News nuggets

Warwick has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education for its research in Mathematics and Statistics.

The award, which is allocated every two years, was announced at St James’ Palace in London on 19 November 2015.
“It is particularly pleasing to be awarded this Royal prize in the year Warwick is celebrating its 50th anniversary,” Warwick’s vice-chancellor Nigel Thrift said.

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Warwick UNICEF on Campus raised more than £8900 for at their annual FAST24 event.

This means they broke not only their own fundraising record from last year, but also the record of every UNICEF on Campus in the country.

The money will help children in Yemen. The event took place between 20 and 21 November.

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The University of Warwick, King’s College London, and New York University (NYU) partner to establish a Centre for Urban Science and Progress in London.

The centre will open at King’s Strand campus in 2017.

Nigel Thrift explained that “CUSP London will be a significant engine of applied urban science research, innovation and education that will work with London as a living laboratory”

A similar centre was already opened in New York in 2012, and is a leader in the field of urban science and informatics.

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Nominations for the Staff Award 2016 are now open.

Any student or staff member can nominate staff members or teams.

There are ten award categories, such as outstanding contribution, student experience, and unsung hero.

Nominations can be made until Friday 8 January 2016. The winners, who will be chosen by two judging panels, will be presented on 11 March 2016.

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Dr Michael Scott of the Classics and Ancient History department was declared honorary citizen of Delphi.

The award follows Dr Scott’s scientific work in Delphi.

Dr Scott said “It’s a big honour for me to become an honorary citizen of Delphi, and I am even more delighted to be playing a role in Delphi’s campaign to be 2021 European Capital City of Culture.”