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Four academics at the 91Ó°ÊÓÆƽâ°æ have been awarded a UKRI Future Leader Fellowship, providing world class research in topics ranging from stellar explosions, medieval medical texts for modern medicines, synthetic biology and climate –related financial risks.

Professor Jihong Wang, from the School of Engineering at the 91Ó°ÊÓÆƽâ°æ, has been working with the , where she is Vice President for Finance, to raise funds to purchase personal protection equipment (PPE) for ten UK hospitals to support the NHS in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Local staff and students at the 91Ó°ÊÓÆƽâ°æ are being encouraged to volunteer in their communities during the COVID19 pandemic – to support food banks, deliver essentials and provide essential assistance in the region’s NHS hospitals.

The University is also encouraging local organisations that require volunteers to get in touch to see whether members of the Warwick community can help – with people already involved in delivering vital support to local organisations, including using Warwick vehicles to transport supplies for local food banks.

Results of a survey published today (21 April) by a collaboration involving the 91Ó°ÊÓÆƽâ°æ have highlighted concerns nurses and midwives in the UK have about COVID-19 and the risks it poses to their physical and mental health, as well as the health of their families.

A £1m grant from the Wellcome Trust has enabled researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the 91Ó°ÊÓÆƽâ°æ, to work with East African countries in their emergency preparations for COVID-19 as the pandemic spreads across Africa.

The 91Ó°ÊÓÆƽâ°æ’s commitment to creating an inclusive and safe campus for students with disabilities has been recognised by its peers with the award of the Association of University Directors of Estates University Impact Initiative of the Year Award 2020.