Current Projects
The University of Bedfordshire Business School is involved in a wide range of projects funded by various British and International Bodies.
This includes: ALFA, ASIA-Link, ASIA-ITC, British Council , DfES, DTI, EEDA, ERASMUS-MUNDUS, ERASMUS +, ESF, EPSRC, FP4/Esprit, FP7/SME, EU/Canada and EU/US Partnership in Education, INTERREG, HEIF, JISC, the Learning Skills Council, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates and Tempus.
The below list is not exhaustive and only provides a sample of projects in which the Business School is currently participating:
- LEGO® Serious Play® - two projects to develop work to promote equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives using LEGO® Serious Play®
- Project Insight - Fruit Scouting Robot Validation and Integration into Supply-Chain - an UKRI Innovate UK funded project aiming to digitise the earliest stage of the fruit-value chain using data from the Antobot Ltd.'s novel crop scouting robot Insight.
- Advancing Women in Agri-Food Rural Environments (AWARE) - an EU ERASMUS+ funded project aiming to support the growth of women entrepreneurs in the in Agri-Food sector across Europe.
- DigiVIP - Building Virtual Learning Platform for Environmentally-Friendly Digital Transformation Management - an EU ERASMUS+ funded project to develop a digital transformation management curriculum and learning materials with a focus on "environmental sustainability" standards.
- Improving Resource Efficiency of Agribusiness supply chains by Minimising waste using Big Data and Internet of Things sensors (REAMIT) - an INTERREG North West Europe (NWE) funded project to tackle food waste.
- Advancing Digital Precision Aquaculture in China (ADPAC) - an UK China Agri-tech Challenge funded project to develop, apply and integrate the latest technologies of advanced sensors, 5G-based Internet of Things, Big Data analytics and automation to pilot highly digital precision aquaculture in China.
- Implementing technology solution for sustainable development of artisanal fisheries in Santa Catarina (TAF) - a British Council Newton Fund funded project to improve sustainability of artisanal fisheries in southern Brazil by implementing new digital technologies and training local stakeholders to use the chosen technology.
- Creating Creative Entrepreneurs (CCE) - a British Council Creative Spark funded partnership between the Business School and Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy (UEPA) to establish a Centre of the Creative Entrepreneurship Development (CCED) in UEPA.
- Gamification and Authentic Aesthetically-motivated Teaching - a HEFCE-funded project that brought together scholars from three disciplines (business, nursing and psychology) and involved resources from three faculties of the University of Bedfordshire. It aims to develop a toolkit based on authentic learning and aesthetically-motivated pedagogies that would lead to the growth of professional qualities in graduates.
- Dominica Creole Project - an AHRC Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) funded project aimed at developing and advancing policy proposals to establish Dominica as a Centre of Excellence for the Preservation & Celebration of the Creole Culture through Language, the Arts and its indigenous Kalinagos.
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