by Viewpoint | May 6, 2020 | Faculty of Biology. Medicine and Health
Professor Ian Bruce, Director at the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and chair of the COVID-19 Research Rapid Response Group (RRRG) at the University, talks about his experiences since the pandemic broke. It is hard to find superlatives to describe the...
by Viewpoint | Apr 30, 2020 | Faculty of Humanities
*This blog originally featured on WONKHE on 19 April 2020* Andy Westwood, Vice Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities sets out the not-insignificant challenges that the government now faces in deciding what it wants from universities after the...
by Viewpoint | Apr 8, 2020 | Faculty of Humanities
Sir Cary Cooper, 50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, on how to maintain positive mental health during the current crisis. One: Follow a routine Follow a routine and keep to it. It can be any routine, a totally new one if you wish, it...
by Viewpoint | Apr 7, 2020 | Faculty of Humanities
Lisa Murtagh, Head of Initial Teacher Education, in the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED), shares her experiences of home schooling. All of a sudden, many of us have found ourselves in the novel position of being a home-educator. From a personal...
by Viewpoint | Apr 1, 2020 | PSLT
Dr Julian Skyrme, Director of Social Responsibility, talks about the many examples of staff living our values in a difficult time, and the volunteering opportunities that colleagues can get involved in. Theories of disasters point out that during major societal crises...
