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Monday 3rd December 2012

Honorary Graduands for December 2012

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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.
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Monday 3rd December 2012
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Alumni, Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Social Sciences, Students
Wednesday 21st November 2012

BP establishes initial four year £4.5million UK undergraduate scholarship fund

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The University of Birmingham is one of nine universities across the UK that has been selected by BP, one of the UK's leading graduate recruiters, to be part of its new scholarship programme for talented science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) undergraduates.
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Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Engineering and Physical Sciences, Students
Wednesday 14th November 2012

Brazilian and UK scientists explore research partnerships to improve safe exploitation of oil and gas

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The safe exploitation of deep water oil heads the agenda at an international research workshop hosted by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande de Norte (UFRN) in Natal, Brazil this week.
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Wednesday 14th November 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research
Tuesday 13th November 2012

Scientists design new lens with dual function set to revolutionise optical devices

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Scientists at the University of Birmingham have designed a lens using metamaterials that can function as a convex or a concave lens, according to research published today (13 November 2012) in the journal Nature Communications. By fabricating gold nano-rods on the glass, this new lens can magnify or demagnify objects, just by switching the polarisation of the light source.
Date:
Tuesday 13th November 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research
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