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Updates from the press team at @covcampus, featuring news and insight from across the university group. Tweet or DM us for expert comment or a #journorequest.

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Coventry University Group is strengthening its presence in Kazakhstan with the official opening of its second campus - making it the first British university with two sites in the country.

The new Coventry University Kazakhstan campus in Almaty – another partnership with Primus Capital LLP – officially opened on 22 September and follows the success of the first campus in the capital city, Astana.

It is another major milestone in the global education group’s international growth and its commitment to delivering high-quality British higher education to students around the world.

Professor John Latham CBE, Coventry University Vice-Chancellor and Group CEO, said: “The new campus in Almaty is another step in our journey to be a global education group. Students at this new campus will be studying in state of the art facilities alongside 30,000 others studying Coventry University degrees overseas.

“Coventry University Group is dedicated to creating better futures through accessible international education.

"Our students in Kazakhstan will be able to study in a modern and inspiring environment, taught by world-class academics alongside our course teams in the UK.”

Visit https://t.co/cRxAnyhHs9 to learn more from Dr Miras Daulenov, President of Coventry University Kazakhstan, and Sayasat Nurbek, Kazakhstan Minister of Science and Higher Education, about this exciting news.

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🪙"Drought and flooding are two sides of the same coin."

⛈️From water shortages to flash floods, climate scientist Dr Jonathan Eden from @CoventryCAWR discussed the challenges of extreme weather with @BBCLeicester.

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🎧Listen from 1:13:28: https://t.co/LTmj8ntHSO

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"We're moving out of the test space"🚨

Our disaster and emergency management expert Dan Watson spoke to @BBCCWR about emergency alerts, who requested the #wildfires warning and why they're an important tool.

🎧Listen back from 1.14:57:
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Psychology academic @Rachael_Molitor at Coventry University, joined @bbchw yesterday to discuss why the loss of a pet can have a profound emotional impact and why grief looks different for everyone. Listen here at 35.18 https://t.co/lEKouoRnlv

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Watch @SafaaSindi from @CoventryUniResearch on @bbcmtd discussing how prolonged dry weather across England is putting pressure on our food supply chains and the role technology can play in building resilience for the future. Watch from 13:56 here: https://t.co/C4HW4QbNa2

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🥋"I'm excited to compete in the Commonwealth Games again."

🥇Our alumni Emma Reid spoke to @BBCCWR about her love of judo and her bid to defend her gold medal in Glasgow.

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🎧 Listen back from 3:19:18: https://t.co/FcrU779dEa

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“The best teams acknowledge Messi’s quality but they don’t let him dominate their thinking - they trust their own plan."

@covcampus sports psychologist Dr Nikita Rowley spoke to @BBCCWR ahead of #England's clash with #Argentina.

Listen here from 2:22:14: https://t.co/n6D7J4LfkI

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Hear Lee Bolt, Senior Technician Skills Instructor from @CovCampus and student Lewis Parkinson on @BBCCWR this morning speaking about working with @Coventry_City's first team to get them ready for the new season. https://t.co/fg664hGkFE Listen at 7:53 #PUSB #CCFC #CoventryCity

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Coventry City's first team squad began preparations for their return to the Premier League in Coventry University’s high-tech sports science labs.

The likes of Ellis Simms, Bobby Thomas and club captain Matt Grimes were put through their paces by staff and students from the university’s sports science courses on their first day of pre-season training.

Lab tests to measure aerobic capacity, body composition and movement competency awaited the players as the countdown begins to the #SkyBlues taking on @premierleague champions Arsenal in the season’s curtain raiser on August 21.

The information gathered by Coventry University’s sport scientists will be used by the club to tailor pre-season conditioning for the players, identify factors of injury risk and create performance benchmarks to assess changes in the players across the season.

Dr Jason Tallis, Associate Course Director for Sport and Exercise Science at Coventry University, said: “Through delivering laboratory‑grade assessments of aerobic capacity and body composition to both Under-21 and first team squads, we are contributing data‑rich insights to optimise performance.

“Importantly, undergraduate students from our Sport and Exercise Science, Sport Therapy and Sport Coaching programmes were central to the delivery of these assessments. We are committed to developing competent, work‑ready practitioners, and these opportunities reflect the confidence we place in our students by embedding them at the heart of applied, high-performance environments.”

Lewis Parkinson, a third-year Sport and Exercise Science student and Sky Blues fan, said: “It was really special to have the @Coventry_City players here after watching them week in, week out – it was an amazing feeling to have worked with them.

"It’s a great experience to work with Premier League athletes and we are doing testing that we have learned on our course, so being able to put it into a real environment like this is great.”

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"Going to Coventry University really gave me a solid engineering background...all through my career it's been so useful"

The COO of @MercedesAMGF1 and @covcampus graduate Rob Thomas spoke to @BBCCWR about his education and life in F1.
Listen from 1.50:23: https://t.co/dtI959z2eV

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“If we don’t deal with it then it has a knock-on effect in terms of competitive sport. Without players, without coaches and without officials we don’t have competitive sport.”
Dr Tom Webb spoke to @BBC3CR about referee abuse in sport.
Listen at 17.20 https://t.co/YtJNnqcFLJ

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"I think it will survive but we'll see some strain for a while"

Our international relations expert @ThatHistorian spoke to @BBCCovWarks about the future of the UK-US #SpecialRelationship and ongoing conflict in the #MiddleEast.
Listen here from 3.10:17 - https://t.co/DbvifGIERB

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Our sports scholar @InterceptorJW has been chatting to @BBCCWR about his rise to the top of the @DartsWDF world rankings.
Listen to Jenson's hopes going forward from 2.42.22: https://t.co/epbbRUSEEN

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If you’re feeling blue today, you’re not alone. @covcampus psychology expert Dr @Rachael_Molitor sheds some light on @BBCRadioScot about what #BlueMonday is and what you can do to make yourself feel more positive today. Listen here at 56:30 https://t.co/0DfAAAVB5e

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What is the ultimate question to stump a #Traitor? Dr @Rachael_Molitor tells @BBCYork what she would ask ahead of tonight's latest episode of #TheTraitors.
Listen here from 1.12.35: https://t.co/BWkcytFBVx
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“This is exactly the type of cowboy diplomacy that appeals to a certain subset of the American public.”

Dr Darren Reid, @covcampus' US politics expert, spoke to @BBCScotland on the US military operation in Venezuela.

Listen here from 1.22: https://t.co/QUWWzRJ5Pt
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“Even if you take three steps forward and one step back, you’ve still gone two steps further forward” - our chartered psychologist Dr @Rachael_Molitor gave her top tips to @bbchw on how to make your #NewYearResolutions a reality.
Listen here from 1.09: https://t.co/5uVRg3qItW

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🎄"Christmas markets offer a seasonal form of escapism"

Aurélie Bröckerhoff from our Research Centre for Peace and Security spoke to @BBCCWR about the centuries-old German roots & evolving traditions of #ChristmasMarkets

🎅 Listen back from 30:42
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Football finance expert @Tom_Bason from @covcampus gives his reaction to the price of the @FIFAWorldCup tickets on @bbc5live. He discusses what this tells us about @FIFAcom and how they can justify the price increase. Listen here at 46.49 https://t.co/4Vw1IalTMi #WorldCup2026