Press Releases
New national initiative educates public on automated vehicles (AVs)
Today, WMG at The University of Warwick, launches the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education United Kingdom (PAVE UK) with the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Transport, the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), and Transport for West Midlands, as its founding partners.
More capital gains are received in one neighbourhood in Kensington than in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle combined, finds new report
Total capital gains have almost tripled over the last decade, to £65bn by 2019/20. Despite this, most people never receive any capital gains, with less than 3% of adults paying capital gains tax over a ten-year period. In any given year just 0.5% of adults receive any gains, less than the number of additional rate (“45p”) income tax payers.
Ukrainian students at the University of Warwick come together to mark two years since the Russian invasion
A panel discussion will take place on Wednesday 21st February at the University of Warwick to mark two years since the invasion of Ukraine. The event will bring together Ukrainian staff and students along with refugees from the local community.
Meet the new Ukrainian Student Society: Treasurer - Anna Kucher
My name is Anna, and I was born and raised in Ukraine.
I spent my early childhood in Kharkiv - east of Ukraine and near Poltava - where my grandparents live. When I turned six, and it was time for me to go to school, my family and I moved to Kyiv, where I then spent the next 11 years of my life completing my secondary education.
Meet the new Ukrainian Student Society: President - Dmytro Kunchenko
My name is Dmytro, and I am the President of the Ukrainian Society at the University of Warwick. I am in the second year of my Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree. I am originally from Zaporizhzhia, an industrial city on the Dnipro River in the South of Ukraine, but I used to live in Stoianka, a village just outside of Kyiv, from when I started school until February 2022.
Onion Crisis: Researchers Combatting Destructive Crop Disease Costing Farmers £10m Annually
Researchers at The University of Warwick are working to safeguard one of the world's most crucial crops – the humble onion. Amidst growing concerns over the threat posed by Fusarium Basal Rot (FBR), a team of experts from the University is embarking on a groundbreaking project, run by the British Onions Producer Agency (BOPA), aimed at saving our crops and revolutionising FBR detection.