Press Releases
1.5 million pound Boost for Health Tech Programme
Health Tech, a programme run by WMG at the University of Warwick, which helps West Midlands SMEs to innovate new medical & healthcare products and diversify into the healthcare sector, has received a £1.5m injection to expand and extend its work through to the end of 2008.
Research finds spiralling UK compensation culture But spiralling down not up
Research published this week by the University of Warwick’s School of Law, for the Health and Safety Executive, has undermined the popular view that UK citizens are engaging in a spiralling ‘compensation culture’ with ever increasing claims against allegedly negligent companies and organisations. Instead, the evidence suggests that the number of such court claims has continued to fall.
Courts disqualify company directors risking pounds almost 300 times more often than those risking people
Research published this week by the University of Warwick’s School of Law for the Health and Safety Executive, has found that for almost 20 years company directors were almost 300 times more likely to be disqualified by a court from acting as a director for insolvency or other financial reasons than they were for breaching health and safety rules.
Call for more collaboration between universities and industry at India's CII & University of Warwick event
The Confederation of Indian Industry organised a session on ‘Emerging Trends in Higher Education: India as a Knowledge Partner’ by Professor Nigel Thrift - Vice Chancellor, University of Warwick, UK and Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, Director, Warwick Manufacturing Group, in Bangalore. The session heard calls for more collaboration between universities and industry
CII and WMG sign MoU to further higher education in India
The Confederation of Indian Industry and Warwick Manufacturing Group of the University of Warwick have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue programmes for training of practicing managers and to develop internship programmes for them.
Senior Indian Trade and Business Figures Take part in week of Warwick in India
A
delegation of senior staff from the University of Warwick are visiting Delhi this week to celebrate the
University’s links with India. The University has organised a
series of events to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Indian
independence this year.