FARSCOPE Advisory Board Meets

18 members of the Advisory Board for FARSCOPE, the robotics project jointly delivered by the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England, met online as Covid19 continues to impact on face-to-face meetings.  The Board discussed how the Universities were supporting students as Covid19 affected their on-campus research.  An analysis of students taking their vivas and submitting their projects was pleasingly high with activities such as vivas, seminars and training taking place on line.  The Board discussed how to increase collaboration and maintain team spirit between incoming and existing student cohorts.  Lord-Lieutenant Peaches Golding is a member of the Board and explained, 'The importance of public engagement on robotics and artificial learning technologies is a key measure of the success of the programme.’