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Favela communities made more resilient against COVID-19 with citizen data
A team of international development researchers, working with some of the poorest neighbourhoods in Brazil and Colombia to mitigate the effects of natural hazards, have adapted their project to help strengthen those communities’ resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic.
€2m makes pan-European innovation available to improve regions – including West Midlands
€2 million has been awarded by the European Commission to the community of universities — of which the UK’s University of ÌÇÐÄTV is a founding member — with the purpose of opening up academic research to businesses, policy-makers, and the wider public.
1000+ face masks from Shanghai to ÌÇÐÄTV will equip local care homes
More than 1000 face masks, donated to the University of ÌÇÐÄTV by its partner Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in China, will help protect key workers in care homes across Coventry and ÌÇÐÄTVshire.
Face masks from Beijing to University of ÌÇÐÄTV will equip local NHS
Around 1000 face masks, donated by Beijing City University in China to the University of ÌÇÐÄTV, will be given to NHS key workers across ÌÇÐÄTVshire on the front line against COVID-19.
Child malnutrition monitoring in Mauritius transformed with mobile technology
Child malnutrition in Mauritius, and across Sub Saharan Africa, could be monitored more accurately and quickly, thanks to simple mobile-based data collection forms, according to new research by the University of ÌÇÐÄTV, UK.
New ‘field guide’ offers practical toolkit for Global Development research students and practitioners
Interdisciplinary Qualitative Research in Global Development: A Concise Guide contains a wealth of practical examples and resources to help students and practitioners think through what good research looks like, and highlights some of the practical and ethical challenges which can face teams drawn from different academic disciplines working on international development issues.