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Members in the Media
The Institute's PR & Communications Committee and members of the IEHF help to ensure that enquiries for information from the media are dealt with. Responses are often needed quickly and on a variety of subjects. Listed below are a selection of these responses. If you are an IEHF member and have written or commented for a newspaper or magazine, or have appeared on radio or television, please let us know.
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Understanding DIY challenges can help children's learning
Derby University psychologist and ergonomist Miles Richardson's research into how adults tackle DIY projects has lead to a greater understanding of the way children approach construction tasks. This in turn could help identify children who might struggle academically, resulting in steps being taken to support them in intervening years.
There was coverage of this research on June 21 on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans show and in the Yorkshire Post on 20 June.
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Air crash survival
ESRI ergonomist Rachel Grant spoke to Fox television about possible ergonomics reasons why a young boy was the sole survivor of the Libyan air crash in May.
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The effectiveness of ergonomists
Research by Claire Williams, a lecturer at Derby University, into the qualities that ergonomists need to best advise employers when their staff suffer workplace problems, was featured on the Physorg website. There was also a full page feature of her work in the Derby Telegraph on Wednesday 5 May.
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Instructions
Mike Gray was mentioned in The Herald (Scotland) after commenting an an inquiry following a nursing home fire where the alarm panel instructions were in too small lettering for staff to follow in an emergency.