28 September 2018
The Times Good University Guide 2019 ranks 'Geography and Environmental Studies' at the University of Birmingham 9th in the UK, moving up 10 places since 2018.
17 September 2018
A new study published today in Nature shows that getting smaller was a key factor contributing to the exceptional evolution of mammals over the last 200 million years.
11 September 2018
It's true that we now know a substantial amount about happiness. Yet levels of global economic inequality and high rates of global depression and mental distress persist. In other words, while we know a lot more about happiness, happiness as a whole has not improved.
10 September 2018
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor Geoffrey Petts, a former Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham
24 July 2018
Today we welcomed His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to our Staffordshire-based Institute of Forest Research Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (BIFoR FACE) facility.
23 July 2018
We are delighted to announce that Professor Laura Green OBE has been appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences.
19 July 2018
Warming streams and rivers could be disproportionately contributing to the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases, according to a new study led by PhD students, Sophie Comer-Warner and Paul Romeijn.
18 July 2018
Warming streams and rivers could be disproportionately contributing to the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases, according to a new study.
17 July 2018
Within the NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil and Gas, we have a 4-year funded PhD project available for a start date September 2018
13 July 2018
Yesterday evening (12 July), staff, friends and supporters of the University joined together at the annual Chancellor's Dinner and Founders' Awards For Excellence, which recognises the very best academic work at the University.
28 June 2018
The MexiDrill project has recently been funded under the joint NSF/NERC scheme. This project draws upon long sediment cores collected on the southern edge of Mexico City in 2016, as part of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program.
28 June 2018
A workshop on 'Integrating precipitation forecasts and climate predictions with basin-scale hydrological modelling in the Himalayas' was held from 2-4th of May 2018 at the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun