Press Releases
Boris Johnson officially opens WBS London at The Shard
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has officially opened Warwick Business School’s new base at The Shard. More than 100 guests watched Mr Johnson unveil a glass sculpture to commemorate the opening of the new site on the 17th floor of the tallest building in the European Union as part of the University of Warwick's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Warwick to honour Nobel Laureate, leading film director, journalist, both CBI & TUC heads, Indonesian author, travel guru and British Library Chief
Nobel Laureate Professor Ada Yonath, leading film director Mike Leigh, and Channel 4 journalist and presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy, join both the heads of the TUC and CBI, an acclaimed Indonesian author, a travel guru, and the CEO of British Library among those to receive honorary degrees from the University of Warwick 2015 summer graduation ceremonies.
Warwick researcher awarded prestigious grant to study Haitian slave revolution
An Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick’s School of Law has received a prestigious grant to study the Haitian slave revolution of 1791–1804. Dr Philip Kaisary’s Fulbright Scholar Award will see him travel to the US next month to begin the year-long research project at Vanderbilt University, on one of the most selective scholarship programmes operating worldwide.
Guardian Ranks University of Warwick in UK top 10
The UK's Guardian Newspaper has today, Tuesday 26th May 2015, once again ranked the University of Warwick in the UK’s top 10 universities, ranking it at 6th overall in the UK (up three places from last year’s Guardian table).
Orwell Prize shortlists University of Warwick Human Rights Centre
The writer-in-residence of an online magazine produced by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice
at the University of Warwick has been shortlisted for her work by the prestigious George Orwell Prize for Journalism. Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi appears in the 2015 shortlist alongside journalists from household names such as The Economist, The Guardian and The Independent.
Two of the UK’s Leading Academic TV Stars Meet at University of Warwick Event
Professor Brian Cox, Physicist from the University of Manchester and Dr Michael Scott, Classicist from the University of Warwick will take part in a live debate and discussion at Warwick Arts Centre on Tuesday 19 May in front of an audience of over 1,350 people.