
University of Birmingham at Hay Festival 2021
Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:01From Shakespeare to translation and activism and the Imposteress Rabbit Breeder, Birmingham scholars to take part at Hay Festival 2021. Leading researchers and experts from the University of...

University of Birmingham Fellow named Law Teacher of the Year 2020
Sunday, 18 April 2021 01:59A University of Birmingham legal Fellow has been named the 2020 winner of the prestigious Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year. The judges selected Emma Flint who is a...

New 10-year vision unveiled by University
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 23:04The University of Wolverhampton has outlined its plans for the next 10 years, focusing efforts on people and place to help the economy emerge from the Covd-19 pandemic. A new 10-year strategic...

Advice for anxious parents who miss out on their child’s first choice primary school place
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 02:55Anxious parents waiting to hear if their three and four year olds have secured a place at their preferred primary school are being given advice on steps to take if they don’t get their first...

Make UK leading the way with robotics and automation course
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 02:52Make UK is one of the only training providers in the country to offer the EAL Level 3 course in robotics and automation, at its Technology Hub in Aston, Birmingham - with the added incentive to...

Birmingham pupils asked to create t-shirt design as part of school competition to spread unity
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 02:29Global Acts of Unity is launching a national t-shirt design competition asking young people aged 14-18 from across the country to express what ‘unity’ means to them for a chance to win a £100...

Warwick triumphant in University Challenge final
Thursday, 08 April 2021 03:00Students from Warwick have returned to campus triumphant after winning this year's series of University Challenge. Navigating the entire series without a single defeat, the University of Warwick...

Roles reversed as lecturer taught by former nursing student on Covid ward
Tuesday, 06 April 2021 00:48A nursing graduate from the University of Wolverhampton put his learning to good use when his former lecturer volunteered to work at the same hospital as him. Leo Davis, 28...

Now is the time for tangible, proactive solutions to difficult problems
Monday, 05 April 2021 03:23Commenting on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: The Report, Dr Hodon Abdi, co-chair of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, said: “We are...

CTO and George Washington University team up for Caribbean Tourism
Monday, 05 April 2021 02:41As the region’s tourism industry looks to recover from the devastating impact of COVID-19, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has teamed up with one of its allied members to make...

300+ nursery communities join forces to walk Half a Million Miles for vulnerable children
Sunday, 04 April 2021 04:08April 1 saw the launch of a month-long health and wellbeing challenge by the UK’s leading childcare provider, Bright Horizons. Its entire community begins pledging distances to walk, run, swim,...

15-Year Old High School Senior Wins Global Math Competition
Sunday, 28 March 2021 02:11Faith Odunsi, a 15-year old Nigerian high school student, has won the 2021 Global Open Mathematics competition. She bested contestants from many countries around the world including the U.S.,...

Gold Stars for music teachers who said ‘The Show Must Go On’ during Pandemic
Sunday, 28 March 2021 02:06Two Birmingham music teachers who went ’above and beyond’ the call of duty and whose music making touched thousands of children during the pandemic, have been recognised nationally for their...

Graduate gets creative with his writing career
Monday, 22 March 2021 00:58A University of Wolverhampton graduate has scripted a career in writing and is now producing for BBC Radio 4’s long-standing radio soap opera, The Archers. Dave Payne, 38 from...

Why Maths Anxiety Needs Addressing Quickly
Sunday, 21 March 2021 02:30Education Technology is opening up new avenues to learning. Research in Neuroscience is starting to shift our perceptions on the best way to ‘teach’ and ‘learn’. The spotlight on health and...

Council and TUC bring landmark book to schools and libraries
Sunday, 21 March 2021 02:27The City of Wolverhampton Council and Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council are working together to provide local schools and libraries with copies of a landmark book which...