Press office latest news and archive Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/index.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2013-05-23T06:04:27Z Jo Kite

From the world's oldest Bible, via the meaning of Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy, to the burgeoning popularity of mass reading events; the past, present and future of literature come together in the University of Birmingham's exciting line-up of lectures at this year's Hay Festival.

2013-05-22T17:47:00Z 2013-05-22T17:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/05/Read-around-the-world-with-Birmingham-at-Hay.aspx Catherine Byerley

The University of Birmingham has committed support to a new independent news and commentary website produced by academics and journalists, which launches in the UK today.

2013-05-16T16:46:00Z 2013-05-17T09:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/05/16May-Birmingham-joins-The-Conversation-as-founding-partner.aspx Samantha Williams

What's behind the popularity of Richard & Judy's Book Club? At a time when e-readers, smartphones and tablets have made online literature ultra accessible, sharing opinions about books, and having face-to-face encounters with fellow book lovers remain more important than ever to readers, according to brand new research from the University of Birmingham.

2013-05-10T16:22:00Z 2013-05-10T16:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/05/10-May-Beyond-The-Book-–-the-rise-of-the-citizen-reader.aspx Catherine Byerley

The University of Birmingham has been ranked 11th place in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2013 and 17th out of 124 UK universities in The Complete University Guide for 2014 published today, 29th April 2013.

2013-04-30T11:35:00Z 2013-05-09T09:51:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/04/University-strengthens-top-20-league-table-position.aspx Samantha Williams

Over the last 50 years increasingly affluent and educated citizens have turned away from traditional forms of mass politics: joining political parties, trade unions and voting in elections.

2013-04-22T11:15:00Z 2013-04-22T11:06:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/04/22-Apr-NGOs-–-the-changing-face-of-grassroots-activism.aspx Andy Tootell

250 years after the creation of the Lunar Society, which brought together leading industrialists, academics and philosophers to debate the biggest issues affecting society, the University of Birmingham is launching an Institute of Advanced Studies with a similar remit.

2013-04-09T14:48:00Z 2013-04-10T10:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/04/University-launches-new-institute-to-address-biggest-issues-facing-society.aspx Andy Tootell

Actress Abigail Rokison, who played Primrose in the top-rating TV show The Darling Buds of May, has taken on a new leading role in the performing arts.

2013-03-18T09:00:00Z 2013-03-20T16:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/03/15-Mar-Darling-Buds-of-May-actress-turned-Shakespeare-expert-offers-creative-approach-to-study.aspx Samantha Williams

The University of Birmingham is set to host its first Arts & Science Festival to showcase the wealth of ideas, research and collaboration across its campus. Running from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 March 2013 at various venues across the University's Edgbaston and Selly Oak campuses, the festival is open to enthusiastic and curious minds from the University and the general public.

2013-03-13T10:15:00Z 2013-03-13T09:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/03/13-Mar-University-of-Birmingham-hosts-one-off-Arts-and-Science-Festival.aspx Catherine Byerley

The University of Birmingham has launched a bold and innovative new initiative to attract the very brightest students by making unconditional offers to a targeted group of high performing applicants.

2013-03-08T15:45:00Z 2013-03-08T16:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/03/8-Mar-University-launches-bold-new-initiative-to-attract-brightest-students.aspx Andy Tootell

Academics and professionals working in the fields of heritage and tourism from across the world will convene in Taipei, Taiwan this spring for a five-day conference focusing on the changing ways in which cultural heritage is used, represented and interpreted within the development of international tourism.

2013-03-08T10:29:00Z 2013-03-20T10:04:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/03/8-Mar-Visiting-pasts,-developing-futures.aspx William Fallows

University of Birmingham alumnus UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted for the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which recognises one writer for his or her achievement in fiction.

2013-01-31T10:16:00Z 2013-01-31T13:08:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/31Jan-Indian-alumnus-make-shortlist-for-Man-Booker-International-Prize.aspx Andy Tootell

The annual Edward Cadbury Lectures began this week with a unique look at the history, theology and culture of religion. Entitled 'Religion out of the box: Dialogues with academy, society and culture', the series comprises seven lectures lead by esteemed academics from across the country.

2013-01-23T15:52:00Z 2013-02-05T14:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/23-jan-Religion-out-of-the-box-–-Cadbury-Lecture-series-2013.aspx Samantha Williams

The hostage crisis on a BP oil base at Tiguentourine in Southern Algeria brings the issue of Islamist groups back to Algeria, where they developed in the early 1990s before the Algerian army routed them, forcing their relocation in Mali where ex-President Toumani Toure had the weakness to tolerate them.

