engineering find ways to improve the quality of life for those affected by Epidermolysis Bullosa?
