Coventry University is a leading UK university that was named University of the Year in 2015. It has over £250 million invested in research staff and facilities focusing on excellence with impact. Some of its 10 research centers examine topics like transport mobility, manufacturing materials, low impact buildings, and business in society. The university also has numerous EU-funded projects related to STEM education, wellness, teacher training, and supporting youth. It is opening a new £64 million science and health building in 2017 to support cutting-edge research.

1. Coventry University
Overview
March 2016
“No.1 Modern University in the UK, 2014, 2015 and
2016”
“The University of the Year
2015”

2. Core Strengths
Skills, KT, IP
Enterprise & Innovation
2020 Research Strategy
(£250m Investment)
“Flexible, Fresh,
Education Provision”
Other
Staff/Student Exchanges
Estates Management
Technology
Park
Coventry University

3. • £250m investment into research staff and facilities
• Focusing on the continuous development of high
quality research – targeting ‘Excellence with Impact’
– A natural development of the current focus on “applied” research
• Internationally renowned, “making a significant
difference to the way in which we live”
2020 Research Strategy

4. • State of the Art Teaching & Research Facilities
• £64m, 11,250 m2
• Five Stories, including:-
• Biosciences Super Lab
• Health Simulation
• Sports Science
• Opening January 2017
New Science & Health Building

5. Research Centres
Applied Biological &
Exercise Science
Business in Society
Trust, Peace & Social
Relations
Agroecology, Water &
Resilience
Psychology,
Behaviour &
Achievement
Flow Measurement
and fluid mechanics
Technology Enabled
Health
Transport & Mobility
Dance
Manufacturing &
Materials Low Impact Buildings
Computing &
Complex Systems

6. Transport & Mobility
THEMES:
• Cyber security
• Low carbon vehicles
• Vehicle dynamics & safety
• Human systems integration
• Automotive & vehicle design Mobility
• Human body modelling

7. Manufacturing & Materials
THEMES:
• Process control/ product
verification
• Advanced metrology &
experimentation
• Supply chain management
• Materials for advanced
technologies
• Integrated product enhancement

8. Low Impact Buildings
THEMES:
• Dynamic performance of buildings
• Occupant & owner responses
• Impacts of uncertainty
• Whole-life decision-making
• Smart civic structure
• Monitoring buildings

9. Business in Society
THEMES:
• Low carbon vehicles: post-trial
evaluation, business models, mapping
R&D capability
• Big data: data governance, data analysis
for business process improvement
• Cyber security: SME readiness,
modelling individual behaviour
• Research Interests & Capabilities:
– Policy, industries and economic
growth
– The role of national and international
public policy in achieving sustainable
economies and ethical business
practices.
– A particular focus on SME’s.
– Transformational business models,
alternative models of growth and their
social and environmental outcomes.
Communities, consumers and
responsible business

10. SGI-CTEHR Relevant Projects:
MASELTOV-FP7, Cultural integration and awareness
PEGASO-FP7, Promoting wellness among adolescents
SimAula-FP7, Enabling Teachers to teach STEM
WorkBuddy-SBRI, Support for youth with disabilities at work
OrbEET, H2020, Technology enabled training
PERGAMON, H2020, Diabetes Game
Director
Prof Pam Kato

11. Future Projects related to STEM:
CO-Creation: Education and skills: empowering Europe’s young innovators

12. Thank You!
For further info:
Silvia Gomez Recio
EU Policy Adviser
Coventry University
Email:
Silvia.GomezRecio@Coventry.ac.uk