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New research consortium will use AI to support national security analysts

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT

University of Warwick is part of a new £1m consortium with the Alan Turing Institute to develop AI methods for national security and defence.

Hiroshima survivor to speak to young people at The University of Warwick

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:03:14 GMT

Kyoko Gibson, whose life has been marked by her parents’ exposure to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, will speak to students and youth at The University of Warwick as part of the ‘This is Our Age’ Peace Festival.

Levelling Up Secretary hails region's 'visionary local leaders' as West Midlands Deeper Devolution Deal confirmed at Warwick

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:43:00 GMT

The Levelling Up Secretary and West Midlands Mayor Andy Street have signed a landmark deeper devolution deal for the region at the University of Warwick today, marking a seismic shift in power, funding and responsibility from Whitehall to the West Midlands.

“Clunky and challenging” – views on getting married in England and Wales outlined in new briefing

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:00:06 GMT

The law on weddings in England and Wales has been too slow to respond to religious and cultural diversity and the increasing number of people who do not identify with any religion at all, finds a new study led by University of Warwick researcher Dr Rajnaara Akhtar of Warwick Law School.

New book explores Britain’s three-hundred year fight against corruption

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:23:00 GMT

In his new book published this week Professor Mark Knights presents a history of corruption in Britain and its empire between 1600 and 1850, and explores its reform processes. Trust and Distrust: Corruption in Office in Britain and its Empire, 1600-1850 reveals a colourful history of scandals, dramatic trials, illicitly gained wealth and a campaigning press intent on exposing misconduct despite governmental attempts to stifle it.

Researchers point to populism’s appeal to victimhood and resentment

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A new study from the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick combines research on populist rhetoric, emotions and security in order to examine how particular groups of voters are mobilized.

Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on BAME carers in Coventry and Leicester

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:11:00 GMT

The impact of COVID-19 on older people and their carers in Coventry and Leicester’s BAME communities will be explored as part of a major new study into how social and economic inequalities have affected health and care provision during the pandemic.

Political researchers to study how ideas become "framed" for debate

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:40:00 GMT

Who decides how political ideas are ‘framed,’ and how are these frames shared with others? A new international three-year project led by Dr Ozlem Atikcan of Warwick’s Department of Politics and International Studies, Professor Anna Holzscheiter of Germany’s TU Dresden, and Professor Jean- Frédéric Morin of Canada’s Université Laval aims to find out.

UK study will evaluate the particular pressures of COVID-19 on working-class women

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:17:00 GMT

The impact of COVID-19 on working-class women in the UK will be explored by a team of researchers from the University of Warwick, the University of Nottingham and the Women’s Business Group in a new year-long study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, part of UKRI.

10 years since the austerity budget - researchers explore impact on life in the UK

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:24:00 GMT

The economic shock of coronavirus has brought perennial questions about government borrowing and spending, NHS funding, social care and welfare, inequality in income and education, and wellbeing, into renewed focus. In a special edition of Advantage magazine published to mark 10 years since the Austerity budget, leading economists reflect on these issues and consider what lessons can be learnt as the UK plans its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.