12 January 2023
Market intelligence firm HolonIQ has selected feedback and assessment platform, Graide, as one of the 200 most promising Edtech in Europe in 2022.
11 January 2023
MA in Film and Television graduate, Bhulla Beghal, won his second RTS Midlands Award, for a film that was made in collaboration with one of his MA peers.
10 January 2023
University of Birmingham researcher Sarah Pike is among the first members of the new UK Young Academy, established by UK and Ireland National Academies.
10 January 2023
Combining poetry and meditation may help researchers to discover new angles on the world through an unorthodox approach to data collection and analysis.
10 January 2023
JMCC PLUS publishes fundamental and translational research that advances knowledge of the mechanisms for normal and diseased cardiovascular function.
09 January 2023
Dr Oliver Norris has joined the staff of Birmingham's Department of Theology and Religion as a postdoctoral research fellow.
09 January 2023
Managers are more positive about flexible working than since the outset of the pandemic, and even think it can boost productivity
09 January 2023
Our experts are helping to make eyewitness identification more accurate - reducing the risk of mistakes
09 January 2023
Dr Synda Obaji writes for the BLS Research Blog on why the participation of rural African women in environmental decision-making matters.
06 January 2023
An interview with Marsha Blissett from Services for Education
06 January 2023
Dr Chris Callow explores the connections between the medieval past, the public perception of the past, and Birmingham’s undergraduate History programmes.
06 January 2023
This article for the LSE Religion and Global Society interdisciplinary blog by Birmingham's Dr Haifaa Jawad was one of their top ten posts in 2022.
05 January 2023
Professor Candida Moss reflects on the legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
04 January 2023
The University of Birmingham has signed a renewed Academic Software Licence agreement of the Move software suite with Petroleum Experts Ltd.
04 January 2023
Discovery could lead to new therapies for neurological disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis
04 January 2023
Scientists discover differences in the way early herbivore dinosaurs ate their food
04 January 2023
The University of Birmingham Dubai’s new campus has scooped a prestigious architecture award
03 January 2023
Pioneering University of Birmingham immunity expert Professor Janet Lord has been awarded a CBE in the 2023 New Year Honours.
16 December 2022
School of Pharmacy staff member helping to provide a warm space for the homeless
16 December 2022
Reinier Schuur won the contest with an essay on the puzzle of addiction in November 2022.
16 December 2022
In his second article for the Birmingham Law School Research blog, Dr Peter Coe discusses the human rights implications of the draft Online Safety Bill
16 December 2022
Minister of State for Business learns about world-leading research in railway innovation.
15 December 2022
Climate change, rather than competition, played a key role in the ascendancy of dinosaurs through the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods.
15 December 2022
The University of Birmingham has been awarded a gold (one of the highest awards), at this year’s Engage Watermark Awards.
15 December 2022
Dr Berny Sèbe’s research into the Sahara Desert was showcased on the 33rd edition of the International Festival of Geography of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.
15 December 2022
One thing I knew before this project was that, lived experience perspectives within research are incredibly important and valued.
15 December 2022
Literary scholars from the University are working with Oxford University Museum of Natural History to explore fantasy fiction and the science of the deep past.
14 December 2022
Dr Sally Adams uncovers the science behind hangovers - and explains whether we can avoid them!
14 December 2022
The Government is raising an army of volunteers to help the NHS survive this winter, but will they succeed and what impact might the volunteers have?
14 December 2022
In the face of a changing climate, long-life road surfaces could provide more durable highways and value for money in low-income countries
14 December 2022
Experts from the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies share their Christmas reading recommendations.
14 December 2022
Dr Jo Cutler and Dr Patricia Lockwood discuss ways to strengthen your relationships and form new ones this Christmas.
14 December 2022
Birmingham Law School's Dr Peter Coe writes for the BLS Research blog.
13 December 2022
Ukrainians need a safe space to call home and their hosts are making 'friends for life', as the Homes for Ukraine Scheme opens the door to a whole new world
13 December 2022
Construction of the largest radio telescope ever conceived has begun, but is bigger always better?
