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- Birmingham Plastics Network: Shaping the Fate and Sustainable Future of Plastics
  The University of Birmingham has established a Birmingham Plastics Network, an interdisciplinary team of more than 40 academics working together to shape the fate and sustainable future of plastics
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  Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education’s (BCRRE) research into the application of fuel cells and hydrogen in railway traction system design stretches back over the last decade and beyond.
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  Challenging established views and policy responses to migration and its impact on societies in a rapidly changing world.
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  Birmingham academics work on major issues in international ethics and global justice and train the next generation of students to tackle these issues.
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  Birmingham has been at the forefront of transplants since the pioneering work of Sir Peter Medawar. Our researchers are continuing his legacy.
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