WMG is looking to make a number of key academic appointments across its full range of research activities in Digital Technologies, Materials and Manufacturing and Operations and Business Management, in order to enhance and expand its capabilities in these developing areas.

The new posts cover a range of research, teaching and knowledge transfer activities, working with partners in diverse business sectors such as automotive, aerospace and defence, digital, healthcare, finance, energy and pharmaceuticals.

The Group are currently looking for world class individuals who want to make a real impact in their field. The following roles are available:

• Jaguar Land Rover Chair in Simulation of Complex Hybrid and Electric Powertrain Systems 
• Royal Academy of Engineering / TATA Steel Research Chair in Low Carbon Materials Technologies
• Professor of Innovative Manufacturing
• Professor of Cyber Security
• Associate Professor in Service Systems
• Associate / Assistant Professor in Tropical Diagnostics (in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

Other key academic positions in Cyber Security, Digital Product Lifecycle Management, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and Nanocomposites will also be announced shortly.

WMG at the University of Warwick saw the number of Chinese executives taking professional programmes in technology and business management more than double last year.

In 2010/11 year, 160 Chinese executives supported directly or indirectly by the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs (SAFEA) were involved in dedicated programmes at WMG. This is up from 60 during the previous year - on the back of a growing Chinese appetite for WMG’s expertise in project management, supply chain management and logistics.

Today WMG welcomed representatives from BJAST, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology - China's largest local scientific research institute.

The party consisted of Mr Li Yonjin, Vice-President of BJAST and their Director of International Relations, Mrs Li Li, pictured meeting WMG's Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya and Mr Stephen Raynor.

There are currently 25 senior staff from BJAST at WMG on the first of what is hoped will be a series of intensive four–week management courses. Mr Li is here to monitor their progress and discuss future co-operation with WMG.

Mr S Sridhar, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Central Bank of India, paid a special visit to WMG at the University of Warwick, on Tuesday 10 May, to sign an agreement to provide fast track student loans of up to 2 million (20 lakh) rupees (just over 26,000 UK pounds) to Indian students studying at WMG.

Mr S Sridhar signed the agreement with WMG Director Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya.

Global supply chain planning company, Barloworld Supply Chain Software is currently working with WMG to prepare the supply chain industry leaders of tomorrow for a bright future.

WMG has been working with overseas partners since 1990 to deliver its award winning education programme.

For the first time all the overseas collaborative partners met at a workshop hosted by our partners in Thailand, the Regional Centre for Manufacturing Industry at Chulalongkorn University. The objective of the meeting was to share experiences and best practise.

Attending the workshop were representatives from WMG; Chulalongkorn University; Hong Kong PolyU; Hong Kong VTC; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; SIM; SIMTech and Confederation of Indian Industry.

To find out more on courses offered at our international centres visit:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/education/international/

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/education/wmgmasters/overseas/

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/education/prof-ed/overseas/ 

The Queen has formally presented the University of Warwick and WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a special ceremony and reception at Buckingham Palace on Friday 19th February.

The University of Warwick has won Royal recognition for the work of WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) with the award of a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.

The 21 winners of the eighth round of the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education were announced by the Founder and Chairman of the Royal Anniversary Trust, Robin Gill CVO at a special reception at St James's Palace on the evening of Wednesday 18th November.

The Stepping Stones Programme, run jointly by WMG and Warwick Business School, has been "Highly Commended" in Network Rail's first annual Partnership Awards.

Network Rail proclaimed that "The programme succeeded in developing energetic, self-sufficient and motivated managers who are empowered to lead, willing to challenge and skilled in teambuilding."

The Prestigeous Partnership Awards provide an occasion for Network Rail to reward and recognise excellence and best practice among organisations that have worked with them and helped them to achieve their aims and objectives over the past year.

The first cohort of students joining the Network Rail MSc in Project Management joined WMG yesterday beginning with a tour of the Digital Lab.

There are 38 students joining the brand new course, developed for Network Rail as a bespoke graduate training programme by our Professional Programmes tutors.

The course will run for a year after which the graduates will start work for Network Rail. For more information on the course, click here.