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Please take the opportunity to sign up to one of our social media workshops for researchersLink opens in a new window, in January / February 2026, where we’ll run through the new Social Media Playbook and the Social Media Guidance for Academic Staff, as well as having opportunities for Q+A.

Explore how the central university Social Media team and the Research Communications team can help you to promote your research and grow your professional profile.

We look forward to seeing lots of you in the new year!

Kind regards,

Research Communications team | Marketing, Communications and Insight

the University’s 2025-26 Research Development Fund (Strategic Awards) call is now open for applications for activities taking place between 1 February 2026 - 31 July 2026.

Awards of up to £30,000 are available to support the development of future external funding bids in areas of pioneering, world-class research. Applications for smaller awards of up to £5,000 will be reviewed separately by the same panel.

The call will support both interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and discipline specific projects. Applications for interdisciplinary projects and from interdisciplinary research centres are particularly welcomed.

The deadline for applications is 12.00pm on Monday 16 January 2026. Applications must have HoD approval and should be submitted by HoDs via an application form to warwickrdf@warwick.ac.uk.

Full details of the call, including eligibility, terms and conditions of awards, and how to apply can be found on the RDF Strategic Awards webpage: RDF Strategic Awards 2025-26Link opens in a new window

I’d be grateful if you could circulate this call to colleagues in your Departments. Please contact warwickrdf@warwick.ac.uk if you have any queries.

Did you know that Warwick’s Department of Sociology hosts a world-renowned research centre which organises talks, film screenings and research initiatives focusing on gender and feminism? It is called the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, and it is a supportive, trans-inclusive meeting place for students (both UG and PG) and staff at Warwick (and beyond) interested in these topics.

If you would like to be kept informed of our events and activities, you can sign up for the CSWG mailing list hereLink opens in a new window.

You can also find out more about the Centre hereLink opens in a new window.

Do pass this email on to friends/colleagues in other departments who also share an interest in gender and feminism...

We hope to see you at one of our future meetings and events (which will all be advertised through the mailing list above). If you want to get in touch in the meantime, you can reach us on cswg@warwick.ac.uk

All the best,

The CSWG Team