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congratulations to History student Kare Adenegan on her two silver medals at the Tokyo Paralympics.

With the new teaching term in sight, you’re invited to reflect and think about teaching practices going forwards. Add Getting Teaching Ready week, 20-24 September, to your diaries and join in to explore bite-sized resources, share tips and discuss questions. You can get practical advice and support on important topics such as building learning communities and enhancing student engagement, and inclusive learning experiences.

To support leadership development, applications are now open for our shadowing and development scheme for academics, How ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Works. If you’d like to get an insight in how the University operates at a senior leadership level, or could volunteer to be shadowed, find out more and get in touch before 15 October.

Coventry’s successful West Midlands Cycle Hire scheme has now been expanded to cover our campus and Coventry Railway Station. Learn more about the scheme and the offer currently on.

Attend ‘The Role of Diversity in Economic Recovery’ event taking place on Wednesday 15 September and learn more about how leaders navigate the issues involved in the workplace and in wider communities to put inclusion at the centre of local economic recovery strategies.

Watch a video completed as part of a project exploring the experiences of new parents in Coventry from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups, during the pandemic. The project is from Dr Becky MacGregor, Dr Julia Gauly, Professor Debra Bick, Professor Jeremy Dale and Dr Sarah Hillman with the Unit of Academic Primary Care and the project based at Foleshill Women’s Training.

How does language influence and shape us? Join us on Sunday 19 September for a free, fun-filled day of interactive activities, workshops and performances at Assembly Festival Gardens to explore how everyone’s life-stories and languages collectively shape who we are.

Find out more about the temporary closure of Crackley Lane in Kenilworth, between 13 and 25 September, to allow HS2 preparations to take place.

On Thursday 16 September, managed desktops not already on Office 365 will upgrade overnight. Find out more about the update.