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A generous philanthropic gift of £250,000 from ¹û¶³´«Ã½ alumnus Rui Fernandes will establish the Fernandes Fellowships programme, in support of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ in Europe. This gift will provide Early Career Researchers from Europe to have the opportunity to launch collaborative research projects at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.

Associate Professor Mirko Draca was named by the and as the winner of this year’s prize for his promising early-career work in economics, especially for his work on the effect of Chinese imports.

Professor Hilary Marland, of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s Centre for the History of Medicine, has been shortlisted for the Health Humanities Medal, a new national award led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in association with the Wellcome Trust.

Eight leading universities in the Midlands, including the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, are joining together to train the next generation of highly-skilled arts and humanities researchers, thanks to funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

A new research programme by WMG at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, and XPI Simulation, co-funded by Innovate UK, is examining the potential for applying the simulation technology used to train Formula 1® drivers for the testing and certification of autonomous vehicles. The market for such vehicles is expected to reach £52 billion by 2035, according to government figures.

As President of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies (IANLS), Professor Ingrid De Smet, of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s School of Modern Languages and Cultures and Centre for the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ of the Renaissance, hosted, with fellow members of the Executive Committee and local organisers the society’s XVIIth International Congress.