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Parents' Day 2020 - Thank you to Peter Openshaw
Monday, 29 June 2020
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During parents’ day this weekend, three sixth-form students from Bootham School gave an on-line presentation about their Covid19 research project. People from all over the world attended the meeting, which lasted about an hour. Tim, Frances and Theo were astonished to discover that one unexpected guest was Professor Peter Openshaw of Imperial College, London; member of the government advisory panel on Covid19 – NERVTAG. Peter then took part in a detailed and generous Q+A, fielding complex questions from our students. One topic covered by the Bootham team was so new, he said, that it had only been described in the scientific press the week before. Most young academics don’t present their theses to scarily senior researchers until they get to their PhDs, so the Bootham team are well ahead in their studies… |