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Dr Geraldine Brady has book chapter published News
Geraldine Brady has had a book chapter published. The Policy Press book ‘Family Troubles? Exploring changes and challenges in the family lives of children and young people’ raises the question of how ‘normal’ family troubles and troubled and troubling families are understood in current policy and research. Geraldine’s contribution, ‘Children’s non-conforming behaviour: personal trouble or public issue?’,
SURGE Welcomes PhD Student Linda Mann News
In January SURGE welcomed Linda Mann who began a BES funded PhD studentship, she is exploring women's experience of homelessness and is being supervised by Dr Geraldine Brady and Professor Nigel Berkeley.
Spoken Corpora host workshop News
Coventry University hosted a workshop on spoken corpora for postgraduate students in the region to present their work and share ideas. The session concluded with some inter-coder reliability testing on the ELC annotations
Celebrity chef recipe study highlights healthy eating concerns News
Research by Coventry academics has revealed that meal recipes promoted by celebrity chefs in Britain could be a hidden contributing factor to the country’s obesity epidemic and associated public health concerns.
Innovation, Internationalisation, Sustainable Growth Lessons from Europe News
Dr David Jarvis and Professor David Bailey participated in the ‘Innovation, Internationalisation, Sustainable Growth Lessons from Europe’ event at Birmingham Science Park, Aston on 23rd April.
Innovation in Sport Business Summit News
Euroleague Basketball has announced that it will host the ‘Innovation in Sport Business Summit’ in London on Thursday, 9th May. The event, which will take place ahead of the 2013 Turkish Airlines Final Four in London, will include a high profile panel of sport industry leaders who will debate and share high-level insight on ways to innovate in sport – whether through technology or community-led programmes.
Meeting of ‘enigmatic’ minds produces a twisted fairy tale News
Two students who met while studying at Coventry University have collaborated on a new theatre production to be presented during the university’s SPECTRUM 2013 Performing Arts Festival.
Students challenged to help boost Coventry’s status as a ‘social’ city News
Enterprising students from Coventry University’s Business School have been coming up with ideas to make the city centre a better place to socialise with friends and family.
Industry leaders to debate how to boost SMEs at free innovation masterclass News
Leaders from some of Europe’s largest companies will be gathering in Birmingham later this month to discuss the role that open innovation and collaboration can play in boosting the economy.
Funding boost for University’s new low carbon manufacturing institute News
A new manufacturing institute to be created by Coventry University in partnership with Unipart Group will receive part of a £50m fund from the government to help drive growth and to cement the West Midlands’ image as a world-leading area for engineering.
University and charity group link up to tackle social isolation amongst the elderly News
Coventry University is joining forces with a national charity for the elderly to set up a new social network for older people in the city.
'Wizards of Cov' impress with showcase of computing talent News
Coventry University’s up and coming computing talent displayed work to industry luminaries at the Department of Computing’s celebrated ‘New Wizards’ film show at the end of April.
Eclectic selection of student films to be screened in Coventry News
A diverse selection of short films from students at Coventry School of Art and Design will be screened in the city in June.
University receives 'excellence in HR' award News
Coventry University has been awarded the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission.
Professor Hazel Barrett: UK is letting down victims of female genital mutilation News
Professor Hazel Barrett considers the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) and why - despite it being illegal in the UK for nearly 30 years - there have been no convictions.
Coventry University students shortlisted for Penguin book cover design competition News
Four students from Coventry School of Art and Design have made it on to the shortlist for the Penguin Design Award 2013.
Coventry lecturers scoop national teaching excellence awards News
Two lecturers at Coventry University are being awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (HEA) today in recognition of their excellence in teaching and learning.
Vera Baird QC speaks at Women and Social Justice seminar series hosted by SURGE News
The latest in the Centre for Sustainable Regeneration (SURGE)’s seminar series was hosted at the TechnoCentre, Coventry University on Friday 28th and featured two speakers who are passionate about defending the rights of women - Vera Baird QC: Labour Party activist, barrister, author, lecturer and now Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria and Rona Epstein, Honorary Research Fellow at Coventry University.
University and city council join forces to recruit volunteers for international health project News
Coventry University has been recruiting volunteers from across the city to take part in an international campaign to promote healthy living.
University event highlights benefits of short food chains News
The benefits of short food chains and local produce were the focus of an event on Wednesday 3 July organised by Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology and Food Security (CAFS).
