Interview with Marion Gibson

Calum Semple: how preparing for a pandemic paid off

The expert in outbreak medicine discusses overcoming early academic challenges, the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and how a chance meeting over bagpipes changed his life

By Patrick Jack

19 January

Katriona O’Sullivan: homeless and pregnant at 15, now an academic

A widening access alumnus and practitioner on the difficulties of coming into academia from a background of poverty

By Ben Upton

5 January

Farshida Zafar: the most common mistakes innovators make

Expert in online education long before it became fashionable discusses what can be learned from the gaming industry, common mistakes innovators make and why her own undergraduate experience was an unhappy one

By Tom Williams

22 December