On Saturday 22nd
Sep, Alex Peng is presenting two new projects to public visitors in the
Festival of the Mind, which will be held in the Sheffield Spiegeltent. These two interdisciplinary projects (i.e.
one focuses on developing and evaluating an e-learning system to train teachers and let them provide better support to disable young people, and the other aims to develop
a mobile app to support the unmet needs of cancer survivors) are the
results of Alex’s participation in the Sheffield Crucible programme (http://www.shef.ac.uk/ faculty/science/training-and- development/sheffield-crucible), and involve other colleagues from the Department of Human
Communication Sciences, Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, Department of
Sociological Studies, and School of English.
We are pleased to announce that Dr Kate Miltner has joined the UK Young Academy, an interdisciplinary network of early-career professionals and researchers working together to tackle pressing global and local challenges and promote lasting change. Dr Miltner is among the 42 emerging leaders from across the UK selected as the newest members of the UK Young Academy. The new members come from a wide range of sectors, with backgrounds in political science, engineering, government, communications and the creative and performing industries, and more. As members of the UK Young Academy, they will have the opportunity to take action on both local and global issues. Through interdisciplinary projects and working across sectors, they will bridge gaps, drive innovation, and develop the solutions needed to address critical challenges – all while advancing their professional development and contributing to a global network of Young Academies focused on achieving positive outcomes. "I'm tru...
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