Bite-sized lectures
Hear our world leading academics speak about their exciting research taking place at your university in these bite-sized lectures.
Video captions not included in live event. A captioned video will be added soon after the live event comes to a close.
If the stream does not play, please try reloading the page.
Meet the speakers
Dr Alison Buxton
from the Department of Education delivers her talk:
Making the Future: STEM learning for the 21st Century
Sheffield's ambitious programme aims to develop knowledge about how best to foster STEM learning in early years settings, schools, museums, and in the community.
Dr Thushan de Silva
from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, discusses
Sheffield’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic: Sequencing SARS-CoV-2
His talk will explain the role Sheffield, as part of the COG-UK consortium, has played in the sequencing process and the different ways in which viral sequencing has helped the Covid-19 pandemic response.
Dr Richard Randle-Boggis
from Animal and Plant Sciences, speak about his work on
Harvesting the sun twice: Sheffield's work towards enhancing lives in East Africa
where researchers at Sheffield are working towards reducing energy poverty and food insecurity for communities in sub-Saharan Africa.