Blogs from Fellows and the team
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Blog: Black code matters
It's National Coding Week! Let's roll up our sleeves and get changing the world, one line of JavaScript at a time. Is it quite as simple as all that? Let me...
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Blog: Harnessing immigrants’ entrepreneurial talents
Two years ago, I read a 2014 report by the Centre for Entrepreneurs which stated that, although immigrants are responsible for starting one in seven of all UK companies,...
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Blog: Getting UK pollinator conservation buzzing
Bees and other insect pollinators are currently under severe threat in the UK. Pesticide poisoning, increased disease as well as destruction of nesting sites and nectar...
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Blog: Organ donation in BAME communities
Donate, organs, gift, save, life – you are probably going to see these words a lot this week. Between 3 and 9 September, which is Organ Donation Week in the UK, these...
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Blog: Using social media to connect scientists and the public
The use of social media around the world has skyrocketed over the past five years. As the Public Engagement Manager for the University of Dundee’s Leverhulme Research...
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Blog: Tech solutions for rural isolation
Isolation and loneliness have long been known to have deep-rooted psychological impacts. There is now a growing body of evidence that loneliness is as great a public...
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Blog: Another Life: Telling the stories of individuals in extreme poverty
As you will know, today on every continent millions of impoverished men and women have insufficient food to feed both themselves and their family. Do they eat so they...
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Blog: Supporting participatory artists to become economically sustainable
In mid-September, a year on from the beginning of my Churchill Fellowship travels, I will be heading back to New York to address an international conference of artists...
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Blog: Youth political engagement
A lot of young people are engaged in political issues in the UK – but they’re not taking part in traditional ways, such as voting. Through my involvement in campaigns, I...
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Blog: Mental health in the police
My family and I will never forget this year, as I was greatly honoured to be mentioned in the New Year’s Honours List, attending Buckingham Palace in June to be invested...