Bournemouth University
Dr Martin Smith on Mastermind
Lecturer in Forensic Archaeology, Dr Martin Smith appeared on Episode 16 of Mastermind. He came second on the night, answering 14 questions on his specialist subject Motorhead, and 13 general knowledge questions . After the two rounds he was joint first, narrowly missing out on the top spot because his closest competitor had passed on [...]
Forensics on The One Show
On 15 Feb Simon Bozeman, reporter from The One Show came to BU with his team (a camera man/producer and assistant) for an exclusive tour of the new Crime Scene Training Facility and of course to make a report using the setting. Using the news hook of the Forensic Science Service (FSS) closing, Simon [...]
‘The earliest Englishman was nothing more than a cheap fraud’
In the centenary year of the discovery of the hoax, Dr Miles Russell, Senior Lecturer in prehistoric and Roman Archaeology has spoken to the Observer about the Piltdown Man. Between 1908 and 1912 human skull fragments, an ape-like jaw and flints were found close to the Sussex village of Piltdown. The discovery was, at the [...]
Professor Tim Darvill’s lecture ‘Stonehenge and Merlin’s Magic Circles’ goes Stateside
On 7 December Professor Darvill will be presenting his lecture ‘Merlin’s Magic Circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones’ at the Penn Museum in Pennsylvania. Stonehenge’s history dates back to 3000BC when 80 pillars of Bluestone rock were transported 250km from the Preseli Hills in southwest Wales, to Salisbury Plain. In his lecture [...]
BU professors called to Venezuela to teach disaster management
Richard Gordon, Director of the BU Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC), accompanied by Michael Evans (former Director of BUDMC) were invited by the British Embassy to the city of Caracas, Venezuela, to present a five day course on international disaster management principles and best practices to officers of Venezuela’s National Directorate of Civil Protection and Disaster [...]
BU Archaeology Society
Tom Cloherty, President – BU Archaeology Society wrote: Just to give you a run down of what has been going on so far and what is coming up in the near future. Last Tuesday we ran a successful talk on The Swash Channel Wreck by Dave Parham which was very good, so thank you goes [...]
BU student appears on Channel 4’s Time Team
MSc Forensic Archaeology student Samantha Buchanan appeared on last night’s episode of Time Team. The first episode of the new series, ‘Brunel’s Last Launch’, was based in the East End of London, in which archaeologists including Samantha tried to discover why the launch of the SS Great Eastern in 1858 was such a disaster. The [...]
Marine Wildlife in Boscombe
Whilst the Bournemouth public and council are in a constant debate over the worthiness of Boscombes very first artificial surf reef, marine explorations have been diving into the depth of its biodiversity developments. Today and Yesterday Marine Biology students from Bournemouth University’s School of Applied Sciences are hosting a ‘Marine Wildlife in Boscombe’ event in [...]
BU’s researcher to appear on BBC One
Next weeks Inside Out programme on BBC One will feature Bournemouth Universities Dr Sarah Bates, a neuropsychologist working in BU’s Psychology Research Group. The programme will look at Dr Bates work on Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, a condition which an estimated 2.5% of the population have. Inside Out will be broadcast next Monday the 17th of October [...]
