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Opinion: Apprenticeships vs degrees – it isn’t as simple as that News

During National Apprenticeship Week, Professor Ian Dunn, Provost of Coventry University Group, explores how recent skills reforms could better support learners and employers by recognising degrees and apprenticeships as complementary routes within a lifelong learning system.


Careers team honoured for international student support News

Coventry University London’s incredible effort to support international students into the workplace has been recognised with a prestigious industry award.


Coventry University helps to strengthen the NHS talent pipeline with new pathways into healthcare careers News

Coventry University is working with colleges to attract and educate the next generation of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals by creating new progression routes into healthcare for students completing health T Levels.


Career change leads to Daisy Award nomination for compassionate Coventry University graduate News

A Coventry University graduate has been nominated for a prestigious Daisy Award after her dedication and compassion touched the lives of patients and their families.


Doctor ‘Duck’ qualifies for dream GP role after being helped by Coventry University’s Clearing team News

Paige Kendall Duckenfield thought her dream career in medicine was over after a difficult A-level results day, but after reaching out to Coventry University’s Clearing Team she is now preparing to begin her new role as a GP.


Coventry University researcher aims to help employers support disabled and neurodivergent home-based workers News

A new toolkit designed to help organisations support disabled and/or neurodivergent staff to work from home has been produced by a Coventry University researcher. 


Coventry University student’s inspiring career change during mum’s cancer battle News

A woman who followed her dream to become a Nursing Associate while her mum was being treated for cancer knows she has made her family proud.


Sports scholar Barnabas aims to star on the world ice hockey stage News

A Coventry University student has set his sights on a dream career playing international ice hockey.


World Cup winning England cricketer receives Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University News

Moeen Ali’s contribution to English cricket during a decade-long international career has been recognised by Coventry University.


Coventry University to help businesses make most of power of apprentices with Levy Gift News

Coventry University is set to support small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) employers to access the transformational power of apprenticeships through the offer of a Levy Gift.


Coventry University graduate eyes career designing superyachts after competition win News

A Coventry University graduate has won a prestigious superyacht competition with her sustainable design for a ship that “never dies”.


What you study is more important than where you study, according to new survey of graduate employers News

Employers tend to value a graduate’s skills, the subject they studied and vocational experience gained during their degree ahead of grades achieved or where they studied when hiring new staff, according to a new survey conducted by CBI Economics.


Coventry University signs MOU with GlobalLogic Poland with aim of increasing student employability News

A proposed collaboration between Coventry University's Poland Campus in Wrocław (CUW) and GlobalLogic Poland could see a number of new ways of working introduced aimed at increasing student employability and exploring research opportunities.


Coventry University Group’s National Institute of Teaching and Education and LLSE hope to launch ‘one-stop shop’ for teacher training News

Current and budding teachers could soon be given greater opportunity of having a rewarding career thanks to a collaboration between the National Institute of Teaching and Education (NITE) and Leadership Learning Securing Excellence (LLSE).


Neurodivergent worker reveals how remote working helps them work full-time in results of Coventry University research study News

An autistic person has shared how remote working has helped them maintain their busy career. 


Coventry University’s NITE helps Northern Ireland Gaelic football star Joe Oguz pursue his dream teaching career News

A talented Gaelic footballer is gearing up to play in the prestigious All Ireland Championship while being helped into his dream teaching career by Coventry University’s National Institute for Teaching and Education (NITE).


Coventry University hosts workshops to inspire the next generation of artists News

When Tess Radcliffe was in school, she had no idea that her dream career was in the arts world, and it wasn’t until the age of 30 that she discovered her true calling.


History-making nurse May Parsons reflects on a whirlwind year that has seen her meet the Queen, graduate and receive the Coventry University Endeavour award News

As May Parsons swapped her nursing blues for a Coventry University graduation gown, she revealed that if it was not for her mother’s health scare, she might have missed out on a fulfilling nursing career that has seen her make history, meet royalty and become the face of the COVID-19 vaccine campaign.


Coventry graduate begins career in national newsroom News

A talented Coventry University graduate has embarked on an exciting new career after scooping a top job with ITV National News.


How Clearing and her migrant roots inspired CTPSR academic Sinead Ouillon to build a career that gives back to Coventry communities News

For Sinead, the inspiration behind setting up FabLab, which is backed by the University’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) and Coventry City Council, comes from combining the skills from her dancing career, business degree and the difficulties her dad and his family faced when they moved from Ireland to Coventry in the 60’s. But it might have been a different story had it not been for Clearing.