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Tuesday 19th February 2013

University of Birmingham opens new Centre for Research in Race and Education

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Twenty years after the death of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, his mother, Doreen Lawrence will help launch a new Centre for Research in Race and Education at the University of Birmingham.
Date:
Tuesday 19th February 2013
Categories:
Alumni, Research, Social Sciences, Students

Online tool to improve perineal repair

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Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Staffordshire have jointly led the development of an online training package to assist midwives and obstetricians to carry out medical procedures to help women who have sustained a perineal injury during childbirth.
Date:
Tuesday 19th February 2013
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research
Monday 18th February 2013

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

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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

Cormorants cannot capture the benefits of global warming

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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
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