13 December 2022
Pianist and university academic Dr Ceri Owen has taken a prominent role in events marking 150 years since the birth of Vaughan Williams.
13 December 2022
Technological innovation could help reduce the number of injured people in developing countries dying unnecessarily
13 December 2022
The University of Birmingham has hosted the 5th annual Sir William Siemens Challenge in the state-of-the-art School of Engineering Makerspace.
13 December 2022
Visitors to Alderley Edge are in for a magical treat this Christmas, thanks to a new app developed with our experts
13 December 2022
The University of Birmingham is launching a teaching and research programme in Jain Studies named after leading Jain apostle Bhagavan Dharmanath.
13 December 2022
Dr Daisy Ogembo writes for the Birmingham Law School Research Blog
13 December 2022
Researchers who identified a novel mechanism for platelet activation in blood clotting (thrombosis) are now turning their attention to sepsis
12 December 2022
Our world-renowned expert Professor Michael Dobson is recognised for his contribution to Shakespeare studies in Ukraine
12 December 2022
The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology Hub has been officially opened by the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street.
12 December 2022
Relationships and sex education expert Dr Sophie King-Hill deconstructs the extreme anti-abortion views held by some UK politicians.
12 December 2022
Patients, parents, charities and healthcare professionals agree key focuses for future research for disease affecting around half a million in UK
09 December 2022
The air we breathe today is much cleaner than in 1952, when choking smog brought London to a standstill – but is it clean enough?
09 December 2022
Professor Stephen Guy-Bray (University of British Columbia) gives the Thursday Seminar at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford upon Avon.
09 December 2022
County and England cricketer Chris Woakes has been awarded an honorary degree in the University of Birmingham’s December degree congregation.
08 December 2022
Largest analysis of perinatal outcomes finds disparities in outcomes based on race and ethnicity in high and upper-middle income countries
08 December 2022
Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia writes for the Birmingham Law School Research Blog.
08 December 2022
Jenny Phillimore, Professor of Migration and Superdiversity, says experiences leave long-term psychological and physical harm.
08 December 2022
Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili writes for the Birmingham Law School Research Blog
08 December 2022
A House of Lords committee has challenged the Government to introduce urgent reforms in adult social care.
08 December 2022
Congratulations to ITSEE student Jacopo Marcon, of the ERC CATENA project, on his successful doctoral viva.
08 December 2022
Concerns around gender-sensitive medical care speak to wider issues in women’s healthcare that are experienced by cis and trans women alike.
08 December 2022
Across 2022, Professor Jo Morris, from the Institute of Cancer and Genomics, has secured more than £4.9 million to better understand DNA replication and repair.
08 December 2022
Dr Suzanne Bartington welcomes a renewed focus on healthcare and reducing air pollution in the Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report.
08 December 2022
Two University of Birmingham researchers have been awarded prestigious Medical Research Council (MRC) clinical fellowships this year.
08 December 2022
Dr Christian Pfrang describes the 2022 annual report on Air Pollution by the Chief Medical Officer.
08 December 2022
The validated Symptom Burden Questionnaire™ for Long COVID (SBQ™-LC) will help medical researchers develop or test new treatments.
07 December 2022
A highly unusual blast of high-energy light from a nearby galaxy has been linked by scientists to a neutron star merger.
07 December 2022
A new report highlights sexual and gender violence experienced by forced migrants seeking refuge in Scotland
07 December 2022
Professor Karen Harvey, Professorial Fellow and Professor of Cultural History, uses 18th century letters to explore experiences of embodiment.
06 December 2022
Autistic people have strong preferences for terms to describe autism, with unpopular terms including ‘having autism’ or having an ‘impairment’ or ‘disorder’.
06 December 2022
We met with Dr Alex Mayhew, our new Assistant Professor in the Department of History, to talk about his teaching, his research and his academic background.
06 December 2022
Professor Carolyn Wilkins, an experienced public sector leader, joins Christopher Pietroni to ask whether we have the right kind of leadership.
