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The public science festival, Pint of Science, kicks off next with experts from the Universities of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the Coventry and Leamington Spa.

The use of social media can help propagate already existing tensions and perhaps even push some potential perpetrators over the edge to carry out violent acts, according to new research on social media and violence against refugees in Germany presented today at the Royal Economic Society annual conference in ¹û¶³´«Ã½.

Governments keen to raise levels of educational achievement need to look at the cultures and attitudes of parents in high-achieving countries, not just national education systems – according to new findings from researchers at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and the Bank of Italy.

The public science festival, Pint of Science, is returning to Coventry this year with experts from the Universities of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the city.

The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Economics Department is this year’s host for the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference. The prestigious event, taking place from 15 to 17 April, brings together more than 700 academic and professional economists from across the globe to present current research developments in economics and showcase real-world applications.

¹û¶³´«Ã½-based Minerva, one of the UK’s largest traditional angel investor networks, has teamed up with Aston University and University of Birmingham Enterprise to expand the funding opportunities available to start-up businesses in the West Midlands by launching a network of ‘business angels with insight’ for Birmingham.