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Coventry reaches final five in City of Culture Bid thanks to ‘cultural heritage and creative energy’ News

Coventry University praised the ‘cultural heritage and creative energy’ of its home city today, as Coventry has been shortlisted for the title of UK City of Culture 2021.


New app is the bee's knees in national drive to understand bumblebees' needs News

Members of the public are being urged to play a part in helping scientists understand the needs of the UK's dwindling bumblebee populations with a new app launched by Coventry University ahead of Bees' Needs Week (July 17–23).


Cricket star secures sporting dreams five years after giving up hope News

A Coventry University sports scholar who gave up his dreams to focus on his studies has completed his degree and made the move to professional county cricket five years after thinking it was too late.


Coventry lecturer elected to Law Society as fight continues for access to justice News

A Coventry University graduate and lecturer will continue his fight for access to justice and Legal Aid after being elected to the Council of the Law Society.


“I remember an anxious wait for the post,” recalls career-change mum who went through Clearing in 1983 and 2016 News

A mature student who went through Clearing twice – with a 33 year gap – has reassured applicants awaiting results this Thursday that the modern process is much less fraught.  


“Expensive mistakes” are likely as transfer window looms, warns football finance expert News

Dr Andrew Jones spoke out after Premier League clubs spent a record amount of more than £1.21 billion during the summer transfer window.


Good things came out of Northern Rock banking crisis, says Coventry University finance expert News

Financial services expert Dr Harjit Sekhon spoke ahead of the 10th anniversary of the run on Northern Rock bank.


University's £30m clean powertrain deal with German global engineering service provider shows confidence in UK industry News

Coventry University and German-based international engineering service provider FEV have signed a £30 million deal to build a clean transport lab in Coventry to spearhead research into advanced powertrain development over the next decade.


Nursing training is set to return to Scarborough for the first time in 23 years. News

CU Scarborough has had approval from Coventry University and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to deliver a BSc Adult Nursing degree.


Screen children with reading difficulties more thoroughly for hearing problems, says new report News

Children with reading difficulties should be more thoroughly screened for hearing problems, a new report by Coventry University academics has said.


‘Social Saturday’ offers chance for some community conscious shopping News

City shoppers are being encouraged to buy goods and services from a range of not-for-profit businesses that ‘trade for good’ at a special pop up market in Coventry this Saturday, 14 October.


White working-class Americans feel in nation’s “slow lane”, new study shows News

America’s white working-class communities feel they are being kept in the “slow lane” of social mobility while other groups speed past, according to a year-long study by UK and US researchers into their social and political views.


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

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 States federal advisory committee tomorrow.


HORIBA MIRA and Coventry University Secure Grant Funding for the Creation of World Class Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Testing Facilities News

The new project is one of four announced today to create a global Connected Autonomous Vehicle test and validation ecosystem in the UK. Government to co-invest with industry to establish £80m globally leading centre of excellence.


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

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.


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

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, including the self-serving 'bad apple'.


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

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


Coventry named top entrepreneurship university in national business awards competition News

Coventry University has won a prestigious business award for its efforts to promote and support entrepreneurial opportunities among its staff, students, businesses and the wider community.


From Doctor Who to 2 Tone – University celebrates Coventry’s music heritage News

Coventry’s cultural heritage spanning 2 Tone to Doctor Who will be celebrated this month as the University honours a history of contributions to the city.


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

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 expert says.