Busy street of people.
01
Jan

Rukshanda Naz Alumnus Reflection

I am an activist in the Pakistani women’s movement since the early 1990s. A lawyer by profession, I also worked with a number of NGOs on issues of violence against women...

digital echoes
20
Dec

Digital Echoes Symposium 2018 - Reflections Off the...

As an acoustic phenomenon, an echo is a reflection of sound off a surface. The time it takes to reach this surface and return is proportional to the distance between the...

Mapping the global impact of shrinking glaciers on river invertebrates
18
Dec

Mapping the global impact of shrinking glaciers on...

River invertebrates react the same way to decreasing glacier cover wherever in the world they are, say scientists who have evaluated more than one million of them in...

Schools’ resource helps children with special educational needs
29
Nov

Schools’ resource helps children with special...

Coventry University research has helped the Department for Education create an interactive resource for teachers and school staff.

Crowded street
28
Nov

First responders in war-torn Syria feel ‘abandoned’...

First responders providing emergency aid to civilians in horrific conditions in Syria’s war-torn cities feel ‘abandoned’ by the international community, a survey found.

Coffee shop customers dislike using reusable cups that would help reduce plastic waste as they believe they are ‘inconvenient’
23
Nov

Coffee shop customers dislike using reusable cups...

Too many coffee shop customers are put off using recyclable cups because they feel it reduces the convenience of having takeaway coffee, a Coventry University industry...

“Muscles and money”: What photos of men taken covertly on the London Underground say about modern day attraction
14
Nov

“Muscles and money”: What photos of men taken...

People still desire the traditional masculine values of muscles and money in the men they find attractive and have not moved on from long-established gender roles,...

Why do we believe in gods? Religious belief not linked to intuition or rational thinking, new research suggests
08
Nov

Why do we believe in gods? Religious belief not...

Religious beliefs are not linked to intuition or rational thinking, according to new research by the universities of Coventry and Oxford.

Trust in healthcare undermined by "bad apples", new research reveals
03
Nov

Trust in healthcare undermined by "bad apples", new...

Research by Coventry University based on analysis of 6,714 cases of professional misconduct by health and care professionals has identified three types of perpetrator,...

Coding on screen
01
Nov

ITS Market Watch: Valuable insights from 4 case...

The market for ‘Intelligent Transport Systems’ (ITS) is changing rapidly: topics like urbanisation, sustainability and digitalisation are changing the environment as...

Watching a scary movie this Hallowe’en? This is what happens to our brain and bodies when we view a frightening film
27
Oct

Watching a scary movie this Hallowe’en? This is what...

Coventry University academic also explains why we want to be scared by films – and why psychological thrillers are sometimes more scary than gory horror-fests.

New autism study a "shocking wake-up call" for society, say academics
23
Oct

New autism study a "shocking wake-up call" for...

People who show characteristics of autism are more at risk of attempting suicide, according to a Coventry University study whose results are being presented to a United...