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The Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Science 2022 are calling for public engagement event expressions of interest. Open to all ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers, find out more about the types of activities you could run, funding and support available, and apply. Deadline: 31 August.

Find out about the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Sports they will be running throughout the summer period, up until 18 September. Whether it’s a pre-work swim or a lunchtime rally on the tennis, squash or badminton courts, there’s plenty of options to fit around your work schedule. .

Discover research led by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ psychologists, showing that financial worries and sleep difficulties are consistently associated with poor mental health in students.

Hear from Professor Danny Steeghs from the Department of Physics on how a new telescope – led by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ as part of an international collaboration – will be used to track down sources of gravitational wave events and what that means for astronomy

See how local children have been working with City Councillors and ¹û¶³´«Ã½ academics to explore the impact of the transatlantic slave trade, at the one-day Colonial Legacies and Reconciliation Conference.

Take a look at the winners of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Sustainability Challenge, which works to encourage a whole-higher education approach to sustainability, with staff and students involved in co-creating ideas to tackle a real environmental challenge in Coventry.

Would you like to gain experience of wider academic governance, or strengthen your secretariat skills? Find out more about secondment opportunities where you can work with Education Quality and Policy supporting a Faculty Education Committee or Board. 

Following this year’s Self Care Day on 24 July, we are asking staff to review their self-care routine in the 21 Day Self-Care Challenge. Submit your own 21-day self-care plan by 5 August for the chance to win a wellness gift basket. Get tips for creating your plan and find out how to enter. 

Congratulations to Dr Hannah Friend, Director of Wellbeing and Safeguarding, who is leaving ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€¯in the autumn for a new and exciting challenge as a Chief Executive Officer for an educational charity.