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Read moreWelcome to our Virtual Open Day! If you’re interested in one of our Childhood, Youth and Community courses, today is a ...
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Read moreGet to know the library at our City South Campus, before you start your studies, and give yourself a head start.
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Read moreSenior Lecturer in Primary Physical Education Angela Whitehouse launches PE at Home - a free resource to help familie...
Read moreRecently, our Social Work Department hosted a ‘Mend the Gap’ project on behalf of the Regional West Midlands Social Wor...
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Read moreIn February, three staff and five students from our Social Work Department were welcomed to the eighth International We...
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Read moreCity South Campus is nestled in the leafy suburb of Edgbaston, just to the south of Birmingham city centre. But don’t t...
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Read moreWith 100 per cent of our 2017 students in employment six months after graduation* and those in graduate positions on a...
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Read moreAre you considering a career working with people who have disabilities? There's a whole of host of ways in which you c...
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Read moreSo you’re thinking about training to be a teacher either now or at some point in the future? Congratulations! Teaching...
Read moreRead the stories of Birmingham Live’s '30 Under 30' nominees and Education alumni Abed and Casey, and also Joseph who w...
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