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Welcome to our new WIE Fellows!

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:45:00 GMT

We're delighted to welcome 12 new WIE Fellows from a variety of faculties and disciplines across the University! Our Fellows are champions for all things public engagement and help us to promote and improve this across Warwick and beyond.

Sign up for 1-Hour Engagement Webinars with Dr Jamie Gallagher

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:04:00 GMT

Join Dr Jamie Gallagher, a trainer, consultant and engagement specialist, for a range of free, 1-hour webinars hosted in collaboration with New Scientist Live and C- Dice. Click on each session below to find out more and sign-up.

Creative-sci-com: from stand to stage | On Demand

Discover what you should be doing to super charge your science communication.

Event Planning for Public Engagement | 13 February, 1-2pm

Step by step processes to organise safe, inclusive and well-organised public facing events.

Researchers on TikTok | 19 February, 1-2pm

Discover how researchers are using videos to increase their reach, profile and impact. Total beginners welcome.

Dealing with Evaluation Data | 20 February, 1-2pm

How do you capture evaluation data? What should you ask? How do you use it for reporting? This packed hour is filled with essential information evaluating engagement projects.

Lasting Impression | 13 March, 1-2pm

Give the most interesting, memorable and engaging talks possible. Forget all the rules you thought you knew about presenting and discover the techniques helping thousands of nervous speakers find their comfort in the presentation space.

Jamie has worked across dozens of institutions every year, helping improve the reach, profile and impact of research in almost every academic discipline. His sessions are packed full of actionable info and designed to be interactive and inclusive as well as accommodating to a range of preferred learning styles.

You can learn more about Jamie's training at his website.

Former WIE Fellow Dr Tom Goodman recognised in New Year Honours List

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:16:00 GMT

Dr Tom Goodman, a WIE Fellow from 2022 - 2024, has been recognised in the King's New Year Honours List for 2026! The New Year Honours List recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK.

Tom has received a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Technology in the West Midlands. He is the CEO and founder of Hack The Midlands, a creative, unique space for technologists to connect. He is also the organiser of the TechMids Conference - a flagship West Midlands event which brought together 210 technologists and 24 world class speakers in November 2025. Congratulations Tom!

Read our 2024-25 Annual Report

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:07:00 GMT

We're delighted to share with you our annual report 2024-25! The report is rich in success stories from this academic year and is a real celebration of the fantastic public and community engagement work taking place across University of Warwick.

You can read the full report here.

Knowledge Exchange Framework results success

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:46:00 GMT

The Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) results have been published and we're so proud that the University of Warwick is rated 'very high' in relation to its public and community engagement. That is the second highest score out of all participating UK universities. Well done to all those who are involved in achieving this excellent result!

You can read the full KEF results here, and University of Warwick's statement about this here.

Celebrating the 2025 WAPCE Awardees - Video

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:47:00 GMT

Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the WAPCE awards! Watch our video here to learn more about the WAPCEs and the vital work some of the 2025 awardees have done. You can also learn more about all of the 2025 awardees here.

The Warwick Awards for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE) seek to recognise the vital contributions Warwick staff and students make in engaging the public - on an international level as well as crucially within our region and local communities - in our learning and discovery, with the goals of sharing and co-producing knowledge, strengthening the role we play in the region and showcasing the role Warwick plays nationally and internationally in making the world a better place.

Say My Name Project Collaborates with Premier League Football Team

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:02:00 GMT

Warwick Law School's Professor Jane Bryan, creator of the 'Say My Name' project here at Warwick, has collaborated with Brentford FC to create their own name campaign as part of Premier League's No Room for Racism week held during Black History Month.

Professor Bryan has been working with the Premier League to share the importance of names and correct name use for some time now. However, following a graduation speech on the football club’s current inclusion projects given by Kaammini Chanrai, the Equality and Inclusion Director for Brentford FC, Jane reached out to them directly to see if they would be interested in hearing more about the Say My Name project and how they could potentially work together to create change.

The connection grew from there and Jane was delighted to support them in creating their own name campaign for the Premier League’s No Room for Racism Week. After several meetings with their E&I and communications teams, where they discussed initial research and how to develop their campaign, Jane shared the Say My Name resources so they could be adapted for their purpose.

