The Nextrode Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Episode 4 of the Nextrode podcast.

An interview with Law student Hannah Faulkner and Chemical Engineering with Energy student Ellie Bibby, both from The University of Sheffield. They explain how they have collaborated on their project for Nextrode and we discuss how Law is relevant to scientific research. 

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Check out The Faraday Institution website: https://faraday.ac.uk/

Check out The Faraday Institution Nextrode project website: https://nextrode.web.ox.ac.uk/

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Episode 3 of the Nextrode podcast.

Discussing the ethics of Cobalt use in lithium ion batteries: why it is used, the ethical problems involved in mining it, and what the alternatives are. 

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Check out The Faraday Institution website: https://faraday.ac.uk/

Check out The Faraday Institution Nextrode project website: https://nextrode.web.ox.ac.uk/

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Episode 1 of the Nextrode podcast. 

An introduction to The Faraday Institution and how educational resources can be used to explain how a rechargeable battery works. My series of infographics (The Battery Bakery) can be found on Twitter.

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Check out The Faraday Institution website: https://faraday.ac.uk/

Check out The Faraday Institution Nextrode project website: https://nextrode.web.ox.ac.uk/

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Episode 2 of the Nextrode podcast.

An interview with Lizzie Driscoll and Emily Hanover from The University of Birmingham, who have both created games using Jenga blocks to explain how a battery works. 

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Follow Lizzie and Emily on Twitter: @EHDriscoll @EmilyHan0 

Check out Lizzie's paper on her Jenga-based game: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282

Check out The Faraday Institution website: https://faraday.ac.uk/

Check out The Faraday Institution Nextrode project website: https://nextrode.web.ox.ac.uk/