Aligning with our research activities, all schools in FBMH have a curriculum that covers one or more United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, such as 3: Good Health and Wellbeing, 13: Climate Action, 14: Life below water, and 15: Life on Land. Most of our...
6R stands for Review, Reduce, Reuse, Refill, Replace, Recycle. The original 6R guide for labs was developed by a team led by Dr Maggy Fostier and Dr Ruth Grady to reduce plastic use in the laboratory practical classes of the School of Biological Sciences. It provides...
Sustainable Futures (SF) is a new research platform that aims to foster interdisciplinary research across the University, directed towards the most pressing issues affecting sustainability. SF is cross-faculty, and aims to; identify funding, develop teams, write and...
As part of the National Cup Recycling Scheme, Kerri Smith (Cardiovascular Science), has generously volunteered to collate single use coffee cups to recycle at the local Costa Coffee on Oxford Road.Cups are coated inside with a thin plastic film to avoid leaks and...
Article written by Maxine Lin, MSc Science and Health Communication student The Social Responsibility and Public Engagement Team recently hosted an Environmental Sustainability (ES) session with Dr Maggy Fostier, Academic Dean for ES. The session engaged staff and PhD...
Public Contributor Mike Southworth has been involved with the University for the last 10 years and is currently a member of the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health’s (FBMH) Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement PPIE) Forum. In this blog, Mike discusses...
Article by Will Hopper. Heard of the Museum of Medicine and Health, but never explored the collection before? As well as the Instruments of Change exhibition currently on display in the foyer of the Stopford Building, the museum is proud to launch a selection of...
Since the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH) was formed in 2016, we have hosted an annual Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) celebration event. Our initial aim for the event was to celebrate the positive impact of PPIE across the Faculty....
The Faculty’s second online Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Celebration event took place on 29 June.Hosted by Co-Chairs of the Faculty’s PPIE Forum, Professor Stephanie Snow, Academic Lead for Community Engagement and Involvement and Kay...
Mairiosa Hall, is our guest author as part of her MSc student Science Communication course. In this final instalment of the blog series she talks to Dr Stephanie Snow who is featured in our Short Film: PPIE: Working With Our Communities. They discuss Stephanie’s...
