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Public SAMHE webinar 17 July 2023
SAMHE is a citizen science research project working with UK schools to investigate their indoor air quality. A representative group of over 1300 schools across the UK are participating. Each school has received a free air quality monitor and staff and pupils can use the custom-built SAMHE Web App, co-designed with schools, to view and explore their data and complete curriculum-linked activities and experiments.
By establishing a network of monitors in schools across the UK, SAMHE is generating an unparalleled dataset to help researchers better understand schools indoor air quality. This dataset will continue to be expanded under the ongoing SAMHE Initiative, which strives for the long-term betterment of air quality in schools.
We have analyzed data recorded by active SAMHE monitors to date and presented our findings, as well as giving a brief overview of the project: it’s rationale, methodology and achievements.
The webinar was open to anyone, but we anticipated it being of particular interest to education unions, LA education and air quality officers, the air filtration industry, and NGOs and grassroots groups focused on clean air and health, particularly of young people.
SAMHE is a collaboration between SEI’s York centre at the University of York, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, University of Surrey, University of Leeds and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Initial funding was provided by the Department for Education, which continues to be involved. Funding for the main project is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
SAMHE project team and funder logos
Project / A citizen science project monitoring indoor air, created with and for UK schools.
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Media coverage / The children's news programme visited a school where pupils were investigating their classroom's air quality using the SAMHE monitor and Web App.
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