Robert Jones is a strategist at Wolff Olins and professor of Brand Leadership at UEA. He writes that a time of great crisis can spark positive change and this pandemic will be the catalyst for a completely new kind of ’emotionally intelligent, organic, constantly morphing’ brand – the conscious brand. I both teach about, and work in, branding – one of […]
Serving police inspector and Huddersfield PhD researcher Dan Jones warns against police forces adopting an authoritarian or militarised approach in a new article How the police use extra powers they have received during Covid-19 will have a long-lasting effect on their relationship with the public, argues a university researcher who is also a senior police […]
Black and south Asian ethnic groups in England appear to be at higher risk of COVID-19, as well as hospitalisation with the disease. New UK Biobank research, led by the University of Glasgow and published today in BMC Medicine, has found that black and south Asian ethnic groups have a higher risk of testing positive […]
MSc Management and Business Analytics international student Dishant Chavan wants to give back to others, whilst building his transferable skills. Dishant has worked in corporate roles for a Fortune 500 company in Technical Sales Engineering, before pursuing the MSc Management and Business Analytics. He saw an opportunity to improve his transferable skills, gain new and […]
An international study to inform government response to the pandemic and understand its societal impact Since the World Health Organization’s announcement, we have “officially” been living with the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. For some, this means not going into work or even loss of employment altogether. Others may be distraught over the loss of […]
Retail Research Associate Nelson Blackley explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on UK grocery and supermarket shopping trends One of the most significant impacts on UK retail of the COVID-19 crisis and ‘life under lockdown’ has been the sudden change in where meal consumption takes place. Virtually all the food that, until recently, would […]
Archiving design responses to a pandemic in real-time From perfumes to hand sanitiser; vacuum cleaners to ventilators and product marketing to public health awareness campaigns – the world’s design community has responded at pace to the myriad of challenges emerging from the global Covid-19 pandemic. But how do you capture and archive these achievements as they […]
Mark Brill, a Senior Lecturer in Creative Advertising from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) has helped to launch an initiative to help alleviate isolation for care home residents and keep them connected to their families. At UCA, Mark had previously worked on research into the impact of music and technology for those living […]
A Keele student collecting essential toiletries to help vulnerable people across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent has received over 3,300 donations. Victoria Black, a final year Children’s Nursing student, set up The Keele Beauty Bank in 2018 after being inspired by her placement on a paediatric ward during her course. Here, Victoria helped care for a family […]
Study to examine how sleep during lockdown affects older people with or without dementia The questionnaire-led study, called SleepQuest, aims to understand sleep quality, mental health and circadian rhythms in older people. Up to 5,000 participants will be recruited through Join Dementia Research, social media and older people’s networks. The researchers believe that the current […]
