International news Back to 'International' Better post-surgical care would boost cancer survival chances DescriptionPatients' chances of survival after cancer surgery is strongly linked with the standard of post-operation hospital care, a major international study suggests.Date:25/01/2021 Better post-surgical care would boost cancer survival chances DescriptionPatients' chances of survival after cancer surgery is strongly linked with the standard of post-operation hospital care, a major international study suggests.Date:22/01/2021 Randomised trials could help to return children safely to schools - study DescriptionSchools are closing again in response to surging levels of COVID-19 infection, but staging randomised trials when students eventually return could help to clarify when we should send children back to the classroom.Date:21/01/2021 Geoffrey Ma Tao-li appointed as Honorary Chair & Professor at Birmingham DescriptionFormer Hong Kong Chief Justice and University of Birmingham alumnus Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (LLB Law, 1997; LL.D, 2011) has been appointed as Honorary Chair and Professor in the Birmingham Law School.Date:14/01/2021 Early COVID-19 lockdown had less impact on urban air quality than first believed DescriptionThe first COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant changes in urban air pollution levels in major cities around the world, but the changes were smaller than expected – a new study reveals.Date:13/01/2021 Global community launches to make world a better, fairer place DescriptionExperts at the University of Birmingham's Institute for Global Innovation are launching a new multi-disciplinary forum to help make the world a fairer, more sustainable place.Date:11/01/2021 Fatal health threat to young African children reduced by innovative artistic intervention - study DescriptionThe fatal threat from diarrhoea and pneumonia to young children in the world's poorer countries can be reduced using traditional performing arts to encourage mothers to provide youngsters with safe food and water.Date:11/01/2021 Mali health project aims to save children from diarrhoea death DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham experts are leading a new project in Mali to reduce the fatal threat from diarrhoea to young children and help to improve their growth.Date:09/12/2020 Timetable for the Twelfth Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament DescriptionThe timetable for the Twelfth Birmingham Colloquium with the theme of "Fragments" is released. This conference will run weekly online from January to March 2021.Date:09/12/2020 Africa's clean cooling centre of excellence moves closer to boosting farmer's livelihoods DescriptionThe Rwandan Government has formally launched the new African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain (ACES) that is hosted in-country by the University of Rwanda.Date:08/12/2020 Displaying 1 to 10 of 791 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next