Back again with the annual award for outstanding applicants across the Social Sciences, the Midlands Graduate School DTP is now accepting applications for their Open CompetitionLink opens in a new window and proposals for their supervisor-led collaborative and joint competitionsLink opens in a new window.

Providing two-year funding for early career researchers, apply for a chance to develop researchLink opens in a new window at two co-hosting EUTOPIA universities, and a placement a with an external partner institution. Materials engineering, data and intelligence, health, sustainability, and welfare and inclusion are the five areas of interest.

Government tax and spending changes will affect how much we are taxed, how much we pay for our energy and how easy it is to get on the property ladder. Experts at the CAGE Research Centre in the Department of Economics explain six implications of the ‘mini budgetLink opens in a new window.’

For your information, WIISP modules will be available for undergraduate students to select as credit bearing during the Module Registration period. Students can choose from a range of modulesLink opens in a new window at Warwick, Venice or Brussels taking place during May, June and July.

We start with the good news that Warwick is ranked 9th overall in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023. We’ve featured in the top ten every single year since the Guide began in 1992 – find out more and see the departments ranked highly for their subject areasLink opens in a new window.

Congratulations to Professor Sai Gu, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (China), who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of EngineeringLink opens in a new window, recognising his outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession.

Professor Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, has joined an esteemed group of world-class researchers named a Citation LaureateLink opens in a new window by the Institute for Scientific Information, for his pioneering contributions to the economics of happiness and well-being.

Dr. James Poskett, Associate Professor in the Department of History, is shortlisted for the prestigious British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingLink opens in a new window for ‘recasting the history of science across time and place’. You can read more from Dr. Poskett and Dr. Claire Shaw, Associate Professor in the Department of History, on how history shapes creative and resilient scientistsLink opens in a new window in their article for Nature on the long struggle for scientific freedom in Ukraine.

Our researchers are pointing the way ahead, towards a better, fairer future. View their latest perspectives and insights on the Research Stories webpagesLink opens in a new window. For example, ‘The way ahead for plastic pollution is to challenge industry and corporations on environmental damageLink opens in a new window’.