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World’s first free online course devoted to the exploration of Literature and Mental Health features exclusive in depth interviews with Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry and Melvyn Bragg
The course; ‘Literature and mental health: Reading for wellbeing’ features exclusive interviews with Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry and Melvyn Bragg who consider how poems, plays and novels can help us understand and cope with times of deep emotional strain in a new free online course at the University of Warwick.
Times Higher Education rank Warwick as one of the world’s top 50 most International Universities
The University of Warwick has been ranked as one of the world’s top 50 most International Universities in today’s (Thursday 14th January 2016) Times Higher Education list of the most international universities.
Top grades from Ofsted for University’s Teacher Training Provision
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University scores top grade in primary and secondary teacher training
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Warwick praised for work with Coventry and Warwickshire schools and colleges
Teacher training at the University of Warwick has been graded as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.
Warwick to award Honorary Degree to 'genre contrarian' M John Harrison
The University of Warwick has announced today, Wednesday 16th of December 2015, that it will award an honorary degree of Honorary Doctor of Letters to Warwickshire born science fiction, fantasy, & climbing writer M John Harrison at one of its winter degree ceremony on Wednesday 20 January 2016.
Plants use a molecular clock to predict when they’ll be infected
Plants are able to predict when infections are more likely to occur and regulate their immune response accordingly, new research has found.
Led by the University of Warwick, the researchers discovered that a plants’ molecular clock is connected to their immune system to increase levels of resistance to infection at dawn – the time at which fungal infections appear most likely to occur, with plants unable to maintain the highest level of resistance at all times of day.
Warwick to award honorary degrees to radio Reverend, Olympic rowing coach, dyslexia researcher, author, leading literary critic, and teaching innovator
The University of Warwick has announced today, Wednesday 16th of December 2015, that it will award honorary degrees to six people at its winter degree ceremonies which will run from 20th to 22nd January 2016. Those to be honoured include:
- Radio and TV cleric The Reverend Richard Coles
- Warwickshire born science fiction, fantasy, & climbing writer M John Harrison
- Renowned critic of Latin American fiction Professor Gerald Martin
- Leading dyslexia researcher Professor Margaret Snowling
- Olympic rowing coach Mr Paul Thompson MBE
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Teach First Brett Wigdortz OBE