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Warwick Arts Centre gets ready to open doors to its Phantom Sculpture exhibition

 Warwick Arts Centre will welcome visitors to its Mead Gallery as the Phantom Sculpture exhibition opens from 5 October – 10 March 2024.

Wed 04 Oct 2023, 15:23 | Tags: Warwick Arts Centre, events, art, Exhibition, Turner Prize, Arts

World’s brightest students to meet at Warwick to discuss some of the biggest challenges facing humanity

Some of the brightest young minds from around the world will gather at the University of Warwick to discuss how to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the globe.

Mon 03 Apr 2023, 13:52 | Tags: Event, International, events, vice chancellor, undergraduates, EUTOPIA

Green Week supports local communities find their green culture

Communities across Coventry and Warwickshire are being urged to make the fifth annual Green Week a launchpad to begin their sustainable journey.


Entrepreneurs invited to enter Minerva Birmingham’s Pitch Up 2022 competition

Applications to Minerva Birmingham’s Pitch Up 2022 competition have opened. Formerly known as ‘Pitchfest WM’ and now in its 7th year, Pitch Up is a collaboration, co-delivered by Minerva Business Angels, part of the University of Warwick Science Park Ltd, the Centre for Growth at Aston University, and University of Birmingham Enterprise.


Science spectacular back in action at the University of Warwick

Scientists from the University of Warwick will be leaving their labs and striding on stage next week to entertain and amaze audiences as the Christmas Lectures series returns next week.


Online exhibition of artworks by Coventry artists reflecting university research launches in December

· The University of Warwick and Coventry University will launch Coventry Creates 2021, a second online exhibition of collaborative work between researchers and Coventry artists.


COP26 - Did student negotiators best the politicians?

As world leaders threw coins for luck at the closing of the G20 summit in Rome last weekend, delegates at the University of Warwick held their breath for the results of a weekend of tense negotiations at the 2021 Warwick Climate Negotiating Forum (WNCF). Organised by and for students, the WCNF saw fifty attendees step into the shoes of delegates from 18 nations to hold their own global climate negotiations, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of climate campaigners.

Wed 03 Nov 2021, 09:52 | Tags: events, COP26

The Apocalypse is Now! and Sampling Sounds of Coventry’s Future - October events revealed

A festival taking place this month is aiming to answer big questions such as What does the future of Coventry sound like? and How accurately do blockbuster sci-fi space films like Gravity nail the actual science?


Environmental research takes centre stage for 2021 Festival of Social Science

Warwick researchers will host a month-long series of free events as the university’s contribution to the 2021 ESRC Festival of Social Science. This year’s programme has a strong focus on environmental issues, reflecting the UK’s role as host of the COP26 conference.


Cultural mega events must bring about change, but the cultural sector must change first, says conference report

Cultural mega events must bring about societal change – and to do this the sector itself must become equitable and open to new collaboration. These are the conclusions of a report published by the University of Warwick.


Major summit hosted by Coventry’s universities to discuss direction of travel for cultural policy

The University of Warwick and Coventry University will host a major summit of regional and national leaders this month to present plans for the impact and legacy of cultural mega-events like City of Culture.


Manels, Wanels and vacuuming - can conferences be more inclusive?

A ground-breaking collection of papers examining gender, conference participation, and academic progress across the globe has been co-edited by Warwick researcher Dr Emily Henderson. Thoughtful Gatherings, a special issue of the academic journal Gender and Education, is the first collection of gender and feminist scholarship specifically focusing on conferences and includes papers from the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and India.


Lasers, rockets and explosions as Christmas lectures return to Warwick

Lasers, chemical reactions and the biggest explosion allowed in Warwick Arts Centre are among the spectacles promised at this year’s Christmas Lectures at the University of Warwick.


Seven-year old inventor sees her machine made real at University of Warwick’s Family Day

Over 5,000 people visited the University of Warwick’s special science themed Family Day at the weekend. Among them was seven-year-old Evie Williams who won the University’s Rube Goldberg machine competition.


Post-16 students glimpse their futures at British Science Festival

Post-16 students from across Coventry and Warwickshire will get a glimpse into the future – and the tools to shape their own – as they develop their employability skills with some of the region’s top employers at the University of Warwick.

Fri 06 Sep 2019, 11:12 | Tags: Event, events, schools, British Science Festival

Bringing science into the heart of Coventry

This year’s British Science Festival won’t just be confined to the University of Warwick, as researchers take their cutting edge science into the heart of Coventry with a selection of evening events in some of the city’s most popular venues.

Mon 02 Sep 2019, 11:44 | Tags: Event, events, British Science Festival

Fun, frolics and fitness at the Festival

The British Science Association (BSA) and the University of Warwick have today (12 August 2019) announced an extra evening of events at British Science Festival. Late night fitness: raising the bar will take place on Wednesday 11 September in a free takeover of the Sports and Wellness Hub on campus at the University of Warwick.


Coventry and Warwickshire community groups get funding boost from British Science Festival

Eight community groups in Coventry and Warwickshire are to benefit from extra funding for activities that open up science to traditionally underrepresented groups as part of the British Science Festival held in partnership with the University of Warwick in September.


University event in Tile Hill aims to find first-hand memories of Coventry health centre

People who grew up in post-war Coventry and have memories of the heath centre on Jardine Crescent are being invited to share their stories at an event in Tile Hill this weekend.


Revealed: Full line-up for this year’s British Science Festival

The British Science Association (BSA) has today (25 June) unveiled the full programme and opened bookings for the British Science Festival 2019 held in partnership with the University of Warwick

Wed 26 Jun 2019, 08:32 | Tags: Event, events, British Science Festival