Senior Lecturer @CBESheffield. Research to develop materials & processes for a sustainable future. Sustainable infrastructure, energy, and a circular economy.
£770m. That’s the economic benefit international students contributed to the city of Sheffield in the 2021-2 academic year.
We’re calling on the government to recognise the economic, social and cultural value of international students and remove them from net migration figures.
📣Have you heard about BuildZero?🎉 This new £6m project led by @sheffielduni will explore the extent to which the circular economy could meet the UK’s building needs using zero new material extractions, zero emissions and zero waste.
Find out more: https://t.co/2sY4wGguX8
I had a great time last week visiting @ICT_Bradford! Thank you to @SEK2016T and @DrSneha_S for inviting me and to everyone for all the interesting discussions, especially the ECRs at the round table!
📢 PhD position! Interested in studying mechanisms of cancer dormancy and chemotherapy-resistance? We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated researcher to join our team as a PhD student! Learn more about the position in the link below 👇
https://t.co/39fLvpZ7Zt
I am delighted to share that I have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award and Yorkshire Cancer Research Pioneer Funding. https://t.co/q0HMzqhQJL
We have a Tenure Track Associate Professor position open in our unit for the field of Sustainable construction materials. Details in: https://t.co/pc0BKOGbT8
If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via @thediscourse study.
This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice.
#citymakingmath
Very pleased to be part of this awesome collaboration!!! We'll be developing new approaches for material upcycling to maximise resource efficiency and optimise material use in the UK built environment! @SmashUoS@CBESheffield
Delighted to lead @sheffielduni's partnership in a new £25M @EPSRC CDT in Nuclear Energy SATURN: Skills and Training Underpinning a Renaissance in Nuclear!
SATURN will train 140 PhD researchers in science and engineering underpinning nuclear fission technology!
Sheffield to train next generation of engineers, key to UK growth. CBE will partner in two new EPSRC CDTs: The Cyber-physical Systems for Medicine Development and Manufacturing (CEDAR) and SATURN- Skills & Training Underpinning Renaissance in Nuclear https://t.co/xZhXeaJxzF
Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”
It wasn’t even this way in late 2019 when I was last there.
Just a few years ago, #Paris was choking in car traffic much more.
This is new. This is leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
HT @Khayat_Fouad
Are international students taking over UK universities? No – in fact, they’re propping them up | Jonathan Portes | The Guardian https://t.co/wxcijcyrAm
This week I gave a presentation about flying and offsetting in academia for the Climate Action Research Institute @SwanseaUni. Here's a short 🧵 of the main points...