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Mature drivers favour checks on over 70s, new study finds
The majority of older drivers are in favour of tighter rules on checking the health and suitability of over-70s to drive – even if those checks could take them off the road themselves – according to a new report. The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) worked with Dr Carol Hawley at Warwick Medical School, the University of Warwick, to survey more than 2,600 drivers and former drivers on their opinions, habits and motoring history.
WMG tests driverless pods with laser scan of Coventry roads as part of Intelligent Transport Initiative
WMG at the University of Warwick is to use a laser scan of 30 miles of Coventry roads to test driverless pods as part of a research programme launched this week. WMG will work with RDM Group - the UK’s only designer and manufacturer of driverless Pods - in a project called INnovative Testing of Autonomous Control Techniques (INTACT).
Brexit could place British farming in jeopardy warns new report
The future of many UK farming businesses looks uncertain, according to a new report on the agricultural implications of leaving the EU written by a University of Warwick academic.
Schwarzman Scholars Appoints Professor Sir Nigel Thrift to be Executive Director
Schwarzman Scholars, the prestigious Master’s degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to educate future leaders about China, have announced that they have appointed Professor Sir Nigel Thrift, the second longest serving Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick, as the program's Executive Director.
New Professor of Power Electronics Joins WMG
WMG at the University of Warwick is proud to announce the arrival of Professor Richard McMahon who joins from Cambridge University.