YEARS after leaving a draft of a children’s book in the bottom draw at home – Fay Cavagin used the first lockdown to revisit the story and ended up with a publishing deal. ‘I’ll Get You Home’ is the story of a little mole that ventures too far from home at night and encounters different animals along the way who support his journey back to safety before sunrise. The message behind the book is about empowering the person to help themselves with support from others, reversing the role of a hero sweeping in to save the day. Ms Cavagin, a lecturer in childhood studies at the University of Sunderland, drew on her background working in special educational needs (SEN) to write the book, alongside her sister Lauren Armstrong, who is a primary school teacher.
Dr Matthew Campbell, Principal Investigator in Human Metabolism Picture: DAVID WOOD SCIENTISTS at Sunderland are sharing their unique work and research to an online audience through one of the region’s major visitor attractions. Since lockdown measures were introduced to the UK last March, the Life Science Centre in Newcastle, like all other venues, closed its doors to the public. However, still wanting to engage people in science, the team began producing creative online content. One of those experiences was Meet the Scientist – a series of short films from academics across the region promoting their work and research in a fun and accessible way.
Nearly 60 per cent of female students say they have been sexually assaulted at university, a shocking new survey has found.
Student news site The Tab asked 4,000 students about their experiences of sexual assault on campus for its 2021 Sexual Assault Survey.
It found widespread problems - with 59 per cent of female students who responded saying they d been sexually assaulted at uni.
But just seven per cent of students reported their sexual assault to their uni, the figures show.
It found two thirds were unhappy with how their uni handled their case and half of were say they were told nothing about the outcome of their complaint.
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Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM, is director of equity research for Ibbotson Associates Japan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers the European consumer staples sector, spanning beverages, tobacco, food, and home and personal-care products.Gorham rejoined Morningstar in 2014 after serving as an equity analyst and associate director of equity research for the consumer staples sector from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 to 2013, he was an equity analyst for Federated Investors, covering the consumer sector for the firm’s global core equity and mid-cap growth funds. Previously, he was a market risk analyst for the Royal Bank of Scotland in the United Kingdom.Gorham holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Sunderland and master’s degrees in business administration and accounting from the University of North Carolina. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Financial Risk Manager® designations. He is a member of the
Charlie Hoult speaks at the 2017 Dynamo Board Dinner. THE region’s biggest tech conference will this year focus on how its IT sector has successfully responded to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual Dynamo conference attracts delegates from the North-East s leading and growing IT and software companies, councils, specialist professional services, universities and colleges and other related industries. This year’s event – Tech Leads the Way in a Challenging World – will be held online on Thursday, June 17. The virtual conference will be delivered by regional tech network Dynamo, and will be free to members and £25 for non-Dynamo organisations. Charlie Hoult, Dynamo chair, said: “Last year’s online conference went extremely well, and while we’d obviously prefer to be able to host Dynamo 21 in person, we know this year’s virtual version will be another success.