The Birmingham Brief Back to 'News and events' Intelligent thought on policy issues. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Birmingham. RSS Feed Atom Feed Latest:The Fate and Sustainable Future of Plastic Enter Keywords Select Year All Years 2020 2019 2018 2017 Select Month All Months January February March April May June July August September October November December Select Category Alumni Arts and Law Corporate Services Dubai Campus Engineering and Physical Sciences International Life and Environmental Sciences Medical and Dental Sciences Research Social Sciences Sport Students Teaching Vice Chancellor Thursday 9th July 2020 The Fate and Sustainable Future of Plastic DescriptionDue to the environmental impact of their improper disposal, there is growing pressure to rethink our use of, and dependency on, plastics - especially single use plastics.Date:Thursday 9th July 2020 Thursday 2nd July 2020 Sunny, with a mild chance of catastrophe DescriptionThis Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk [SWIMMR] programme will develop and deploy new instruments, models and services to support the space weather community and the Met Office.Date:Thursday 2nd July 2020 Thursday 25th June 2020 Coronavirus: Can we 'reset' our world and boost well-being? DescriptionThe 'Well-Being in a Covid World' Policy Commission has been set up by the European University of Well-Being (EUniWell) as an alliance of seven top European universities which also includes Birmingham.Date:Thursday 25th June 2020 Thursday 18th June 2020 Community sponsorship in the UK: transforming lives and communities DescriptionCommunity Sponsorship Scheme (CSS) can bring local community groups to become directly responsible for supporting the resettlement of refugees.Date:Thursday 18th June 2020 Displaying 1 to 4 of 495 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next