UWE Bristol

In this episode, we speak with Susie Fisher, Founder & Director of A2i and Help to Grow: Management alumni. Susie completed Help to Grow in April 2022, and we recently caught up with her to discuss her time on the course and discover what impact it has had on her business since.

To find out more about Help to Grow: Management, visit our webpage: www.uwe.ac.uk/help-to-grow or contact us at [email protected].

In this episode, we speak with Ashley Thomas, Director of Coops & Co, and Help to Grow: Management alumni. Ashley completed Help to Grow in April 2022, and we recently caught up with her to discuss her time on the course and discover what impact it has had on her business since.

To find out more about Help to Grow: Management, visit our webpage: www.uwe.ac.uk/help-to-grow or contact us at [email protected].

Francesco looks back on the seminar discussing Solidarity-based data governance. Barbara Prainsack from University of Vienna(https://politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/en/about-us/staff/prainsack/)and he both held short talks on this matter.

Elizabeth Green looks back on a talk she co-presented with Arusha McKenzie. Arusha, a master’s student, explored the use of social media data as a form of public insight. Taking a particular look at digital vulnerability among university students.

Part 3 of An Audience with the Founder of Serious Leisure. What are the factors that affect our leisure choices? How can we discover new activities for ourselves? In this episode, the founder of the Serious Leisure Perspective, Professor Robert Stebbins, talks through the impact of geography, culture, finance, and personal affinity on how we engage with leisure and how we can make it easier to try new things and expand our leisure worlds.

Nikki Cotterill and Carla Southworth explain how one in five people in the UK suffer from incontinence. Nikki talks about some of the work she and Bristol Health Partners project manager Carla are doing to help people deal with bowel or bladder leakage. They discuss their community work and the CONfidence app they have developed to help people of all ages.

More about the research: https://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=4154

Dick Shone and Henry James represent two generations of UWE Bristol alumni, and both are interested in contributing to a net zero future. Dick owns modular home manufacturer Boutique Modern, and Henry is a project manager at Wells and West Utilities. In this episode, they talk about how hydrogen-powered boilers could be one part of a more sustainable energy mix in the home.

More about Boutique Modern: www.boutiquemodern.co.uk

Ana Miguel-Lazaro and Rania Regaieg talk about how UWE Bristol is making a stand against all forms of discrimination, harassment, and inappropriate behaviour through its SpeakUp campaign. Drawing from their own experiences of harassment, they talk about the campaign and how it is effecting change across the University and the student community

More about UWE Bristol’s SpeakUp campaign: www.uwe.ac.uk/speakup

UWE Bristol’s Verity Jones and primary school teacher Nat Brown paint a picture of what racism looks like in schools, and they discuss Verity’s pioneering project that looks at the impact of racism on the mental health and wellbeing of 10 to 11-year-olds.

More about the research project: https://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=4200

Appolinaire Etoundi and Andy Lewis in conversation. When BRL roboticist Appo met Para triathlete Andy at a swimming pool, he promised Andy he’d help him develop the knee joint for his prosthetic leg – but only if he won a medal at the next Paralympics. He won gold in Rio the following year (2016) – and the rest is history!

See Andy’s website at www.andyjlewis.co.uk. Find more about the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) on their website: www.bristolroboticslab.com