Professor Helen Bilton from the Institute of Education at the University of Reading said: “As the Government prepares to announce some form of easing of restrictions around Covid-19, the question of whether and how schools will return is one that is causing some parents to express anxiety about children being in close proximity to others […]
Quadram Institute researchers who are working on a new drug delivery method for a COVID-19 vaccine have joined World Health Organization (WHO) expert advisory groups tackling the coronavirus. Professor Simon Carding of the Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia’s Norwich Medical School has been asked to join WHO’s COVID-19 Expert Advisory Group on vaccine […]
Relaxing stay-at-home orders and allowing some types of non-essential businesses such as shops to reopen are the lowest risk measures to get the UK and other European countries out of lockdown – according to research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the success of different social distancing measures across 30 European countries – […]
University of Dundee projects to help the country in the fight against Covid-19 have been awarded nearly £500,000 in funding. Research initiatives at the University’s School of Life Sciences and School of Medicine will help identify those most vulnerable to severe symptoms of coronavirus and establish what happens to those recovering from the illness. The […]
Aston University in Birmingham is offering free online continuing professional development (CPD) training for trainee language teachers in May as part of its efforts to support schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. The University’s Centre for Language Research (CLaRA) is offering free training in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) – teaching subjects such as science, […]
