The Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration (SURGE) are hosting a one day Postgraduate Seminar on behalf of the British Sociological Society (BSA). The seminar w...
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Dr Moya Kneafsey, Kevin Broughton and Elizabeth Cheese have been commissioned to evaluate Garden Organic’s 'Sowing New Seeds' project.
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The Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration (SURGE) at Coventry University, Regional Studies Association West Midlands Branch and West Midlands Economic Forum wou...
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Jason recently attended the “Recharging the European Electric Vehicle Market: Boosting Consumer Acceptance through New Business Models” Information Day as the LCV theme lead...
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Dr Geraldine Brady was a visiting speaker at a workshop entitled ‘Children, health and well-being’ in the Department of Education, Stockholm University on 22th February 2012...
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Jess Bishop (Youth Work), Geraldine Brady (SURGE), Brian Goredema Braid (Youth Work) and Shirley Durell (PhD student) have been successful in their bid to the Higher Educatio...
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David Jarvis has been made Reader in Local and Regional Economic Development at Coventry University. This conferment is founded on David’s track record of high quality applie...
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The Engineer Awards took place on December 2nd 2011, with CABLED winning in the Automotive category.
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SURGE have recently launched an Economic Development seminar series. The published programme involves contributions from SURGE colleagues and external speakers and will get u...
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In mid-November 2011, John Beech gave a keynote address at an international conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, organised by the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism (KAST) on b...
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Dr Nigel Berkeley’s involvement in the ongoing Coventry and Birmingham Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator Project (CABLED) was featured in the Guardian on 14th November 2011
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SURGE’s Director Nigel Berkeley gave an invited keynote speech at the ‘International Forum on Low Carbon Development’ in Guandong, China at the beginning of November, 2011. N...
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On Wednesday 9th November 2011 a successful one day conference was hosted and facilitated by the BSA West Midlands Medical Sociology Group. The event was held at the Enterp...
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On 3rd November 2011, Elizabeth Cheese presented at the Regional Studies Association conference, held at the University of Manchester, 'Localism: Sufficient and fit for purpo...
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John Beech’s Applied Research Fellowship seeks to develop joint research with colleagues at the University of the Applied Services, Kufstein, Austria, examining the structure...
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At the beginning of November SURGE's Dr John Beech was at the Play the Game 2011 conference in Cologne, where he joined Prof Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan), Christ...
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David Jarvis and Nigel Berkeley, in November 2011, secured a research project from Severn Trent Plc to evidence the economic impact of the utility on their region. This will ...
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John Beech's Football Management Blog has been chosen by The Guardian as one of only fifteen sports blogs to be promoted on its new Guardian Sport Network, which aims 'to pro...
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Geraldine Brown and Geraldine Brady have had a paper entitled ‘Young mothers’ experiences of power, control and violence within intimate and familial relationships’ published...
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SURGE recently said goodbye to Hannah Lambie, who has moved onto a new and exciting challenge, undertaking ESRC funded PhD research at University of Sheffield titled ‘Emergen...
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Moya Kneafsey has been awarded funding from the European Commission, to complete a project entitled ‘Short Food Supply Chains and Local Food Systems in the European Union – a...
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In September, 2011, Jason Begley attended the first meeting of the new European Automotive Skills Council in Brussels. Jason has been invited to continue his role on this new...
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Kevin Broughton is undertaking research into the development and initial impact of Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership. The Coalition Government is radica...
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Geraldine Brown is currently undertaking a pilot study exploring the impact of the current economic climate on five voluntary/ community sector organisations providing advoca...
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Geraldine Brown and Geraldine Brady are working in partnership with Learning Innovation ARC to evaluate the Belgrade Theatre’s ‘Creative Gymnasium’ project from August 2011 t...
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In August 2011, Nigel Berkeley, David Jarvis and Jason Begley had a paper on economic opportunities arising from the emerging low carbon vehicle sector accepted for publicat...
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Over the summer months of 2011, David Jarvis, Dave Noon and SURGE’s intern Randeep Manak, undertook research for Coventry City Council to assess the suitability of the city’s...
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Moya Kneafsey and Elizabeth Cheese are working with Garden Organic to evaluate the environmental, health and social impacts of their Master Gardener Programme.