2013-01-18T11:28:00Z 2013-01-18T11:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/18-Jan-Algerias-long-and-complex-battle-against-the-Islamists,-and-its-relationship-with-Mali,-by-Dr-Berny-Sèbe.aspx Samantha Williams

Four Silks from No5 Chambers have been awarded Honorary Professorships by the University of Birmingham. The ceremony helped to mark the opening of the University's Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER).

2013-01-11T15:30:00Z 2013-01-14T08:48:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/11-Jan-Honorary-Professorships-awarded-to-No5-Chambers-Silks.aspx Thomas Straw

13 December 2012 was a very special day for the University. On that day 80 years ago, Lady Barber and the original trustees signed the Deed of Settlement, which effectively founded the Barber Institute of Fine Arts that was bequeathed to the University 'for the study and encouragement of art and music'.

2013-01-08T10:32:00Z 2013-01-08T10:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/01/barber-80.aspx Thomas Straw

In December 1853 Charles Dickens chose A Christmas Carol for his first ever public reading. In Birmingham Town Hall, 2000 people gathered to hear what has now become arguably the most popular Christmas tale from one of Britain's most highly acclaimed writers.

2012-12-20T11:26:00Z 2012-12-20T14:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/12/20-Dec-A-Christmas-Carol-Celebration.aspx Jo Kite

Information on UK universities embrace the free, open, online future of higher education

2012-12-14T12:20:00Z 2012-12-14T12:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/12/UK-universities-embrace-the-free,-open,-online-future-of-higher-education-.aspx Samantha Williams

The University of Birmingham's China Institute celebrates its official opening today in the presence of His Excellency Mr Liu Xiaoming, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the UK.

2012-12-13T04:00:00Z 2012-12-17T15:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/12/12Dec-University-of-Birmingham-launches-new-China-Institute-.aspx Samantha Williams

A one-day conference discussing the rise, fall and future of the notorious former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will take place this week (Friday 14 December) at the University of Birmingham.

2012-12-12T15:21:00Z 2012-12-12T15:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/12/12-Dec-The-rise,-fall-and-return-of-Berlusconi-conference-examines-former-Italian-Prime-Minister.aspx Samantha Williams

President of Medecins Sans Frontiers in the UK and a two-time winter Olympian are amongst the honorary graduands joining over 3000 students at the University of Birmingham graduation ceremonies this week. Paul McMaster and Adam Pengilly will also join leading figures from the world of medicine, media, government and education to pick up their honorary degrees from the University's Great Hall between 5 – 7th December 2012.

2012-12-03T21:07:00Z 2012-12-03T15:37:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/12/3-Dec-Honorary-Graduands-for-December-2012-.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

The prestigious Ironbridge Lecture will this year be delivered by cultural object law specialist, Professor Norman Palmer QC on 5 December 2012. Hosted at the University of Birmingham, the lecture entitled 'Who owns, Who knows, Who cares? – Legal milestones on the trail of orphaned and abducted art' will explore the often problematic journey that objects undertake before they arrive in the museum.

2012-11-29T13:24:00Z 2012-11-30T11:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/11/29-Nov-Orphaned-and-abducted-art-Who-owns,-Who-knows,-Who-cares.aspx Samantha Williams

The official launch of the University of Birmingham's brand new music building will be celebrated with a two-week calendar of concerts and events starting from 25 November.

2012-11-20T09:50:00Z 2012-11-20T15:48:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/11/20-Nov-Brand-new-music-venue-creates-buzz-on-birminghams-music-scene.aspx Catherine Byerley

The University of Birmingham has presented the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) with a 3D laser scan of the Museum's future home in Chicago's west side.

2012-10-24T10:52:00Z 2012-10-29T12:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/10/24Oct-Recorded-for-posterity-University-of-Birmingham-scans-Chicago-museums-future-home.aspx Catherine Byerley

The University of Birmingham has been shortlisted as University of the Year in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013 and ranked at 13th overall in the UK, a rise of 12 places

2012-09-28T16:58:00Z 2012-11-02T10:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/09/28SepTimes-League-Table-News-Release.aspx Ben Hill

Two leading Midlands universities, the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, are building on their recent landmark collaboration by launching a £400,000 fund to support new joint projects. The money will help to deliver new scientific breakthroughs and innovations as well as supporting a range of other initiatives, such as developing new approaches to teaching at the two universities.

2012-09-27T16:17:00Z 2012-09-27T12:26:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/09/27-SepBirmingham-Notting-Collaboration-Fund.aspx Samantha Williams

To celebrate the start of the Byzantine outreach programme, thirty-five 15-16yr olds from the local area were selected to attend a day of interactive workshops and activities at the University, as a unique introduction to the study of the Byzantine Empire.

