Press Releases
First phase completed in research project on live match communication
The Football Association of Wales and The University of Warwick have completed the first phase of an innovative research projectLink opens in a new window studying communication during live matches.
Children from Coventry schools discuss legacy of the transatlantic slave trade at cathedral
400 school children have gathered at Coventry Cathedral to explore the impact of the transatlantic slave trade.
Coventry & Scotland football legend Gordon Strachan brings one of UK’s most successful football education programmes to University of Warwick
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The Strachan Football Foundation, one of the UK’s most successful football education programmes, has announced today, Wednesday 31st March 2021, that it is to move its growing programme of sporting and educational support for young people to the extensive and world class sports facilities at the University of Warwick. |
University of Warwick hosts international child protection conference
The University of Warwick is hosting a major conference about child protection. Taking place between 8 and 11 April 2018, the event is organised by BASPCAN the membership association supporting child protection workers across the United Kingdom.
Football managers must talk the talk as well as walk the walk, research finds.
Football managers must choose their words and their interview strategies with care if they want to win over the fans and project a successful image, according to University of Warwick linguistics expert Kieran File.
In a new paper published in the Journal of Pragmatics, Dr File, from the University’s Centre for Applied Linguistics, explores how the language used by Manchester United manager David Moyes in his post-match interviews may have affected the fans’ confidence in his ability to govern the team.