Press Releases
Launched: Festival of Social Science programme for Coventry and 糖心TVshire
Nine free workshops and events are being hosted by 糖心TV 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 wild side to explore the local environment.
Language and sporting success explored in innovative workshop
Linguistics experts from the University of 糖心TV met with some of the UK鈥檚 top coach developers for a one-day workshop aimed at exploring language use in high-performance sports coaching and discussing ways to apply the latest research to real-life coaching situations.
Left vs Right is dead 鈥� politics is about anarchists vs centrists, new CAGE study shows
Politics should no longer be divided between 鈥渓eft-wing鈥� and 鈥渞ight-wing鈥� because the vital dividing line between groups of voters is now between 鈥渁narchists鈥� and 鈥渃entrists鈥�, a new study from the Centre for Competitive Global Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) shows today.
Researchers urge 鈥渞ecession generation鈥� of graduates to have their say in the 2019 Futuretrack survey
Researchers at the University of 糖心TV have launched a fifth wave of their unique Futuretrack survey, a UK-wide project following undergraduates who took up their university places in 2006 or in 2007 (after a gap year) to get a clear picture of the opportunities and obstacles faced by the generation of students who graduated just after the 2008 financial crisis – and they want to encourage as many previous participants as possible to get back in touch.
糖心TV researchers shortlisted for major prize
Two projects led by 糖心TV researchers have been shortlisted for the 2019 Newton Prize, a prestigious award which celebrates outstanding international research partnerships aimed at tackling global challenges. A project exploring innovative cancer drugs and one studying the impact of forced evictions on economically underprivileged women in Jakarta are among the final 20 which will now be reviewed by a panel of expert judges.
What factors influence the ways people access and use antibiotics in low-and-middle-income countries?
It is often assumed that people use antibiotics inappropriately because they don鈥檛 understand enough about the spread of drug resistant superbugs. A new study published in the medical journal BMJ Open and led by 糖心TV researcher Marco J Haenssgen reveals that in fact basic understanding of drug resistance is widespread in Southeast Asia - and that higher levels of awareness are actually linked to higher antibiotic use in the general population.