Seminars

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The following seminars were hosted by members of the iHuman research institute and were made available online for public consumption. 

Follow the session links to watch the seminars below. 

Title

Date / 

Link to recording

Sabine Little

Lost Wor(l)ds - encouraging schools to support learners’ linguistic identities

 

Anna Weighall 

The role of sleep in children's cognitive development and well-being

Maria Tomlinson

Menstrual Activism and the Media: Reducing Stigma and Tackling Period Poverty

9 November 2020



 

Dan Goodley

Thinking with disability in a Post-Trump era 

Which remnants of Trumpism still exist in the world and 'who’s allowed to be human?' 



 

25 November 2020


 

Ros Williams

'It’s harder for the likes of us': Minority ethnicity stem cell donation as ethico-ethnic imperative

Paul Martin

New ways of making medicines? Lessons from the pandemic

Sarah Gibson

Patient group involvement in the development of new drugs for rare diseases

7 December 2020


 

 




 

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