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 When the industrial expertise of luxury automotive manufacturer JLR is combined with the academic excellence of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), it creates a powerful platform for addressing some of the automotive sector’s most pressing challenges.

This collaborative approach shaped a recent Student Ideathon hosted by WMG, where participants were tasked with exploring innovative approaches to improving supply chain visibility.

In February, representatives from Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) met with MPs; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) leaders; and international guests, including colleagues from the PNB Research Institute in Singapore and Osaka University in Japan.

In celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Wednesday 11 February 2026), the Outreach and Widening Participation team at WMG hosted a special event at Coventry Transport Museum to encourage young women to pursue science. Over 180 female students from local primary and secondary schools came together to discover and celebrate the achievements of women, past and present, who have helped forge a path for today’s scientists, engineers, and technicians.

Memorandum of Understanding highlights the strategic importance of research expertise to industry partners 

The University of Warwick has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tata Power, India’s leading integrated power companies, to deliver research and innovation in grid modernisation, fast charging, power storage, industrial decarbonisation, digital energy systems, optimisation and advanced manufacturing approaches.

On Thursday 19 February, WMG hosted the inaugural lecture of Dr Praveer Sinha, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Power. The lecture, which took place in WMG’s 45th anniversary year, was held in the International Manufacturing Centre on the University’s campus, with an audience of industry partners, staff, students and alumni.

Academics at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) hosted the department’s first dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) day, at the University of Warwick, in collaboration with NVIDIA and Dell Technologies.

With AI rapidly transforming industries and reshaping research, innovation, and skills development worldwide, the event was spearheaded by Dr Awinder Kaur, Head of Digital Technologies and Machine Intelligence across all education programmes at WMG.

Following discussions with representatives from NVIDIA and Dell about WMG’s AI vision, Dr Kaur identified the need for a strategic academia-industry engagement event focusing solely on AI.

Following its successful launch last year, the UK’s only battery safety conference – Battery Safety UK – will return to the University of Warwick in May. Hosted by WMG, the event will bring together the brightest minds in battery research to help supercharge the future of energy.

During January, representatives from WMG met with MPs, local government officials, as well as staff and students from the WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Solihull, strengthening relationships across education, industry, and government.

With 20% of the UK’s engineering workforce due to retire within the next five years, and the Government predicting that 1.9 million STEM professionals will be needed within the next decade, nurturing young talent has never been more important. Industry Day at WMG returned for its fourth consecutive year to help do just that.

Delivered by WMG’s Outreach and Widening Participation team, the event is designed to spark interest in engineering careers in children aged 11 to 14.

Two departments at the University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the Department of Physics, are collaborating on a new project to develop advanced shielding materials and technologies for power generation using nuclear fusion.

By combining cutting-edge physics research with WMG’s expertise in innovative materials and manufacturing, academics from both departments aim to bring sustainable fusion energy a step closer to reality.