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Powerlifting Academic from The University of Warwick takes European and World records
Dr Martine Barons from The University of Warwick has taken both the European and World records at the European Championships in Finland over the weekend.
Meet Warwick’s Powerlifting Academic: Dr Martine Barons, Great Britain Powerlifter
Dubbed ‘Britain’s Strongest Gran’, a University of Warwick academic is going for gold just months after taking up powerlifting almost “by accident”.
Why we need to know our AI human rights: Academic calls for communities to shape digital governance
A University of Warwick academic is calling for communities to get to know their digital human rights in order to influence the governance of future technologies and AI.
Warwick celebrates its Highly Cited Researchers
Five academics from the University of Warwick have been named in the 2023 Highly Cited Researcher list.
University of Warwick lecturer wins prestigious national teaching award
Associate Professor (Reader) Dr Elena Riva at the University of Warwick has been awarded a 2023 National Teaching Fellowship award, Advance HE has announced today.
University of Warwick launches UK’s first National Centre for Research Culture
The University of Warwick has launched the first National Centre for Research Culture which aims to bring together colleagues from across the sector to share best practice; collectively putting inclusivity, collaboration and investment in people at the heart of research culture across the UK’s Higher Education sector.
University of Warwick academic awarded funding from The British Academy/Wolfson Fellowships Awards
The British Academy/Wolfson Fellowships Awards will be providing funding to Dr James Poskett, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Warwick.
European universities reimagine education in the digital, post-pandemic age
Higher education across Europe needs to cut red tape, revolutionise lifelong learning, standardise digital platforms, and immerse students in research as well as employability skills from day one, according to new recommendations proposed by Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities.
Funding for new research to deliver cleaner and greener chemicals
Researchers have been awarded funding to work with a global leader in the speciality chemicals industry to create cleaner and greener chemical processing methods for everyday products in a bid to help the government meet its carbon neutral targets.
£1.3m doctoral scholarships in Global Sustainable Development for UK & EU students
The next generation of global sustainable development researchers is set to emerge thanks to a new kind of ‘transdisciplinary’ PhD programme at the University of Warwick for UK and EU students — made possible by £1,350,000 from the Leverhulme Trust.
BIFA longlists Lucy Brydon’s Body of Water for three awards
Body of Water, the debut feature film by director and screenwriter Lucy Brydon — who also teaches at her alma mater, the University of Warwick — has been longlisted for three British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
Favela communities made more resilient against COVID-19 with citizen data
A team of international development researchers, working with some of the poorest neighbourhoods in Brazil and Colombia to mitigate the effects of natural hazards, have adapted their project to help strengthen those communities’ resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two Warwick academics become Fellows of the British Academy
Two University of Warwick researchers have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding work. Professor Rebecca Earle (History) and Professor Mark Harrison (Economics) are among 52 new Fellows announced today by the prestigious institution, which supports and promotes the humanities and social sciences in the UK and around the world.
Black history and 2D ‘wonder’ materials researched by European PhD scholars at Warwick
Black heritage, British political satire, ovarian cancer, and two-dimensional ‘wonder’ materials — all of these are subjects that will be researched by the second cohort of pan-European co-tutelle PhD scholars at the University of Warwick.
Warwick researchers join Police and Crime Commissioner’s advisory board
Six Warwick social science researchers have become members of the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner’s new Academic Advisory Board. Dr Ana Aliverti, Professor Jo Angouri, Professor Jackie Hodgson, Professor Vanessa Munro, Professor Tom Sorell and Professor Azrini Wahidin will share research and expertise with the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner, David Jamieson.
What will the neighbours say?! Warwick academic helps uncovers house’s scandalous past
A Warwick legal history expert has been chosen as one of the voices bringing the past to life in the new series of the popular BBC Two show, A House Through Time, which returned yesterday evening. Dr Laura Lammasniemi, from Warwick Law School, will appear in the third episode of the new series, which sees David Olusoga and his team in Bristol.
WMG lecturer deployed as Army reservist to help Scotland fight covid-19
Major Gary Bilsbarrow, a Senior Lecturer at WMG, University of Warwick in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, has been mobilised as an Army Reservist to Edinburgh to use his expertise to support the Scottish Government and NHS in their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Brazilian communities fight floods together – with memories and an app
Brazilian communities that are vulnerable to devastating floods are being united and empowered to defend themselves, using ‘citizen science’ and a specially developed mobile app, thanks to two research projects led by the University of Warwick.
UK-Australia education and research opportunities expand — Warwick Monash Alliance enters rolling agreement
The Monash Warwick Alliance — which pioneered a new model for global higher education partnerships when established in 2012— is entering a bold new era, as the two universities sign a rolling agreement with no end date, enabling more deeply embedded collaboration and wider transnational opportunities for students and staff.
EUTOPIA already co-teaching European PhDs as Erasmus+ project commences
EUTOPIA, a next-generation teaching and research community of six European universities, which was successful in its selection to be part of the Erasmus+ ‘European Universities’ Programme this year, officially begins its project today, 1st December 2019.