COvid-19 Transmission Risk Assessment Case Studies - education Establishments
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Abstract
Schools are planning to re-open in September and with the recent increased awareness of airborne transmission of Covid-19, there is an urgent need to monitor the situation and to provide guidance on ventilation best practice. This is emphasised by the expected onset of cooler weather when there will be a conflict between maintaining high fresh air ventilation flows and energy consumption and occupant comfort.
We will quantify the risk of airborne COVID-19 transmission in schools and evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation measures, by developing techniques to assess the absolute risk of infection in a given indoor space, using field studies in primary and secondary schools, complemented by laboratory experiments and CFD to elucidate the flow patterns responsible for airborne transport. The understanding generated will underpin recent developments in infection modelling to predict the likelihood of airborne transmission within schools. The project will reduce the uncertainties associated with airborne transmission routes and provide evidence to evaluate mitigation measures. The scenarios we will investigate include changes to ventilation, use of screens, classroom lay-out and occupancy profiles. The methodology will facilitate application to offices, restaurants, shops etc.
Airborne infection occurs through re-breathed air, the concentration of which can be directly inferred from measurements of CO2. Indoor flow is strongly affected by the locations of windows or vents, the heat rising from occupants/equipment and disturbances caused by people movement. Thus, accurate representations of these processes in the laboratory and CFD are needed to interpret the monitoring data currently collected in schools, which are typically single point measurements.
We will quantify the risk of airborne COVID-19 transmission in schools and evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation measures, by developing techniques to assess the absolute risk of infection in a given indoor space, using field studies in primary and secondary schools, complemented by laboratory experiments and CFD to elucidate the flow patterns responsible for airborne transport. The understanding generated will underpin recent developments in infection modelling to predict the likelihood of airborne transmission within schools. The project will reduce the uncertainties associated with airborne transmission routes and provide evidence to evaluate mitigation measures. The scenarios we will investigate include changes to ventilation, use of screens, classroom lay-out and occupancy profiles. The methodology will facilitate application to offices, restaurants, shops etc.
Airborne infection occurs through re-breathed air, the concentration of which can be directly inferred from measurements of CO2. Indoor flow is strongly affected by the locations of windows or vents, the heat rising from occupants/equipment and disturbances caused by people movement. Thus, accurate representations of these processes in the laboratory and CFD are needed to interpret the monitoring data currently collected in schools, which are typically single point measurements.
Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- Scottish Council for Development and Industry (Collaboration)
- Chestnut Lane School (Project Partner)
- St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School (Project Partner)
- Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP (UK) (Project Partner)
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION (Project Partner)
- Churchfield Primary School (Project Partner)
- Guildford Borough Council (Project Partner)
- Bar Hill Community Primary School (Project Partner)
- Hoare Lea (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Monodraught (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Attigo Academy Trust (Project Partner)
- Public Health England (Project Partner)
- Elangeni School (Project Partner)
- Gilberts (Blackpool) Ltd (Project Partner)
- University of Southampton (Project Partner)
- Willowfield School (Project Partner)
- Volution Ventilation UK Limited (Project Partner)
- Fosters and Partners (Project Partner)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Bhui K
(2023)
Air quality and mental health: evidence, challenges and future directions.
in BJPsych open
Burridge H
(2021)
Predictive and retrospective modelling of airborne infection risk using monitored carbon dioxide
in Indoor and Built Environment
Burridge HC
(2021)
The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: a focus on wintertime.
in Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Chatzidiakou L
(2023)
Schools' air quality monitoring for health and education: Methods and protocols of the SAMHE initiative and project
in Developments in the Built Environment
DeSouza P
(2023)
Evaluating the Performance of Low-Cost PM2.5 Sensors in Mobile Settings.
