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University chief says region must ‘seize opportunities’ after HS2 gree...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 FEB
A university chief has welcomed the government’s green light for the HS2 rail line and warned that the West Midlands must now take advantage of the opportunities it presents.
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University to help tackle Midlands’ nursing skills gap with the launch...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 FEB
A major new package of university courses are set to be launched to help tackle a shortfall of nearly 8,500 nurses across the Midlands, and land learners with a degree while they train.
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Barrymore pool death: Stuart Lubbock has been denied justice because o...
OPINIONS 04 FEB
Elizabeth Yardley, Professor of Criminology at Birmingham City University, says cop culture has denied Stuart Lubbock of justice ahead of a Channel 4 documentary airing this week in which...
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New report reveals thousands of transport manufacturing jobs at risk f...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 FEB
A major new report reveals that thousands of automotive, rail and aerospace jobs across the country are at risk as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union.
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Birmingham’s inaugural feminist porn festival puts Ethics and Desire f...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 FEB
Inclusivity and sex positivity will take centre stage at a feminist erotic film festival coming to Birmingham this month, developed by researchers at Birmingham City University.
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New partnership is helping to tackle staff shortages in South West NHS...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 31 JAN
A major new partnership is helping to tackle skills shortages facing six NHS Trusts across the South West of England.
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‘Great British Music Festival’ installation made entirely from paper u...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 27 JAN
A life-size paper celebration of The Great British Music Festival experience inspired by Glastonbury’s 50 th anniversary painstakingly created by students has been officially launched in...
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University launches ‘ground-breaking’ new course with Defence Medical ...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 17 JAN
A ‘ground-breaking’ new partnership will allow physical training instructors from the armed forces to collect an academic award alongside their military qualifications.
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The BCU student, rock-climber, vlogger, director and new amputee – ins...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 JAN
Meet Adam Islam. Student, rock climber, vlogger, director, and new amputee.
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US-Iran hostilities ‘part of War on Terror says security academic
UNIVERSITY NEWS 10 JAN
The recent US/Iran hostilities, airstrikes and assassinations of Qassim Suleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis ‘neither foreshadow WW3, nor indicate a direct war between the US and Iran’, Dr Lily...
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Birmingham woman who supported 9/11 rescue effort receives top univers...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 JAN
A Birmingham woman who supported the rescue effort in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks has been handed a top university honour.
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Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee awarded posthumous Master’s deg...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 07 JAN
Lyra McKee, the young Northern Ireland journalist fatally shot during rioting in Derry in April 2019, has been posthumously awarded a Master of Arts degree in Online Journalism by Birmingham City...
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Hard working Birmingham-born student from a famous sporting family aim...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 JAN
A Birmingham-born student from a sporting family has set her sights on helping the next generation of sporting talent reach the top, after illness derailed her ambitions to become a professional...
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The Stourbridge teen pursuing her love of law to support mum
UNIVERSITY NEWS 23 DEC 2019
A student at Birmingham City University with aspirations of becoming a top lawyer has revealed how her mother is the driving force behind her success.
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Top 10 TV moments of the decade
OPINIONS 18 DEC 2019
Birmingham City University’s Dr Vanessa Jackson reflects on some of the biggest TV moments of the decade and discusses what made them so memorable.