Alliance universities have been proudly supporting their communities, and the nation, throughout the #Covid pandemic.

This week we’ll be sharing stories of #AllianceInAction helping the frontline, delivering vital research & supporting community initiatives

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A professor at @AngliaRuskin has developed a robust, reliable assay, or test, for #Covid which returns results in less than 20 minutes

#AllianceinAction https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/10/23/aru-test-can-detect-covid-19-in-20-minutes/
ARU Test can detect COVID-19 in 20 minutes

A professor at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has developed a robust, reliable assay, or test, for COVID-19 which returns results in less than 20 minutes. Stephen Bustin, Professor of Molecular...

https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/10/23/aru-test-can-detect-covid-19-in-20-minutes/
. @LeedsBeckett fashion students create masks and scrubs - donated to hundreds of frontline workers.

#AllianceInAction https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/10/26/leeds-fashion-students-create-masks-and-scrubs-for-front-line-workers/
Leeds fashion students create masks and scrubs for front-line workers

This blog first appeared on the Leeds Beckett website.  Three fashion students from Leeds Beckett University have designed, made and donated hundreds of free face masks and scrubs to care homes,...

https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/10/26/leeds-fashion-students-create-masks-and-scrubs-for-front-line-workers/
Alliance universities have been at the forefront of the response to the #Covid pandemic, proudly supporting their communities, and the nation, throughout this difficult year.

Take a look at some of their efforts so far 👇

#Allianceinaction https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/09/alliance-universities-supporting-the-nation-throughout-the-pandemic/
Alliance universities supporting the nation throughout the pandemic

Over the course of 2020, Alliance universities have been at the forefront of the response to the Covid pandemic, proudly supporting their communities, and the nation, throughout this difficult year....

https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/09/alliance-universities-supporting-the-nation-throughout-the-pandemic/
. @UniSouthWales Clinical Simulation Centre has been used by @PhilipsHealth to produce videos to train the NHS workforce in using ventilators to care for #Covid patients...

#Allianceinaction https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/10/23/usw-helping-the-nhs-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
USW helping the NHS in the fight against Covid-19

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) emerged in the UK, the University of South Wales’s Clinical Simulation Centre has played a key role in the effort to fight the pandemic. The Centre helped...

https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/10/23/usw-helping-the-nhs-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
Research from the @UniofGreenwich has found that technology used during the pandemic-enforced working from home has changed the tools and culture of team collaboration.

#Allianceinaction https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/06/greenwich-study-shows-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-covid-19-enforced-work-from-home/
Greenwich study shows the good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 enforced work from home

New research finds that technology used during the pandemic-enforced work from home (EWFH) experience has changed the tools and culture of team collaboration. The study, by researchers at University...

https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/06/greenwich-study-shows-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-covid-19-enforced-work-from-home/
A training programme developed at the @uniofbrighton allows students studying Biomedical Science to join placement Frontier Pathology laboratories – so they can join the essential workforce behind #Covid and pathology testing.

#Allianceinaction https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/06/innovative-training-programme-allows-brighton-students-to-join-covid-19-testing-workforce/
Innovative training programme allows Brighton students to join COVID-19 testing workforce

A biomedical science training programme developed at the University of Brighton has been praised by a professional body for its ability to withstand coronavirus pressures. The training programme,...

https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/06/innovative-training-programme-allows-brighton-students-to-join-covid-19-testing-workforce/
Disabled people experiencing extreme isolation due to #Covid can now use robots to remotely access one of Britain’s most well-known art galleries, thanks to a unique Bristol Robotics Laboratory collaboration including @UWEBristol

#Allianceinaction https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/06/bristol-robotics-lab-helps-provide-access-to-art-for-disabled-people-in-self-isolation/
Bristol Robotics lab helps provide access to art for disabled people in self-isolation

Disabled people experiencing extreme isolation due to coronavirus can now use robots to remotely access one of Britain's most well-known art galleries, thanks to a unique Bristol Robotics Laboratory...

https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/06/bristol-robotics-lab-helps-provide-access-to-art-for-disabled-people-in-self-isolation/
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