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  <title>Alumni news and events</title>
  <subtitle>Information on alumni news and events, with news feed and links to your.bham</subtitle>
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    <title>Birmingham alum becomes second casualty of The Apprentice Boardroom</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2013/05/Tim-Stillwell.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Frances Worrall</name>
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    <summary>University staff, students and alumni are among the biggest fans of fired The Apprentice candidate, Tim Stillwell.</summary>
    <published>2013-05-16T10:26:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-05-20T10:42:00Z</updated>
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    <title>The next chapter</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2013/03/The-next-chapter.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
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    <summary>Final year Political Science student Raphael Sheridan is following in the footsteps of alumnus Brian Whitaker (BA Latin, 1968) as the current editor of Redbrick, the University's student newspaper, a role Brian completed more than 40 years ago and one which catapulted him into a successful journalism career.</summary>
    <published>2013-03-19T11:48:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-19T11:43:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Soccer bookings show ethnic discrimination</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Dean Miller</name>
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    <summary>The behaviour seen on Premier League football pitches is indicative of the attitudes of wider society according to Dr James Reade, whose research collaboration with colleagues at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has revealed that referees are more likely to unwittingly discriminate against certain ethnic groups than others.</summary>
    <published>2013-02-18T15:49:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-02-25T10:51:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/12/Soccer-bookings-show-ethnic-discrimination.aspx</id>
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    <title>Weighty issue for dinner dates</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
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    <summary>New research from the School of Psychology has revealed your dinner date can make you put on weight.</summary>
    <published>2013-02-18T15:48:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-07T12:08:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/10/Weighty-issue-for-dinner-dates.aspx</id>
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    <title>CAL PG Bursary Sept 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2013/01/CAL-PG-Bursary-Sept-2013.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
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    <summary>The College of Arts and Law has launched a new alumni bursary scheme for all University of Birmingham graduates returning to undertake postgraduate study.</summary>
    <published>2013-01-24T13:56:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-24T13:48:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Award-winning graduates land dream jobs</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
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    <summary>Birmingham's longest established independent PR and marketing communications consultancy has recruited the two most recent winners of a prestigious marketing award it sponsors at the Birmingham Business School.</summary>
    <published>2013-01-11T12:17:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-11T12:24:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Robot buddies enter the classroom</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/12/Robot-buddies-enter-the-classroom.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
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    <summary>Robots have been helping researchers at the University improve social interaction and communication with autistic children in the school classroom.</summary>
    <published>2012-12-05T09:47:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-12-12T14:28:00Z</updated>
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    <title>The Business of Sport with David Gill</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
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    <summary>Birmingham Business School alumni David Gill (BCom Industrial, Economic and Business Studies, 1978) was recently appointed Vice-Chairman of the Football Association.</summary>
    <published>2012-11-05T11:03:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-11-05T10:57:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Providing a Ticket to Ride</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/10/Providing-a-Ticket-to-Ride.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
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    <summary>The gap year experiences of one alumnus kick-started his career as Director and Co-founder of a totally unique surf-travel company which is striving to offer aspiring surfers the ticket to inspiring locations.</summary>
    <published>2012-09-25T12:41:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-09-25T16:47:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Exclusion of Muslim sportswomen highlighted</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Exclusion-of-Muslim-sportswomen-highlighted.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Joanna Clark</name>
    </author>
    <summary>The limited participation of Muslim sportswomen in international sport is highlighted in a new paper by Birmingham academics.</summary>
    <published>2012-08-01T16:56:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-08-08T10:11:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Birmingham launches new Public Service Academy</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/06/07June-Birmingham-launches-new-Public-Service-Academy.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
    </author>
    <summary>The University of Birmingham has long been known for its world-leading expertise in the reform of public services and has recently established the Public Service Academy which seeks to build on this expertise and provide a platform for strategic interaction with a range of national and international public service partners.</summary>
    <published>2012-06-07T10:24:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-07T09:47:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Search for the hero inside yourself</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/06/06June-Search-for-the-hero-inside-yourself.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
    </author>
    <summary>For the first time, members of the alumni community can be found across the London Underground and at train stations and airports up and down the country as part of the University's Heroes campaign celebrating excellence in many different fields</summary>
    <published>2012-06-06T15:55:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-06T15:38:00Z</updated>
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    <category term="Dean Miller" />
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    <title>Go Behind the Scenes with the University's inspirational experts</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/06/06June-Go-Behind-the-Scenes-with-the-Universitys-inspirational-experts.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Five of the University's most inspirational experts are taking part in a competition which is offering you the chance to join in with their exciting work. For one day only, five lucky winners will go Behind the Scenes with an academic of their choice and experience firsthand some of the most exciting research taking place at the University.</summary>
    <published>2012-06-06T13:59:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-06T13:52:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Action for autism</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/04/04Apr-Action-for-autism.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Thanks to you, more than £500 was raised for Birmingham's life changing autism research on World Autism Awareness Day (Monday 2 April).</summary>
    <published>2012-04-10T08:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-12T10:26:00Z</updated>
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    <category term="Circles of Influence" />
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    <title>Birmingham alumna scales even greater heights</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/04/04Apr-Birmingham-alumna-scales-even-greater-heights.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Amy Cory</name>
    </author>
    <summary>History was made for the second time by a University of Birmingham alumna who is taking the fashion world by storm hosting innovative fashion shows in iconic locations.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-06T08:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-12T10:23:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fAlumni%2fBitesize%2f2012%2f04%2fJessicaMinh2.jpg" />
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    <title>Top alumni to boost student career prospects</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/05/Topalumnitobooststudentcareerprospects.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Alexander Donohue</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Information on Top alumni to boost student career prospects</summary>
    <published>2011-05-09T11:36:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-05-06T15:05:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/05/Topalumnitobooststudentcareerprospects.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>Birmingham greats honoured in Blue Plaque Trail</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/05/BirminghamgreatshonouredinBluePlaqueTrail.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Alexander Donohue</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Information on Birmingham greats honoured in Blue Plaque Trail</summary>
    <published>2011-05-09T11:34:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-05-06T15:30:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/05/BirminghamgreatshonouredinBluePlaqueTrail.aspx</id>
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