Category: COVID-19
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Alice Konig Senior Lecturer in Latin and Classical Studies, University of St Andrews Many thanks to YAS members Matthew Chrisman and Peter McColl, who also inputted into this article. TL;DR: Covid-19 prompts us to rethink the relationship between expertise and democratic decision-making. In 2016, the…
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Aude Le Guennec FRSA Assistant Professor in Design Anthropology Heriot-Watt University TL;DR: The move toward home learning during the COVID-19 lockdown sparked a new interest in how the use of school uniforms affects our children’s identity and education. It is important to continue discussing this,…
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Kitty Meeks Senior Research Fellow School of Computing Science, University of GlasgowTL;DR: Maths has had an unprecedented impact on daily life in recent months; we need to rethink mathematics education so that this leads to greater mathematical literacy rather than increased mistrust in the subject….
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Leslie Mabon Senior Lecturer in Social Science Scottish Association for Marine Science TL;DR: Taiwan has done very well in keeping COVID-19 under control. We can learn a lot about effective health communication- especially in regard to managing risk- from their Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC)…
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Allison Jackson Head of Research Operations University of Glasgow TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the research community. Can COVID herald positive changes in the sector? Universities, funders, and researchers can take advantage of the huge disruption in 2020 to improve the…
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