in Environmental science & technology
Finneran J
(2024)
Inferring ventilation rates with quantified uncertainty in operational rooms using point measurements of carbon dioxide: Classrooms as a case study
in Building and Environment
Guo Y
(2021)
Variational Gaussian process for optimal sensor placement english
in Applications of Mathematics
| Title | CO-TRACE: Introduction videos |
| Description | The CO-TRACE team produced three videos to introduce the work of the CO-TRACE project: 1. Project CO-TRACE: Introduction 2. Project CO-TRACE: Meet the team 3. Project CO-TRACE: What do we do? All published on our YouTube Channel and CO-TRACE website. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Used on the CO-TRACE website and social media, and shared with a variety of audiences, such as schools we were working with, media, Steering Committee, etc. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvkMF8eFIBerV954ghuihdY0CxTKGGe0F |
| Title | CO2 monitors in classrooms |
| Description | Four videos were created by the CO-TRACE project team to assist with the UK government's rollout of CO2 monitors to schools. The materials aim to explain how CO2 monitors can help teachers manage their classroom ventilation to provide a more comfortable and healthier learning environment. The videos are on our YouTube Channel, CO-TRACE website and CoSchools websites. An additional version of the videos were also made later in 2022 in order to add Italian Captions, so that these versions could be used in Italian Schools. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Used on the CO-TRACE website and social media, and shared with a variety of audiences, such as schools we were working with or had contacts for, media, Steering Committee, etc. The Italian subtitled versions were used with Italian Schools. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvkMF8eFIBer7QuUVSu1AyhNKZHv9WUOK |
| Title | Teacher's resources: Ventilation videos |
| Description | The CO-TRACE team created three videos on the topic of Ventilation for teacher's to use. All published on our YouTube Channel and CO-TRACE website. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The ventilation videos were shared with schools/teachers and promoted as part of World Ventil8 Day - 8th November 2022. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvkMF8eFIBepeL2GRumnUa5mibbYz6fFG |
| Description | Our analysis of CO2 measurements showed that ventilation was better and covid risk reduced in schools in summer compared with winter. This is because most schools in the UK use natural ventilation and windows are more open in summer than in winter. We also found from our detailed measurements that CO2 is not well correlated with particulate matter in the air, and so cannot be used as a predictor of indoor air quality. We have monitored a number of schools and passed on reports of their air quality and ventilation to them. In a follow up study Schools Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE) we have deployed CO2 monitors to over 800 schools throughout the UK. These monitors record data and send it to a central database for analysis. Currently we are studying the trends these data reveal. |
| Exploitation Route | By viewing the informational videos we have made and place on our website |
| Sectors | Construction Education Energy |
| URL | https://samhe.org.uk |
| Description | We have produced videos to inform school teachers how they might use carbon dioxide monitors to ensure their classroom is adequately ventilated. These videos are on the project website and have been viewed over 4000 times. The videos have also been translated into Italian and French for use in those countries. Through SAMHE we have provided information packs to schools to enable pupils to engage in research and to understand the data collected by the CO2 monitors. We have engage teachers and parents in these activities. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2023 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Engagement Panel meeting twice a year |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Evidence presented to the UK Parliament Common's Select Committee for Health and Social Care |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Interviewed for POSTnote on IAQ |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Kitchen pollution guidance |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/global-centre-clean-air-research/resources/kitchen-pollution-guidance |
| Description | Presentation of an overview of SAMHE to the Department for Education to explore potential opportunities, 18/10/2022 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Presentation of an overview of SAMHE to the Scottish Government's School Funding, Infrastructure, and Organisation Unit to explore potential opportunities, 28/10/2022 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | UK Parliament POSTbrief on Indoor Air Quality - SAMHE is mentioned as a research project and summarised in a paragraph, with Sarah West acknowledged |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Title | Indoor Geometry Generator (IGG) |
| Description | The Indoor Geometry Generator (IGG) is able to generate automatically simplified indoor geometry and its associated unstructured mesh for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations purposes given very simple user inputs. A large number of indoor features are supported by IGG such as (non-exhaustive list): shelves, tills, tables, chairs, seats... Smaller features such as laptops, computer towers and screens can also be included. In addition, doors/windows as well as ventilation inlet and outlet can be taken into account. Finally, the adding of simplified shape of humans standing, sitting or lying are also supported by IGG. IGG allows the user to generate without much effort indoor geometries such that shop, train, bus, plane, school, open spaces..., while being fully consistent with CFD requirements. The geometry and the mesh are outputted in GMSH format supported by both Fluidity and IC-FERST open-source finite-element CFD software. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Indoor Geometry Generator (IGG) is able to generate automatically simplified indoor geometry and its associated unstructured mesh for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations purposes given very simple user inputs. Generating the geometry and the mesh is usually done manually and is really time consumming. |
| URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349350000_Indoor_Geometry_Generator_IGG_Manual |
| Title | Model name: Fluidity-Urban |
| Description | It is used for modelling urban environment - taking into account the tree, park, blue areas and land surface flux. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Novelty, this is the first introduction of adaptive unstructured mesh modelling to prediction of urban environment. Not published yet since it is still at the stage of developing and validation. However the initial results were presented in international conferences (e.g. International Conference on Sustainable Development in Building and Environment 26 August 2020), MAGIC meeting and INHALE committee meetings. Aiming to publish in a peer reviewed journal in October 2021. |
| Description | Scottish Council for development and Industry - Young Engineers Science Clubs (YESC_SCDI). |
| Organisation | Scottish Council for Development and Industry |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Scottish Council for development and Industry - Young Engineers Science Clubs (YESC_SCDI). YESC-SCDI Run a 'climate smarter' programme working with 150 Scottish schools every year and distribute kits subject to EDI criteria. An invite to take part in SAMHE is in the 2023 Kit. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scottish Council for development and Industry - Young Engineers Science Clubs (YESC_SCDI). YESC-SCDI Run a 'climate smarter' programme working with 150 Scottish schools every year and distribute kits subject to EDI criteria. An invite to take part in SAMHE is in the 2023 Kit. |
| Impact | none reported yet. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | 07/03/2024 Talking at the UKHSA's Air Quality Public Health group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 07/03/2024 Talking at the UKHSA's Air Quality Public Health group meeting - 10 minutes presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 10/5/23 5 min SAMHE presentation given to Industry, Policymakers & academics at the 'Indoor Air Quality and Health' event hosted by the APPGs for carbon monoxide and health group. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 10/5/23 5 min SAMHE presentation given to Industry, Policymakers & academics at the 'Indoor Air Quality and Health' event hosted by the APPGs for carbon monoxide and health group. Sarah West presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.hvnplus.co.uk/news/iaq-debate-calls-for-uk-to-rethink-clean-air-standards-and-laws-11-05... |
| Description | 11/9/23 Child of the North report 'Addressing Education and Health Inequity: Perspectives from the North of England', including SAMHE case study, published, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 11/9/23 Child of the North report 'Addressing Education and Health Inequity: Perspectives from the North of England', including SAMHE case study, published, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/APPG-REPORT-SEPT-23.pdf |
| Description | 11/9/23 University of York (& SEI) press release on Child of the North report included SAMHE and quoted Sarah West. Shared by many news websites |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 11/9/23 University of York (& SEI) press release on Child of the North report included SAMHE and quoted Sarah West. Shared by many news websites |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/child-of-north-report/ |
| Description | 13/6/23 8 mins intro to SAMHE to 40 IAQ researchers at Healthy Buildings Conference 2023 in Aachen, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 13/6/23 8 mins intro presentation to SAMHE to 40 IAQ researchers at Healthy Buildings Conference 2023 in Aachen, Germany |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 14/9/23 Rhys presenting SAMHE as an IAQM webinar. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 14/9/23 Rhys presenting SAMHE as an IAQM webinar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://t.co/ZekcKwGDoE |
| Description | 15/06/23 20 mins SAMHE/CS presentation to 25 AQ people (industry) at the IAQM forum. Rhys presented. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 15/06/23 20 mins SAMHE/CS presentation to 25 AQ people (industry) at the IAQM forum. Rhys presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 15/11/23 Communicate presentation about SAMHE - around 50 people in room and up to 600 online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 15/11/23 Communicate presentation about SAMHE - around 50 people in room and up to 600 online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 17/01/24 Presentation (Sarah) to Ecological Citizens / Craft Council about SAMHE "What Should Ecological Citizenship in Education Look Like" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 17/01/24 Presentation (Sarah) to Ecological Citizens / Craft Council about SAMHE "What Should Ecological Citizenship in Education Look Like" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15CebOKZoLW8X9acxvNRYS6Bz96aJTgNv/edit#slide=id.p1 |
| Description | 19/10/23 Henry presented SAMHE (and TAPAS) at Ricardo's air quality conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 19/10/23 Henry presented SAMHE (and TAPAS) at Ricardo's air quality conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 20/9/23 University of York staff bulletin included SAMHE info |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 20/9/23 University of York staff bulletin included SAMHE info |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/19vnShN7Lt3MCuwoJY8nlQYTrcFqXLWA1/view?usp=drive_link |
