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Former Aston Villa Chairman awarded Honrary Doctorate
A leading figure in the Midlands’ business community, Steven Hollis has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Warwick.
Steven’s career saw him rise through the ranks during three decades at the accountancy firm KPMG, which included time on the company’s boards for the UK, Europe, EMA and as Chair of KPMG’s Midlands practice.
Mental health nurse and founder of It Takes Balls to Talk receives honorary doctorate from University of Warwick
Commenting on receiving the honour, she said: “The MBE was amazing but this is more personal, and it is a great honour to have an honour again!”
Entrepreneur and fitness expert Born Barikor has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Warwick.
"It is such an honour to be recognised for making a difference to people," he comments.
University of Warwick apologises for failings and announces action plan to improve handling of disciplinary processes
The University of Warwick has announced an action plan to improve its handling of student disciplinary and appeals processes, including those relating to sexual misconduct. This follows recommendations from an independent review, led by Dr Sharon Persaud, which is published today in full.
Do passengers prefer autonomous vehicles driven like machines or like humans?– research finds that “peeking round” corners provides answers
Passenger and pedestrian confidence and acceptance will be key to the future and development of autonomous vehicles so researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have just conducted and reported an experiment to see which autonomous vehicles driving style engendered the highest levels of confidence among autonomous vehicles passengers – driving with full machine efficiency, or driving in a way that emulates average human driving. The surprising result was that neither was optimal but that a blend of both might be best.
University of Warwick technician wins prestigious Papin Prize
A technician from the University of Warwick has won a prestigious Papin Prize at the HETS (Higher Education Technicians Summit) conference in Birmingham on the 25th June 2019.
Steven Hindmarsh from the University of Warwick was given the award for technical excellence in supporting a Core Research Facility – The Electron Microscopy Research Technology Platform.