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Leading Chinese university visits Birmingham to develop medical sciences partnerships

Leading Chinese university visits Birmingham to develop medical sciences partnerships
Description
A delegation from Sun Yat-Sen University is visiting the University of Birmingham this week to identify collaborative opportunities in the fields of immunology and infection, cell and gene therapy, clinical trials, and public health.
Date:
Friday 14th September 2012
Categories:
International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Droughts could profoundly harm river life, a study warns

Description
Critically low water levels in many rivers could lead to the partial collapse of food chains that support aquatic life, according to research led by the University of Birmingham published in the journal Nature Climate Change today (09 September 12). This is the conclusion of one of the longest experiments on drought ever conducted in freshwaters.
Date:
Sunday 9th September 2012
Categories:
International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Scientists set new world drilling-depth record of scientific ocean drilling

Description
Scientific deep sea drilling vessel Chikyu has set a new world record by drilling down and obtaining rock samples from deeper than 2,111 meters below the seafloor off the Shimokita Peninsula of Japan.
Date:
Friday 7th September 2012
Categories:
International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

US internship programme boosts graduate job prospects

Description
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.
Date:
Tuesday 4th September 2012
Categories:
Alumni, Arts and Law, International, Students

Rapid re-colonisation of river after extreme flood event

Description
After being virtually wiped out during a flood in 2005 in Wolf Point Creek, Alaska, salmon, meiofauna and most macroinvertebrates all re-colonised within two years, according to research published by University of Birmingham environmental scientists in the journal Nature Climate Change today (2 Sept 2012).
Date:
Sunday 2nd September 2012
Categories:
International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

University of Birmingham appoints Director for Birmingham Foundation Academy

University of Birmingham appoints Director for Birmingham Foundation Academy
Description
The University of Birmingham has appointed Lorraine Gaytten as the inaugural Director of Operations and Business Development for the new Birmingham Foundation Academy (BFA).
Date:
Tuesday 28th August 2012
Categories:
International, Teaching

University of Birmingham welcomes Chinese Embassy visitors

University of Birmingham welcomes Chinese Embassy visitors
Description
The University of Birmingham hosts Counsellor Shen Yang and three other representatives from the Education section at the Chinese Embassy, this week.
Date:
Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Categories:
International, Vice Chancellor

9/11 Summer Camp heads to University of Birmingham

9/11 Summer Camp heads to University of Birmingham
Description
25 US teenagers who were affected by the terrorist attacks of 9/11 are currently enjoying a special activity-packed tour of the UK.
Date:
Thursday 16th August 2012
Categories:
Arts and Law, International, Students
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