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Future is bright for NERC COVID-19 Recovery Hackathon winners

Students from Cardiff University are celebrating following their successful submission to NERC’s COVID-19 Recovery Hackathon. The Hackathon called for environmental researchers, health and social science experts and data specialists to join an urgent sprint earlier this summer. Joshua Moore, Lucy Henley and Timothy Ostler from Cardiff’s prestigious School of Mathematics won the competition, we catch up with them to ask about their work and plans for the future. …Continue Reading Future is bright for NERC COVID-19 Recovery Hackathon winners

Early career researcher support: Engaging with Policy Makers by Donna Szarun

UK Parliament and Welsh Government both use research and academic knowledge to inform scrutiny and legislation. Academics can help to ensure that the decisions that affect people’s lives are taken with the best available evidence, but it helps to know the way in. In June 2019, I supported Environment Platform Wales with their early career…Continue Reading Early career researcher support: Engaging with Policy Makers by Donna Szarun