Coventry University is overhauling its academic calendar, moving from a traditional single-intake year to six student intakes annually (September, November, January, March, May and July) for all undergraduate courses from September onwards. Students will study one module at a time in six-week teaching blocks, a model already trialled at other Coventry University Group campuses, with the aim of improving progression, completion and satisfaction while helping students balance study with work and family commitments. The change follows a period of financial difficulty, with the university posting successive £60 million deficits in 2023-24 and 2024-25 before implementing cuts and restructuring.

The university, which has overseas campuses including new sites planned in India, Kazakhstan, Poland and Singapore, expects to break even in 2025-26 after applications and admissions fell to a ten-year low for September 2025 entry. It is also expanding degree apprenticeship programmes, adding to around 3,000 current apprentices. Support for students includes contextual offers reducing entry requirements by up to 16 UCAS points for around half to 60% of admissions, rent-free accommodation for care leavers under 25, and sports scholarships worth £1,500 or £3,000 a year. Accommodation prices range from £4,455 for a shared-living studio to £9,976 for a deluxe single studio.