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Win to mark 25th year of prison debate

UNIVERSITY NEWS 10 FEB

Black Studies (Criminal Justice) students Summer Rivers and Julanar Saleh recently won the BCU vs HM Prison Grendon Annual Debate. Established in 1998, the annual debate is now in its 25th year...
UN team examining the experience of people of African descent to visit...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 19 JAN

A United Nations team examining the experiences of people of African descent will visit the UK for the first time in a decade, including holding a conference at Birmingham City University on...
Students and staff gain an insight into the future of policing

UNIVERSITY NEWS 09 JAN

“We’re in the midst of a digital revolution,” says Dr Ron Winch, Course Director for MSc Policing and Intelligence Analysis at Birmingham City University, when discussing a recent conference the...
Post-1992 institutions play pivotal role in Clearing, says UK universi...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 17 AUG 2022

Birmingham City University is gearing up for its largest ever Clearing operation - with more than 550 members of staff on standby to support and guide prospective students through the process of...
Why 'And Just Like That...' shouldn't be criticised

OPINIONS 04 FEB 2022

Birmingham City University sociologist Dr Kadian Pow reflects on the ‘Sex and the City’ revival series, its life lessons and why viewers shouldn’t be criticising it. Dr Kadian Pow teaches...
New research uncovers Covid-19 Islamophobic misinformation theories, a...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 DEC 2021

Research by academics at Birmingham City University has revealed how social media is reinforcing negative views about Muslims and the extensive normalisation of hate that has spread during the...
Domestic abuse must stop being treated as the 'poor relation' by our c...

OPINIONS 15 OCT 2021

Birmingham City University criminologist, Professor Elizabeth Yardley, says our criminal justice system is not set up to respond to domestic abuse, as new figures show a huge rise in domestic...
Former Met officer calls for misogyny to be properly defined in law, f...

OPINIONS 01 OCT 2021

As the Metropolitan Police announces guidance on challenging plain-clothes officers following shocking revelations about Sarah Everard’s tragic murder, a former Met employee is calling for...