Press Releases
Warwick welcomes the President of Bolivia to campus
The ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ has welcomed former student, His Excellency Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, back to the university’s Coventry campus to talk with students and to learn more about research being undertaken.
COP26 - Did student negotiators best the politicians?
As world leaders threw coins for luck at the closing of the G20 summit in Rome last weekend, delegates at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ held their breath for the results of a weekend of tense negotiations at the 2021 Warwick Climate Negotiating Forum (WNCF). Organised by and for students, the WCNF saw fifty attendees step into the shoes of delegates from 18 nations to hold their own global climate negotiations, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of climate campaigners.
High quality employment key to levelling up, argues expert group
The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda needs to address employment inequalities between regions, within regions and between people if it is to be effective says ReWAGE, the new independent think-tank based in the Institute for Employment Research at Warwick University.
Electric vehicles could be powered by Hydrogen harvested from sewage
Wastewater treatment is vital to remove pathogens, but is incredibly energy intensive. The ability to treat it more sustainably is a challenge researchers from WMG, ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ have been able to achieve, using recycled carbon fibre mats to produce hydrogen from waste water.
Exercise during lockdown fell particularly for groups most at risk
A study of UK resident’s exercise patterns during the COVID-19 lockdown in March-June 2020, has found that groups that were most at risk to the adverse effects of COVID-19 were impacted the most in terms of reducing their levels of exercise. Researchers led by WMG, ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ say targeted interventions are required to ensure physical and mental health impacts of sedentary behaviour do not exacerbate the risks to these groups.
The ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ and Cranfield University join forces to bring sustainability simulation game to COP26
On 1st November, the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ and Cranfield University will come together to host the Exploring Sustainable Futures Game at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The game is an innovative, role-playing, learning experience designed to engage participants in systematic and long-term thinking that will help them consider alternate methods to achieving a sustainable future by 2050.