Press Releases
Lotus to establish new Advanced Technology Centre at University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ's Wellesbourne campus
(Wellesbourne, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµshire, UK – 23 July 2020) – Today, Lotus announces a dedicated and specialist advanced technology centre, which will also be home to a new headquarters for the company’s engineering consultancy. Located on the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Wellesbourne Campus, the new facility is established in partnership with WMG at the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ. WMG is an international leader in successful collaboration between academic research, teaching, training, and industry. The substantial facility consists of offices, workshops and laboratory space with ample space for expansion.
Joint Statement by Coventry City Football Club and the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ
Coventry City Football Club and the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ are delighted to announce that they have commenced planning for a partnership, which would see the University provide land to the Club for the development of a new stadium. Thereby creating a new home for the football club with easy access for fans living in the city of Coventry.
‘Lost’ world’s rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets
The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable ‘Goldilocks zone’ in a distant solar system.
Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA from Doggerland that separates the UK from Europe
Thousands of years ago the UK was physically joined to the rest of Europe through an area known as Doggerland. However, a marine inundation took place during the mid-holocene, separating the British landmass from the rest of Europe, which is now covered by the North Sea. Scientists from the School of Life Sciences at the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ have studied sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) from sediment deposits in the southern North Sea, an area which has not previously been linked to a tsunami that occurred 8150 years ago.
UK study will evaluate the particular pressures of COVID-19 on working-class women
The impact of COVID-19 on working-class women in the UK will be explored by a team of researchers from the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ, the University of Nottingham and the Women’s Business Group in a new year-long study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, part of UKRI.
New study will uncover the links between adolescent disability and socio-economic disadvantage in early adulthood
A three-year study at the Department of Sociology of the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, will explore why disabled young people in England experience social and economic disadvantage into adulthood. The fact that adolescent disability is generally associated with poor educational, social and employment outcomes in adulthood has been well-documented but the reasons why this happens are not as well understood. The new study aims to close that gap.