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1. OPINION: Sierra Leone faces coronavirus as rainy season hits – local disaster planning will be key

   Overlapping disasters of COVID-19 and flooding could be a serious threat for Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, says ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥'s Professor of Crisis & Disaster Management, Lee Miles.

2. Scams targeting international students

   Read our tips on how to protect yourself from falling victim to email or phone scams.

3. Institute of Medical Imaging and Visualisation to be part of study to test new Alzheimer's diagnostic tool

   MRI scans from patients with early stages of Alzheimer's will be examined to identify and predict disease progression. 

4. Pulse - the app for Brightspace

   Pulse will help you keep track of important updates, deadlines and your grades so you can spend less time organising and more time learning

5. Free professional development opportunities during ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥â€™s Festival of Learning

   Boost your business with free training and development opportunities throughout the week-long festival 

6. Discovering the life of the Durotriges

   ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥â€™s Big Dig, now in its ninth year, has continued to unearth new finds from late Iron-Age Dorset.

7. Media Studies should be made mandatory in schools to tackle fake news, research finds

   Project led by the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice explored how education could best tackle the issue of disinformation. 

8. Competition discovers a new generation of eco-entrepreneurs

   Eight businesses developed by ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ students and graduates to help address the ecological crisis have been awarded funding following an open competition.

9. International Women's Day Events

   A week of events to celebrate International Women's Day which takes place on Wednesday 8 March

10. High Sheriff’s Law Lecture

    An event on Thursday 17 March - the Megaphone Effect - will take the form of a stimulating debate on the relationship between popular media and the justice system. 

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