Engagement Case Studies

Click hereLink opens in a new window to see our sustainability curriculum mapping work so far at Warwick.

Click hereLink opens in a new window to listen to Josh CleallLink opens in a new window, CEO of Team JumpLink opens in a new window, and Yurong TianLink opens in a new window discuss gamification, sustainability, and Warwick's Green Rewards PlatformLink opens in a new window.

The Energy and Sustainability team with the help of amazing volunteers relocated 135 amphibians this season.

Design Ecologies and Regenerative Practice (DI106-30), a core first-year module in Design Studies at Warwick, challenges students to reimagine design through systems thinking, biomimicry, circular economy principles, and life-centred design - developing the next generation of regenerative practitioners.

Click hereLink opens in a new window to listen to Dr Molly WilliamsLink opens in a new window and ⁠Gemma WilkinsLink opens in a new window⁠ discuss ⁠Warwick's white-clawed crayfish reintroduction projectLink opens in a new window⁠.

Click hereLink opens in a new window to listen to Helena RatcliffeLink opens in a new window, Students' Union Ethics and Environment OfficerLink opens in a new window, alongside Luke DaviesLink opens in a new window, Taran TalbottLink opens in a new window, and Finley Arcos-Archard from the Students' UnionLink opens in a new window Sustainability ForumLink opens in a new window, discuss how activism has shifted since COVID.

Click hereLink opens in a new window to listen to Gary StockerLink opens in a new window, Test Engineer and Green Champion at WMG, has spent over five years collecting niche recyclable materials across Warwick.

The second session of the Transatlantic Teaching Exchange SeriesLink opens in a new window brought together educators from over 20 institutions across the UK, US, and Canada to explore how sustainability can be meaningfully embedded in university curricula.

The University of Warwick has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tata Power, India’s leading integrated power company, to deliver research and innovation in grid modernisation, fast charging, power storage, industrial decarbonisation, digital energy systems, optimisation and advanced manufacturing approaches.

After building momentum with a Top 3 finish in the past two years, the University of Warwick has won the universities category of the Big Hog Friendly Litter Pick Challenge for the first time, recognising the University’s ongoing efforts to reduce litter and protect wildlife on campus and in the local community.

The University of Warwick joined partners at the Houses of Parliament to present CovConnects’ achievements in promoting digital inclusion and tech reuse in Coventry, tackling the digital divide through collaboration.

Our coppicing session brings together student and staff volunteers to support woodland health while creating positive social impact. Coppicing encourages new growth and increases biodiversity by allowing more light to reach the woodland floor, supporting a wider range of plants and wildlife and helping to build a more resilient ecosystem.

Dr Amrita Kulka and Dr Nikhil Datta have analysed billions of UK homebuyer searches, rental and sales listings, actual build patterns, and planning applications in a bid to discover why decades of house building targets haven’t solved the UK’s housing problems.

Our Community Engagement team is leading a school-based youth-focused mental health initiative in Coventry. The project aims to empower local pupils with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to support mental health and well-being among their peers.

The Curriculum Development Hub supports individuals and teams to design responsive, inclusive and sustainability-aligned curricula. It offers seminar and workshop series, Design Retreats, the Curriculum Conversations podcast, curated resources and bespoke support for programme and module development. Colleagues can also join a Teams network to stay informed about upcoming opportunities.

The University of Warwick is celebrating five years of transformative collaboration through the EUTOPIA alliance, a significant milestone in its commitment to challenge-led education and inclusive internationalisation across Europe.

Thirty white-clawed crayfish have just moved into a specially prepared ‘5-star hotel’ on campus, where they’ll be safe from invasive species and provided with everything they need to thrive.

WMG at The University of Warwick, has launched the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education United Kingdom Professor Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Transport delivering a keynote at the PAVE UK launch event (PAVE UK) with the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Transport, the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), and Transport for West Midlands, as its founding partners.

The High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult has officially opened a new cutting-edge digital factory hub in Baglan, South Wales.

Residents of a Coventry neighbourhood have taken part in a project that used virtual reality (VR) to showcase the benefits of energy-efficient homes.

The University of Warwick has been awarded three prizes from this year's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) prize portfolio.

Celebrating Biodiversity, Creativity and Sustainability at Warwick

As part of the University of Warwick’s 60th Anniversary celebrations, over 300 visitors joined us at the Innovation Campus in Wellesbourne for a vibrant day of discovery.

This toolkit provides a detailed resource that demonstrates gender inclusion in affordable housing delivery within low-income contexts.

The Museum of Climate Stories is project based at the University of Warwick which explores creative and imaginative ways of responding to the unfolding planetary emergency, by encouraging climate action at a local level.

Researchers in the Department of Economics are developing a place-based approach to housing retrofitting.

Wild Warwick was a new project for 2024/2025, aiming to promote wildlife and green spaces on campus. Read the case study to find out more.

The University of Warwick’s WMG was awarded £5.7m by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to form an electrifying Prosperity Partnership with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). WMG and JLR have been accelerating their electrification journey, and JLR is on the road to achieving carbon net zero by 2039.

WMG is collaborating with Pashley Cycles and three other SME across the Midlands to develop an electrically assisted, last mile delivery trike.

WMG, as part of a consortium led by ConigitalLink opens in a new window working on the Multi-Area Connected Automated Mobility (MACAM) project, which aims to establish a remote driving control hub that will oversee self-driving vehicles, placing Coventry at the driving force of transport innovation.

The University of Warwick’s research commercialisation wing, Warwick Innovations, has signed a contract with agronomy specialist Agrii to promote the commercial production of UK haricot beans developed by scientists at the University of Warwick.