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 ...
A sit down with Pascal Finkbeiner
Can you tell me a little bit about your background? I’m an environmental chemist and I did my master's in Germany. My MSc looked at all the different environments; air, soil and water, how they ...
Researching… the manufacturing industry
If you’re researching any aspect of the manufacturing industry, look no further. In this post we gather together the best of our resources on the topic. IBISWorld IBISWorld provides in-depth analysis across the whole manufacturing ...
Virtual learning in my new virtual life
Having the world of virtual learning imposed on me unexpectedly and when I didn’t ask for it has been hard. It’s taken me a while to accept that at the very least my next five ...
Are you ever too old to study?
18 months ago, I returned to higher education. Previously, an Executive Assistant and having had a significant personal loss earlier in 2018, I had reached a stage in my life where I wanted to change ...
My experience at the British Antarctic Survey
Last month I had the chance to visit one of the most fascinating science institutions that I know in the United Kingdom, the British Antartic Survey (BAS). It is an institute of the Natural Environment Research ...
Experiencing lockdown on-campus, in the village and in London…
For this blog post I asked some of our volunteer student bloggers to describe their experience of lockdown. Each of our students are living in different locations – Cranfield University campus, Cranfield Village and London ...
My Silver Lining
I had a slight panic on my way to Gatwick airport as I riffled through my backpack to check for my passport before finding it, followed by the realisation of forgetting my masks and gloves ...
More Resources Must Mean Better Outcomes – Right? Or How Variation Can Catch You Out! Part II
Introduction This is the second part of a two-part blog around Variation and the way it can catch people out when attempting cost-cutting exercises or providing additional resources and looking for evidence of benefit. In Part I, we looked at ...