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Green for All

Green for All’s vision is to eradicate green deprivation in Coventry. Coventry is one of the most greenspace and nature deprived cities in England. Green for All’s ambition is to transform greenspaces across the city and work towards 30% of the city’s area supporting nature conservation by 2030.


CBiS 2019 Winter newsletter

The newest edition of the Centre for Business in Society's newsletter is now available


Clean Futures - "How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint" Workshop

Clean Futures masterclass teaching small businesses about how to reduce their carbon footprint.


Effects of Human Milk MicroRNAs on Early Brain Development: An In Vitro Study

A fully funded PhD studentship within an Academy of Medical Sciences project investigating the influence of miRNAs from exosomes isolated from colostrum, transitional milk and mature milk on the development and function of cultured neuronal cells and a human iPSC-derived brain organoid model.


Managing the migration crisis? Undocumented migrants and refugees at Europe’s southern border

Over recent years, hundreds of thousands of people have crossed the Mediterranean to Italy as part of what has come to be known as Europe’s ‘migration crisis’. An intensification of controls on international population movements has taken place both at sea and after arrival. This project seeks to better understand what the impact of attempts by EU institutions and national governments to manage the crisis has been on migrants’ status and journeys. It serves to document the ongoing crisis through the experiences of newly arrived migrants and refugees.


Optimisable system-level thermal models for power electronic converters

This project is focused on the design of reliable yet efficient thermal models underpinning an optimal design framework for power electronic converters. Due to the high number of times these models must be evaluated during the optimisation process, they are required to be of low computational cost (so-called ‘optimisable’).


Responsible Business Practices in SMEs: the case of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter

Using the context of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, this exploratory study aims to understand how SMEs integrate responsibility into their everyday business practice and consumer attitudes to jewellery consumer social responsibility (CSR).


Coventry University academic joins delegation to Palestine in support of the right to education

Dr Ken Fero, Assistant Professor in the Centre for Global Learning (GLEA), was selected for a fellowship of the first Palestine Academic Links Seminar (PALS) organised by the Friends of Birzeit University (FOBZU).


European Business Leaders meet at Coventry University for EBN Techcamp 2023

Coventry University Group will proudly host European business leaders at a two-day event focused on future-proofing technology investment, while showcasing some of the best immersive technology the UK has to offer.


Developing AI to Move Local Cultural Collections Closer to the Knowledge Economy

This PhD investigates how linked data infrastructures, artificial intelligence and participatory design methods can support community archives and local cultural collections in the digital knowledge economy.


It is vital we teach social and cultural resilience in an increasingly hostile world

As Global Education Week gets underway, Professor Lynn Clouder and her colleagues in the Centre for Global Learning, reveal how Coventry University Group is fostering societal and cultural resilience for students around the world through education.


Movement skills as a pathway for children's health

This is a PhD within the Coventry University (UK) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa) Cotutelle programme. Primarily based at Coventry University this PhD will have a focus on children's motor development, physical activity, health and educational outcomes.


Coventry University to play key role in £5.8 million project to deliver a more sustainable future for Open Access books

A new project that works to increase access to valuable research is to receive more than £5.8 million in funding.


Sustainable space for meeting, discussion and collaboration - REACH

The upcoming three-year REACH project will establish a Social Platform as a sustainable space for meeting, discussion and collaboration.


Coventry University hosts COP26 Transport Expo

Coventry University hosted Coventry City Council’s Transport Expo to showcase the latest research and innovative work that’s taking place at the university to tackle climate change by creating environmentally friendly and sustainable modes of transport.


Is it time to update the UK’s national PE curriculum?

A study by Professor Michael Duncan has examined the effectiveness of the UK’s national Physical Education (PE) curriculum in comparison to the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) Shuttle Time programme.


Understanding barriers to Electric Vehicle adoption amongst mass market car drivers

Within the context of government policy regulating against the sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles within the next two decades, the project sought to understand how ready the mass market is to transition to electric vehicles (EVs).


Open webinar sessions: PhD in Global Education

The Research Centre for Global Learning (GLEA) offers a part-time, online PhD in Global Education and a part-time, online MA by Research in Global Education.


Feminist Research, Craft Theory And Virtual Materiality

In this seminar, visiting artist and scholar Dr Lynne Heller will give a talk about her research which brings a feminist perspective, crafts theory and collage methodology to research practice exploring the area between material and virtual realities.


C-ALPS targets hydrogen fuel-cell opportunities with £2m new lab investment

Coventry University is building a world-class hydrogen fuel-cell development facility to support the UK’s bid to become an international leader in sustainable mobility.