Swapping sociology for steel-toe boots

Case Study from the University of Edinburgh: Dr Faye Wade donned a hard hat and high-vis jacket to help the construction industry utilise new technologies to avoid costly mistakes. Sharing jokes with construction workers over fish and chips at a sewage works on the west coast of Scotland is not Dr Faye Wade’s typical working day. But she says her research with one of the UK’s largest construction companies, Galliford Try, has been a springboard for her career.

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Publication Date: 
Thursday, December 3, 2020