News - University of Birmingham

Thursday 2nd May 2013

Former Poet Laureate calls for religious education to be replaced with lessons in ethics

Description: Roshan Doug, a former University of Birmingham Poet Laureate, is set to call for religion to be struck from the school curriculum. Doug, whose research at the University questions the ownership, purpose and value of education, will use a public lecture on Tuesday 7 May to put forward his re-evaluation of the state education system.
Date:: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Categories:: Research, Social Sciences

Description: BOSTON - Computer scientists at the University of Birmingham have devised a new set of models, using mobile phone data, for studying the geographic evolution of country-wide epidemics and for understanding and planning the diffusion of information among the population to advise on strategies to avoid spreading the infection further.
Date:: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Categories:: Engineering and Physical Sciences, International, Research

Tuesday 30th April 2013

Description: 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.
Date:: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Categories:: Alumni, Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Social Sciences, Students, Teaching, Vice Chancellor

Monday 29th April 2013

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