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First PhD candidate selected for ARAP Programme in Singapore

Coventry University has selected PhD Candidate Dominik Klepl as the first researcher to join the A*STAR Research Attachment Programme (ARAP).


Research shows it is possible to stop smoking and simultaneously lose weight

As research suggests that both smoking and obesity are risk factors for developing severe COVID-19 symptoms and other life-threatening diseases, there has never been a better time for people to stop smoking and manage their weight at the same time.


Postgraduate researcher receives the ‘Rising Researcher Award’ for her work on suicide prevention

Mirabel Pelton, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, has been awarded the Rising Researcher Award for her work on suicide prevention in autistic adults.


Improving diagnosis and support of specific learning difficulties in the UK education system

The UK government has published a rapid evidence review by Professor Julia Carroll, from Coventry University’s Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment, on Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs).


Coventry University hosts first UK ‘Visualise Your Thesis’ Competition for Postgraduate Researchers

Postgraduate candidates from across the university put together short videos to bring their PhD projects to life.


Coventry’s RISING Global Peace Forum goes virtual as a result of the latest COVID-19 lockdown

Organisers of the internationally-recognised event, taking place from 11-13 November, have decided to move the whole event online in light of the Government’s new restrictions.


Researchers unveil secrets behind "Game of Thrones"

Researchers from Coventry University joined those from four other universities to probe how the sprawling, dynamic, complex narrative of A Song of Ice and Fire achieved broad accessibility and acclaim without surrendering to the need to be simplified.


RISING Global Peace Forum hailed as major success

Coventry’s RISING Global Peace Forum has been hailed a major success in helping to mobilise global influencers in efforts to deliver more positive cultures and peace around the world.


Addressing barriers to student success

Researchers from GLEA have contributed to a £7.5 million Office for Students (OfS) programme aimed at addressing differential educational and employment outcomes for underrepresented groups of students.


Art, dance and performance and its impact on space, culture and society

Researchers Professor Sarah Whatley and Dr Marie-Louise Crawley (C-DaRE), Dr Imogen Racz (CAMC) have teamed up with Dr Katerina Paramana (Brunel University), to produce a new book entitled Art and Dance in Dialogue: Body, Space, Object.


Driving manufacturing technological change in the region

The University of Nottingham, Loughborough University and Coventry University have recently launched the Midlands Centre for Data-Driven Metrology (MCDDM).


AME welcomes the next generation of engineers as demand for courses remains high

The award-winning Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), part of the Institute for Future Transport and Cities (IFTC) at Coventry University, has recorded its fifth full cohort of students onto its BEng and MEng courses.


New PhD Studentships with Coventry University beginning in 2021

Coventry University is inviting applications for a number of funded and self-funded PhD opportunities for prospective candidates, beginning in 2021.


IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2021)

Coventry University's Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems will be hosting the Conference on Computational Physics 2021, a series of conferences held annually under the auspices of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).


House, Home and the Domestic Symposium

Focusing on the home as an enclosed space with its surrounding parameters, this international symposium aims to encourage dialogues between different areas of expertise and highlight how these new meanings have been experienced within different countries.


Political Violence and Oil in Africa: The case of Nigeria

Dr Zainab Mai Bornu will introduce her research into oil and political violence in African conflicts, including a synoptic overview of a number of resource-rich countries in Africa.


Promoting agroecology and community water resources management in the tropics - lessons

Rose Hagen has a lifetime commitment to sustainable agriculture and forest management in Ireland and globally. She designed and is embedding an agro ecological approach in twelve Trócaire country programmes.


Chronic Pain: The Fear and Joy of Moving Webinar

A discussion panel with a physiotherapist, psychologist, dancer and person with lived experience of pain on the theme of ‘Chronic pain: the fear and joy of moving’.


The dynamics of sustainability risks in the global coffee supply chain: a case of Indonesia-UK

This event is part of the CBiS Seminar Series


Escape from Empire: Agroecological autonomy in European peripheries

This presentation summarises Simon's thesis, which explores the theoretical meaning of autonomy in agroecology and food sovereignty and explores farmers’ autonomy in Cornwall and Calabria.