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Superbugs online: co-production of an educational website to increase public understanding of the microbial world in, on, and around us

Jon Tyrrell Orcid Logo, Sarah Hatch Orcid Logo, Melissa Flanagan, Kerry Owen, Yvonne Proctor, Catherine Stone, Geoff Fricker, Kirk Hullis, Matthias Eberl Orcid Logo

Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume: 15

Swansea University Author: Jon Tyrrell Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1340350

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Digital tools and online presence have become a cornerstone in public engagement and involvement strategy and delivery. We here describe the co-production process behind launching a new multilingual resource for schools in the United Kingdom and beyond, jointly between university scientists, engagem...

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