Robots in rescue – dealing with COVID-19.
My name is Raviteja Burugu, I am from India and I am studying an MSc in Robotics at Cranfield University. I hope you have read my previous blog about How often do we use Robots. If ...
Taking Accident Investigation Learning Online
There has been a deluge of information and Apps over the last month aimed at moving teaching environments online. For the Accident Investigation staff this has been of great interest due to the high requirement for ...
My Group Project Experience at Cranfield University
With an undergraduate background in soil science and land management, it has always been an aspiration of mine to focus on the environmental aspect within this field. Becoming an innovative environmental researcher has been an age-long ambition which has ...
A few excerpts from my experience to students who are away from home
I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams that one day I would be stranded in a foreign country, thousands of miles away from the comfort of my family and friends. It never occurred ...
Turning obstacles into opportunities – moving our teaching online in aerospace, transport systems and manufacturing
The lockdown measures introduced in the middle of March presented a number of challenges across our University, as we moved swiftly to make sure we could deliver the unique Cranfield experience to our students and ...
COVID-19 and terrorism: assessing the short- and long-term impacts
Summary The COVID-19 pandemic is already having a significant impact on terrorism in a variety of ways. There is a mixed picture on the level of attacks in the short-term – lockdown measures will tend ...
From the Game of Life to a new reality
Someone once said “Play is our brain's favourite way of learning”. Here at Cranfield University, having already participated in more than five simulation and educational games, I feel that knowledge is not only presented in ...
Remote learning during the pandemic
On 16th March 2020 Cranfield University made an announcement that it was moving the remainder of face-to-face classes online. This was after the situation of COVID-19 respiratory infections became a national threat and at the same time as the rest of the world was also gearing up ...
COVID-19: Supporting our community
These are unprecedented times. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has limited where we can go, what we can do and who we can see. We don’t know what is ahead, but we can stay focused, and ...
Reflections on the ‘new normal’
I used to get up around 5.45am, basically to make sure the house was in order, I was ready to face the world and I got a car park space! How times have changed. I ...