SHOUT4HE - Fifth Newsletter - September 2020 | Page 2

SHOUT4HE FIFTH NEWSLETTER | Issue 5 2
COVID-19 Impact
and Planning
Virtual
Meetings
Due to the limitations imposed on face-to-face communication and
collaboration during the recent circumstances, the project
management team has placed a larger focus on the use of virtual
meetings. This has been utilized in order to ensure that the project
team across all universities can maintain lines of communication
throughout lockdown. The virtual meetings have been scheduled on
a monthly basis throughout this period via Microsoft Teams and
Zoom and allow for discussions to take place on all areas of the
research project. This has ensured that progress is continuing to be
made despite the difficult and varying circumstances each project
partner currently finds themselves in.
Another impact of the recent and future limitations being
implemented during the COVID-19 outbreak is the moving of
our transnational meeting scheduled to take place in
Bordeaux. Fortunately, this has not resulted in any form of
cancellation and the Bordeaux meeting is now scheduled to
take place on the 1st and 2nd of February 2021. The new date
for the meeting still allows for all Intellectual Outputs of the
project to be delivered as initially planned and with no
disruption to all other elements of the research. Currently, the
project team is in discussions about alternative options for the
upcoming transnational meeting in Nice (December, 2020). If
required, virtual options are being considered should any of
the project partners still be limited in their travel
arrangements.
Transnational
Meetings