Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 201 (17th May 2024)
Resources from the home of Mental Health Awareness Week.
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Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
In a world where false information can spread worldwide with the click of a button, a critical question arises: how do we safeguard the truth while a wave of disinformation threatens our information ecosystems and democratic societies?
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Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
This event explored the impact that artificial intelligence will have on the next UK general election – and elections around the world.
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Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Organisations will need to be more proactive in anticipating and mitigating the risks posed by disinformation and misinformation.
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Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Explains how to do a disinformation threat assessment and figure out how it might affect your business.
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Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Our lives are minefields of misinformation. Stories, statistics and studies lie to us on a daily basis. Not only this but, as Professor Alex Edmans reveals, our brains lie to us too. He argues that we need to acknowledge and understand the role that our own human biases play in interpreting and digesting the information that we consume.
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Friday Reading Edition 199 (3rd May 2024)
Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week
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Friday Reading Edition 199 (3rd May 2024)
Comparing and contrasting the Higher Education Institution landscape in the UK and US and discuss some of the key insurance and risk issues impacting both.
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Friday Reading Edition 199 (3rd May 2024)
Amidst rising occurrences and heightened intensity of civil unrest events, how can organizations proactively manage their exposure, mitigate risks, and ensure continuous insurance coverage?
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Friday Reading Edition 199 (3rd May 2024)
Acts of civil disobedience on campus are not likely to cease in the near future, which means higher education institutions must be prepared. Risk professionals and leadership should revisit their crisis management and emergency preparedness plans to ensure they contemplate this issue and that their teams understand their roles and responsibilities in the event of unrest.
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