cpc
01
Jan

Centre for Postdigital Cultures Launched

On Wednesday the 7th of February, the Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC), a new Faculty Research Centre at Coventry University, held it’s ‘soft’ launch.

Busy street of people.
01
Jan

Rukshanda Naz Alumnus Reflection

I am an activist in the Pakistani women’s movement since the early 1990s. A lawyer by profession, I also worked with a number of NGOs on issues of violence against women...

Person speaking in to megaphone
01
Jan

C-DaRE E-Book

A World of Muscle, Bone & Organs: Research and Scholarship in Dance is an e-book exploring contemporary ideas and themes in the research and practice of dance.

Bottle gourds growing
01
Jan

The Conversation Articles by CAWR

Our researchers have been busy writing for The Conversation and on this page you will be able to read the latest articles. The Conversation is a hugely popular and...

digital echoes
20
Dec

Digital Echoes Symposium 2018 - Reflections Off the...

As an acoustic phenomenon, an echo is a reflection of sound off a surface. The time it takes to reach this surface and return is proportional to the distance between the...

Mapping the global impact of shrinking glaciers on river invertebrates
18
Dec

Mapping the global impact of shrinking glaciers on...

River invertebrates react the same way to decreasing glacier cover wherever in the world they are, say scientists who have evaluated more than one million of them in...

Schools’ resource helps children with special educational needs
29
Nov

Schools’ resource helps children with special...

Coventry University research has helped the Department for Education create an interactive resource for teachers and school staff.

Crowded street
28
Nov

First responders in war-torn Syria feel ‘abandoned’...

First responders providing emergency aid to civilians in horrific conditions in Syria’s war-torn cities feel ‘abandoned’ by the international community, a survey found.

Coffee shop customers dislike using reusable cups that would help reduce plastic waste as they believe they are ‘inconvenient’
23
Nov

Coffee shop customers dislike using reusable cups...

Too many coffee shop customers are put off using recyclable cups because they feel it reduces the convenience of having takeaway coffee, a Coventry University industry...

“Muscles and money”: What photos of men taken covertly on the London Underground say about modern day attraction
14
Nov

“Muscles and money”: What photos of men taken...

People still desire the traditional masculine values of muscles and money in the men they find attractive and have not moved on from long-established gender roles,...

Why do we believe in gods? Religious belief not linked to intuition or rational thinking, new research suggests
08
Nov

Why do we believe in gods? Religious belief not...

Religious beliefs are not linked to intuition or rational thinking, according to new research by the universities of Coventry and Oxford.

Trust in healthcare undermined by "bad apples", new research reveals
03
Nov

Trust in healthcare undermined by "bad apples", new...

Research by Coventry University based on analysis of 6,714 cases of professional misconduct by health and care professionals has identified three types of perpetrator,...