2012-09-17T09:00:00Z 2012-09-14T16:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/09/17-sept-A-world-of-discoveries-for-young-historians-at-University-of-Birmingham.aspx Catherine Byerley

A transatlantic student internship programme run collaboratively by the University of Birmingham and the British American Business Council (BABC) is playing a key role in enhancing graduate employability.

2012-09-04T11:00:00Z 2012-09-04T10:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/09/4Sept-US-internship-programme-boosts-graduate-job-prospects.aspx Catherine Byerley

25 US teenagers who were affected by the terrorist attacks of 9/11 are currently enjoying a special activity-packed tour of the UK.

2012-08-16T10:24:00Z 2012-08-16T10:12:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/08/16-Aug-911-Summer-Camp-heads-to-University-of-Birmingham.aspx Kate Chapple

The University of Birmingham's research awards have risen from £93 million in 2010/11 to £145 million this year, a jump of over 55%.

2012-08-16T09:00:00Z 2012-08-13T14:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/08/16-Aug-12-Research-grants-success-at-Birmingham-Awards-up-by-55.aspx William Fallows

Scholars from all over the world will attend the 35th International Shakespeare Conference, 'Working with Shakespeare', at the University of Birmingham's Stratford-upon-Avon base from 5th – 10th August.

2012-08-08T08:34:00Z 2012-08-08T08:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/08/07-Aug-Shakespeare-Scholars-35th-Summer-Symposium-in-Stratford.aspx Ben Hill

As well as supporting our alumni competing in the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, the University of Birmingham is also celebrating the success of several students and graduates who have been playing their part without having to don a pair of trainers or a swimming cap.

2012-08-03T15:47:00Z 2012-08-03T15:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/08/03Aug-Olympic-Games-Makers-News-Release.aspx Ben Hill

Birmingham student Jodie Anderson graduates this summer with a BA Honors in History from the University and has an exciting future ahead with a fully funded law conversion course and barrister training placement.

2012-07-19T16:52:00Z 2012-07-19T16:13:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/07/19JulyJoide-Anderson-News-Release.aspx Catherine Byerley

Students from two leading universities in Taiwan are visiting the West Midlands this week to participate in a University of Birmingham summer school.

2012-07-04T16:46:00Z 2012-07-11T12:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/07/University-summer-school-showcases-the-best-of-West-Midlands-culture-.aspx Ben Hill

A former Conservative Home Office Minister and the Director of the BBC National Orchestra are amongst those who will be given honorary degrees at the University of Birmingham graduation ceremonies in July 2012. Ann Widdecombe and David Murray join 15 honorary graduands and more than 5000 students who will collect their degrees at 18 ceremonies in the University's iconic Great Hall (4th – 12th July).

2012-06-28T16:24:00Z 2012-06-28T16:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/06/28-Jun-Honarary-Grads-Press-Release.aspx Catherine Byerley

For the third year running the University of Birmingham is throwing open its doors and welcoming the public to its annual Community Day on Sunday 10 June.

2012-06-06T11:44:00Z 2012-06-06T11:40:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/06/01-June-Dinosaurs,-robots-and-skeletons-all-part-of-the-fun-at-University-Community-Day.aspx Ben Hill

Why do theatregoers enjoy watching people die? How did cider knock French wine and the Dutch navy into a cocked hat in the 17th Century? Academics from the University of Birmingham will provide an answer to these intriguing questions (among much else) at a series of lectures at the 25th Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts. This is the first time the University has worked with the world renowned literary festival to present a series of lectures.

2012-05-28T13:39:00Z 2012-05-28T13:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/05/28MayHay-News-Release.aspx Ben Hill

A unique new project to help businesses bring the region's cultural heritage to life through the use of new and exciting digital interactive technologies is being launched at the University of Birmingham.

2012-05-17T12:15:00Z 2012-05-15T11:03:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/05/15-May-Digital-Heritage-Demonstrator-News-Release.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

University of Birmingham archaeologist, Dr Jeffrey Rose is among the 15 visionary, young trailblazers from around the world who have been named as the 2012 class of National Geographic Emerging Explorers.

2012-05-16T19:13:00Z 2013-02-05T14:51:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/05/16-May-Jeffrey-Rose-News-Release.aspx Ben Hill

Simon Halsey, Director of the CBSO Chorus, will take up a new role at the University of Birmingham as Professor and Director of Choral Activities.

