Warwick People

This year’s Winter Degree Congregation took place on Tuesday 30 January, with three ceremonies held over the course of the day.  Honorary degrees were presented to renowned DNA specialist Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, award-winning actor Sir Antony Sher and acclaimed composer Michael Nyman.

Carol Rutter, Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, recently took over the directorship of the CAPITAL Centre from Professor Jonathan Bate.

Ken Sloan has rejoined the Central Administration from NAGTY to take up the post of Director of Campus Affairs.  Ken is the Senior Officer responsible for many of the activities, services and infrastructure that are available to students and staff and contribute to their experience of life on campus.

The AV Services team, with IT Services, have been awarded a Gold Certified Audio Visual Solutions Provider (CAVSP) award making Warwick the first university in the UK to achieve this, and the first in the world to achieve Gold status.

For the second year, Coventry City Council has offered postgraduate students from Warwick Business School the opportunity to carry out projects to investigate and propose solutions to a range of current issues and problems.