Liam Tancock, International Brand Director at Swimzi, has recently launched a new hand sanitiser and designer face masks in response to COVID-19. Swimzi produce pool apparel, including club kits for in and out of the pool. The team has quickly turned attention to supporting swimmers and the general population during the pandemic. They have teamed […]
A team of technical staff at the University of Hertfordshire has produced a batch of hand sanitiser to bolster NHS and social care supplies. The sanitiser has been donated to the Hertfordshire County Council team coordinating the COVID-19 response effort and will be used to help keep key workers safe during the pandemic. The idea […]
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Nurses are to be gifted free hand cream thanks to a new charitable project set up by Liverpool Hope University. The Covid-19 crisis means we’re all constantly washing or sanitising our hands in a bid to repel the virus. But soap and water not only rinses germs away, it also strips the skin of its natural, […]
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBpOzgOZOXk[/embed] A logistics centre has been set up by Cambridge University to process donations of personal protective equipment – including face masks, gloves and visors from Cambridge labs – and make it readily available to NHS medics battling the COVID-19 outbreak. Alongside equipment collected at the University itself, extra supplies are being sourced from around […]
The Open University (OU) is supporting local efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) by producing much-needed hand sanitiser for healthcare professionals in Milton Keynes. With the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been unprecedented demand for hand sanitiser from the public and across the healthcare landscape, which has caused a national shortage. Scientists from […]
Scientists at UWE Bristol are working around the clock to support frontline clinical areas during the COVID-19 emergency. A team of academics have paused their research projects to focus on producing thousands of litres of disinfectant to help slow the spread of coronavirus. Disinfectant produced in a lab at UWE Bristol’s Frenchay campus has so […]
“There are many ways in which universities can actively assist in the response to the pandemic. Many of our staff and students have not just been asking how they can help but they have simply got on and done so. Here are just five of things those colleagues and students are doing now, some of […]
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5D2aIrIqUs[/embed] The University of Birmingham is playing a vital role in helping to respond to a shortage of hand sanitiser needed by frontline social care workers to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. At the request of Public Health England, a team of technicians are working at the University’s flagship Collaborative Teaching Laboratory (CTL) to […]
Vice-Chancellor Dr John Cater has commended Edge Hill staff for donating emergency supplies to the NHS. Emergency supplies provided by Edge Hill University colleagues have ensured a local NHS Trust can continue to sanitise and test surgical masks in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust contacted the University to […]
