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Fashion and Ageing
The ageing population has become a significant topic in the contemporary research agenda. The post-industrial economy of improved health care, leisure and bio-medical technologies has affected both the biological and social spheres of ageing, producing new challenges for individuals, policy makers and associated industries, including fashion. The need to better cater to older individuals’ needs and expectations is the focus of Ania Sadkowska’s resesearch.
SIGNALS
‘Signals’ is a choreographed live action performance made in response to a series of constructed sound loops that are triggered for the duration of the piece. It is based on an original set of sketches titled ‘Broom-Self/Mop-Spirit’ (1980) found in the Spect. Anon book by the late D. John Briscoe. The performance attempts to decipher fragments from the notes, drawings and typewritten texts, taking cues from invocations and litanies from the Egyptian Book of the Dead and suggesting relationships to breathing, air and marriage.
Coventry University Game-based Learning research shortlisted for Global Reimagine Education Award 24 Nov 2021
A Coventry University practice-led research initiative, led by Professor of Game Science Sylvester Arnab from the Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC), has been nominated to receive the ‘Science of Learning’ award.
New AI technology can empower the fight against criminals and terrorists by tracking their illicit money flows 09 Dec 2021
Coordinated by Coventry University’s Professor Umut Turksen, 17 partners from across Europe have joined forces and launched TRACE, a €7 million Horizon 2020 project to support the investigation of illicit money flows.
Social supermarket and community centre continue to support Coventry residents 13 Dec 2021
More than 10,000 of a Coventry community’s most vulnerable people have been fed by Foleshill Social Supermarket throughout the height of the pandemic.
Your Right to Privacy Online: CSI-COP's informal education workshop 20 May 2022
The workshop will explore privacy, data, how we are tracked online, the regulations to protect our data, and free online tools to help us reject tracking in websites and apps.
New report recommends legislative changes for the protection of pregnant women in prison 17 Jan 2022
A new report from researchers at Coventry University and academics at City, University of London, recommends legislative and policy changes for the protection of pregnant women and their unborn children under the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Doing Development Research Differently during and beyond Covid-19 16 Mar 2022
The global pandemic has created many challenges for researchers in the field of international development, not least the restrictions on travel and movement. However, has Covid-19 actually triggered welcome changes?
Coventry University Professor appointed Co-Director for the Doctoral Training Alliance 11 Oct 2021
Coventry University Professor Elena Gaura has been chosen to take on the prestigious role of Co-Director at the University Alliance’s (UA) Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA).
Failed Intimacies 29 Apr 2020
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Data scientists develop decision-making tool to improve treatment of COVID-19 patients 14 Oct 2021
Coventry University and Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) joined forces during the pandemic to develop a tool that hopes to ease the COVID-19 burden on the NHS.
Dr Marcos Kauffman publishes a forward-thinking book to help businesses understand and benefit from Industry 4.0 18 Oct 2021
Dr Marcos Kauffman, the Director of Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), has published a new book entitled ‘Profiting from Industry 4.0: The road to future value in manufacturing’.
Unlocking Nature and the Outdoors: communities, race, gender and class 28 Oct 2021
A growing body of scientific research identifies that spending time in green spaces or bringing nature into your everyday life can benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing.
Fighting Hunger and Tackling Food Waste: a view from the frontline of community food provisioning during the pandemic 23 Nov 2021
This event will discuss the challenges in distributing food to people in need during the pandemic This seminar takes a behind the scenes look at how the community food sector mobilised to meet the unprecedented need for requests for help as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fareshare Midlands, a regional surplus food redistribution charity, were critical to residents across Nottingham accessing healthy, nutritious and safe food services. Researchers at the Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University will present the findings of research exploring the challenges faced by the community food sector. The presentation will reflect upon how Fareshare Midlands and central England Co-op worked to fight hunger and tackled food waste over the course of the pandemic and what can be learnt going forward in transitioning towards a more sustainable food system. About the Speaker David, Jordon and Marsha have been working together on a project funded via the QR-Strategic Priorities Framework. The project has focused on the frontline of community food support operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marsha has longstanding networks in Nottingham, and the Midlands more broadly, which have facilitated this research. The project demonstrates the Sustainable Production and Consumption research cluster’s ongoing focus upon the ‘future of food’ which is one of the major policy challenges confronting local, regional and national government in the UK currently.
Coventry University Postgraduate Researcher represents African Youth Delegates at Pre-COP26 event 04 Nov 2021
Coventry University Postgraduate Researcher Rose Kobusinge was selected to lead the African Youth delegates at a Pre-COP26 event.
How did Covid-19 change the pricing of retail deposit funds? 16 Dec 2021
This event will share research and a discrete-time option-analytic valuation model of the participatory fees earned by Islamic banks for managing third-party funds.
A news-based index of environmental policy uncertainty 06 Dec 2021
Extracting text from ten leading US newspapers over the last four decades, we use text-mining algorithms to develop a monthly index of US environmental policy uncertainty over the 1981-2019 period.
Efforts towards understanding the structure and development of scientific domain through text mining 13 Jan 2022
The Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling invite you to this hybrid seminar.
Coventry University chosen to be part of first regional hub for the British Academy’s new Early Career Researcher Network 11 Nov 2021
The British Academy recently announced that a new hub to support UK based arts and humanities doctoral researchers would be established in the Midlands as part of a pilot programme. Coventry University has been selected to partner with 13 other entities and form a network for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) that is inclusive and researcher-led.
Designing the life-saving laboratory that fits in a paramedic’s pocket
Pocket-sized piece of pioneering medical technology could help paramedics, doctors and nurses diagnose strokes quicker and more accurately.
