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Coventry University researchers at the forefront of new standard for autonomous vehicle operations

​Researchers at Coventry University have contributed their expertise acting as technical authors for a new guide for operating autonomous vehicles.


Award-winning photographer reveals unseen and unfiltered realities of homelessness

A distinguished photographer and academic from Coventry University has won the Portrait of Britain Award for creating powerful insights into homelessness.


Sports science researcher shortlisted for University Alliance award

Coventry University is proud to announce that Professor Mike Duncan, Centre Director at the Centre for Physical Activity, Sport and Exercise Sciences, has been shortlisted for the Star Award at the fifth annual Alliance Awards.


PhD students developing digital programmes to enhance healthcare in low to middle income countries

PhD students and researchers from Coventry University are developing innovative digital solutions to widen access to healthcare in poorer countries.


Coventry University joins £11m power electronics consortium to drive sustainable electrification

Coventry University will play a key role in a project designed to revolutionise the UK’s ability to manufacture power electronics to enable the shift to sustainable electrification.


Solar-powered cookers improving the daily lives of communities in Rwanda thanks to Coventry University researchers

Coventry University researchers are easing access to cooked food in Rwanda by introducing solar-powered cookers to households with limited energy access.


Scale model of Earth reveals clues about the planet’s magnetic field

Researchers at the Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems at Coventry University used a scale model of the Earth’s liquid core to learn more about the formation of the planet’s magnetic field.


Coventry University researchers working to make air travel greener and cleaner

Coventry University is working on an industrial project aimed at developing zero-emission propulsion technology for commercial passenger aircraft.


New research unveils impacts of being in the care system for young people from minority backgrounds

Research by Coventry University has led to improved guidelines for supporting young people from minority backgrounds in the care system.


Major international gothic exhibition unveiling the dark roots of modern art guest curated by university professor

Professor Juliet Simpson from Coventry University has led the international research concept and guest curated the major international exhibition, Gothic Modern: From Darkness to Light, now open at the Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki.


How we can help Coventry and the West Midlands in the race to electrification and Net Zero

With the announcement that Coventry University will join the £11m Project Pulse to help drive sustainable electrification, Professor Marcos Kauffman says collaboration is key to unlocking the potential of the region’s manufacturing sector.


Coventry University joins £7.2m programme to boost creative technology innovation in the West Midlands

Coventry University has joined forces with Birmingham City University, University of Birmingham, the University of Warwick and the Royal Shakespeare Company to develop and grow creative technologies in the West Midlands, positioning the region as a global leader in the sector.


New research centre to investigate how creative industries and cultural activities impact local and global economies and society

The Centre for Creative Economies (CCE) is the latest development in Coventry University’s challenge-led research portfolio and continued investment in the arts and humanities.


It is vital we teach social and cultural resilience in an increasingly hostile world

As Global Education Week gets underway, Professor Lynn Clouder and her colleagues in the Centre for Global Learning, reveal how Coventry University Group is fostering societal and cultural resilience for students around the world through education.


Overcoming electrification challenges: Insights from CENEX Expo

Following this year’s Cenex Expo, Director of the Centre for Advanced Low Carbon Propulsion Systems (C-ALPS), ERS Hub and Head of Innovation, Deepak Farmah discusses the challenges that must be addressed if we are to deliver a net zero and connected e-mobility future.


Research on Africa Seminar (CURAS 2018)

Across many departments and research centres in Coventry University are researchers undertaking varied and sometimes interdisciplinary research projects on Africa that aligns with the research interest and agendas of other fellow researchers. Thus, the idea behind CURAS 2018 is to bring together researchers in Coventry University undertaking research in Africa.


Identity and Governance of Bodily Extensions: The case of Prosthetics and Avatars

Prosthetics and avatars can both be defined as forms of bodily extension – one mechanical, the other digital. The project investigated what we can learn about bodily extensions by examining these two different forms alongside each other.


Development and application of neutron transmission imaging for strain mapping in aerospace applications

This project, funded as an ISIS Facility Development Studentship, worked on the commissioning of the new IMAT beamline at the UK’s ISIS Neutron Facility.


Review of Evidence on the Physiological and Psychological Development of Children

In 2015 the UK Government gave Sport England a new remit to support children aged 5-14 years. SE commissioned Duncan, Eyre and colleagues to undertake a review (completed in March 2017) to inform the body’s response to this.


Understanding barriers to Electric Vehicle adoption amongst mass market car drivers

Within the context of government policy regulating against the sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles within the next two decades, the project sought to understand how ready the mass market is to transition to electric vehicles (EVs).