7 practical tips to survive your first World Water Week as a WASH newbie! Theresa Schütz, Student, Master of Science in Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering. Last August was quite an exciting month for me. I finished my Masters dissertation and I got this amazing opportunity to present my research at...
Desire Sengoga, Student, Master of Science in Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering. *This post is about research conducted as part of a Master of Science in Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering final project, supervised by Dr Dani Barrington, partnered with Antonella Vagliente of Young Water Solutions* In 2018 I was selected as...
Erick Corimanya and Elon Sooknanan, students, Master of Science in Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering *This post is about research conducted as part of Master of Science in Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering final projects, supervised by Professor Barbara Evans* As students on the MSc in Water, Sanitation and...
Claire Rosato-Scott, PhD Candidate A very close friend of mine did a PhD a good few years ago in what I call ‘the traditional way’. By that I mean they spent years in-country collecting data, followed by months holed up at home producing a doorstop-worthy tome of excellence which was...
Dr Sally Cawood, Research Fellow in Urban Sanitation From the 18th to 22nd February 2019, 800 people – including politicians, academics, practitioners, consultants, innovators, donor representatives and policy makers – descended upon the Cape Town International Conference Centre in South Africa for the joint fifth Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) and...
Claire Rosato-Scott, PhD Candidate *This post is about research conducted as part of a PhD supervised by Dr Dani Barrington and Professor Barbara Evans* I never imagined that I would do a PhD. I’m naturally curious (I ask a lot of questions!) and I’ve always enjoyed learning, but after finishing my...
Dr Dani Barrington, Lecturer in Water, Sanitation and Health, School of Civil Engineering. Follow Dani on Twitter: @Dani_Barrington Dr Lena Jaspersen, University Academic Fellow, Management Division, Leeds University Business School. Isobel Sale, Undergraduate Student, Bachelor of Arts (French and Linguistics) Urinary incontinence (UI) disproportionally affects women. It is estimated that about one...
Elizabeth Goolden, Graduate, Master of Arts (Global Development) *This post is about research conducted as part of a Master of Arts (Global Development) final project, supervised by Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (Lecturer in International Development, University of Leeds) and Dr Emily Wilson-Smith (Director, Irise International)* This summer I conducted a research project...
Dr Chindo Nwankwo, Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow, visiting from University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Approximately 844 million people do not have clean water and 2.3 billion do not have access to a decent toilet. Many of these people live in Africa and Asia. Every two minutes a child under...
Dr Dani Barrington, Lecturer in Water, Sanitation and Health, University of Leeds. Follow Dani on Twitter: @Dani_Barrington Dr Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University. Follow Michelle on Twitter: @shelmaclaren Humpress Harrington, Lecturer, Pacific Adventist University / PhD candidate, James Cook University. Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) experience...