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2020 news

Please find listings of our 2020 new stories below:

University helps with hospital COVID tests

Pipette

University of Brighton technical staff stepped up when a hospital ran short of vital equipment for running COVID-19 tests.

14 May 2020

Coronavirus ‘shifting the balance of chemistry’ in the air

Dr Kevin Wyche at the air quality monitoring station at Falmer

Fewer cars and planes may be reducing some harmful pollutants – but it’s possibly increasing the levels of others, according to the university's Dr Kevin Wyche.

13 May 2020

University responds to PPE emergency

Dr Nicolas Miche working on the rig in his front garden

University of Brighton researchers have responded to an emergency plea to evaluate the efficiency of PPE needed by frontline NHS staff.

12 May 2020

Mindful making through lockdown

Cutting paper patterns for sewing

University of Brighton Fashion Communications lecturer Dr Jules Findley is calling for mindful stitching submissions inspired by coronavirus restrictions.

11 May 2020

Memojis help frightened children facing nurses in PPE

Carrie Reeve with memoji stickers

A series of stickers has been developed to help staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) to communicate with children while wearing masks and visors.

11 May 2020

The Domestic Academic

Vanessa Marr self Portrait photo by Grayson Perry

The university’s Vanessa Marr says it was a surprise when her work was featured on Channel 4’s Grayson’s Art Club – a self-portrait stitched into a duster.

7 May 2020

Newly discovered footage marks 75th anniversary of VE Day

Colour World War 2 victory crowd

Screen Archive South East, part of the University of Brighton, has produced ‘War and Peace’ - a free to stream short film to commemorate the end of World War 2.

7 May 2020

COVID-19 may be here to stay – but it could get better

Dr Sarah Pitt

University of Brighton virologist Dr Sarah Pitt says it’s possible coronavirus will mutate into something less harmful.

6 May 2020

Show children ‘professional love’

Dr Jools Page

The places of ‘love, care and intimacy’ should fill a gap in the English early years system, according to the University of Brighton’s Dr Jools Page.

5 May 2020

University will help improve coronavirus patient experience of intensive care

Photo of a woman using a  computer Tablet by Marek Levak on Unsplash

University academics are working with doctors to understand the challenges that COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care experience in communicating.

4 May 2020

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