| Description | 24/11/23 BREATHE London talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on SAMHE and air quality in schools |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 24/9/23 GCARE team promoting SAMHE to public at a CAR FREE DAY in Guildford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 24/9/23 GCARE team promoting SAMHE to public at a CAR FREE DAY in Guildford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 29/9/23 Sam Wood and Claudia to present joint SAMHE poster at the Imperial College 'The future of air quality measurement' event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 29/9/23 Sam Wood and Claudia to present joint SAMHE poster at the Imperial College 'The future of air quality measurement' event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/164721/the-future-of-air-quality/ |
| Description | 3/7/23 General SAMHE info, BiBfest: presence (Claudia) on stand with poster & stickers to 300 Bradford school teachers and pupils |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 3/7/23 General SAMHE info, BiBfest: presence (Claudia) on stand with poster & stickers to 300 Bradford school teachers and pupils |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 4/12/23 SEI publication page for Co-design paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 4/12/23 SEI publication page for Co-design paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sei.org/publications/co-designing-samhe-web-app/ |
| Description | 4/12/23 SEI publication page for Methods/Protocol paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 4/12/23 SEI publication page for Methods/Protocol paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sei.org/publications/methods-protocols-samhe-project/ |
| Description | 5 min intro to SAMHE presented to schools in Wales (audience of 17). See Science Physics forum (online). Sarah presented. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 18/5/23 5 min intro to SAMHE presented to schools in Wales (audience of 17). See Science Physics forum (online). Sarah presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 5-6 July 2023 General SAMHE info presentatoon at the Clean Air Networks conference. Sarah presented. Others mentioned SAMHE as part of their presentations. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 5-6 July 2023 General SAMHE info presentation at the Clean Air Networks conference. Sarah presented. Others mentioned SAMHE as part of their presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/open?id=194oIG5u9JJ_wF-HiuIClpXYQAAjjJ4Y4&usp=drive_fs |
| Description | 5/10/2023 Presentation at AIVC / TightVent / Venticool conference in Copenhagen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 5/10/2023 Presentation at AIVC / TightVent / Venticool conference in Copenhagen - Carolanne presented on CFD work but also quickly introduced SAMHE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 6/7/23 Presentation (Prashant Kumar) to Clean Air Networks Conference 'Practical recommendations to mitigate air pollution exposure to school children' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 6/7/23 Presentation (Prashant Kumar) to Clean Air Networks Conference 'Practical recommendations to mitigate air pollution exposure to school children' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 6/9/23 Victoria gave 5 min intro to SAMHE to 69 primary STEM teachers at the Education Scotland STEM network primary meeting. Summary sentence and link to SAMHE website then shared in follow up email to network. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 6/9/23 Victoria gave 5 min intro to SAMHE to 69 primary STEM teachers at the Education Scotland STEM network primary meeting. Summary sentence and link to SAMHE website then shared in follow up email to network |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 7/9/23 Claudia presenting her work using data visualisation to engage people with IAQ including through the SAMHE Web App, at the UKIEG Annual Conference. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 7/9/23 Claudia presenting her work using data visualisation to engage people with IAQ including through the SAMHE Web App, at the UKIEG Annual Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukieg-annual-conference-2023-tickets-667457883497?aff=oddtdtcreator |
| Description | 7/9/23 SEI feature for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2023 and video both included the SAMHE project, shared via SM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 7/9/23 SEI feature for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2023 and video both included the SAMHE project, shared via SM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sei.org/features/international-day-of-clean-air-for-blue-skies-2023/ |
| Description | 7/9/23 University of York Knowledge Exchange newsletter featured SAMHE, focusing on citizen science aspect. (internal UoY online newsletter received by DRCs, HoDs, Impact leads, YRAF, KEC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 7/9/23 University of York Knowledge Exchange newsletter featured SAMHE, focusing on citizen science aspect. (internal UoY online newsletter received by DRCs, HoDs, Impact leads, YRAF, KEC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/media/staffhome/research/documents/kenews/KE%20Newsletter%2013.pdf |
| Description | 8/11/23 (Ventil8 day) AQN magazine November 2023 issue contained 3 page SAMHE feature. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 8/11/23 (Ventil8 day) AQN magazine November 2023 issue contained 3 page SAMHE feature. Issue launched at National Air Quality Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 8/11/23 (Ventil8 day) SEI Perspective (copy of AQN magazine article) published & shared via SEI and SAMHE social media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 8/11/23 (Ventil8 day) SEI Perspective (copy of AQN magazine article) published & shared via SEI and SAMHE social media |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 8/11/23 Uni of Sheffield news item 'Celebrating World Ventil8 Day and our growing research and teaching excellence' including SAMHE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 8/11/23 Uni of Sheffield news item 'Celebrating World Ventil8 Day and our growing research and teaching excellence' including SAMHE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | AI for Modelling Fluid Flow and Multi-Physics Problems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Christopher Pain gave a talk entitled 'AI for Modelling Fluid Flow and Multi-Physics Problems' to the SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues (https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/gs21) in the Geosciences on 22nd June 2021, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_talk.cfm?p=111703 |
