Press Releases
Major motoring developments crown Coventry’s 120 year Motor City legacy
Two major investments in the automotive industry in Coventry will create world class facilities for the automotive industry in a resurgent “Motor City” Coventry, and both will be built in the year that will mark 120 years of motor manufacturing history in the City. The first British motor car was made in Coventry in 1897 by The Daimler Motor Company Limited but the company that is playing a central role in Coventry’s resurgence as a “Smart Motor City” is Jaguar Land Rover who is key to two major motor developments in the city both of which will be complete, or well underway, by 2017.
Europe’s ‘Other’ Faith: Islam in German History and its Implications for Britain today
Dr James Hodkinson and Dr. Abdullah Sahin, a leading Islamic educational theorist at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Leicester, are delivering a free public lecture in Coventry Cathedral on 4 May 2016, where they will discuss how Islamic faith and culture were represented across German history in the Nineteenth century.
Shakespeare scholars celebrate the bards impact on Bollywood
Prominent director Vishal Bhardwaj has been announced as part of the line-up for Indian Shakespeares on Screen, a festival celebrating the influence of England’s most famous cultural icon on the world’s largest film industry.
Sophisticated engineering scanning tech helps archaeologists identify rare ‘ghost coin’
Sophisticated CT scanning technology normally used by researchers from WMG at the University of Warwick to assist high tech manufacturing, has helped uncover the existence of a rare silver coin called an ‘Indio’ discovered by archaeologists investigating a shipwreck off the coast of Oman.
Mentoring scheme awarded Investors in People standard
Warwick Business School’s Mentoring Programme for students and alumni has been awarded Investors in People accreditation.
Ken Sloan declared Stonewall’s West Midlands Senior Champion of the Year
Ken Sloan, Registrar and Chief Operating Officer of the University of Warwick, has just been declared the winner of the 2016 Stonewall West Midlands Senior Champion of the Year