Press Releases
Community art and music projects to celebrate the life of Connor Sparrowhawk
An incredible meeting of community projects will come together on Sunday, 26 June at Warwick Arts Centre. The event is to honour the life and mourn the death of Connor Sparrowhawk, who died aged 18 while a temporary patient in a specialist NHS treatment and assessment unit for people with learning disabilities in Oxford.
Husband and wife team from University of Warwick to tackle Two Castles run
Newlyweds Roger and Rachel Grimes, both employees of the University of Warwick, are running the Two Castles run on 12 June, raising money for the University of Warwick Cancer Research Centre.
Singapore’s new literary discovery launches debut novel
Daryl Qilin Yam, an international student from Singapore studying English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick is set to become a published author the same year he graduates.
Institute of Advanced Study to double postdoctoral fellowship numbers
The University of Warwick is to increase support for postdoctoral fellowships following a €2 million award from the Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND scheme. Under this scheme the University will match the funding from the EU to offer postdoctoral fellowships to international researchers in areas related to the Warwick Global Research Priorities (GRPs).
Social networks could revolutionise patient care
Facebook-style online health communities are helping to improve patient care and provide rich data for new health innovations, a Warwick Business School study has found.
BAFTA-nominated actor narrates anti-bullying film
A new animated film narrated by the star of the BBC drama In The Flesh highlights the issue of the bullying of disabled children and young people.
Luke Newberry, who also appeared in the 2012 film Anna Karenina and BBC’s Sherlock, has lent his voice to the video which is based on research co-authored by Dr Stella Chatzitheochari from the University of Warwick.