| Description | Article: 'National Conversation' needed to address air pollution in classrooms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article: 'National Conversation' needed to address air pollution in classrooms' https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/national-conversation-needed-address-air-pollution-classrooms |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/national-conversation-needed-address-air-pollution-classrooms |
| Description | Clean Air Campaign resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The University of Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) worked with Global Action Plan to produce Clean Air Campaign Resources: A new collection of resources launched for teachers to bring clean air campaigning into the classroom. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.transform-our-world.org/news/clean-air-campaign-resourceshow-lessons-from-lambeth-can-he... |
| Description | Email to pioneer and/or co-design schools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Thank you email sent to circa 20 co-design schools, save the date to pioneer schools, kick off reminder email to pioneer schools, padlet invite email, data views release email, checklist email, activities live testing invite email. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Email to schools interested in being a pioneer school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Information email to schools who showed an interest in joining our study to be a pioneer school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Event - Car Free Day brought Guildford Living Lab and the local community together |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Team members of the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) held a stall in Guildford town centre on 26 September 2021 for Car Free Day, when pedestrians were prioritised over automobiles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erNzwQqk-VA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/car-free-day-brought-guildford-living-lab-and-local-community-together |
| Description | Fluids and Artificial Intelligence Modelling Methods and Applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Christopher Pain presented 'Fluids and Artificial Intelligence Modelling Methods and Applications' to the Computational Fluid Dynamic and Artificial Intelligence Workshop 2021 at Shanghai University, on 30th August 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Full Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The meeting discussed the question 'Should air cleaners be used in schools?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://co-trace.uk |
| Description | Hosted a stand at the 'Tackling structural inequalities & championing evidential approaches, to improve the life chances of children in Bradford and beyond' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hosted a stand at the 'Tackling structural inequalities & championing evidential approaches, to improve the life chances of children in Bradford and beyond', attended by 300+ people, 12/07/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview for Times Educational Supplement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Cath Noakes and Dr Henry Burridge 'Attendance focus shows why good ventilation in schools still matters', Times Educational Supplement 25 May 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/attendance-focus-shows-why-good-ventilation-schools-st... |
| Description | Interview for national news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I gave interviews to BBC, ITN and Sky News concerning the government's guidelines for ventilation in schools. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-59908786 https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-01-10/can-this-handheld-tech-help-stop-the-spread-of-covid-in-schools https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-01-06/teachers-say-governments-open-window-policy-is-unworkable-in-winter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview for national news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with 'i News' regarding ventilation/COVID transmission in schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://inews.co.uk/news/education/covid-schools-teachers-working-classrooms-windows-dont-open-leavi... |
| Description | Interview published on the UK Clean Air Programme website 08/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview published on the UK Clean Air Programme website 08/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Media Interview for CIBSE Journal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Henry Burridge was interviewed by the CIBSE journal for the article 'Class monitors: assessing school indoor air quality' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.cibsejournal.com/general/class-monitors-assessing-school-indoor-air-quality/ |
| Description | Multi-physics and multi-scale adaptive mesh AI-modelling for the urban environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Christopher Pain gave a talk entitled 'Multi-physics and multi-scale adaptive mesh AI-modelling for the urban environment' to the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Building and Environment (SuDBE2021) held in Chongqing from 4th to 7th November 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.sudbeconference.com/ |
