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Press Summary February 26 – March 4

Press Summary, February 19 – February 25

International
French Paper
- Article on higher education options open to European students. Warwick validates an MA in History and Business at IESA

PhysOrg
- WMS has begun a $3.6 million research and training programme to train Malawian clinical officers to reduce the death rate for pregnant mothers and babies
Also in 6 other sources

Trucking News
- Professor Franco Cappuccio, WMS, is caught in the middle of a row between the American Trucking Association and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration over proposed changes to hours of service rule, with both sides citing his work
Also in Bloomberg
28 other sources

Wall Street Journal
- Article on the negatives of the HS2 rail line between London and Birmingham, which quotes Professor Mike Geddes, WBS, as one of the leading academics against the scheme

National
Computer Weekly
- Professor Andrew Oswald, Warwick Business School, is mentioned in an article about happiness after David Cameron announced plans to monitor the nation's happiness

Computer World - Article on Warwick Mobile Robotics new rescue robot which uses the Xbox Kinect technology
Also in 17 other sources

Daily Mail - Researchers at Warwick Medical School have found a link between the length of a man's fingers and prostate cancer
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Press Text (Germany)


Daily Telegraph - Article on how family breakdown does more damage than poverty to someone's happiness. The findings came from a report which academics at Warwick helped write

Easy Sleep
- Professor Franco Cappuccio, WMS, and Dr Michelle Miller, WMS, have found people who get a lack of sleep are increasing their chances of heart disease and strokes
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Sleep Review
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World Health

Engineer
- Professor Derek Ceglarek, WMG, has helped a firm develop software to address the cause of 'no defect found' problems

ENDS Report
- Rob Lillywhite, Life Sciences, spoke at a debate on whether the dairy industry is matching consumer expectations

Environmental Graffiti - Article on 11 green technologies which never got off the ground, including a bioplastic mobile phone developed at Warwick

Ethical Performance - Article on the Food Ethics Council, which has Elizabeth Dowler, Life Sciences, on the board

Farm Business
- Eman Calleja, Life Sciences, spoke about how climate change could damage the strawberry growing industry in Scotland at a Scottish Agricultural College conference

Horticulture Week
- Comment piece by Dr Ken Cockshull, Life Sciences, on nitrite in field-grown salads

Independent
- Comment piece about how foreign money is being donated to universities to fund new buildings. Warwick is mentioned as benefiting from oil money

Independent
- Dr Chris Bilton, Theatre studies, comments in an article about the need for creative industries and business to work together

Independent
- Article on how student entrepreneurs could save the economy, mentioning WBS Enterprise Hub

Maritime Journal - An Institute of Employment Research report has found employment in the wind energy industry has almost doubled over the last years

Spectator
- Comment piece on the freezing of Libya's assets, which mentions Andrew Oswald, Economics, research into how oil prices affect world economies

Sunday Times
- Interview with graduate and TV star Stephen Merchant

Times
- Comment piece on why people are obsessed with the he/she when speaking or writing. Mentions Jenny Mezciems who tried to get students to try using other words in essays while at Warwick

Times
- Article on Jaguar Land Rover who are creating 2,500 new jobs, including positions at WMG
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Times - Professor Franco Cappuccio, WMS, comments on research which found one in ten Brits take medication to get to sleep
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Daily Telegraph

THE
- Centre for Globalisation and Regionalism has been awarded £6.8 million to investigate "Europe in a multipopular world"

Local
7th Space
- Mark Prisk MP, minister for Business and Enterprise, and European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani both visited WMG this week
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Press Trust

Birmingham Post
- Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya writes a comment piece on how Birmingham is starting to wake up to a new culinary wave of excellence

Birmingham Post
- Article on Birmingham Science Park Aston, which has links to Warwick

Birmingham Post
- WMG has opened the International Institute for Product and Service Innovation
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Coventry Telegraph
- A local resident writes about her fears for  Cannon Park with the proposed new Tesco store and threat of Warwick expanding the Science Park

Coventry Telegraph
- Doctors in Coventry have used a WMG printer to create 3D replicas of damaged body parts on which to practice

Coventry Telegraph
- Warwick is to host a National Premier Tennis Finals competition at the Tennis Centre

Coventry Telegraph
- A former Warwick student is among those missing after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand
Also in 7 other sources

Coventry Telegraph
- Students from Warwick will be mural painting and decorating three schools in Coventry as part of a volunteering scheme

Coventry Telegraph
- Coventry City Council is working with Warwick on new green technologies

Exeter Echo -
A study carried out by the Institute of Employment Research found apprenticeships are an investment that pays for its self
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Nuneaton News
- Comment piece by the mayor of Nuneaton who mentions the graduation ceremony at Warwick

Plymouth Herald
- Professor Dieter Wolke, has contributed to a study which has found families with only one child are the happiest

Sunday Mercury - Former Birmingham City Football Club player Nicky Eaden is currently studying at Warwick

Yorkshire Post
- Article on how the workforce is getting older, which could be a good thing. A report by Warwick found a DIY store in Macclesfield outperformed other stores - with all its employees over 50