Press Releases
MP sets off chain reaction from Gloucestershire business
Neil Carmichael MP has joined forces with Gloucestershire l suppliers to launch a national research study at the Frocester George Inn which is playing a key role in the study
The Alan Turing Institute signals progress on many fronts
The University of Warwick is a founding Partner of the Alan Turing Institute which has marked its first few days of operations with the announcement of its new director, the confirmation of £10 million of research funding from Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a research partnership with GCHQ, a collaboration with Cray Inc. and EPSRC, and its first research activities.
Why do people believe 9/11 was an inside job?
The reasons why some people believe bizarre conspiracy theories are set to be explored in a new project by a philosopher from the University of Warwick. Professor Quassim Cassam has been awarded £250,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to study what he calls ‘intellectual vices’.
Government should use apprenticeship levy to support technical education programmes that boost skills, argues Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya.
Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, Chairman of WMG at the University of Warwick, has called for a statutory apprenticeship levy to support technical education programmes to transform training and skills.
Speaking in a House of Lord’s debate on the most recent government budget, which includes a proposal for a statutory apprenticeship levy, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya said that he strongly supports the levy but cautioned that industry must be involved with its design and that “we should be challenging Universities, colleges and business to design technical education programmes together”.
Professor Simon Swain has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy
Professor Simon Swain of the University of Warwick, has been elected as one of 42 highly distinguished UK academics from 18 universities as Fellows, in recognition of his outstanding research, taking the total number of living Fellows to over one thousand for the first time.
University of Warwick to host British Chess Championships
The University of Warwick will be hosting the British Chess Championships which take place from Saturday 25th July to Saturday 8th August. This is the second time that the University has hosted the championships, the first occasion having been back in 1970.