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Companies respond positively to Coventry University’s business-focussed approach News

The Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry University held its first annual open day for business on Wednesday 20 March 2013.


Archbishop of Canterbury visits Coventry University to discuss shared vision for a peaceful world News

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby today visited Coventry University to discuss new ways for the church and the University to join forces in advancing a shared vision for transforming violent conflict worldwide.


Dutch Integrate Police Training Mission in Afghanistan News

During January and February 2013, Dr Chuck Thiessen and Laura Payne completed an assessment report of the Dutch-led police training activities and justice support work in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan.


Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship News

Dr Brittain was recently successful in a Framework 7 bid for a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship worth 300,000 Euros to bring a Brazilian researcher to the University for two years from September this year.


Pinball wizards launch Degree Show at Coventry University News

Coventry School of Art and Design kick started the 2013 Degree Show with a game of "human pinball" in the city centre’s Broadgate Square.


Students cultural exchange to Jordan helps schools News

Students from Coventry University have returned from the trip of a lifetime which saw them volunteer to help rejuvenate a deprived school in Jordan and build links with education provider.


Performing Arts Festival showcases the best of student theatre, music and dance News

Performing arts students will be showcasing their work to the public as part of Coventry School of Art and Design’s Degree Show 2013.


Sustainable growth the focus for University at West Midlands exhibition News

Coventry University will be attending a conference in Birmingham on Tuesday 23rd April which showcases the work being undertaken all over Europe to encourage innovation and sustainable growth.


Children’s Social Care Training Delivered News

In March, Geraldine Brown and Geraldine Brady delivered CPD training to Children’s Social Care professionals working in Flintshire, Wales.  The training programme built on the three previous programmes developed to enable those working in health, education and social care practice to positively impact on the experience of pregnant teenagers, young parents and their families.


BES funded Seminar Series ‘Women and Social Justice’. News

 In the first seminar on 21 February Dr Pam Lowe (Aston University) and Geraldine Brown (SURGE) presented papers on ‘Exploring the concept of sexual exploitation’. A number of interesting and thought-provoking issues were raised regarding sexual exploitation.


Dr Geraldine Brady has book chapter published News

Geraldine Brady has had a book chapter published. The Policy Press book ‘Family Troubles? Exploring changes and challenges in the family lives of children and young people’ raises the question of how ‘normal’ family troubles and troubled and troubling families are understood in current policy and research. Geraldine’s contribution, ‘Children’s non-conforming behaviour: personal trouble or public issue?’,


SURGE Welcomes PhD Student Linda Mann News

In January SURGE welcomed Linda Mann who began a BES funded PhD studentship, she is exploring women's experience of homelessness and is being supervised by Dr Geraldine Brady and Professor Nigel Berkeley.


Spoken Corpora host workshop News

Coventry University hosted a workshop on spoken corpora for postgraduate students in the region to present their work and share ideas. The session concluded with some inter-coder reliability testing on the ELC annotations


Celebrity chef recipe study highlights healthy eating concerns News

Research by Coventry academics has revealed that meal recipes promoted by celebrity chefs in Britain could be a hidden contributing factor to the country’s obesity epidemic and associated public health concerns.


Innovation, Internationalisation, Sustainable Growth Lessons from Europe News

Dr David Jarvis and Professor David Bailey participated in the ‘Innovation, Internationalisation, Sustainable Growth Lessons from Europe’ event at Birmingham Science Park, Aston on 23rd April. 


Innovation in Sport Business Summit News

Euroleague Basketball has announced that it will host the ‘Innovation in Sport Business Summit’ in London on Thursday, 9th May. The event, which will take place ahead of the 2013 Turkish Airlines Final Four in London, will include a high profile panel of sport industry leaders who will debate and share high-level insight on ways to innovate in sport – whether through technology or community-led programmes.


Meeting of ‘enigmatic’ minds produces a twisted fairy tale News

Two students who met while studying at Coventry University have collaborated on a new theatre production to be presented during the university’s SPECTRUM 2013 Performing Arts Festival.


Students challenged to help boost Coventry’s status as a ‘social’ city News

Enterprising students from Coventry University’s Business School have been coming up with ideas to make the city centre a better place to socialise with friends and family.


Industry leaders to debate how to boost SMEs at free innovation masterclass News

Leaders from some of Europe’s largest companies will be gathering in Birmingham later this month to discuss the role that open innovation and collaboration can play in boosting the economy.


Funding boost for University’s new low carbon manufacturing institute News

A new manufacturing institute to be created by Coventry University in partnership with Unipart Group will receive part of a £50m fund from the government to help drive growth and to cement the West Midlands’ image as a world-leading area for engineering.