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The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Announces the 2023 Shortlist.

Eight titles have been shortlisted for the 2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. Now in its seventh year, the prize has recieved a record-breaking 153 eligible entries representing 32 languages - the largest number of submission to date. The winner will be announced on the 23rd November 2023 at a ceremony in London. The winning author and translator will receive £1000.


University of Warwick trio win prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes

Three world-class researchers from the University of Warwick have been recognised for their outstanding work by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Wed 14 Jun 2023, 13:51 | Tags: Awards, Chemistry, Prize

Nominations open for Papin Prizes to recognise technical excellence in higher education and research

This year’s prizes include the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given in honour of Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, founder Chairman of WMG at the University of Warwick, who was a passionate champion of the work of technicians.

Tue 02 Feb 2021, 15:59 | Tags: Prize

University of Warwick’s Claire Lucas named one of Top 50 Women in Engineering

Claire Lucas from the University of Warwick is one of the winners of the Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) awards, announced by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) today (23 June 2020). 

Tue 23 Jun 2020, 09:00 | Tags: women, Engineering, Environment, Prize, Athena Swan, work, STEM, Education

University of Warwick technician wins prestigious Papin Prize

A technician from the University of Warwick has won a prestigious Papin Prize at the HETS (Higher Education Technicians Summit) conference in Birmingham on the 25th June 2019.

Steven Hindmarsh from the University of Warwick was given the award for technical excellence in supporting a Core Research Facility – The Electron Microscopy Research Technology Platform.

Wed 26 Jun 2019, 12:07 | Tags: University of Warwick, Physics, Awards, research, Prize, Sciences

Royal Astronomical Society’s Herschel Medal awarded to Warwick researcher

The Royal Astronomical Society’s 2018 Herschel Medal has been awarded to a University of Warwick astrophysicist - Professor Tom Marsh.


Warwick gravitational waves physicist wins Blavatnik Young Scientists Award

An astrophysicist from the University of Warwick has been named a 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom Finalist, winning $30,000.


University of Warwick scoops four Leverhulme prizes

Four University of Warwick academics have won Philip Leverhulme Prizes in the 2017 awards round.


Celebrating technical staff at Higher Education Technicians Summit

Technical staff at UK and Ireland universities will be celebrated at the national Higher Education Technicians Summit 2017 (HETS 2017) – hosted by the Midlands Innovation Universities, in partnership with the Science Council – at the University of Warwick this May.


Warwick chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry prize

Professor Greg Challis, from the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry, is the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize winner for 2017.

Tue 09 May 2017, 09:58 | Tags: University of Warwick, UK, Awards, Chemistry, Academic staff, Prize, Sciences

Head of Life Sciences shortlisted for BBSRC Innovation Award

Professor Laura Green, Head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, has been shortlisted for an Innovator of the Year award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).


Submissions open for The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award 2017 in association with the University of Warwick

Submissions are now open for The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award 2017 – now in association with the University of Warwick – with organisers issuing a broad call for entries to the prize, which rewards the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author aged 18-35. Self-published authors in particular are being encouraged to apply.

Fri 07 Apr 2017, 09:27 | Tags: Prize

AL Kennedy receives prestigious Heine Prize of Dusseldorf

Alison Kennedy, Professor of Creative Writing in the English and Comparative Literature Department at the University of Warwick has been awarded the Heinrich Heine Prize 2016 of the state capital Dusseldorf.

Tue 11 Oct 2016, 15:25 | Tags: Literature, Academic staff, English, Prize

WBS team wins £15,000 at SWIFT Fintech competition

Six students from Warwick Business School have won £15,000 after their Fintech idea wowed judges at the SWIFT Business Forum London.

Mon 25 Apr 2016, 11:55 | Tags: Technology, Warwick Business School, Students, Prize

Beyond the frontline: Phil Klay’s Redeployment wins the Warwick Prize for Writing 2015

Phil Klay wins £25,000 for ‘a scaldingly affecting book’ in the biennial interdisciplinary award run by the University of Warwick.

Wed 11 Nov 2015, 08:54 | Tags: writing, Prize, Arts

Landmark publications and research by University of Warwick academics awarded Bainton Book Prizes for Art History and Reference

Several members of the Warwick community have been recognised by the international Sixteenth Century Society this month for their outstanding publications that showcase Warwickshire’s rich cultural heritage.

Fri 30 Oct 2015, 11:54 | Tags: History of Art, Community and region, Academic staff, Prize