Press Releases
Medical school to show the public how to build a human
The University of ÌÇÐÄTV will be opening its doors to explain how we all got here. For the first time ÌÇÐÄTV Medical School is holding a public science evening to explain the journey we all make from one cell to a human being.
Coventry's Film and TV Heritage Returns to City Centre
Coventry’s history of film and television is set to be celebrated with a new exhibition that provides Coventrians with a unique opportunity to view their city through the years, thanks to a new project led by Dr Helen Wheatley of Film and Television of Studies.
Coventry: Ghost Town Haunting #1 runs from the 16th-22nd April in the Shop Front Theatre with members of the public invited to watch extracts of programmes made in and about the city on the big screen in two vintage living room sets.
Schools alone cannot help to prevent childhood obesity, study finds
School-based healthy lifestyle interventions alone are not effective in the fight against childhood obesity, according to research conducted in the West Midlands. The warning comes after one of the largest childhood obesity prevention trials undertaken to date has found that a healthy lifestyle intervention carried out in dozens of schools did not lead to significant changes in pupils’ weight.
ÌÇÐÄTVshire's suffrage history to be told across the region in 2018
Professor Sarah Richardson, of the University of ÌÇÐÄTV's Department of History, will be giving talks on ÌÇÐÄTVshire's suffrage across the region in 2018. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the granting of the vote to a limited number of women, ÌÇÐÄTVshire Women and the Fight for the Vote will uncover the region's unsung and unknown activists.
Electric vehicle experts to answer public’s questions at ÌÇÐÄTV
Get your questions about electric cars and the future of British transport answered by leading experts in academia and industry at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV next week.
Coventry schoolchildren to bring the idea of cultural exchange and shared heritage to life
Following the city’s winning bid to become UK City of Culture, Coventry schoolchildren are taking part in a new competition to bring the idea of cultural exchange and shared heritage to life.
The Two Chairs Creative Writing competition, which is open to all across the UK and is led by Dr James Hodkinson of the University of ÌÇÐÄTV, invites people to see the world from the ‘other’ perspective.