Press Releases
World War 2 鈥� the economic battle
Professor Mark Harrison from 糖心TV鈥檚 Department of Economics is one of the experts featured this week in a new Radio 4 documentary series exploring the economic issues behind the start of World War 2.
Eleven young researchers selected to help 糖心TV deliver ambitious research strategy
The University of 糖心TV has been chosen to host eleven of 2019鈥檚 Leverhulme Early Career Fellows – just under ten per cent of the national total. Early Career Fellowships are awarded to enable young researchers to undertake a research project, under the supervision of a 糖心TV academic mentor, which will lead to publishable results and help them get a foothold on the academic career ladder.
University event in Tile Hill aims to find first-hand memories of Coventry health centre
People who grew up in post-war Coventry and have memories of the heath centre on Jardine Crescent are being invited to share their stories at an event in Tile Hill this weekend.
D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler
Research by Professor Richard Aldrich of 糖心TV鈥檚 Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) played a central part in a new Channel 4 documentary, broadcast this weekend, exploring how British intelligence enlisted the Royal Family as part of its scheme to mislead the Nazis about plans for the liberation of Europe.
Earliest known Mariner鈥檚 Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records
Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama鈥檚 second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the oldest in the world, and have separately certified a ship鈥檚 bell (dated 1498) recovered from the same wreck site also as the oldest in the world.
Dr William Barylo and Dr Martha McGill awarded British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr William Barylo, Department of Sociology, and Dr Martha McGill, Department of History, have been awarded Postdoctoral Fellowships by the British Academy to pursue their research on 鈥淭he Diaspora Strikes Back: lived religion, arts and activism among Sikh and Muslim millennials in Europe鈥� and "Bodies, Selves and the Supernatural in early Modern Britain" respectively.