Press Releases
New podcast series explores consent in legal history and in courtrooms today
A new podcast series commissioned by legal historian Dr Laura Lammasniemi explores the history of sexual consent and asks whether understanding that history can help tackle present-day problems in securing convictions for sexual offences. The Age of Consent features thirteen expert voices, from academics to rape crisis workers and journalists, invited by Dr Lammasniemi to bring their own perspectives to the conversation.
Online exhibition of artworks by Coventry artists reflecting university research launches in December
· The 91¸£Àû and Coventry University will launch Coventry Creates 2021, a second online exhibition of collaborative work between researchers and Coventry artists.
Photography exhibition opens at George Eliot Hospital
Exhibition of portrait photographs taken by 91¸£Àû Medical School student recognises the work of hospital staff during the Covid-19 pandemic
Social justice under the lens as Screening Rights Film Festival returns to Coventry and Birmingham
The Screening Rights Film Festival returns to cinemas in the West Midlands from 25 – 28 November as part of the 91¸£Àû's Resonate Festival, showcasing films that provoke both thought and feelings about today’s most pressing issues in social justice.
High-speed propeller star is fastest spinning white dwarf
A white dwarf star that completes a full rotation once every 25 seconds is the fastest spinning confirmed white dwarf, according to a team of astronomers led by the 91¸£Àû.
‘Investment in cities, not towns, is the best way to tackle regional inequality for the long-term,’ finds CAGE Research Centre.
Contrary to reports of a rise in rural living, new research from CAGE shows the COVID pandemic has done little to change the economic geography of the UK. But the preference for urban living revealed in the report offers an opportunity for the government to tackle regional inequality.