2012-05-16T10:46:00Z 2012-05-22T14:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/05/16-May-12-Simon-Halsey-appointed-to-new-role-at-University-of-Birmingham.aspx Ben Hill

The Vernon Manuscript is a unique lavishly decorated and illustrated book of religious poems and stories written in the dialect of the West Midlands. Produced around 1400AD, this treasure-hoard' of English literature is an important piece of Midlands history. Now academics from the University of Birmingham are showing off a new digital version of the manuscript for the first time at a free event in Birmingham.

2012-05-09T14:42:00Z 2012-05-09T14:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/05/09MayVernon-Manuscript-Press-Release.aspx Catherine Byerley

The University of Birmingham will co-host a cultural engagement symposium at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday 8 May 2012 focused on connecting cities, universities and international partners in arts and culture.

2012-05-03T21:07:00Z 2012-05-03T17:09:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/12/3May-Symposium-explores-cultural-engagement-in-Chicago-and-Birmingham.aspx Catherine Byerley

Prof. Dr Rainer Klump, Vice President of Frankfurt's Goethe University, visited the University of Birmingham today to further develop ties between the two universities.

2012-04-27T12:17:00Z 2012-05-01T12:17:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/04/27-Apr-Frankfurt-ties-continue-to-grow-as-Goethe-University-chief-makes-visit-to-Birmingham.aspx Catherine Byerley

The arrival of visiting fellows from Brazil this week marks just one of many growing links the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham are developing with the South American country.

2012-04-24T15:59:00Z 2012-04-24T15:36:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/04/24-Apr-Birmingham-and-Nottinghams-joint-links-with-Brazil-go-from-strength-to-strength.aspx Catherine Byerley

A competition has been announced by the University of Birmingham today to give people the chance to go 'behind the scenes' with some of its most inspirational academic experts.

2012-04-24T07:00:00Z 2012-04-24T11:07:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/04/24Apri-Go-Behind-the-Scenes-with-the-University-of-Birminghams-inspirational-experts.aspx Ben Hill

A new exhibition opening this week at Winterbourne House and Garden's Coach House Gallery will offer a window into the lives of the well-known Nettlefold family who lived in the house in the early part of the twentieth century. A Spoonful of Kisses tells the story of the six children. Their pastimes, hobbies and education spring to life in this delightful exhibition.

2012-04-02T17:08:00Z 2012-04-02T16:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/04/02AprSpoonful-of-Kisses-News-Release.aspx Jenna Hadley

Many of the University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) teams headed to Sheffield over the 14-18 March for the annual British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships, held in a variety of venues across the city.

2012-03-27T12:11:00Z 2012-03-23T14:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/Sport-2012/19Mar12University-of-Birmingham-Sport-at-the-BUCS-Championships-2012.aspx Ben Hill

Against a backdrop of the most challenging time in UK higher education for a generation, a landmark collaboration agreement between the University of Birmingham and University of Nottingham is celebrating a successful first year. This innovative partnership builds on the complementary strengths of the two universities and has already enabled the institutions to secure multi-million pound research income, explore new international markets, and develop new research collaborations.

2012-03-16T09:07:00Z 2012-03-15T17:53:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/03/15MarBirmingham-Nottingham-Press-Release.aspx Katie Connolly

The results of a week-long art partnership-project between the University of Birmingham's Department of Theology and Religion, an internationally renowned Muslim graffiti artist and young men from a deprived east Birmingham estate are set to be displayed on campus from today (Tuesday 13 March), bringing Bromford's dreams to the University community.

2012-03-13T09:00:00Z 2012-03-12T13:33:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/03/Campus-welcomes-cube-of-dreams.aspx Jonathan Laidlow

Channel 4's Time Team joined a group of archaeologists as they excavated the site of William Shakespeare's house, New Place, in Stratford on Avon.

2012-03-08T17:45:00Z 2012-03-12T16:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/03/08-Mar-12-Shakespeares-home-truths.aspx Ben Hill

The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce today that it has recently become the first Midlands University to be part of the Easy Access Innovation Partnership, which promotes new ways of transferring intellectual property (IP) to industry.

2012-03-07T11:40:00Z 2012-03-07T11:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/03/07MarEasy-Access-IPPress-release.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The role of images in contemporary society is set to be explored during the University of Birmingham's annual Cadbury Lecture series, 'Seeing and believing in modern Christianity', from 6-16 March, which will begin with an art installation on one of the University's buildings and will conclude with a final lecture delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.

2012-03-06T16:58:00Z 2012-03-16T13:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/03/06Mar-Archbishop-of-Canterbury-to-deliver-annual-Cadbury-Lecture-as-university-building-becomes-artists-canvas.aspx William Fallows

The confessions of a Sicilian mobster are to be exposed in a one-off performance of Dacia Maraini's My Name is Antonino Calderone at the mac next week as part of a three-day 'Italy and the Mafia' spectacle coming to the city of Birmingham.

