Professor Mark Taylor, Dean of WBS, and Jane Hodge, Chief Administrative Officer at WBS, visited the children's ward at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire in December 2011 to donate surplus chocolate selection boxes to children in hospital over the festive period.

Dr Andrew Sentance, Professorial Fellow in WBS, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours List 2012, for services to the economy.

A new award for 'Local Hero of Enterprise' has been won by Denys Shortt, founder of DCS Europe, Chairman of the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership and WBS advisory board member.