Family Community
We are delighted to welcome you to our Family Community. Throughout the course of your son or daughter’s degree, we would like to keep you up to date with news from the University and invite you to events to meet fellow parents, guardians and family members, as well as many of our alumni.
Members of our Family Community will receive:
- The annual mailing of our Old Joe alumni magazine
- Invitations to University events, including the Vale Bonfire Night fireworks and the University's Community Day
The University of Birmingham has ambitious plans for the future, including significant investment in a student experience and employability strategy. The University offers a comprehensive selection of competitive internships, as well as an elite Alumni Leadership and Mentoring Programme for current students.
If you would like some advice on supporting a family member with the transition to university, please visit the University of Birmingham's Welcome guide webpages. Our Confidentiality policy is also available to read.
You can find the latest relevant news stories below.
Latest news from the Family Community
20 May 2022
A University of Birmingham expert in infectious diseases has been appointed the new Professor of Physic at Gresham College.
20 May 2022
A new way in which cancer cells can repair DNA damage has been discovered by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
20 May 2022
The Commission report proposes a roadmap to improve the lives of women while they are pregnant.
20 May 2022
Birmingham scientists have shown an existing drug may reduce damage after spinal cord injury, by blocking the inflammatory response in the spinal cord.
19 May 2022
The the UK is not the first country to pursue such off-shoring of its responsibilities towards those seeking refuge
19 May 2022
Three former students who developed software that cuts the time to mark maths and science papers have raised £800,000 to commercialise the system.
19 May 2022
Retailers efforts to woo consumers may make some customers experience negative emotions such as shame, fear and disgust.
19 May 2022
A new research consortium led by the University of Birmingham and Cranfield University will investigate how extreme environments affect human biology.
19 May 2022
The project aims to design, build, commission, and operate the world’s largest and most efficient ammonia to hydrogen conversion unit of its kind.
18 May 2022
On 12 May 2022, Professor Frank Uekotter appeared on BBC World Service’s The Food Chain podcast in an episode entitled ‘The Problem with Wheat.’
18 May 2022
In March, the Midlands hub of the British Academy Early Career Research Network (BA ECRN) was launched at The Exchange.
18 May 2022
Over a quarter of the world's population plays videogames, and the gaming industry is larger than the film and music industries combined.