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Centre for Postdigital Cultures 2021 Conference
The Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC) invites you to their annual conference, this year on the theme of 'Postdigital Cities'. The event will take place over the course of two days, with each panel session focusing on CPC's thematic areas.
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KPIT: Co-creation that drives value
The automotive industry is looking for ways to accelerate the upskilling of its engineering workforces to adapt to a changing market place that is becoming increasingly dominated by electric vehicles and autonomous driving. Coventry University’s partnership with global automotive technology company KPIT Technologies is aiming to create a solution to this by providing a glimpse into the future of how higher education can be delivered considering the future changes.
Transportation is a crucial aspect of everyday business, particularly for companies in rural areas that often face greater challenges connecting with customers than their urban counterparts. Delivering goods and ferrying staff to and from work in remote locations can increase costs and stifle growth. Researchers in our Centre for Business in Society have been working with local government and industry on an initiative to help rural businesses from a range of sectors make the most of the potential long-term benefits of using electric vehicles.
The creative industries are worth around £87 billion to the UK economy, and higher education institutions play a central role in the sector’s success and future prosperity. At Coventry University our roots can be traced back to a mid-19th century design school, and 175 years later the creative spirit that drove that school’s successful foundation and collaboration with industry is as vibrant as ever, and evident in our teaching and research activities.
Building on its strong automotive heritage, reputation for enterprise and innovation, and its commitment to the low carbon economy, Coventry University is at the forefront of developments in ‘green’ vehicle technologies. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are being designed and built in Coventry through the university’s cutting-edge spin-out company Microcab, which sits as part of the Centre for Mobility and Transport.
A healthy and happy population is one which benefits from all facets of society – from early years education to social justice policy – being geared towards preserving and improving our physical and mental wellbeing. Ageing populations and rises in mental ill-health are just some of the significant challenges we face, but at Coventry University we’re transforming the way we tackle these issues – among others – through research.
Rail traveller numbers have doubled since the mid 1990s. With this number set to double again in the next 25 years, this raises a whole host of challenges for the nations networks. Coventry University’s Centre for Business in Society (CBiS) has embarked on a project with companies including Network Rail, Virgin Trains, Serco, Alstom Transport, ID Computing and Oxford University to monitor and subsequently tackle just that.
Agriculture Initiative in Refugee Camps
Researchers at the Centre of Agroecology, Water and Resilience have worked with the Lemon Tree Trust to change this and to help transform the landscape of refugee camps with trees, plants and crops. Their project is crucial in making refugee camps greener, healthier and more productive places to live.
Researchers from our Centre for Business in Society have been investigating new and more effective ways of encouraging responsible lending and borrowing, working with UK credit unions to target the source of the problems and spread knowledge of better practice across the sector.
Female Genital Mutilation Research
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has affected over 125 million girls and women around the world. Our researchers have spent many years working in communities affected by FGM, both in the UK and abroad, to try to understand why it happens and what can be done to prevent it.
Researchers in our Centre for Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement have created the UK’s first set of measures to guide health service providers as part of a three-year project into building a support network for adults with Autism spectrum condition, specifically in relation to depression and suicidality.
The European Space (ESpace) Project – coordinated by a team led by our Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) – has been addressing this issue by looking at the creative reuse of digital cultural heritage.
For many, watching a bumblebee at work around a garden is a highlight of the spring and summer seasons. But global populations of this charismatic insect are in decline owing to changes in agricultural practices and a scarcity of its favoured flowers, and in the last 70 years at least two UK species have become extinct. In an effort to reverse this alarming trend, our researchers are working to deepen our understanding of the plant species found in UK gardens and allotments, and which are best to aid the conservation effort.
The Sustainable Building Futures project provides access to a number of events, ranging from focused topic workshops and networking events to new technology demonstration seminars. As there has been a high demand for these Workshops, priority will be given to eligible companies who meet the SME definition and who have not been previously supported by this project. Those who are returning clients will be placed on a waiting list, if places are available once booking has closed, you will be notified of an available place. However please note this may only be one or two days notice.