2012-02-22T13:59:00Z 2012-02-27T14:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/02/22Feb-Life-of-Italian-mafia-to-be-revealed-in-city-performance.aspx Amy Cory

Eight of the University of Birmingham's scholarship recipients met the University's Chancellor, Sir Dominic Cadbury, in a reception designed to introduce him to scholarship students funded by his generous support of the University's Access to Birmingham Scholarship Scheme.

2012-02-20T11:36:00Z 2012-02-20T11:47:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/02/20Feb-Scholarship-students-question-University-Chancellor.aspx Alberto Guglielmi

The University of Birmingham has today launched its new Birmingham Foundation Academy for high performing international students to enter the British university environment one year before the start of their undergraduate degree programme.

2012-02-15T09:25:00Z 2012-02-15T10:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/02/15-FebUniversity-of-Birmingham-unveils-new-Foundation-Academy.aspx Amy Cory

Internationally renowned artist, Mohammed Ali will be working in partnership with the University of Birmingham's department of Theology and Religion and unemployed young men in Bromford, east Birmingham, to paint their dreams for their community during a week-long 'Bromford Dreams' mural project beginning on Monday 13 February.

2012-02-09T17:06:00Z 2012-02-09T17:24:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/02/09Feb-University-community-art-project-to-help-young-adults-express-their-dreams.aspx Amy Cory

Almost 70 years after the end of the Second World War a groundbreaking forensic archaeological study by the University of Birmingham has unearthed evidence of hidden burial sites at a former death camp where more than 800,000 Jews perished during the Holocaust.

2012-01-18T11:04:00Z 2012-01-29T20:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/01/17jan-holocaust.aspx Amy Cory

Research from the University of Birmingham has highlighted striking similarities between today's Saturday night television talent shows and another great Christmas tradition, the Victorian pantomime. The appeal of pantomime in providing spectacle, melodramatic villains and a guaranteed happy ending for a Victorian audience is paralleled today in Strictly Come Dancing and the X Factor.

2011-12-19T10:40:00Z 2012-01-29T20:23:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/12/19-Dec-Pantomime-–-The-perfect-form-of-Christmas-entertainment-Oh-yes-it-is!-.aspx Catherine Byerley

Following the launch of the University of Birmingham Guangzhou Centre in September 2011, senior academics will return to the city this week to develop additional opportunities for joint research and innovation.

2011-12-17T01:00:00Z 2011-12-16T14:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/12/University-of-Birmingham-explores-further-collaborative-opportunities-in-Guangzhou.aspx Amy Cory

CERN's Director General and the man behind the O2 Arena are amongst those who will be given honorary degrees at the University of Birmingham graduation ceremonies later this month.

2011-12-13T17:29:00Z 2011-12-15T09:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/12/13-Dec-Honorary-graduands-for-December-2011.aspx Amy Cory

The University of Birmingham's Circles of influence fundraising campaign has reached and surpassed its £60m fundraising goal - the largest target ever achieved by a Midlands university.Launched in 2009, the University set an ambitious target to raise £60m to support the research into critical issues that affect us all, to open the University to talented students regardless of their financial circumstances, and to develop the University's beautiful campus to provide world-class facilities for our students, staff, and the people of Birmingham. Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends, this target has now been exceeded.

2011-12-09T10:26:00Z 2012-01-29T20:21:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/12/09Dec-Circles-of-Influence-News-Release.aspx Amy Cory

Archaeologists led by the University of Birmingham with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection have discovered evidence of two huge pits positioned on celestial alignment at Stonehenge. Shedding new light on the significant association of the monument with the sun, these pits may have contained tall stones, wooden posts or even fires to mark its rising and setting and could have defined a processional route used by agriculturalists to celebrate the passage of the sun across the sky at the summer solstice.

2011-11-26T08:35:00Z 2012-01-29T20:20:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/11/25Nov-Discoveries-provide-evidence-of-a-celestial-procession-at-Stonehenge.aspx Catherine Byerley

As the annual Frankfurt Christmas market returns to Birmingham this week, education links between the two sister cities are flourishing.

2011-11-16T16:54:00Z 2011-12-08T10:00:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/11/16Nov11-University-boosts-Frankfurt-ties-as-market-comes-to-city.aspx Amy Cory

The prestigious Ironbridge Lecture will once again be hosted by The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust on Tuesday 6th December in the Engine Shop at Enginuity in Coalbrookdale. The annual lecture, held in partnership with the University of Birmingham, will be delivered by the University's Professor of Community History and Director of the BirminghamLives project Professor Carl Chinn MBE.

