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Dementia Tech: Overcoming barriers to innovation post-pandemic
Daniel Berman from Nesta Challenges and Colin Capper at the Alzheimer’s Society focus here on dementia tech, including comment on overcoming barriers to innovation post-pandemic.
Strategic academic recruitment research: Increasing diversity
Here, HR Director at the University of Eastern Finland, Dr Jouni Kekäle follows on from their previous piece in Open Access Government by discussing how to increase diversity with the help of proactive recruitment.
Accelerated decarbonisation: Sustainability’s global lifeline
Mark Chadwick, Managing Director, Sustainability Solutions UK&I at ENGIE Impact explains why accelerated decarbonisation is sustainability’s global lifeline.
Towards resilience against water-related extreme events
Dr Anjuli S. Bamzai, NSF Division Director for Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences and Ms Elizabeth Zelenski, Staff Associate, NSF Office of the Assistant Director for Geosciences, explain research on water-related extreme events that have profound implications for society.
Can the UK’s post-COVID-19 economy benefit from a booming medical cannabis industry?
Hannah Deacon, Co-Founder of Maple Tree Consultancy and Campaigner ponders if the UK’s post-COVID-19 economy can benefit from a booming medical cannabis industry.
Diagnosis of dementia: The impact of COVID-19
Dementia UK’s Head of Research and Publications, Dr Karen Harrison Dening, discusses her thoughts on the diagnosis of dementia and the impact of COVID-19 on this.
Research explores the vicious cycle of work stress and burnout
Researchers found that work stress and burnout can result in an increasingly desperate cycle, especially with a global pandemic increasing economic pressures.
Technology and development in the eye care sector
Nick Walsh, Sector Skills Development Officer at the Association of British Dispensing Opticians, shares his thoughts and predictions on technology and development in the eye care sector.
Poverty focus: Empowering mothers of street children
Emily Malcolm from Toybox argues that empowering mothers of street children through business has important ripple effects to change the future for generations to come in this fascinating poverty focus.
How Connected Workspaces make permanent remote working possible
William Copley, Founder and Managing Director, Armstrong Bell comments on how Connected Workspaces make permanent remote working possible.
The Pfizer vaccine: When will people in the UK get it?
Yesterday, at 6:45am in the US, the Pfizer vaccine was revealed to be over 90% effective - so when will the successful drug be available for the UK to use?
Cellular processes: Chromosome number patterns seen in ferns
Paul G. Wolf, Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, explains cellular processes and attempts to link them to the chromosome number patterns seen in a particular group of plants: ferns.
Further insights into social value in the public sector
Adam Crampsie, Managing Director, Bloom Procurement Services provides additional insights when it comes to social value in the public sector.
China: How to deal with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision Group, China charts how to deal with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic, starting with a helpful global and regional overview.
Should the Early Years address food poverty?
June O’Sullivan MBE, CEO of London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), stresses the need for the Government to make the free school meal voucher scheme available to all children, including those below the age of five.
Innovative psychiatry for the 21st century – Close to domicile. Competent. Human
Elena Posth & Romina Männl from Pfalzklinikum walk us through exactly how the company has entered into a new and exciting era of treating people with mental illness by charting their ‘Innovative psychiatry for the 21st century – Close to domicile. Competent. Human’ project.
Pfizer vaccine is more than 90% successful in preventing COVID-19
Created without US Government funding, the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine is revealed to be over 90% effective against COVID-19.
Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare for patients with diabetes
Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision Group considers how the standard of healthcare for patients with diabetes is impacted by COVID-19.
EU Green Deal: Creating a circular economy for plastics
Jennifer Perr, Sustainability Director at Hi-Cone explains how the EU Green Deal can impact the packaging industry and transform plastic use for a more sustainable future.
Biological sciences: Determining phenotype from genotype
The NSF’s Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, within the Directorate for Biological Sciences, discusses how their work determining phenotype from genotype is fighting food insecurity.