Brentford used Jane’s ideas around the importance of names and the negative impact of routine name misuse (avoidance/mispronunciation) on inclusion and visibility to underpin their activities around names. They also used her prompts to create talking points for the fans, adding to previous initiatives the club have implemented to try and build community.

During their home fixture against Ipswich Town on Saturday 26 October, Brentford highlighted the importance of names in creating inclusive and respectful communities, supporting the Say My Name project, as part of the wider Premier League’s No Room for Racism campaign.

Brentford players wore warm up shirts ahead of kick-off on matchday highlighting the phonetic spelling of their names on their backs. These names were also shared on big screens inside the stadium, as well as graphics encouraging fans to share name pronunciations and stories with each other. Whilst club ambassador Marcus Gayle was interviewed pitch side about Black History Month and discussed the Say My Name activity and its importance in creating inclusive environments. The campaign was also shared across their social media channels, reaching an even wider audience.

And their engagement with the Say My Name project didn’t stop there. Marcus Gayle alongside former player Marcus Bean, delivered a Black History Month panel session to staff, where respectful interactions around names and inclusivity was discussed.

When asked about the collaboration, Jane shared: “I am delighted to see Brentford taking my academic research and using it to create something so exciting and relevant to the players and the fans about the importance of respecting names.”

If you would like to learn more, please visit the Say My Name webpages.

Find out more about No Room for Racism and how Brentford supports the Say My Name project here.

Collaboration funding leads to exciting project with SVG2 and St Paul's Cathedral

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:57:00 GMT

Professor Kate Astbury (SMLC) has been co-producing research with arts and heritage organisation SV2G (St Vincent and the Grenadines Second Generation) for 3 years now, thanks to funding from the Warwick Institute of Engagement. When St Paul’s Cathedral contacted Kate about finding a community group to develop community-assisted curations of monuments related to the British involvement in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, she approached SV2G to see if they would like to be involved. Between October 2023 and April 2024, SV2G members worked with Cathedral staff, Kate and her PhD student Abigail Coppins, as well as historians David Lambert, Désha Osborne and Kristy Warren to centre the Caribbean voice in the Revolutionary Wars. SV2G members spent time in the Cathedral library and in the National Archives as part of their research into the history of the Windward Islands in the late 18th century. The story of the Revolutionaries captured and taken to Portchester Castle forms an important part of the trail and firmly links this project to our previous work collaboration work together.

The trail was launched on 6^th October 2024 and can also be seen online here.

The Flame of Friendship Finale Event

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:37:00 GMT

In the run up to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games, 63 Coventry primary, secondary and special educational needs schools participated in a torch relay, the Flame of Friendship, leaving Coventry Cathedral on Thursday 22nd February and finishing on the University of Warwick campus on Monday 8th July. Here are some hilights of the race:

3,720 pupils took part in the relay.
40 schools visited Warwick for the finale
At the finale we had just over 700 teachers and pupils in attendance and 490 individuals access the live stream with a number of those being whole classes/schools watching in their classrooms/halls).
An accompanying activity book was produced whih had 14 challenges each linked to a child-friendly description of a piece or area of UoW research.
15,600 books will be delivered to Coventry school pupils next week.

The BBC did live coverage of the event, which can be found here. A special thanks goes to Kerry Baker, WIE Associate Director and Rebecca Bollands from Earlsdon Primary School who were the masterminds behind this unifying project.

Welcome to our new team members!

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:04:00 GMT

Join us in welcoming our new Administrative assistant, Abbie! We're delighted to have her to join the team. She is passionate about creating inclusive ways of working and looks forward to supporting the team with their exciting events and opportunities. To find out more about Abbie, head to our website here!

Welcome to our 8 summer interns every success with their placements that begin over the next few weeks. Many thanks to our partners: Together for Change, Culture Coventry Trust, Health Determinants Research Collaboration, Coventry (Coventry City Council), Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick’s Regional Strategy and Partnerships team and colleagues within WIE for hosting interns this summer. We’re looking forward to sharing details of the projects they undertake over summer!