2011-11-08T14:25:00Z 2011-11-08T13:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/11/08-Nov-Ironbridge-Gorge-Museums-to-host-annual-Ironbridge-Lecture-.aspx Catherine Byerley

Raimundo Pereira and Manuel Nhamajo, speaker and deputy-speaker of the parliament of Guinea-Bissau, will speak on the theme of "The State in Africa: Consolidation or Crisis?' Pereira is widely tipped as the next president of the country, while Nhamajo is also vice-president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission. The pair are in the UK on a parliamentary exchange visit arranged through the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Guinea-Bissau, and are also holding meetings with members of Parliament and other politicians.

2011-11-04T12:36:00Z 2011-11-04T12:35:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/11/04-Nov-African-political-leaders-visit-University-of-Birmingham.aspx Jenna Hadley

Alumna Chrissie Wellington won the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship title on Saturday, October 8, deservedly earning the crown for the fourth time in five years.

2011-10-17T12:25:00Z 2011-10-20T10:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/17Oct11ChrissietakesIronmanChampionshiptitleagain,whileRachelrejoicesatfourthplace.aspx Ben Hill

The land formerly used for the BBC television programme Gardeners' World is to become a community garden focusing on education run by the University of Birmingham's Winterbourne House and Garden.

2011-10-14T13:51:00Z 2011-10-14T13:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/10/12October2011WinterbourneBBCPressRelease.aspx Catherine Byerley

Two former members of Congress are visiting Birmingham next week to provide a rare insight into the US political system, as well as share their personal experiences with students.The University of Birmingham will host Republican George Nethercutt and Democrat David Skaggs as part of the Congress to Campus programme. During the visit, the Congressmen will discuss the current state of politics in the United States, how the system of representative democracy works and help students understand a "behind-the-scenes" view of the American political system.

2011-10-14T10:49:00Z 2011-10-14T10:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/10/14-Oct-University-welcomes-US-Congressmen-to-Campus.aspx Amy Cory

The region's linguistic heritage is set to be explored in a new research project comparing the way today's West Midlands residents speak to text from an ancient medieval manuscript originating from the area. The research by the University of Birmingham is looking at how far people in the region share the language of their predecessors captured in the Vernon Manuscript, the biggest surviving late-medieval English manuscript.

2011-09-09T16:35:00Z 2012-01-29T20:27:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/09/vernon-manuscript.aspx Amy Cory

Fraser Grace, acclaimed playwright, is to return to the University of Birmingham as co-ordinator of its postgraduate Playwriting Studies course, of which he is an alumnus. An award-winning writer, Grace currently directs the Writing Drama course at Anglia Ruskin University and is an associate writer with Menagerie Theatre.

2011-09-09T11:36:00Z 2011-09-09T11:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/09/09Sept-Acclaimed-playwright-appointed-as-new-course-co-ordinator.aspx Amy Cory

A decade after the global tragedy of 9/11, a groundbreaking pan-European research project led by the University of Birmingham is calling for increased accountability and tougher legal restrictions on surveillance and detection technologies.

2011-09-07T00:02:00Z 2011-09-06T17:09:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/09/07-Sept-Ten-years-on-from-911-research-calls-for-counter-terrorist-policing-to-be-held-accountable.aspx Amy Cory

The Shakespeare Institute, the University of Birmingham's international centre for exploration of the work of Shakespeare and the drama of his time, is seeking to enhance its international prestige and reputation as the destination of choice for postgraduate study with the appointment of distinguished Shakespearean scholar, Professor Michael Dobson, as its new Director and Professor of Shakespeare Studies.

2011-08-31T14:51:00Z 2012-01-29T20:29:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/08/31AugDistinguishedShakespeareanscholarappointedasnewDirectorofShakespeareInstitute.aspx Ben Hill

The University of Birmingham is announcing a five year investment in facilities that will transform the University's famous Edgbaston campus, reinterpreting founder Joseph Chamberlain's vision for the estate for the 21st century and extending the services available to the local community. The key developments include a new sports centre and a new library, to join the new Music building currently nearing completion.

2011-08-09T10:41:00Z 2011-08-19T16:02:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/08/09Aug-Estates-Development-FrameworkRelease.aspx Admin Tara

Graduation is a special time for the University. Nearly 6000 students collected their degrees supported by family, friends and well wishers this summer.

2011-07-21T13:50:00Z 2011-08-01T14:11:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/07/20Jul-Celebrating-Graduation-Success.aspx Thomas Straw

Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) data places Birmingham in the 12 elite institutions in England. The University is one of the best performing institutions which share more than half of students with the highest A-level grades.

