Economics of crowd-sourcing under spotlight
A team headed by an economist at the University of Portsmouth has won £750,000 to establish why people give up their time to help scientists better understand some of the biggest mysteries, from…
Portsmouth to become home of legal psychology
Threats from international terrorism, organised crime, criminal networks and violent gangs are to be addressed by a new doctoral programme offered by the University of Portsmouth. From 2013, the University of Portsmouth, in…
Shared parenting under spotlight
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth Business School have won funding to examine shared parenting and contact orders for children whose parents separate. The research comes in the wake of fathers’ rights groups…
Proteins identified as key to ageing brain and other diseases
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have been awarded £600,000 to pursue a unique avenue of research which could make significant progress into understanding the aging brain and diseases such as dementia and…
Universities to develop future RAF leaders
A £5.3m contract to help train the Royal Air Force’s leaders of tomorrow has been won by Portsmouth Business School, in partnership with Cranfield University. Over the next five to seven years, leadership…
Scientists win £1m to measure storm impact on river pollution
A team of scientists, including one from the University of Portsmouth, have won over £1m to monitor the effect of storms on pollution in a river – estuary in Hampshire. Excess concentrations of…
Arab women’s leadership potential examined
Women scientists in the Middle East hoping to rise to senior positions are being given a helping hand by two experts in global leadership competencies. Dr Liza Howe-Walsh and Dr Sarah Turnbull, from…
Business School researchers honoured
A classroom discussion led to prize-winning research for Professor in Accounting, Lisa Jack of Portsmouth Business School. Professor Jack won the Neil Rackham Best Paper award at the School’s recent research and knowledge…
Mathematicians aim to cut energy costs
Mathematicians in the UK and France have won €1.8 million funding to find ways of more efficiently transporting off-shore wind farms, which would make green energy more affordable. Experts in logistics from the…
Children’s ‘growth intelligence’ project wins £368,000 funding
Portsmouth’s primary school pupils are the first in England to benefit from an innovative project designed to raise academic achievement after the city won £368,000 funding from the Education Endowment Foundation. The charity…
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