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Cricket star secures sporting dreams five years after giving up hope News

A Coventry University sports scholar who gave up his dreams to focus on his studies has completed his degree and made the move to professional county cricket five years after thinking it was too late.


Coventry lecturer elected to Law Society as fight continues for access to justice News

A Coventry University graduate and lecturer will continue his fight for access to justice and Legal Aid after being elected to the Council of the Law Society.


“I remember an anxious wait for the post,” recalls career-change mum who went through Clearing in 1983 and 2016 News

A mature student who went through Clearing twice – with a 33 year gap – has reassured applicants awaiting results this Thursday that the modern process is much less fraught.  


“Expensive mistakes” are likely as transfer window looms, warns football finance expert News

Dr Andrew Jones spoke out after Premier League clubs spent a record amount of more than £1.21 billion during the summer transfer window.


Good things came out of Northern Rock banking crisis, says Coventry University finance expert News

Financial services expert Dr Harjit Sekhon spoke ahead of the 10th anniversary of the run on Northern Rock bank.


University's £30m clean powertrain deal with German global engineering service provider shows confidence in UK industry News

Coventry University and German-based international engineering service provider FEV have signed a £30 million deal to build a clean transport lab in Coventry to spearhead research into advanced powertrain development over the next decade.


Screen children with reading difficulties more thoroughly for hearing problems, says new report News

Children with reading difficulties should be more thoroughly screened for hearing problems, a new report by Coventry University academics has said.


‘Social Saturday’ offers chance for some community conscious shopping News

City shoppers are being encouraged to buy goods and services from a range of not-for-profit businesses that ‘trade for good’ at a special pop up market in Coventry this Saturday, 14 October.


White working-class Americans feel in nation’s “slow lane”, new study shows News

America’s white working-class communities feel they are being kept in the “slow lane” of social mobility while other groups speed past, according to a year-long study by UK and US researchers into their social and political views.


New autism study a "shocking wake-up call" for society, say academics News

People who show characteristics of autism are more at risk of attempting suicide, according to a Coventry University study whose results are being presented to a United States federal advisory committee tomorrow.


University to host Urban Crisis Workshop on its London Campus News

A one-day workshop on Thursday 17th November will bring together world leaders in the field of emergency response to present and discuss new ways to manage urban-based crises and hazards.


Phonar class clocks up 20,000th visitor News

Following publicity from an article on the WIRED magazine website as well as mentions in the Times Higher Education magazine and British newspaper, The Telegraph, the free online Photography and Narrative class #Phonar has received its 20,000th visitor this month alone.


High student satisfaction ratings at Coventry University News

Coventry University’s overall student satisfaction level has jumped by 6% from 79% in 2010 to 85% in the 2011 National Student Survey, published on Wednesday. As a result, Coventry is now the best modern university in the Midlands - well ahead of all its major local competitors - and is the second best modern university in England.


Coventry graduate secures studio role with acclaimed photographer News

Recent BA Photography graduate Aleksandra Zagozda has secured a studio assistant role with to acclaimed fashion photographer Chadwick Tyler in New York.


MediaPRO offers students the chance to touch base remotely News

Coventry University’s Department of Media has released an app enabling students to access course material from their iPhone or Android devices.   


Student assists world-renowned photographer Nadav Kander News

Second-year photography student Daisy Ware-Jarret assisted one of the most highly-reputed lensmen, Nadav Kander, on a shoot last week.


Photography graduate invited to exhibit in London by prestigious exhibition News

Graduate photographer Ross Rawlings has been invited by the prestigious fine art photography group ‘Uncertain States’ to be a part of its next exhibition and newspaper.


Coventry University best practice highlighted in report on effective course evaluation News

A senior academic from Coventry University has contributed to a new research report into the issues facing HE institutions in gaining and implementing student feedback on courses.


“Messy reality” of Europe’s migration crisis to be explored in panel discussion News

A panel discussion at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), to be broadcast live online, is aiming to shed light on the latest developments in the complex refugee and migration crisis in the Mediterranean.


Students to Adapt Stephen King Novella “Stationary Bike” into Short Film News

Three third year students from the Media Production course at Coventry University are about to start pre-production on a “Stephen King Dollar Baby” project.