game and other technology development.
Coventry has adopted a policy of naming its buildings after people or organisations with a significant local or regional impact. These include former Coventry-based automotive company Armstrong Siddeley; Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry; Coventry-based automotive pioneer Frederick Lanchester; Victorian novelist, critic and poet George Eliot; the father of the bicycle industry James Starley (building demolished in early 2020); former MP for Coventry East and political journalist Richard Crossman; artist Graham Sutherland, whose building was later demolished and replaced by a new building named after composer Delia Derbyshire, who is best known for composing the theme song to the BBC series Doctor Who; and founder of the Morris Motors automotive manufacturer William Morris.
The College of Engineering, Environment & Science has a former RAF Harrier T.4 aircraft, tail number XW270, used as a teaching aid.
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=== CU Coventry ===
CU Coventry campus openedon Mile Lane, Coventry in 2012.
=== CU London ===
CU London Dagenham was established as a new campus in 2017 located in the former Dagenham Civic Centre.
CU London Greenwich opened in 2020 and operates from a new campus at 6 Mitre Passage, on the Greenwich Peninsula.
=== CU Scarborough ===
CU Scarborough located in North Yorkshire opened in 2016.
=== Coventry University London ===
Coventry University's London campus was opened in 2010. The campus is located in University House, 109–117 Middlesex Street in the City of London.
=== Coventry University Wrocław ===
Coventry University Wrocław campus opened in September 2020, offering courses taught in English. It is the first foreign university in Poland.
== Structure and organisation ==
=== Governance ===
Coventry University is headed formally by the Chancellor, a largely ceremonial role, currently Eng Ahmed El Sewedy. The Chancellor is supported by six Pro-Chancellors and is appointed by the university's Board of Governors. Terms for the Chancellor and …
