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鈥淚t was a surreal moment when I found myself standing inside the Vice-Chancellor's office, carrying a boom box with our demo recording on it.鈥�

Throughout our 60th year we shared the stories of our colleagues who make the University tick with their energy, passion and commitment. Now, we鈥檙e pleased to bring back the Humans of Warwick series to celebrate even more of our amazing and diverse community.

We鈥痗atch up with Nia Fortune, who joined the University Executive Board (UEB) at the start of this academic year, to learn more about her鈥痚xperiences鈥痑nd鈥痟er鈥痶houghts on shaping this new role.鈥� 鈥�

Professor Swaran Singh (Warwick Medical School) has been appointed as a life peer – recognising his longstanding contributions to mental health research, clinical psychiatry and public service, including work on equality and human rights.

Professor Sonia Bhalotra (Economics), Professor Kirsty Hooper (Hispanic Studies) and Professor Celia Lury (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies) have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy – recognising the originality and influence of their research in the humanities and social sciences.

Colleagues will be very sad to hear of the death of Natalie Livermore, from the University Nursery.

Sioned Cash, Interim Director of Staff & Student Accommodation, joined teams during one of Warwick Accommodation鈥檚 busiest weekends to see first-hand the physical effort and fast pace involved in turning around 2,000 rooms at the end of the academic year.

It was great to see so many high-quality nominations for the new Above & Beyond Awards this year! Take a look at the full list of nominees.

A huge well done to everyone who was put forward by their colleagues for demonstrating our values. Want to celebrate a colleague? Look out for nominations reopening next academic year.

The Unitemps team have been recognised at the 2026 CUBO Awards for helping institutions reduce recruitment costs, creating sustainable commercial income and, most importantly, providing thousands of students with flexible, paid employment opportunities.

Warwick colleagues have built an open and supportive network bringing together widening participation professionals from 33 institutions. The thriving community supports collaboration across the sector and has picked up bronze for Collaboration of the Year at the HEIST Awards.