Press Releases
Warwick to lead ESRC’s Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
The Midlands Graduate School, led by the University of Warwick, has been awarded a Doctoral Training Partnership, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has announced.
The Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership forms part of the ESRC’s new Doctoral Training Network which significantly widens access for postgraduates to ESRC funding across the UK.
Unsigned female talent uncovered by African playwrights’ network
Unpublished women writers from across Africa are being given a platform thanks to an online network and established by a University of Warwick academic.
New milestone in relations between the University of Warwick and China
Top students educated in China will be coming to the UK for their PhD studies, after a landmark agreement was established between the University of Warwick and the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech).
Dr Helen Wheatley discusses TV pioneer on BBC Radio 4
Dr Helen Wheatley television Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick spoke to Matthew Banister about the life and career of the late Sylvia Peters on BBC Radio 4’s Last Word programme.
The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities Calls for Enhanced European University Collaboration
The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities is calling for enhanced european university collaboration. Over the past few weeks, evidence has been mounting that the UK’s referendum result on BREXIT has begun to undermine collaborative research through a decline in joint funding applications involving UK partners. Meanwhile, uncertainty around future fee arrangements for EU students and student exchange arrangements are detrimental to student mobility to the UK.
Researchers seek answers to why we feel sense of commitment
The question of how and when people are willing to make and honour commitments is set to be addressed by a pioneering research from the University of Warwick.
Led by Dr. John Michael from the University’s Department of Philosophy the project, The Sense of Commitment: An Integrative Framework for Modeling the Sense of Commitment , will develop a new framework by which to research our sense of commitment.