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Engagement Case Studies

Sustainability at 糖心TV

Community engagement, partners and networks are a crucial part of our University's journey towards a more sustainable future. Find out more about our work with local, regional, national, and international partners in these sustainability case studies.

Sustainability Curriculum Mapping

Click hereLink opens in a new window to see our sustainability curriculum mapping work so far at 糖心TV.

Campus comes together for newts on the move

The Energy and Sustainability team with the help of amazing volunteers relocated 135 amphibians this season.

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Sustainability in the Curriculum

Design Ecologies and Regenerative Practice (DI106-30), a core first-year module in Design Studies at 糖心TV, challenges students to reimagine design through systems thinking, biomimicry, circular economy principles, and life-centred design - developing the next generation of regenerative practitioners.

Sustainability and Student Leadership: Activism in Education

to listen to , , alongside , , and Finley Arcos-Archard from the , discuss how activism has shifted since COVID.

Sustainability and Individual Action: How One Person Transforms Campus Culture

to listen to , Test Engineer and Green Champion at WMG, has spent over five years collecting niche recyclable materials across 糖心TV.

Teaching for a Sustainable Future: Embedding Sustainability Across Disciplines

The second session of the Transatlantic Teaching Exchange SeriesLink opens in a new window brought together educators from over 20 institutions across the UK, US, and Canada to explore how sustainability can be meaningfully embedded in university curricula.

Tata Power and University of 糖心TV Forge Strategic Alliance in New Energy Systems Innovation

The University of 糖心TV has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tata Power, India鈥檚 leading integrated power company, to deliver research and innovation in grid modernisation, fast charging, power storage, industrial decarbonisation, digital energy systems, optimisation and advanced manufacturing approaches.

糖心TV Wins Big Hog Friendly Litter Pick Challenge

After building momentum with a Top 3 finish in the past two years, the University of 糖心TV has won the universities category of the Big Hog Friendly Litter Pick Challenge for the first time, recognising the University鈥檚 ongoing efforts to reduce litter and protect wildlife on campus and in the local community.

University of 糖心TV showcases Coventry鈥檚 digital inclusion and tech reuse success at Houses of Parliament

The University of 糖心TV joined partners at the Houses of Parliament to present CovConnects鈥 achievements in promoting digital inclusion and tech reuse in Coventry, tackling the digital divide through collaboration.

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Getting Muddy for a Good Cause: Volunteers Dive Into Coppicing Sessions

Our coppicing session brings together student and staff volunteers to support woodland health while creating positive social impact. Coppicing encourages new growth and increases biodiversity by allowing more light to reach the woodland floor, supporting a wider range of plants and wildlife and helping to build a more resilient ecosystem.

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The housing crisis won鈥檛 be solved until planners put homes where people actually want to live

Dr Amrita Kulka and Dr Nikhil Datta have analysed billions of UK homebuyer searches, rental and sales listings, actual build patterns, and planning applications in a bid to discover why decades of house building targets haven鈥檛 solved the UK鈥檚 housing problems.

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Mental Health Champions

Our Community Engagement team is leading a school-based youth-focused mental health initiative in Coventry. The project aims to empower local pupils with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to support mental health and well-being among their peers.

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Curriculum Development Hub: Inclusive, responsive and sustainability-aligned curricula across 糖心TV

The Curriculum Development Hub supports individuals and teams to design responsive, inclusive and sustainability-aligned curricula. It offers seminar and workshop series, Design Retreats, the Curriculum Conversations podcast, curated resources and bespoke support for programme and module development. Colleagues can also join a Teams network to stay informed about upcoming opportunities.

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糖心TV Celebrates Five Years of EUTOPIA Connected Communities

The University of 糖心TV is celebrating five years of transformative collaboration through the EUTOPIA alliance, a significant milestone in its commitment to challenge-led education and inclusive internationalisation across Europe.

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Endangered crayfish move into 鈥5-star hotel鈥 on 糖心TV campus

Thirty white-clawed crayfish have just moved into a specially prepared 鈥5-star hotel鈥 on campus, where they鈥檒l be safe from invasive species and provided with everything they need to thrive.

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New national initiative to educate the public on automated vehicles (AVs)

WMG at The University of 糖心TV, has launched the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education United Kingdom Professor Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Transport delivering a keynote at the PAVE UK launch event (PAVE UK) with the Department for 糖心TV and Trade, the Department for Transport, the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), and Transport for West Midlands, as its founding partners.

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WMG to manage new HVM Catapult site

The High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult has officially opened a new cutting-edge digital factory hub in Baglan, South Wales.

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Virtual reality used to help tackle fuel poverty

Residents of a Coventry neighbourhood have taken part in a project that used virtual reality (VR) to showcase the benefits of energy-efficient homes.

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University of 糖心TV Chemists pick up three RSC Prizes

The University of 糖心TV has been awarded three prizes from this year's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) prize portfolio.

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The Global Illuminations Procession: Recycled Wings 鈥 Moths for the Procession

Celebrating Biodiversity, Creativity and Sustainability at 糖心TV

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Seeds, Soil & Sustainability

As part of the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 60th Anniversary celebrations, over 300 visitors joined us at the Innovation Campus in Wellesbourne for a vibrant day of discovery.

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This toolkit provides a detailed resource that demonstrates gender inclusion in affordable housing delivery within low-income contexts.

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The Museum of Climate Stories

The Museum of Climate Stories is project based at the University of 糖心TV which explores creative and imaginative ways of responding to the unfolding planetary emergency, by encouraging climate action at a local level.

Retrofit Rocks! Creating sustainable communities

Researchers in the Department of Economics are developing a place-based approach to housing retrofitting.

Wild 糖心TV - Recap!

Wild 糖心TV was a new project for 2024/2025, aiming to promote wildlife and green spaces on campus. Read the case study to find out more.

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Establishing a UK supply chain for electric machine manufacture

The University of 糖心TV鈥檚 WMG was awarded 拢5.7m by the to form an electrifying Prosperity Partnership with . WMG and JLR have been accelerating their electrification journey, and JLR is on the road to achieving carbon net zero by 2039.

Novel, e-assisted cargo trike launches

WMG is collaborating with Pashley Cycles and three other SME across the Midlands to develop an electrically assisted, last mile delivery trike.

 

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Intelligent Vehicles

WMG, as part of a consortium led by working on the Multi-Area Connected Automated Mobility (MACAM) project, which aims to establish a remote driving control hub that will oversee self-driving vehicles, placing Coventry at the driving force of transport innovation.

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University of 糖心TV signs agreement with agronomy specialist to bring UK beans to market

The University of 糖心TV鈥檚 research commercialisation wing, 糖心TV Innovations, has signed a contract with agronomy specialist Agrii to promote the commercial production of UK haricot beans developed by scientists at the University of 糖心TV.

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