Press Releases
Launched: Festival of Social Science programme for Coventry and ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµshire
Nine free workshops and events are being hosted by ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ researchers from 2 – 9 November 2019 as part of the UK-wide ESRC Festival of Social Science. Festival-goers can find out about how our understanding of DNA might shape the future of healthcare, share a refugee’s frightening journey across the Mediterranean by sea, dig deep into archive recordings of the Coventry accent, explore the impact of landmark legal cases through art, photography and theatre, or take a guided walk on Coventry’s wild side to explore the local environment.
Explained: The lifetime of an evaporating liquid drop
The lifespan of a liquid droplet which is transforming into vapour can now be predicted thanks to a theory developed at the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ. The new understanding can now be exploited in a myriad of natural and industrial settings where the lifetime of liquid drops governs a process’ behaviour and efficiency.
Children bullied by friends and siblings are more likely to think about suicide in their early twenties
Depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation are more prominent in adults in their early twenties if they were bullied at home and at school, a study by researchers at the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ have found. Researchers stress that intervention is needed to educate people in bullying to reduce it.
have identified that sibling bullying has an effect on mental health in adolescence, however researchers Professor Dieter Wolke and Dr. Slava Dantchev have now found children who were bullied by siblings and friends are more likely to harm themselves.
2019 ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ Prize for Women in Translation longlist announced
13 titles have been longlisted for the third annual award of the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ Prize for Women in Translation.
The £1000 prize was established by the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ in 2017 to address the gender imbalance in translated literature and to increase the number of international women’s voices accessible by a British and Irish readership.
New approach helps computers deal with conflicts and duplications when applying more than one clinical practice guideline to a patient
Researchers in WMG at the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ have developed a new method that could solve the problem of how to automate support of managing the complexities of care when applying multiple clinical practice guidelines, to patients with more than one medical issue.
City of Culture projects to be highlighted at FarGo Village
With City of Culture 2021 less than two years away, there are plenty of exciting new projects underway across Coventry – and you can hear about what will be offer this Saturday (5th October) at FarGo Village from 12pm-2.30pm.