Vanessa Anthony a 2nd year Nursing student and Royal College of Nurses Student Committee member for the London region. She's also a STAART ambassador and General Practice Nursing Student Nurse Network (GPNSNN) ambassador, a national role. And like many students studying health-related subjects, Vanessa was given the opportunity to move into frontline service more quickly than planned as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. She began her placement at Darenth Valley Hospital in Dartford in June where she will be doing 30 hours of work and 1 day's study each week for the next couple of months. All the very best Vanessa.
Former Education Secretary Justine Greening is working with the University of Greenwich to protect opportunities and boost social mobility to aid the COVID-19 national recovery.
Michele Birtel is a Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology and Programme Leader for PhD Psychology and has been a COVID-19 volunteer at St Bartholomew's Hospital of the Barts Health NHS Trust since April. Her role involves supporting the hospital in various tasks such as greeting incoming patients to screen for Covid-19 symptoms and assist with admin support. Michele said
Volunteering at Barts is an extremely rewarding experience. I am supporting NHS staff and get to interact with people I would not normally interact with in my job.
Congratulations to Senior Sociology Lecturer, Dr Louise Owusu-Kwarteng and Lecturer in Law, Dr Louise Hewitt for contributing to 'Together: An anthology from the COVID-19'. The proceeds will go to the NHS, and the anthology includes stories from Benjamin Zephaniah, who describes himself on his website as "Poet, writer, lyricist, musician and naughty boy."
Some more facts about the authors include:
- 50% are BAME and comprise of civic leaders to published authors
- 50% are women, including academics, social entrepreneurs and mothers
- they are from 5 continents including established poets, actresses and researchers
- they cover eight decades among them, the youngest is seven and the oldest is in his nineties
- they include celebrities like actors, directors and rappers from 3 continents
- they are from diverse genders and include lawyers and gender rights activists
- they are social change makers creating impact in universities, cities and even countries
- they are Higher Education professionals, start-up founders & social workers and
- include those who have written to support humanity.
Universities UK have also released this video celebrating student nurses responding to Covid-19. We know many of our students and staff are also working in the NHS, and once again, thank you.
We are #ProudToHelp. Thank you to all of our amazing staff and students here at Greenwich. #WeAreTogether #ProudToBeGre pic.twitter.com/DEixD5qF3d
— Uni of Greenwich (@UniofGreenwich) June 30, 2020
