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Two academics win National Teaching Fellowship
Rachel Dickinson, Principal Teaching Fellow, and Peter Corvi, Professorial Teaching Fellow, have each received the highest accolade in higher education teaching by being awarded National Teaching Fellowships.
Data reveals more managers boost hospital performance
Ian Kirkpatrick, Professor of Healthcare Improvement & Implementation Science, will reveal how data shows hospitals in England need more managers not less to improve performance at Acute & General Medicine 2016.
Call for urgent co-ordinated action on UK energy
Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, has co-authored a report for the UK Energy Research Centre calling for urgent action during this Parliament to ensure a co-ordinated, cross-Government approach to energy.
Midlands start-up scene revealed at Conference
Stephen Roper, Professor of Enterprise at Warwick Business School, will reveal the latest data on the Midlands start-up scene at the Enterprise at Warwick Conference 2016.
WBS partners NIESR to build new UK statistical centre
Warwick Business School has partnered the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) to develop the new Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) for the Office of National Statistics (ONS), following a tender process.
How Trump's victory could affect UK SMEs
Donald Trump's shock election as President of the US could have economic repercussions for the global economy. Here Stephen Roper, Professor of Enterprise and Director of the Enterprise Research Centre, reveals what it could mean for the UK's 5.2 million small and medium-sized companies.
Different climate change models recommend polar opposite policies
Research has shown that models used by economists to calculate the effects of climate change policies can produce polar opposite recommendations.
Although the effect of man-made pollution has been accepted by climate scientists as causing global warming, there is disagreement on the degree of the effect, and just how to tackle it.
Economists have a vast array of benefit-cost analysis models to choose from to try to work out what the effect of different policies and regulations will have on the Earth’s climate in the future.
Andy Lockett appointed as the new Dean of WBS
The University of Warwick is pleased to announce that Professor Andy Lockett will be the new Dean of Warwick Business School.
Tobacco industry shrinking thanks to smoking bans
Smoking bans are not only shrinking tobacco firm’s market at home but limiting their ability to invest in markets abroad, according to new research.
Worlds first free online course devoted to the exploration of Literature and Mental Health
The course; ‘Literature and mental health: Reading for wellbeing’ features exclusive interviews with Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry and Melvyn Bragg who consider how poems, plays and novels can help us understand and cope with times of deep emotional strain in a new free online course at the University of Warwick.
Scenery not just greenery has an impact on health
People feel healthier when they live in a more scenic area, a new study has found.
IBM and University of Warwick develop Big Data ethics course
A partnership between the University of Warwick and IBM is to offer researchers guidance through the ethical minefield of using big data and real time analytics.