Press Releases
Warwick students recognised as leaders in social mobility
Four Warwick students have been recognised as champions of social mobility at the inaugural Student Social Mobility Awards, hosted by Baroness Helena Kennedy in the House of Lords on December 13. The Awards were organised by upReach, supported by the Social Mobility Commission, to showcase the achievements of students and 2018 graduates from less advantaged backgrounds.
Self-lighting Christmas trees could be the future
Say goodbye to tangled up Christmas lights, as self-lighting Christmas trees could be the future thanks to scientists from the Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre (WISB) at the University of Warwick using VR.
VR more engaging than video and textbooks when it comes to the classroom
Virtual reality (VR) is the most engaging and emotionally positive learning method in comparison to textbook learning and video. VR shows great potential to supplement or replace traditional learning methods and create new experiences according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
University of Ljubljana to lead new European university network
A university alliance founded by the UK’s University of Warwick, L’Université Paris Seine, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and recently joined by the University of Ljubljana, today made three announcements which were: the names of two new members of the alliance; the alliance’s name; and the fact that they have chosen the Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana and its Rector Professor Doctor Igor Papič to lead the new alliance’s approach to the European Universities of the future initiative. An initiative first suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Ritula Shah, Brian Cox, iconic midlands footballer, one of world’s most successful authors, leading business woman, and Coventry social entrepreneur to be awarded honorary degrees by the University of Warwick
The University of Warwick has just announced that it will award honorary degrees to six people at its winter degree ceremonies which will run from Wednesday 16 January - Friday 18 January in the Butterworth Hall of Warwick Arts Centre.
The British Academy to bring world-leading scholar to the University of Warwick
Supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Global Professorships programme began in 2018 and will bring Professor Eric Csapo to the University of Warwick