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WMG has launched a new undergraduate programme, BEng Robotics Engineering with Artificial Intelligence (AI), expanding its undergraduate education portfolio. The course has been developed in response to significant technological transformations across industry, driven by the increasing use of robotics and AI.

The University of Warwick and the Tata Group have won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s highly esteemed Bhattacharyya Award for their pioneering partnership.

Launched in 2019 to honour the late Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya — founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick — the award recognises long-term, impactful collaboration between academia and industry, and celebrates the projects that help make our world a better, more sustainable place.

The award is a testament to the commitment of both the University and Tata Group to pushing boundaries, driving innovation, and delivering high-level research, whilst helping secure the future of UK industry globally.

Goldman Sachs and WMG announced the launch of their partnership for an inaugural Digital and Technology Solutions undergraduate degree apprenticeship programme in Birmingham.

This new initiative builds on the decade-long success of the firm's established London apprenticeship programme, offering school leavers a unique pathway to gain invaluable professional experience at Goldman Sachs while simultaneously earning a fully funded university degree in engineering.

This significant expansion underscores Goldman Sachs' deep commitment to fostering talent and investing in the UK's future workforce. It follows the firm's £1.5 million pledge earlier this year to the West Midlands Combined Authority levy transfer scheme. These funds are dedicated to empowering small and medium-sized businesses, charities, and social enterprises across the region to invest in staff development, with a particular focus on critical digital skills.

Key visits to WMG in September 2025 

WMG was pleased to showcase its world-class research facilities and education programmes to international organisations, such as the Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing, the UK Academic Alliance for Pavement and Highway Engineering and Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, throughout September.

•  WMG and Wayve create first system-agnostic framework to improve AI safety
• Closing the AI safety gap is critical to the real-world deployment of autonomous vehicles globally

• WMG Professor presents framework to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Experts at WMG, University of Warwick and Wayve – a leading AI technology developer – have created the first system-agnostic framework designed to bring a standardised, scientific approach to the testing of datasets for self-driving vehicles.

A group of academics at WMG, University of Warwick have been recognised at the prestigious 2025 Faraday Institution Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new windowCommunity Awards.

Dr Mona Faraji NiriLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, Associate Professor of Battery Modelling won the Public Engagement / STEM Outreach Individual Award, and Professor Louis PiperLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, Dr Ashok MenonLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window and Dr Gaurav PandeyLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, were presented with the group Innovation Award.

The Awards followed the Faraday Institution Conference, which was held from 9-11 September, at the University of Warwick. The conference showcased cutting-edge research, with a strong emphasis on collaboration across academia, industry, and policy in pursuit of a net-zero future.

Dr Taofeeq Ibn-Mohammed, Associate Professor in Sustainable Systems Engineering at WMG, University of Warwick, has been appointed as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7).

Established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988, the IPCC assesses the science related to climate change. Since 1990, when it launched its first Assessment Report, it has been sharing knowledge on the causes and potential impacts of climate change, along with potential responses. The IPCC reports are widely seen as the definitive global assessments of climate change science, impacts, and mitigation.

An academic in sustainable systems engineering, Dr Ibn-Mohammed will lend his expertise to the IPCC as part of ‘Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change’. The group focuses on the limitation and removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and explores all areas of mitigation, from technical feasibility and cost to the environments that would enable measures to be put in place.

University of Warwick has been shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Bhattacharyya AwardLink opens in a new window for its sustained collaboration with the Tata Group.

The Bhattacharyya Award is an annual award presented by the Academy to celebrate long-term collaboration between academia and industry. Funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, it was launched in 2019 in tribute to Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, the founder of WMG, University of Warwick.

The Award is worth £25,000 to the winner, who will be announced at the end of October. All the shortlisted entries, including the University, are operating at the interface of high-level research, pushing innovation, or creating new technologies for use in a commercial.

As Warwick’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stuart Croft, says: “This is partnership with purpose, driving innovation, delivering sustainability, and securing the future of the UK industry globally.”

These connections create a talent pipeline for companies while addressing critical skills gaps within these industries. Universities attract financial investment and ambitious students, while both sides discover new pathways to solutions and gain access to cutting-edge research.