West Midlands Combined Universities
Skip to content
  • About Us
  • Advanced Manufacturing in Construction
  • Aims & Ambitions
  • AMC expertise and support
  • AMC related projects
  • AMC related research
  • AMC related skills provision
  • Areas of Expertise
  • Contact Us
  • FAQS
  • News
  • Sample Page

Uncategorised

Brexit will allow some universities to ‘go global’ while others will reduce in size, Coventry University VC tells MPs

Posted on 11th January 2017 by mark farnan

Giving evidence to the Education Select Committee at Oxford University on the impact of Brexit on higher education which took place on Wednesday 11 January,[…]

Coventry University to drive forward Roads Academy leadership programme

Posted on 11th January 201711th January 2017 by mark farnan

WMCU member Coventry University is set to deliver leadership training on behalf of the government company that oversees the operation, maintenance and improvement of England’s[…]

How higher education can make the industrial strategy a success

Posted on 21st December 2016 by Richard Horsburgh

Professor John Latham is Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Coventry University and is chair of the University Alliance mission group.  Here he blogs on the[…]

Combined Universities initiative has important role to play says new interim Vice-Chancellor

Posted on 21st December 2016 by Richard Horsburgh

An experienced Higher Education leader has reiterated the important contribution universities can make to plugging the region’s skills gaps and boosting the economy, after taking[…]

Midlands Universities launch ‘cash pot’ for growth-hungry businesses

Posted on 14th December 201614th December 2016 by Richard Horsburgh

Three Midlands Universities have joined forces to launch a new scheme offering up to £2,500 to help small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) create innovation[…]

New Chief Executive forges ahead with manufacturing hub plans

Posted on 17th November 2016 by Richard Horsburgh

The University of Wolverhampton has appointed a new Chief Executive to get its Elite Centre of Manufacturing (ECMS) hubs off the ground. Ian Fitzpatrick, from[…]

Coventry University VC tells MPs to put skills “ahead of the curve” of UK industrial strategy

Posted on 17th November 201617th November 2016 by mark farnan

Coventry University’s vice-chancellor John Latham gave evidence yesterday to the UK parliament’s committee looking at industrial strategy, and called for skills to be at its[…]

A new kind of collaboration

Posted on 17th November 2016 by mark farnan

Paul Noon, pro vice-chancellor of enterprise and innovation at Coventry University discusses how WMCU represents a new kind of educational collaboration. The word “collaboration” is[…]

Universities handed £500k boost to provide apprenticeships to help plug skills gaps

Posted on 14th November 201617th November 2016 by Richard Horsburgh

Birmingham City University and the University of Wolverhampton have been handed a £500,000 boost to train apprentices in key industries and help tackle some of[…]

West Midlands MEP praises “extraordinary” economic impact of Coventry University

Posted on 11th November 201621st November 2016 by mark farnan

West Midlands MEP Siôn Simon visited Coventry University on Friday 11 November to discuss economic growth in the region and the university’s impact. The former[…]

Posts navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Recent Posts

  • West Midlands Combined Universities Propel Business Growth at Inaugural Festival
  • West Midlands Mayor names WMCU Partnership amongst experts to begin work on key priorities
  • WMCU forges a new path for innovation with DigispinWM
  • The West Midlands National Park to lead the region’s green recovery
  • West Midlands Combined Universities response to COVID-19
Tweets by WMCombinedUnis
West Midlands Combined Universities
Skip to content
  • About Us
  • Advanced Manufacturing in Construction
  • Aims & Ambitions
  • AMC expertise and support
  • AMC related projects
  • AMC related research
  • AMC related skills provision
  • Areas of Expertise
  • Contact Us
  • FAQS
  • News
  • Sample Page