2011-07-14T11:13:00Z 2011-07-14T14:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/07/ivy-league.aspx Amy Cory

The University of Birmingham is to open a collaborative centre later this summer in Guangzhou, China, with the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality.

2011-07-01T00:01:00Z 2011-06-29T15:28:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/07/01-Jul-University-strengthens-bond-with-China-in-Guangzhou-Centre-launch.aspx Amy Cory

The University of Birmingham will be throwing open its doors to a record number of more than 33,000 prospective students and their parents this Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July, for its annual undergraduate open days.

2011-06-28T11:58:00Z 2011-06-28T11:52:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/28June-Record-33,000-potential-applicants-and-parents-to-come-to-the-University-undergraduate-open-days.aspx Amy Cory

Business leaders, academics and government representatives are coming together for a one-day conference focusing on new business opportunities with Guangzhou, a sister city of Birmingham.

2011-06-24T10:32:00Z 2011-06-24T10:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/24June-Conference-explores-new-business-opportunities-with-Chinese-sister-city.aspx Amy Cory

Brazil's brightest and best researchers and postgraduate students are to be encouraged to bring their talent to the UK as part of a groundbreaking new initiative.

2011-06-23T00:01:00Z 2011-06-24T10:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/23June-UK-universities-partnership-deepens-links-with-Brazil.aspx Amy Cory

The University of Birmingham is delighted to announce that Dr John Pearson, Business Engagement Manager in Alta Innovations Ltd, the technology transfer agency owned by the University, has been awarded Knowledge Transfer Achiever of the Year at this year's PraxisUnico Impact Awards.

2011-06-16T10:08:00Z 2011-06-16T09:59:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/15June-University-of-Birmingham-celebrate-win-at-The-2011-Impact-Awards.aspx Ben Hill

The University of Birmingham has launched a global search to appoint up to 50 Birmingham Fellows to enhance the University's existing academic strengths and to contribute to a growing culture of collaboration.

2011-06-14T10:41:00Z 2011-06-23T14:19:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/13Jun-Birmingham-Invests-in-Global-Talent.aspx Amy Cory

Women have been left defenceless and at the mercy of militia groups in the aftermath of the Iraq war in 2003 according to research from the University of Birmingham.

2011-06-07T11:46:00Z 2011-06-07T11:41:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/07JuneWomensufferingfromworstviolenceinhistoryofmodernIraq.aspx Amy Cory

A team of archaeologists from the University of Birmingham are set to share their work at the largest open area excavation to be undertaken at the medieval village of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, with a public open day offering guided tours of the site.

2011-05-24T13:53:00Z 2011-05-27T15:32:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/05/24May-Opportunity-to-see-archaeologists-at-work-in-largest-dig-at-local-medieval-village.aspx Amy Cory

Senior academics from the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham are visiting Brazil this week in a joint research-focused mission.

2011-05-16T10:49:00Z 2011-05-17T10:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/05/16May-Leading-universities-unite-for-enhanced-global-engagement-in-Brazil-mission.aspx Amy Cory

Senior academics from the University of Birmingham are currently visiting five cities in India on a Road Show to develop new mutually beneficial research links and collaborations with Indian institutions, strengthen existing ties and meet potential students and alumni. The fortnight-long visit highlights the University's commitment to its ever-deepening relationship with India.

2011-05-09T10:43:00Z 2011-05-09T10:46:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/05/09May-University-in-India-Road-Show-to-foster-new-mutually-beneficial-research-links.aspx Claire Hawkins

Twelve lucky final year undergraduate students from the University of Birmingham will get a once in a lifetime opportunity to gain first hand career insight and guidance from famous Birmingham graduates at the top of their field, in a new initiative being launched today [Thursday 05 May].

2011-05-05T00:01:00Z 2011-06-17T16:10:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/05/04May-Famous-Birmingham-graduates-give-students-sound-support-through-one-to-one-mentoring.aspx

A leading Shakespearean expert from the University of Birmingham is seeking to reaffirm Englishness and St. George in an innovative new work which is partly an original arts event, partly a groundbreaking religious service. The project, entitled Redcrosse, is led by Professor Ewan Fernie, and takes its cue from one of the great neglected epics of English literature, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

2011-02-01T09:57:00Z 2011-02-01T09:56:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/02/Redcrosse.aspx Kali Tiwana

The University of Birmingham's Law School has once more joined forces with the Birmingham office of law firm Mills & Reeve to provide free legal advice to members of the University's local community.

