Press Releases
Explore Warwick’s Modern Records Centre with the Heritage Open Days
The University of Warwick invites you to embark on a journey through time as part of the national Heritage Open Days festival.
LGBT+ in lockdown? Share your perspective with Queer/Disrupt
Queer/Disrupt, a student-led research collective based at the University of Warwick, wants LGBT+ creators and allies to submit their work for a new exhibition and permanent archive on the theme of “Queering the Quarantine.”
Modern Records Centre awarded Archive Service Accreditation
The University of Warwick’s Modern Records Centre (MRC) has been awarded Archive Service Accreditation.
Granted by the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee, the award is recognition of the MRC’s successful demonstration of meeting the UK standard around resourcing, collections management and providing access to collections and is regarded as the UK quality standard for archive services.
D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler
Research by Professor Richard Aldrich of Warwick’s Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) played a central part in a new Channel 4 documentary, broadcast this weekend, exploring how British intelligence enlisted the Royal Family as part of its scheme to mislead the Nazis about plans for the liberation of Europe.
Plan to oust Hitler reached Churchill thanks to Warwickshire businessman
Once secret documents held at the University of Warwick’s Modern Records Centre have shed new light on German plans to bring down Hitler, thanks to the correspondence between a Warwickshire industrialist and a top-ranking German official.
TUC General Secretary discusses Europe, worker's rights and the importance of history
As General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Frances O’Grady works to represent the 6.2 million members who belong to affiliated unions in England and Wales.
In this exclusive interview, recorded shortly after receiving an Honorary Docotrate of Laws by the University if Warwick, Frances discusses he she became involved with the trade union movement, the challenges currently facing trade unionists and what the TUC wants to see out of a renegotiation with the European Union.