Press Releases
Researchers Turn Executive Toy into Engineering Tool
Researchers at the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick have transformed an executive "pin art" toy that sat on many managers desks into a hi-tech industrial moulding tool that those same mangers can now use to create new products.
£2 Million for New Primary Health Care Research Network
The University of Warwick's Centre for Primary Health Care Studies is launching a £1.9 million programme to develop a network of researchers focusing their efforts on research that contributes to improving the evidence base and quality of NHS primary care services. The researchers will tackle questions that make a difference the effectiveness of treatments and services provided by primary health care. There will be opportunities for local GPs, nurses, and other primary care health professionals and managers to contribute their ideas on what research is needed to improve primary health care. For primary health professionals keen to engage in research themselves, the Network will be able to provide resources and support. The new network's 5-year grant totalling £1.9 million is from NHSE West Midlands.
Grant from Wolfson Foundation Completes University of Warwick's Medical Research Institute
The University of Warwick has just been awarded £2.5 million pounds from the Wolfson Foundation to support biomedical research at the University. This award effectively completes the University's Medical Research Institute Appeal launched in late 1994. The funds will be used to complete the building and equipping of state-of- the-art facilities which allow scientists from the University of Warwick to work with doctors from the hospitals in Coventry, Birmingham and Warwick to study the mechanisms of disease.
Economist Says Britain's Workers Love Their Jobs Despite Facing Increasing Levels of Stress
Research by University of Warwick economist Professor Andrew Oswald reveals that British workers still show a high degree of job satisfaction despite a significant increase in job stress levels in the last decade.
Stop Tinkering With "Good Causes" And Just Have An Auction To Decide Lottery Ownership
University of Warwick Economist Professor Ian Walker has called on Lottery Commissioners to stop worrying about how the two bidders will fund good causes and simply hold an auction to decide ownership of the Lottery.
Outline of Benefits of Vastly Popular Quality Initiative "Six Sigma" starts DTI Campaign
The University of Warwick , in association with the British Automation and Robotics Association has just set up a regional network, funded by the DTI, to encourage the uptake of advanced automation technology within midland's manufacturing industry.