Press Releases
Department for Transport to give keynote address at WMG’s Very Light Rail Conference
On the 28th November 2019, Steve Berry OBE, Head of Highways Maintenance, Innovation, Resilience, Light Rail and Cableways at the UK Department of Transport will give the keynote address at the Very Light Rail Conference being held at The Slate on the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ’s campus. He will speak about the potential for Very Light Rail to transform local public transport.
Used Electric Vehicles batteries could be used for rickshaws in Bangladesh
Used EV batteries could be used to power rickshaws in Bangladesh, as researchers from WMG, ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ, seeking to find out how they can be repurposed for the rickshaws and lower peoples’ carbon footprint.
Preterm children have similar temperament to children who were institutionally deprived
A child’s temperament is affected by the early stages of their life. Researchers from the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ, the University of Tennessee, University of Southampton and Kings College London have found children who were born very preterm (under 32 weeks gestation) or very low birthweight (under 1500g) had similar temperamental difficulties in controlling their impulses, to children who experienced institutional deprivation.
Replica of first Riley car will be back on the road with help from WMG
In a bid to get the first Riley car recreated and back on the roads of Coventry for City of Culture 2021, WMG, at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ, are helping with sponsorship to construct a replica engine which will complete a working replica of Percy's Riley 1898 Voiturette.
WMG hiring Engineering and Manufacturing experts, including prestigious Regius Professor
Three new exciting opportunities for engineering and manufacturing experts are being advertised at WMG, ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ, including Regius Professor of Manufacturing – which was last held by the late founder of WMG Professor Lord Bhattacharyya.
Warwick Computer Scientist secures Turing AI Fellowship
Dr Maria Liakata, Associate Professor in Natural Language Processing at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ’s Department of Computer Science, has received a Turing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fellowship.