| Description | Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The meeting discussed the question 'What is the influence of Covid 19 on the the importance of air quality in schools?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://co-trace.uk |
| Description | Poster presented at Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Omidvarborna, H., Kumar, P., 2022. A citizen-science approach to monitor air quality in a UK school adjacent to trafficked roads during lockdown (#78), presented in the session filling in the air quality data gap and enabling air quality management in LMICs using low-cost sensors, Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) 2022, 11-13 May 2022, Pasadena, California. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://asic.aqrc.ucdavis.edu/poster-presentations |
| Description | Presence at Guildford Car-free day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On Car-Free day (25 September 2022), the GCARE team were invited in a public event in Guildford. During this event, we shared the CO-TRACE project results with the local community and Guildford's MP Angela Richardson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at 6th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Prashant Kumar gave a presentation to the 6th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management 2021 on 'Indoor air quality, ventilation and the risk of COVID-19 airborne transmission in school classrooms: Insights from COTRACE project' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at IBPSA-England / CIBSE BSG Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 'Assessing exposure to infected breath in naturally ventilated classrooms' talk by Carolanne Vouriot 24 Feb 2022, IBPSA-England / CIBSE BSG Event: Estimating airborne infection through simulation and analysis - Part 2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the 'Developing the future of indoor air quality observatories for healthy buildings in a net zero world' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the 'Developing the future of indoor air quality observatories for healthy buildings in a net zero world', attended by 30+ people, 29/09/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the 2022 UKHSA Annual UK Research Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the 2022 UKHSA Annual UK Research Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research, attended by 100+ people, 30/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the British Thoracic Society's Winter Meeting, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the British Thoracic Society's Winter Meeting, attended by 200+ people, 25/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the IAQ-UK-Fr event in Paris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the IAQ-UK-Fr event in Paris attended by 35 people, 28/04/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the National Core Study PROTECT Research Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the National Core Study PROTECT Research Symposium, attended by 150+ people, 05/05/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the Routes to Clean Air annual conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Routes to Clean Air annual conference, attended by 120+ people, 27/09/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Indoor Air Conference 2022 in Finland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Carolanne Vouriot, Research Assistant on the CO-TRACE project, presented to the Indoor Air Conference in Finland, Wednesday 15/06/22 at 11:15am in the "Airborne disease transmission" session chaired by Lidia Morawska and Sami Lestinen. Carolanne's presentation was titled: "Assessing exposure to infected breath in naturally ventilated classrooms" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to UK Fluids Conference, 6-8th September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Joshua Finneran (CO-TRACE Research Associate) presented 'Targeted extraction of exhaled breath to reduce potential virus exposure' . UK Fluids Conference, 6-8th September 2022, University of Sheffield, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality, Air Health Working Party |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Prashant Kumar presented to Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality, Air Health Working Party, Monday 20 June 13:00. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the 'SPACES Webinar: Schools and Ventilation', |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the 'SPACES Webinar: Schools and Ventilation', attended by 90+ people, 20/07/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the 9th International Symposium on Stratified Flows (ISSF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Joshua Finneran (CO-TRACE Research Associate) presented 'The effect of outlet height in displacement ventilated rooms' The 9th International Symposium on Stratified Flows (ISSF), 31st Aug 2022, University of Cambridge, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the Church of England Diocesan Buildings Officer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the Church of England Diocesan Buildings Officer and his delegation of 5 people, 06/04/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the SAMHE engagement panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the SAMHE engagement panel, attended by 20 people, 18/07/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Press coverage for publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press coverage around the publication of article published by CO-TRACE: Rawat, N., Kumar, P., 2022.Interventions for improving indoor and outdoor air quality in and around schools.Science of the Total Environment858, 159813, Available at:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159813 1. https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/228044?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/228044 2. https://phys.org/news/2022-11-combination-behavior-campaigns-technology-air.html 3. https://news.knowledia.com/ZA/en/articles/a-combination-of-behaviour-change-campaigns-and-technology-could-help-to-8df14ea2772099fd599402869658538c1f2c5d82 4. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/972728 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Press release - Fun climate change education programmes could boost interest in STEM subjects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release article relating to the publication of recently published article (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113232) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/fun-climate-change-education-programmes-could-boost-interest-stem-subj... |
