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Laidlaw Foundation CEO Susanna V. Kempe Explains Simple Steps Leaders Can Take To Redress Gender Imbalance In Their Organisations
CEO of the Laidlaw Foundation, Susanna V. Kempe, was recently featured in London Business School's publication Think to explain how organisations can dramatically redress the gender imbalance with simple, pragmatic steps. Excerpt from Think: "If [...]
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DfE faces legal action over FSM voucher scheme
Government criticised for refusing to continue national free school meals voucher scheme over summer break Written by Amy Gibbons for Tes. [...]
#CookWithJack Featured in The Sunday Times
Cook With Jack - our joint initiative with Bite Back 2030 that aims to teach viewers to prepare quick, tasty and [...]
THE GOOD LEADER PODCAST
#TheGoodLeader: A Lab of One’s Own – Dr Patricia Fara
In this episode of The Good Leader podcast, Dr Patricia Fara - a historian of science at Cambridge University and author [...]
#TheGoodLeader: Seeing the Bigger Picture – Ana Cuteanu
In this episode of The Good Leader podcast, former Laidlaw Scholar from University College London, Ana, discusses her research into the [...]
SCHOLARS’ RESEARCH
Revolutionary Women in the Indigenous Revolt of 1783, Peru
Aim: To develop a method to extract and reconstruct the 2D tumour morphology from a High Resolution Episcopic Microscopy (HREM) dataset.
Explaining the Gender Gap in Mental Health Across Adolescence
Aim: To develop a method to extract and reconstruct the 2D tumour morphology from a High Resolution Episcopic Microscopy (HREM) dataset.
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10 Steps to Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Post-Covid19 World
Written by: Susanna V. Kempe, CEO of Laidlaw Foundation Two things happened this week which reminded me that bemoaning the continued lack of gender equality, without committing to do something about it, is not only [...]
Tufts Laidlaw Scholar Repurposes Snorkeling Masks to Help Protect Medical Staff From COVID-19
William Liu, a Laidlaw Scholar from Tufts University, works with a bicoastal engineering team to enhance PPE for medical professionals using snorkeling masks and 3D printing. Excerpt from TuftsNow article by Laura Ferguson. Read full [...]
Lord Laidlaw Gives Four Thousand Food Packages to Masiphumelele Township
Lord Laidlaw is providing four thousand food packages, with enough food for a family of four, to his local township Masiphumelele, for the next two weeks while the community struggles with the impact of Covid19. [...]
The Future is… Full of Potential
My reflections on the EQUALL conference earlier this month, and the ways insights from the conference have inspired me to change my behaviour.
Humans of York, Harry Jackson – Laidlaw Scholar
“I heard about the Laidlaw Scholarship quite early on in my first year, but I wasn’t sure whether I was ready to do it as I’d just settled in. Initially I thought you had to [...]
To celebrate #PrideMonth2020, @durham_uni student James Harrison interviewed his fellow #LaidlawScholars about their #research into issues affecting the #LGBTQIA community around the world, & how their projects can make a real-world difference. Read now: http://ow.ly/FxNl50AmMH5
@LaidlawFoundatn Scholar Lile Donohue presents her research on #foodsharing in the US under #Covid_19 @tcddublin https://twitter.com/ShareCityIre/status/1277489476005097472
"As people spend more time close to home, it makes sense that the local, low-cost nature of community gardening is appealing."
Read Lile Donohue's blog for @ShareCityIre to find out about #foodsharing under #COVID19 in the #USA.
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Next #LaidlawGlobalTalks 🌍 session is TOMORROW! @durham_uni's Prof Robert Lord will explore how identity influences your cognition & how to utilise this to maximise your influence as a #leader. Register now! #leadership
The next #LaidlawGlobalTalks session is on Tuesday 30th at 4pm BST. If you haven't already, do sign up! @durham_uni's Prof Robert Lord will explore how identity influences your cognition & how to utilise this to maximise your influence as a #leader.
http://ow.ly/YjsY50AixwV
The recording of yesterday's fantastic session with @jnovogratz & @SVKempe is now online! Thanks to everyone who attended - we hope you will continuously exercise your moral imagination & courage, and come together to enact a #moralrevolution 💡
http://ow.ly/TZxj50AiASm