Organic agriculture summer school to support capacity building in Nigeria
04
Jul

Organic agriculture summer school to support capacity...

Nigerian scientists, farmers and business professionals with a keen interest in organic agriculture are to be upskilled via the expertise of the Director of Coventry...

University academic talks agroecology at Royal Geographical Society conference
02
Jul

University academic talks agroecology at Royal...

A sustainable agriculture expert from Coventry University will make her case for how the barriers currently preventing the widespread implementation of agroecology can...

Lecturer's maths model simulates Euro 2012 final
29
Jun

Lecturer's maths model simulates Euro 2012 final

Spain is the team most likely to score first in Sunday’s UEFA European Football Championship final, but Italy has more chance of following up a successful strike with a...

Dr David Jarvis has two papers accepted
14
Jun

Dr David Jarvis has two papers accepted

Dr David Jarvis has had two papers accepted

'International perspective on youth work practice and education' Workshop
12
Jun

'International perspective on youth work practice and...

A workshop for youth work lecturers (HE and FE) and practitioners, funded by the Higher Education Academy, was held at Coventry University on 14 June 2012 addressing...

Study shows sexy celebrity image is unattainable for most women
28
May

Study shows sexy celebrity image is unattainable for...

Celebrity culture makes women feel worse about themselves as they cannot afford to emulate the ideal, according to a paper published in the Journal of Gender Studies.

Seminar series at Coventry University looks to the future of transport
04
May

Seminar series at Coventry University looks to the...

A free seminar series at Coventry University is set to explore how the transport systems of the future can be designed to boost economic growth, reduce carbon emissions...

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19
Mar

Hilary Nesi and Sheena Gardner receive funding from...

Hilary Nesi and Sheena Gardner have received follow-on funding from the ESRC (ES/J010995/1, March 2012-February 2013) to draw on the original project findings and...

Health app design and evaluation service launched by Coventry University
27
Feb

Health app design and evaluation service launched by...

Two of Coventry University’s applied research institutes are collaborating to launch a new app design and evaluation service for smart phone and tablet devices.

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07
Feb

JISC fund development of Word Tree

JISC has funded the development of a Word Tree interface for the corpus.

New grants to open doors for West Midlands SMEs in the low carbon vehicle sector
26
Jan

New grants to open doors for West Midlands SMEs in...

A new initiative backed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) will provide a boost for West Midlands-based companies looking to develop low carbon...

New research centre to tackle issue of food and water security worldwide
13
Jan

New research centre to tackle issue of food and water...

A new research and development centre that will play a leading role in alleviating rural poverty and ensuring food and water security worldwide is being launched by...