11 November 2020 Eight reasons why a Postgraduate Masters degree may be for you Answer the big questions with a MA or MSc in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. Study online or via distance learning.
23 October 2020 New Masters of Public Administration launched for faith leaders Introducing the new postgraduate degree at the University of Birmingham - the MPA Faith Based Leadership, available to study part-time by distance learning in December 2020 within the Department of Theology and Religion
14 October 2020 Confabulation: good, bad, or inevitable? Professor Lisa Bortolotti guest blogs at The Brains Blog discussing themes from her new book, The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs (OUP, 2020).
01 October 2020 The truth about marriage Lisa Bortolotti was interviewed on unrealistic optimism by BBC's David Edmonds in this episode of The Big Idea, The Truth about Marriage.
23 September 2020 Pressures to be Perfect - a new Instagram Live series from the Everyday Lookism campaign A new video series of Instagram Lives taking place this autumn as part of the #everydaylookism campaign which asks us to take looks-based discrimination (lookism) seriously and specifically to put an end to body shaming.
07 September 2020 HowTheLightGetsIn Global 2020 Lisa Bortolotti is participating in a debate on the self with philosopher Dan Zahavi and neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran during the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival to be held in September 2020.
21 August 2020 Third International Philosophy and Meaning in Life Conference 21-23 July 2020 The annual conference series on Philosophy and Meaning in Life was launched at Hokkaido University in Japan in 2018
06 August 2020 Blindsight: a strange neurological condition that could help explain consciousness Imagine being completely blind but still being able to see. Does that sound impossible? Dr Henry Thomas writes for The Conversation exploring Blindsight.
30 June 2020 The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs Virtual launch for Lisa Bortolotti's book published by Oxford University Press.
29 June 2020 £2.15 million global research to look into fundamental issues concerning religious concepts and beliefs £2.15 million from the John Templeton Foundation and the Dynamic Investment Fund (DIF) will look into global research concerning religious concepts and beliefs.
08 June 2020 Dr Katie Robertson awarded Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Some really excellent news for the FraMEPhys project team – our research fellow Katie Robertson has been awarded a three-year Early Career Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust.
04 June 2020 Why should we care about biodiversity loss, and what can we do about it? This year, World Environmental Day (5 June) calls for urgent action to protect biodiversity. Our planet is losing biodiversity at an alarming rate, with potentially detrimental consequences for nature and ourselves.
Sustainability and environments How we are exploring issues of climate through the arts, humanities and law.
Birmingham ranked in top 70 in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law is placed 67th in the Times Higher Education 2022 rankings, making it one of the best places for study and research in this field globally.