06 December 2022
The UK has made little progress in the last decade towards creating a truly financially inclusive society, a new study reveals.
05 December 2022
Professor Jocelyne Cesari and Kalpana Jain, senior editor at the conversation discussed the reasons for the current rise of Islamophobia in India.
05 December 2022
Gold standard treatment plans for people with early psychosis have a patchy success rate, suggesting the need to develop more tailored approaches.
05 December 2022
Laser light therapy has been shown to be effective in improving short term memory in a study published in Science Advances.
05 December 2022
Diagnostic device to monitor against post-surgery heart strangulation risk under development by company formed by Birmingham cardiothoracic surgeon
04 December 2022
Waswasa was a theatrical show that Soul City Arts delivered during the Birmingham 2022 Festival at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
02 December 2022
A new study, conducted by the Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET), offered smartphone and arrhythmia screening to older adults without atrial fibrillation.
02 December 2022
University of Birmingham Enterprise has won the coveted Commercial Deal of the Year award from PraxisAuril, a world-leading association for Knowledge Exchange
01 December 2022
Broad T-cell response is currently protective but recognition of seven out of ten T-cell targets mutated in SARS-CoV-2 variants is impaired
01 December 2022
The UK’s social care system needs to improve how it cares for LGBTQ+ young people in residential and foster homes, a new study reveals.
01 December 2022
She considers the history of emerging British Multinational Companies in Ghana and Nigeria in the 20th Century.
01 December 2022
Fewer than half of the people living in England & Wales now identify as Christian - does this spell the end for religion in the UK?
01 December 2022
Many migrants experience sexual violence at the hands of different perpetrators, but few receive the protection or support they need.
01 December 2022
Thousands of migrants in overcrowded refugee camps are threatened by the effects of climate change
01 December 2022
Ukrainian students get the chance to continue their degree studies in Birmingham
01 December 2022
Tumbling numbers of people identifying as Christian should be no surprise, says Dr Michala Hulme.
01 December 2022
The cost of living crisis is affecting all households. But if the wealthiest save rather than spend, what does it mean for the rest of the UK?
01 December 2022
Professor Douglas Kerr spoke at the Centre for Modernist Cultures in November on Orwell’s response to the life and politics of anti-colonial campaigner Gandhi.
30 November 2022
Our Law students share their experiences on their month-long internships in St Lucia.
30 November 2022
Exciting new degree programmes have launched in Law, English and History at the University’s campuses in Birmingham and Dubai.
30 November 2022
Alumna Shermara Fletcher (BA Drama and English Literature) was one of the faith leaders who spoke at HM The Queen’s funeral. She reflects on her recent visit.
30 November 2022
Astronomers have determined the source of an incredibly bright X-ray, optical and radio signal appearing from halfway across the Universe.
30 November 2022
Microbiologist Joshua Quick of the University of Birmingham has been awarded the WH Pierce Prize at the Applied Microbiology Awards 2022.
30 November 2022
Our student writer, Viola Kahsay, took the opportunity to talk with Yiannis Maos about the region's growing tech sector and digital inclusion.
29 November 2022
Any law designed to deal with SLAPPs must account for the wide and growing range of SLAPP victims, says Dr Peter Coe.
29 November 2022
We spoke to renowned violinist Jennifer Pike about a special concert combining Indian and Western classical music traditions
29 November 2022
A panel of academics reflected on collaborative public history: history that is made with and by, as well as for, the public.
28 November 2022
The new 2022 ranking for Top-50 academics in Business & Management worldwide includes only the top 2% most cited academics.
28 November 2022
Our experts are working with partners in India on research and education collaborations that will help improve people's lives.
25 November 2022
Employment prospects among blind and partially-sighted people have not changed in a generation, with only one in four in paid employment.
25 November 2022
University of Birmingham linguistic expert is selected to join prestigious Australian academic fellowship
25 November 2022
Scotland would eventually be able to forge a new path towards economic prosperity after independence, but this would not be an easy pathway.
25 November 2022
The effects of climate change are taking their toll on refugees and migrants, as they wait in camps for their future to be determined.