Working to advance understanding in very different areas of research, they have each achieved international recognition for the impact and excellence of their research and engagement.Leading light for Pacific academia - Distinguished Professor Steven
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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is providing funding of £3 million will bring together leading mathematical and statistical modellers from seven UK universities to produce rigorous predictions for the COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘Joint UNIversities Pandemic and Epidemiological Research’ (JUNIPER) consortium will develop and using bespoke models to provide predictions and estimates on key questions about the COVID-19 pandemic. These results feed regularly into SPI-M, the modelling group that provides evidence to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and the wider UK government.
The research groups include that of Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth of the Big Data Institute based on the Oxford University Campus. The other universities are the University of Cambridge University of Warwick, University of Exeter, University of Bristol, The University of Manchester and Lancaster University.
BAE Systems announces non-executive director appointments The Board of BAE Systems plc is pleased to announce the appointments of Dame Carolyn Fairbairn and Dr Ewan Kirk as non-executive directors, with effect from 1 March and 1 June 2021, respectively. Dame Carolyn Fairbairn Dame Carolyn was until the end of 2020 Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry. She brings her vast leadership experience and business acumen to the Board having held various senior leadership roles within financial services, media and government. She was previously a non-executive director of Lloyds Banking Group, The Vitec Group plc and Capita plc. She is also a former non-executive director of the Competition and Markets Authority, the Financial Services Authority and until 2016, a Trustee of Marie Curie. Dame Carolyn also worked in government as a member of the Number 10 Policy Unit during the 1990s, following which she became a partner at McKinsey specia