Press Releases
Ethnic Minorities Make More Serious Use of Computers Than Their White Neighbours
New research into disadvantaged neighbourhoods by the Universities of Warwick and Leeds for the Department for Education and Skills has found that - although in general ethnic minorities had less access to home computing and the internet than their white neighbours, they tended to use their home computers much more often than white people for educational rather than leisure purposes.
South African Minister Announces Leading UK Engineer to Help Run Transport Network
South Africa’s Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe has announced that Professor Sir Kumar Bhattacharrya, Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, has been appointed as a new Board Member of Transnet Limited - which operates and controls South Africa's major transport infrastructure.
Economist Says Trading Life for Identity is Key to the "Logic" of Suicide Terrorism
Suicide terrorism seems to many to defy logic. Economists find the idea particularly hard to understand in the context of economic theories that are usually based on ideas of self interest: surely self interest must preclude self killing. But now a new research paper by Professor Mark Harrison an economist at the University of Warwick says that the value placed on personal identity by suicide terrorists provides some of the answers.
Graduate Poet Battles Against Racism with Dub Hip-Hop and Degree
Richard Grant, a prolific West Midlands poet from Rugby, has just completed a 2+2 degree in Social Studies at the University of Warwick, and is using his skills and newfound talent for poetry to help reduce racism and bring poetry back to the people.
Coventry's Race Equality Council Partners with University of Warwick
Coventry's Race Equality Council is partnering with the University of Warwick to help the city's public sector bodies meet the challenges of the new Race Relations Amendment Act.
The University has agreed to host on behalf of Coventry Racial Equality Council a half-day workshop specially designed to help local public sector bodies with the new Race Relations Amendment Act on the morning of Wednesday 27th November.
University Celebrates Jamaican Dancehall Culture and 'Riddims'
Erotic Disguise: (Un)dressing the Body in Jamaican Dancehall Culture5.30 pm, 12th November, Arts Centre Conference Room, University of Warwick
Dancehall Culture, a tradition that has profoundly influenced Western music and culture, is the topic of this year's Walter Rodney Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Carolyn Cooper from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica on 12th November at 5.30pm at the Arts Centre, University of Warwick.
Dancehall Culture, a tradition that has profoundly influenced Western music and culture, is the topic of this year's Walter Rodney Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Carolyn Cooper from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica on 12th November at 5.30pm at the Arts Centre, University of Warwick.