Topic: Sciences, engineering & technology
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26 February, 2020James Webster
I am pretty sure it is my gran’s influence that led to me becoming a journalist. She would watch the news on every channel at all times of day and then coverage of Parliament through the afternoon and I would watch it with her. On election nights we would stay up together all night watching […]
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Professor Bee Wee CBE
PROFESSOR BEE WEE CBE National Clinical Director for End of Life Care, NHS England BIOGRAPHY Bee is Clinical Lead and Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Associate Professor and Fellow of Harris Manchester College at University of Oxford. Originally from Malaysia, Bee qualified from Trinity […]
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Dr Timothy Weil
Many animals require well coordinated events in the developing egg prior to fertilisation in order to enable the pronucleus to form and early embryogenesis to occur. Control over the cell-cycle, organising of axis determining factors and signalling cascades are among the many functions that prepare the egg for fertilisation. The Weil Lab is interested in […]
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Emma Watkinson
Emma Watkinson, 31, is the CEO & Co-Founder of SilkFred.com. Whilst working on buying and merchandising team at a fashion e-commerce site, Emma saw the opportunity to bring independent brands online (they were constantly banging on the doors of the buyers) and also show online customers something new and exciting they couldn’t get anywhere else. […]
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Professor John Wass
John Wass is the Professor of Endocrinology at Oxford University and was Head of the Department of Endocrinology at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital Oxford, UK until 2012. His research interests include all pituitary tumours, especially acromegaly, adrenal disease, angiogenesis in endocrinology, and the genetics of osteoporosis and thyroid disease. […]
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Jon Wardle
Jon is the Director of the National Film and Television School. Prior to that he was the Deputy Director & Director of Curriculum & Registrar from 2012 -2017. Jon is the author of a number of papers and book chapters on film and media education as well as co-editor of the book ‘Current Perspectives in […]
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Annie Warburton
Annie Warburton is CEO of Cockpit Arts, an award-winning social enterprise and London’s leading studios for contemporary craft and design. She curates exhibitions and writes, presents and broadcasts on craft, art and design in the UK and internationally. She also chairs the Government’s industry panel developing the new T-Level in Craft and Design. Before joining […]
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Fergus Walsh
Fergus Walsh is the BBC’s Medical Correspondent. He appears mainly on the Six and Ten O’clock TV News on BBC1. His reports are seen globally via BBC World News. Fergus also reports for Panorama, the world’s longest-running investigative TV programme. He can be heard on the Today programme and Radio 5 Live. He also has […]
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Dr Mick Walters
Gained an HND in Computer Aided Engineering in 1988, MSc in Neural Networks and Robotics in 1993 and PhD in Human-Robot Interaction in 2008. His research interests include Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), in particular research into robot appearances and how they should behave in order to be acceptable and facilitate interaction with people. Previously, he has […]
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Gill Walton
Gill Walton is Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), one of the world’s oldest and largest midwifery organisations, representing the majority of the UK’s midwives. Gill is a passionate midwife, experienced midwifery leader and NHS manager. She started nursing at University College Hospital, and then undertook Midwifery training at […]