News - University of Birmingham

Monday 18th February 2013

A class act: empathetic robot tutors in classrooms to facilitate teaching and learning

Description: A European project to develop robotic tutors that will support teachers and motivate students in secondary schools is being led by University of Birmingham engineers and computer scientists, in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University and other European partners.
Date:: Monday 18th February 2013
Categories:: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research

Monday 4th February 2013

Description: Even though cormorants seem ideally placed to benefit from global warming, by expanding their breeding range into the far north, the darkness of the polar night is likely to keep them firmly in their place, according to research published this week by scientists at the University of Birmingham in the Journal of Zoology.
Date:: Monday 4th February 2013
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Description: The Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have strengthened their collaborations with Brazilian institutions after securing funding for a number of country-specific research projects. Academics from both universities have won funding from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) to undertake research into priority areas spanning the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Date:: Monday 4th February 2013
Categories:: Engineering and Physical Sciences, International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences

Friday 25th January 2013

Description: The University of Birmingham's School of Computer Science, along with 3 other leading university computer science departments in the UK, is taking part in a unique code-breaking competition as part of this year's Cyber Security Challenge UK.
Date:: Friday 25th January 2013
Categories:: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research, Students

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