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University of Warwick receives £1.2 million donation to advance antimicrobial resistance research

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Alumnus Dr David Stirling’s generous contribution will support Warwick to Set the Pace in health equity – ensuring people everywhere benefit from medical research breakthroughs.

University of Warwick receives £1 million donation from local trust

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT

As part of Warwick’s Set the Pace philanthropic campaign, The 29^th May 1961 Charitable Trust donates £1m, continuing decades-long support.

University of Warwick launches “Set the Pace” campaign to raise £250m to tackle global challenges

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Set the Pace aims to raise £250m and inspire 20,000 acts of volunteering to accelerate solutions to some of the world’s most urgent and complex issues.

University of Warwick to lead clean energy storage revolution with £10 million gift

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:30:00 GMT

Warwick establishes the Hartnoll Centre for Experimental Fuel Technologies, to advance sustainable electrical chemistry research with a £10 million gift from alumnus Tim Hartnoll.

Read about the £10m donation

University of Warwick launches search for long-lost Theatre and Performance Studies graduates to help celebrate the department’s 50th birthday

Thu, 29 May 2025 16:28:32 GMT

Theatre and Performance Studies at The University of Warwick is turning 50 in 2025, and the department is appealing for their former students to come home and help mark the half-century milestone.

Trailblazing Warwick Alumni Group Honoured with Inaugural Ashton Award in Namibia

Wed, 21 May 2025 11:20:00 GMT

The University of Warwick has proudly presented the inaugural Ashton Award to an extraordinary group of alumni who studied at Warwick between 1979 and 1989, in recognition of their collective achievements in shaping the transformation of Namibia.

University of Warwick appoints former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Advocate Bience Gawanas as new Chancellor

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:08:00 GMT

The Namibian lawyer, diplomat and social justice advocate, Adv. Bience Gawanas has been appointed as the new Chancellor of The University of Warwick.

Embracing Alopecia at University: Advice I Wish I'd Given My First-Year Self

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:30:00 GMT

Visible Difference Campaigner Laura Mathias, (BA Film and Literature, 2013) shares the challenges she faced with alopecia when starting university, and how her time at The University of Warwick helped her overcome her anxieties and fully embrace her true self.

Breaking the Silence: Tackling Period Poverty in India as 23% drop out of school when they hit puberty

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 23:05:00 GMT

Soumya Dabriwal, a University of Warwick alumna, is challenging one of India's most deep-seated issues—the stigma surrounding menstruation.

Meet the athletes competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics from The University of Warwick

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:30:00 GMT

Five University of Warwick students and alumni, will be heading to Paris to compete in this year’s Olympics and Paralympics.