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David Jarvis, Nigel Berkeley and Jason Begley have been working with German and Polish partners on an ongoing European Union funded INTERREG IVC sub-project, awarded in March...
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Nigel Berkeley and David Jarvis are guest editing a forthcoming issue of the SAGE journal Local Economy. The issue, scheduled for publication next spring, will feature a sele...
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Nigel Berkeley and Kevin Broughton have had a paper accepted in the “Local Economy” journal (to be published in February 2011) entitled “Where next for neighbourhood regenera...
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Geraldine Brady: ‘Children’s perceptions of health, illness and social participation: cross-cultural insights’. Over a 12 month period she will collaborate with Stockho...
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Three new research students have joined the team since September 2010: Tom Dudley (Plant Closures), Jonathan Kershaw (Low Carbon Vehicles) and Selwyn Semour (Science Parks). ...
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Nigel Berkeley has been awarded his PhD by Portfolio
Hannah Lambie has been awarded an MSc (with Distinction) in Policy Research (Bristol) and has since registered...
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Professor David Bailey has a regular ‘spot’ in Coventry Evening Telegraph entitled ‘The Prof’ on current issues. Full Story
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Ashdown, John Football League clockwatch – as it happened, The Guardian, 3rd January.
Dart, James 100 football blogs to follow in 2011, The Guardian, 31st Dece...
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Dr John Beech, Head of sport & tourism applied research at Coventry University, gives an assessment of Coventry City's financial position as a new board of directors assu...
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Interview for Wake Up To Money, BBC 5 Live (radio), 8 February
Interview for Shane O’Connor’s Breakfast Show, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire (radio), 27 January
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John Beech was made a Submission to House of Commons Select Committee on The Governance of Football.
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John Beech was the keynote speaker at the 3rd Kufstein Winter School, 30 Jan – 4 February, Kufstein, Austria, ‘Skiing at its limits: The Scottish case’and also at the Sport M...
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Geraldine Brown provided a think-piece entitled ‘Time to base policy for teen mothers on more than assumptions and misunderstandings’ to Social Work Now December 2010/January...
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Geraldine Brady and Geraldine Brown were invited speakers at the ESRC Seminar Series: Visual Dialogues - new agendas in inequalities research, held at the Open University, 2...
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Dr Geraldine Brady, Geraldine Brown (SURGE) and Julie Bayley (of ARC-HLI) will be presenting at the BSA Annual Conference in April 2011 at the London School of Economics. Th...
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Moya Kneafsey and Hannah Lambie have been invited to submit a paper on ‘Consumer perceptions and experiences of food security’ to a special issue of the Journal of Rural Stud...
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Nigel Berkeley and David Jarvis have had two chapters accepted for a book on Local and Regional Responses to the Recession (part of the Regional Studies Association book seri...
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Kevin Broughton, David Jarvis and Richard Farnell’s paper on ‘Using action learning sets for more effective collaboration: the Managing Complex Regeneration programme’ has be...
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Dr Jason Begley and Professor Tom Donnelly of SURGE have recently published a paper on The DaimlerChrysler Mitsubishi merger: a study in Failure in International Journal of A...
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SURGE have recently published three reports for Coventry City Council examining economic opportunities for the city in low carbon vehicles, virtual 3D technologies and enviro...
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On behalf of Advantage West Midlands SURGE have recently completed an evaluation of the West Midlands Taskforce; the body set up to provide an effective response to the reces...
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Understanding the experiences of pregnant women who smoke during pregnancy and the barriers to abstinence – Louise Laverty
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Dr Glynn Jones, Head of Economic Research and Intelligence at Advantage West Midlands, has been awarded an Honorary Research Fellowship from Coventry University Business Scho...
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Dr John Beech was recently interviewed about his football management research for a half-hour podcast broadcast by Football Partnerships. He first discussed his earlier rese...
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The economic and social impact of a football club in crisis
The ignominious decent into Administration of Portsmouth Football Club, the first such case in the Premier Leag...
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Annette Roebuck, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, was recently chosen as the overall winner in an inter-university applied research competition between Coventry and W...
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Dr David Jarvis, from the Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration (SURGE) has recently completed a research project for Church Urban Fund. SURGE produced a publis...
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Our target-driven culture is increasingly at odds with the way faith groups support the most vulnerable, say David Jarvis and Tim Bissett. The full article is available in th...
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