| Description | Promotion of CO2 monitor videos in newsletters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Inclusion of the project's video guidance for teachers regarding CO2 monitors (https://www.coschools.org.uk/) in both Long Covid Kids newsletter (30K subscribers) and The Association of School and College Leaders newsletter (20K paying subscribers). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://shoutout.wix.com/so/24Nugz070?languageTag=en#/main |
| Description | Radio interviews |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio interviews with Meridian FM and Gateway 97.8 concerning CO2 monitors and ventilation in schools, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Represented SAMHE in an expert panel Q&A session at the BESA national conference, 20/10/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Represented SAMHE in an expert panel Q&A session at the BESA national conference, 20/10/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | SAMHE newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | SAMHE's first newsletter emailed to all schools signed up to the project. A newsletter has then been emailed out to our growing list of stakeholders monthly. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | SAMHE tweets (and retweets) inviting schools to register as a pioneer school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | SAMHE tweets (and retweets) inviving schools to register as a pioneer school, by @ArkwrightTalent (3K followers, of which c.1.5K are teachers), @EPSRC (49K), @SEIresearch (39K followers, @SarahWest_SEI (1,8K followers) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | SAQN/TAPAS network online networking event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Online networking event 'Indoor Air Measurements'. Lightning talk on SAMHE data and co-design. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk at Pint of Science event 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Prashant Kumar (University of Surrey) presented on 'What is clean air research?' at The Pint of Science event 2022, ZERO Carbon Guildford, Guildford, UK, 10 May 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/is-sustainability-the-only-way-forward |
| Description | Talk at TAPAS Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk at TAPAS Network meeting 19/10/2022 to teacher, health professionals, other researchers, NGOs to promote project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Update and register email to co-design schools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Information update and register email to co-design schools who were interested in becoming a co-design school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Website - CAST tool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Based on conversations with members of the DfE, SAGE, SAGE-EMG, and SPI-B it was decided that detailed predictions specific to the airborne infection risk from COVID-19 were unreliable, impractical, and unhelpful for schools and their communities. Instead a holistic approach to aid adherence to current government guidance concerning COVID-19 transmission, rather than `risk' per se, was taken. This took the form of the provision of a freely available `COVID-19 Assistance for Schools Tools' - CAST. CAST offered routes for guided assessment of the risks associated with COVID-19 transmission in schools. CAST offered two independent levels of assessment: - Classroom: aimed at classroom teachers, Learning support assistants and teaching assistants, and - School: aimed at head teachers, school senior leaders, site management staff and caretakers. CAST for classrooms: https://www.coschools.org.uk/cast/teachers CAST-Classrooms: COVID-19 infection occurs via three main transmission routes: the droplet route, the contact route, and the airborne route. To help you ensure adherence to current guidance, please get assistance for all three routes. As you complete each route recommendations will appear below to help you to better adhere to COVID-19 guidance - for each route recommendations are: highlighted red when your responses indicate that action should be urgently considered, highlighted amber when some actions should be considered, and highlighted green when your responses indicate that the guidance is being well adhered to. CAST for school: https://www.coschools.org.uk/cast/schools CAST-Schools: As per 'CAST-Classrooms', focusing on all three transmission routes but aiding the adherence to COVID-19 guidance at a school, rather than classroom, level. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.coschools.org.uk/cast/schools |
| Description | Website CoSchools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The CO-TRACE project developed the school facing CoSchools platform, this free to access web platform provides: - Four guidance videos to motivate and support the use of CO2 monitors: these have been viewed more than 3,800 times (as of Jan/23), - Table of guidance and actions for various CO2 levels in classrooms, - Printable poster guiding classroom staff on the use of CO2 monitors, and - An editable presentation for school leaders to train staff in the purpose and usage of CO2 monitors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://coschools.org.uk/ |