Press Releases
World-leading economists to assemble at Warwick for annual conference
The University of Warwick Economics Department is this year’s host for the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference. The prestigious event, taking place from 15 to 17 April, brings together more than 700 academic and professional economists from across the globe to present current research developments in economics and showcase real-world applications.
Minerva partners with Aston University and University of Birmingham Enterprise to launch new angel investor network for Birmingham
University of Warwick-based Minerva, one of the UK’s largest traditional angel investor networks, has teamed up with Aston University and University of Birmingham Enterprise to expand the funding opportunities available to start-up businesses in the West Midlands by launching a network of ‘business angels with insight’ for Birmingham.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street welcomes the launch of new Business Angel Network campaign
Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), has welcomed the launch of a new campaign, backed by University of Warwick-based Minerva Business Angel Network, to encourage local entrepreneurs and investors to support the region’s start-up companies and to encourage local participation in the financial support structure for business.
Electric vehicle experts to answer public’s questions at Warwick
Get your questions about electric cars and the future of British transport answered by leading experts in academia and industry at the University of Warwick next week.
Mind the Gap - how will skills training be funded after Brexit?
The University of Warwick has published the third in a series of briefings exploring the implications of Brexit for the job market, workers’ rights, and employment policy. Skills training for vulnerable workers: effects of the loss of EU funding after Brexit outlines how current skills training in the UK is supported by EU funding, and recommends key priorities for a post-Brexit UK-funded skills programme. The paper is the third of four Warwick Brexit Briefings on Employment by the University of Warwick and its Connecting Research on Employment and Work (CREW) network.
Former Kenilworth Mayor gives diabetes research at Warwick Medical School a boost
Diabetes research at Warwick Medical School is getting an extra boost thanks to the former Mayor of Kenilworth. Councillor Michael Coker has chosen to make a donation of £3,000 to the University of Warwick’s Diabetes research groups.