Octogenarian inventor joins the fight against COVID-19
A retired engineer from Staffordshire has designed two new methods of sterilising PPE so that it may be safely reused by hospital staff.82-year-old Derek Wardle, who has vowed he will never retire, recently completed a PhD at Staffordshire University. This marked a hattrick of degrees for the grandfather who also studied Business in 1992 and an MSc Engineering in 2009 at the University.
Derek, from Trentham in Stoke-on-Trent, said: “I thoroughly enjoyed doing the PhD – it opened up a whole new world. If you have the chance, at any age, and you’ve got ambition to get a degree, then come