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CPC Missed Connections: A Long-distance Conversation about ViRAL (Virtual Reality Archive Learning) 21 Jul 2020

Join CPC for an online virtual conversation between CPC Co-director Dr Jacqueline Cawston and Philipp Wittwer from Dornbirn City Archive, one of our project partners on the Erasmus+ funded project ViRAL (Virtual Reality Archive Learning).

The Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences offering fully funded studentships to tackle COVID-19 27 Jul 2020

Coventry University’s Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences are inviting applications for nineteen PhD studentships designed to deliver research-led solutions to the challenges posed by COVID-19.

Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities launches first set of PhD studentship opportunities 04 Aug 2020

The Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities is offering 5 fully-funded PhD projects related to its key thematic areas: Cultural Memory, Well-being and the Arts and Critical Practices.

Does swimming make you hungry? 07 Jul 2020

Many recreational swimmers claim to feel ‘ravenous’ during and after swimming. Professor David Broom from the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences has been working with Professor David Stensel, Dr Alice Thackray and Dr James King from Loughborough University to put this theory to the test.

Professor Elena Gaura’s efforts to raise profile of women engineers recognised on International Women in Engineering Day 23 Jun 2020

Professor Elena Gaura has been recognised by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for her efforts to engage and improve outcomes for women in engineering.

PULP-SEED (Philippines UK coLlaborative Partnership-System for Environmental and Efficient Drying)

PULP-SEED’s aim is to make use of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology to improve and streamline mango waste processing.

Senior CBiS researcher co-authors ground-breaking new book 30 Jun 2020

Oxford University Press has published Strategy: Theory, Practice, Implementation, a new book co-authored by Maureen Meadows, a Professor of Strategic Management within the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS).

Inkjet-printed Respiratory Rate Wearable Sensors for Infants: Towards Remote Monitoring Solutions for Low-setting Villages and Refugee Camps

There is an increasing need for remote, low-cost, reliable and comfortable respiratory rate  that provide physicians with accurate newborn readings.

Variability and Self-Organisation in Stellar Evolution

Ever improving observational technologies have enabled access to the complex and rich dynamics of solar/stellar surface phenomena on a broader range of time/length scales, revealing new features that cannot be explained by existing theories. 

City of Culture Post-Graduate Symposium 31 Oct 2021

Coventry University and the University of Warwick are collaborating to host a joint Post-Graduate PhD Symposium in 2021 for PGRs in both universities with specific research projects (including practice-led research) connected to Coventry City of Culture.

Experimental studies on improvement of efficiency of aluminium reduction cells

This project targets one of the issues occurring during the production of primary Aluminium.

Urban and Rural Connectivity in Non-Metropolitan Regions (URRUC)

This project brought together stakeholders and research institutions from four EU countries to address the challenges of mobility and accessibility in four specific regions within their borders.

FaçadeReLog Reverse logistics for the recovery of metal in the façade industry

A CBiS Project with the aim of supporting innovation, technology, and skills in the façade industry, particularly by directly addressing raw material challenges that require collaboration amongst stakeholders along the value chain.

ACES Launch Webinar: Towards a Community-Centred Educational Model for Developing Social Resilience through Play 24 Jun 2020

In this webinar, we will introduce the ACES project that is funded by the UKRI-ESRC under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

Creative Freelancer Business Models and Place-based Growth

The project is designed to address an important evidence gap around the contribution of freelancers to the economic and place-based impacts of the creative industries.

VIRTEU: Vat fraud: Interdisciplinary Research on Tax crimes in the European Union (Grant Agreement no: 878619)

Exploring the interconnections between tax crimes and corruption

Economic, Political and Security aspects of sanctions and blockades from a Target Country Perspective: Policy Lessons for Qatar and other Target Countries.

Evaluating the economic, social and political aspects of economic sanctions in targeted countries and deliver a comprehensive set of policy guidelines enabling policymakers.

Evaluating the potential of intensive grazing and corralling to enhance ecosystem services in Africa’s communal rangelands

This study seeks to quantify the effectiveness of these practices by measuring changes in vegetation, soil quality and wildlife and livestock use, associated with livestock corral sites.

Cyber security monitoring and risk assessment in local government authorities: a social engineering exercise

The aim of this project was to achieve the operational change required to overcome some of the key barriers to eGovernance and ICT adoption, particularly those related to data security and operational resilience.

Drawing Conversations

Whilst both collective and collaborative drawing is being widely explored internationally, both within and beyond educational institutions, there is surprisingly little serious research published on the topic. This realisation led to the first international Drawing Conversations Symposium, accompanied by the Drawn Conversations Exhibition at Coventry University, UK, in December 2015, and a series of publications.