2010-11-03T15:36:00Z 2010-11-03T15:39:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/11/03Nov-MillsReeveFreeLegalAdvice.aspx

Internationally acclaimed and award winning Caribbean author Maryse Condé, first president of the French national Committee for the Memory of Slavery (2004-2008), will be giving a special lecture on The Personal Journey of a Caribbean Author, at the University of Birmingham on 30th September 2010.

2010-09-29T10:21:00Z 2010-09-29T10:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/09/29sept-frenchlecture.aspx Thomas Straw

History is set to be rewritten after an archaeology team led by the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute discovered a major ceremonial monument less than one kilometre away from the iconic Stonehenge.

2010-07-22T00:00:00Z 2011-02-01T11:05:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/07/22july-stonehenge.aspx Admin Tara

Archaeologists from the University of Birmingham helped to identify the remains of a soldier killed in the First World War. He will now be reburied with his fallen comrades almost a century after he died on a Belgian battlefield.

2010-07-16T00:00:00Z 2010-09-15T16:42:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/07/16july-soldier.aspx Admin Tara

The official start of the work to build the University of Birmingham's new auditorium will be marked by a groundbreaking event, led by Liz and Terry Bramall, major donors to the project.

2010-07-15T00:00:00Z 2010-09-15T16:43:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/07/15july-music.aspx Admin Tara

Acclaimed novelist and playwright Benjamin Zephaniah will give the University of Birmingham's Baggs Memorial Lecture on Monday 5th July 2010 at 6.30pm.

2010-07-05T00:01:00Z 2010-09-15T13:22:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/07/5july-zephaniah.aspx Thomas Straw

Archaeologists at the University of Birmingham are heading to Stonehenge to lead the world's biggest-ever virtual excavation. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, which starts today (Monday July 5), will use the latest geophysical imaging techniques to visually recreate the iconic prehistoric monument and its surroundings.

2010-07-05T00:01:00Z 2011-02-01T11:04:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/07/5july-hengesearch.aspx Claire Hawkins

The University of Birmingham's Law School has joined forces with the Birmingham office of national law firm Mills & Reeve to provide free legal advice to those unable to pay for it.

2010-02-28T00:00:00Z 2010-09-28T10:18:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/02/28Feb-lawschool.aspx Fabricio Marques

Award winning Kachi Ozumba will discuss his debut novel, The Shadow of a Smile, (published by Alma Books) on Tuesday 8 December, at the University's Centre of West African Studies.Funny, crude, poignant, the novel reveals the darker side of Nigeria - a country striving to consolidate democracy after years of dictatorship and tribal in-fighting.

2009-12-01T20:57:00Z 2012-07-03T20:58:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2009/12/1Dec-Ozumba.aspx Fabricio Marques

Archaeologists at the University of Birmingham have begun preparations for an archaeological excavation at the site of Shakespeare's final home 'New Place' in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he lived out his final years and in which he died in 1616. Initial work to test the feasibility of an excavation project is underway and will inform plans for a wider archaeological project by Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust at New Place next year.

2009-11-30T22:24:00Z 2012-07-03T22:25:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2009/11/30Nov-Shakespeare.aspx Fabricio Marques

Award winning Chika Unigwe will be reading from her new novel On Black Sisters' Street, on Tuesday 1 December, at the University's Centre of West African Studies.

2009-11-27T22:34:00Z 2012-07-03T22:34:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2009/11/27Nov-Unigwe.aspx Fabricio Marques

Mother Teresa was betrayed by religious colleagues when she confided in them that she did not believe in God, according to new research by a University of Birmingham academic.

2009-11-25T22:38:00Z 2012-07-03T22:38:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2009/11/25Nov-Theresa.aspx Fabricio Marques

The University of Birmingham is hosting a major conference this week to engage with faith leaders across the city. The 'Faiths for the City: making a difference conference' aims to bring together the different communities and religions in the city.

2009-11-04T22:55:00Z 2012-07-03T22:55:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2009/11/4Nov-Faiths.aspx Fabricio Marques

After publishing many academic books and articles on education, Clive Harber, a professor of International Education at the University of Birmingham has changed tone and now brings readers a humorous travel book based in sub-Saharan Africa.

2009-11-04T22:54:00Z 2012-07-03T22:54:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2009/11/4Nov-humorous.aspx Fabricio Marques

Birmingham archaeologists will arrive in Oman this week to carry out the laser scanning of a replica of an ancient Arab Dhow ship that was used in trading between the Gulf and China in the 9th Century.

2009-10-15T23:09:00Z 2012-07-03T23:09:00Z http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2009/10/15Oct-Boat.aspx