Technology
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Blog: Technology to connect people during the pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen many people face the challenge of social isolation or loneliness, and the subsequent impact this can have on their mental health. Social...
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Blog: Digital government and Covid-19
Throughout the pandemic of 2020, digital initiatives – including digital public service delivery, digital payments, and priorities such as contact-tracing – have helped...
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Blog: Helping older people through isolation with a new tech platform
As a result of the current lockdown, older people are experiencing isolation across the country and around the world. Having spent many years working closely with older...
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News: New social media site tackles lockdown isolation for older people
As the lockdown enters its third week, Churchill Fellow Kerry Rooney has come up with an innovative solution to help older people who are finding isolation difficult....
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Blog: How digital art therapy can help people with terminal illness
My Churchill Fellowship in 2015 explored how digital technology is helping hospices deliver art therapy to enhance, extend or limit the care of people with a terminal...
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Incentives and levers for digitising and integrating primary care in New Zealand, Australia and the USA – lessons for the UK NHS
Dimitri Varsamis, a health policy worker from London, travelled to Australia, New Zealand and the USA to explore the use of digital technology in primary healthcare. He...
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Diagnostic Nurse-led Ultrasound in Tertiary Care: Training and Implementation Strategies
Eleanor Corcoran, a senior research nurse from London, travelled to Australia to research the use of ultrasound by nurses working in critical care. She will use her...
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Advancing gun crime investigations through technology and international best practice
Rachel Bolton-King, a university professor from Nottingham, travelled to France, South Africa and the USA to investigate the use of technology in gun crime...
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Classrooms without walls
Ian Kell, a secondary school teacher from Gateshead, travelled to Estonia, Australia and New Zealand to explore models of e-learning. He intends to use his findings to...
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Blog: Muslim women in tech
I work in the tech industry and frequently find that I’m the only Muslim woman in the rooms I walk into. I’ve never had anyone like myself to really look up to, someone...
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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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Video: "I met people so aligned with my values"
Watch creative business strategist Arfah Farooq talk about her Churchill Fellowship exploring stories of Muslim women in technology, and the impact her Fellowship has...
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Digitally connecting Older People to the benefits of the Internet
Patricia Donald, an ICT worker from Belfast, travelled to Australia and Japan to explore approaches to encouraging older people to use the internet.
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Extending the scope and reach of palliative day services
Kathy Birch, a hospice worker from Epsom, travelled to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore to investigate approaches to extending the scope and reach of palliative care.
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Parenting in the digital age: Family approaches to digital resilience
Natalia Clifford, a public health consultant from London, travelled to Denmark, Sweden and the USA to explore approaches to fostering healthy online behaviours for...
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Michael Jones’ Story
StoryMichael Jones travelled to the USA in 2015 to study electronics and computer science programmes in schools.
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Mental health and digital technology
Rebecca Cotton, from Dulwich, and Director of Mental Health Policy for the NHS Confederation, travelled to Australia and the USA to research approaches to using digital...
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Revolutionising reading in UK prisons
Neil Barclay, a prison librarian from Plumstead, travelled to the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway to explore the use of e-reading technology in prisons.
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Using social media tools and technologies to reduce health disparities
Steven Wilson, a senior programme manager from East Kilbride, travelled to the USA to investigate using social media tools and technologies to reduce health disparities.
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Art Therapy: digital devices, tablet computers, palliative care, chronic illness
The aim of my Fellowship was to gain knowledge of digital art therapy to benefit interventions in palliative care, and in training art therapists in the UK. Interviews...
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Ideology + Technology: Using digital, data, and technology to build better government and to deliver better public services
Calum Handforth is a policy adviser from London. He travelled to Estonia, Norway and Singapore to research best practice in using technology to improve public services.
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Global strategies for tackling child sexual abuse material online
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Developing globally competitive students through Challenge Based Learning and STEM