Press Releases
Warwick Translation and Cultures MA showcased by British Council in Hong Kong
How does a book or a map change when it is translated to another language, for people in a different culture? Is it essentially the same as the original, or something new altogether? Find out at an online event from the University of Warwick, City University of Hong Kong, and the British Council.
£2.6m Turing award will help over 1000 Warwick students study and work abroad
The UK Government has announced today (4 August 2021) that the University of Warwick will be awarded £2.6 million for international student mobility, as part of the inaugural Turing Scheme.
European universities reimagine education in the digital, post-pandemic age
Higher education across Europe needs to cut red tape, revolutionise lifelong learning, standardise digital platforms, and immerse students in research as well as employability skills from day one, according to new recommendations proposed by Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities.
UK students and French senior citizens beat loneliness in lockdown together
Students at the UK’s University of Warwick are spending their lockdown chatting online with elderly people in France, bridging intergenerational and international divides in a time marked by isolation.
Online toolkit created to support grassroots volunteering
An easy to use online toolkit has been launched by a researcher from the University of Warwick to help anyone motivated to volunteer in the Global South to turn their ambitions into practical action.
New book explores how people build good relationships across cultural boundaries
In a new book launched this week, Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey of the University of Warwick Centre for Applied Linguistics and her co-author Professor Dániel Z. Kádár of the Hungarian Research Institute for Linguistics (NYTI) explore how people relate across cultural boundaries, a topic which is increasingly important in our interconnected world.