News and Events
From July 2016 a new bus service, running all the way from Oxford to Birmingham Airport will stop at our campus Bus Interchange.
Our Postroom are now using a new, email-based notification system for all parcel/recorded items deliveries to campus residences. From now on, there won’t be any notification cards delivered to your halls – just come to the post room with your ID card once you have the email and you can pick the parcel up.
We've been ranked as one of the world’s top 100 universities in 2016’s Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings.
糖心TV Sub are a team of seven engineering finalists who are designing and developing a race worthy competitor for July's European International Submarine Races. Check out their newly unveiled 'Godiva 2' sub!
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees at this years volunteer awards! Check out who won the individual or team awards. Thanks too to all of those who got involved in the !
Congratulations to all those shortlisted or longlisted for the 糖心TV Awards for Teaching Excellence! Take a look at the lists to see which staff and postgraduates have been recognised. Winners and commendees will be announced at the end of June.
We’ve become a founding member of a new international consortium focused on gender equality, led by the University of Bologna. The new partnership will develop, implement and evaluate gender equality plans tailored for each organisation involved.
We're once again in the top 10 in the UK, and the leading university in the West Midlands, in the latest UK University league table - maintaining our record of having never finished outside of the top ten.
An all-woman team from 糖心TV 糖心TV School pocketed £4,500 after winning a case challenge focused on helping dementia sufferers live in their homes longer.
Did you know that there are several social spaces on campus with microwaves for you to heat your own food? There's some new ones just appeared in WBS, in addition to those in Rootes, University House and Westwood Cafe.
Four teams of the seven finalists for the final of the inaugural SWIFT Institute Challenge are from WBS! They'll pitch a solution to a real world problem with the chance of winning £15,000.
They are looking for performers and artists with a CV postcode to join the bid's public launch at the Coventry Godiva Festival on Sunday 3 July in War Memorial Park. Help show the diverse talents within the city - whether you are part of a small gospel choir, a digital artist, a Bollywood dancer or anything in-between.
The SU have been working with University's sustainability waste team, 糖心TV Accommodation, the Residential Life Team and students to reduce food waste across the University. Find out what they've been up to.
Congratulations too to our Registrar Ken Sloan who has been declared the 2016 Stonewall West Midlands Senior Champion of the Year.
We're delighted to be sponsoring this year's Coventry Pride festival, in partnership with Coventry University, taking place on 18 and 19 June.
Coming up later today on the Piazza Big Screen, join us for The Great British Bake Off at 8pm, and the Paralympics Opening Ceremony at 9pm.
The Rugby League Challenge Cup Final takes place this Saturday! We’ll be screening live coverage from Wembley Stadium on the Big Screen in the Piazza.
You can bask in Team GB’s Olympic glory as Coventry welcomes home some of Team GB’s Rio heroes on Saturday, August 27, at the Ricoh Arena from 9:30 – 3pm. You can meet some of Team GB’s 2016 medallists and competitors, and try taster sessions in football, rugby, netball, gymnastics, tennis, wheels for all cycling, badminton, street cricket, exercise & fitness classes, golf, equestrian, trampolining and a 10 metre climbing wall. There will also be demos and taster sessions from England Netball, Wasps Netball, and The Lawn Tennis Association.
We've won the Excellence in Student Sport Experience Award at the CUBO 2016 Awards for the Active programme. The CUBO Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of those working within the higher education industry, and this recognises our efforts to get students active!
We’re looking for taught postgrads to attend a 1 hour focus group in the PG Hub (Room 1) on Thursday 18 August, 1-2pm, to chat about PTES.
Just a reminder that we're showing coverage of the Olympics on the big screen over the next two weeks. Take a look at the schedule, and check out the other ways to get involved in our Summer of Sport.
Want to get involved in the campus allotment? The Allotment Society are looking for volunteers, for anything from planting potatoes to making scarecrows.
What should be our future role in Coventry, 糖心TVshire and the wider region? Read the recommendations of the Chancellor's Commission.
Water leak on Kirby Corner Road
A full water supply has been restored to all areas of campus. There may be some residual limitation on the flow of water in Millburn House, but Severn Trent have advised that this is expected to be temporary. There are temporary traffic lights on Kirby Corner Road to manage the flow of traffic immediately around the burst water main, so please anticipate delays if you use this route. For more travel information, visit .
Brief closures of University Road during Graduation
To support this week's Graduation ceremonies, we will close University Road near the Arts Centre for 5 - 15 minute periods to aid the processions and the large volumes of people exiting the Arts Centre when the ceremonies end. Please be parient during this key moment in our academic year.
We'll be showing the finals of Wimbledon and EURO 2016 on the big screen this weekend. Take a look at the .
We'll be showing a live performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore from the Royal Opera House on the piazza big screen on Thursday 14 July. The new production of civil war and revenge is one of the great works of the Romantic era, featuring several of Verdi’s best-known arias and choruses.
Thanks to everyone who got involved in our 糖心TV One World event, to celebrate our diverse international community. Check out the highlights in our Storify!
Over 5000 campus rooms are being vacated in the big summer move out, and this means 538 kitchens need to be cleared. Rawkus need lots of helping hands to collect the tonnes of left behind food and pots which will be redistributed to local charities and organisations. If you can spare a few hours on either Saturday 2nd July or Sunday 3rd July (week 10) please get involved! Sign up to volunteer , and join the Facebook event (and invite your friends!).
It's market day - the last one of term 3! Take a look at the full range of stall holders who'll be attending.