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Buzzers at the ready! Warwick team reaches University Challenge final
The University of Warwick has reached the final of BBC Two’s University Challenge, one of the UK’s most prestigious – and fiercely contested – quiz competitions.
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University of Warwick hosts youth-led conference for young people across Warwickshire
Around 100 young people from across Warwickshire came together at The University of Warwick on Friday 25 April for the Warwickshire Youth Conference: Shaping Tomorrow Together – a dynamic, youth-led event focused on empowerment, creativity, and community.
New trial empowers women to choose how to deliver big babies
Published in the Lancet, findings from The Big Baby Trial led by The University of Warwick, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) and the Perinatal Institute, provides crucial new information to help women choose how to safely deliver babies suspected to be large for their age.
CreaTech Frontiers launch unlocks first round of £250,000 funding for West Midlands creative trailblazers
Creative Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the West Midlands are being offered grants of up to £10,000 to bring innovative ideas to life, as part of the newly launched CreaTech Frontiers creative industries cluster.
Local poet brings Warwick’s discoveries to life in new book
A brand-new poetry collection inspired by groundbreaking research at The University of Warwick has been launched as part of the University’s 60th celebrations.
The University of Warwick’s Dr. Alex Baker wins prestigious British Science Association Award Lecture
Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The University of Warwick has been named as the winner of the 2025 British Science Association’s (BSA) Physical Sciences and Mathematics Award Lecture.
Why all lightsabers on Earth would be blue, and could we really freeze people in carbonite? University of Warwick chemist tells the scientific stories of Star Wars
Almost 50 years on from the release of Star Wars: Episode IV, Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The University of Warwick is turning science fiction into science fact on May the 4th, International Star Wars Day.
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