Improving the participation of women in the sub-regional labour market has recently been the focus of a major research project by the Institute for Employment Research, commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council, Coventry and Warwickshire with funding support from the European Social Fund.

Warwick University is sponsoring a prestigous conference in the US this week on "Why Inequality Matters."

The 2003 British Academy Annual Italian Lecture will be hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance. Given by Professor Brian Pullan, University of Manchester, the lecture will take place in the Auditorium, Manufacturing Engineering Centre on Tuesday 4 March at 5pm.

Dr Andrew Parker, Department of Sociology, has co-written a report that has gained much attention from the world’s press. The report, written with Ellis Cashmore of Staffordshire University is titled “One David Beckham: Celebrity, Masculinity and the Soccerati” and it describes how Beckham idolatry has transformed attitudes globally.