Chartered architect Emily Carr (CF 2020) shared her Fellowship findings with her employer, Kier Construction, as part of an EDI roundtable discussion with colleagues from the industry. Emily has also featured in the media several times recently, including
BE-ST(Built Environment - Smarter Transformation) and Construction News.
Fozia Irfan (CF 2020), was asked by Dame Julia Unwin, to speak at the Archbishop of York's Annual Lecture on Social Justice at the Institute for Social Justice. The title of her talk was 'Doing change in difficult times' and she discussed how we build movements for change whilst ensuring our own growth and resilience. Find out more here.
By Fozia Irfan,
Social enterprise founder Roger Warnock (CF 2013) has been supporting the first round of projects developed through YouthUX, the initiative he is piloting with support from one of our Covid-19 Action Fund grants.
By Roger Warnock,
Online Journalist and Producer Nishtha Chugh (CF 2016) gave evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry on Ethnicity Transplantations and Transfusion in June 2023. The Inquiry is examining the causes of poor health outcomes for the UK's ethnic minorities with respect to organ and stem cell donation. The APPG took an interest in Nishtha's findings from the US and Israel in particular and discussed potential lessons that could be useful for devising frameworks in the UK. Her research has officially been submitted as part of the evidence to the committee. She is also a member of the steering committee advising this Inquiry. Nishtha's report has also been mentioned in the NHSBT's 2030 Strategy report on Organ Donation and Transplantation in the country.
By Nishtha Chugh,
Food Power Programme Coordinator Simon Shaw (CF 2019) was included in an article 'How to feed the elderly better' in The Financial Times. Simon talked about senior welfare centres in South Korea where meals-on-wheels, lunch clubs and more are delivered in the same place.
By Simon Shaw,
