Pioneering textile recycling research featured on podcast episode
Groundbreaking research on textile recycling and recovery, led by Dr Omid Doustdar, has been featured in a Haptic & Hue’s Tales of Textiles podcast episode.
- Published: 20 May 2025
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Mayor opens Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology Hub
The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology Hub has been officially opened by the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street.
- Published: 12 December 2022
Researcher awarded funding to measure connectivity in the brain with hybrid quantum sensors
Dr Anna Kowalczyk, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Human Brain Health, has been awarded EPSRC funding to tackle key quantum technologies challenges
- Published: 8 June 2022
Metallurgy and Materials researcher awarded IOM3 Harvey Flower Titanium Prize
Professor Sandy (Alexander) Knowles has been awarded the Harvey Flower Titanium Prize by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
- Published: 26 June 2025
Birmingham Energy Institute Co-Director named Independent Chair of NESO Gas Advisory Council
Dr Grant Wilson has been appointed Independent Chair of the Gas Advisory Council for the National Energy System Operator
- Published: 13 May 2025
Mind the gap: machine learning systems and the passage of time
Changing societal values raise important questions about how we design predictive algorithms.
- Published: 12 April 2022
Dark Matter researcher awarded Fellowship to help unlock the mysteries of the Universe
Dr Daniel Johnson, an MIT research scientist, has been awarded a prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship to fund his research into invisible ‘dark matter’.
- Published: 4 April 2022
Birmingham professor awarded fellowship for contributions to science and engineering
Andrew Dove, Professor of Sustainable Polymer Chemistry, received a PMSE fellowship in recognition of his contributions to polymeric materials.
- Published: 6 April 2022
Birmingham chemist awarded prestigious Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
Congratulations to Dr Stephen Fielden for his award. Stephen won the Thieme Chemistry Journals award for his work in organic chemistry.
- Published: 26 February 2025
Birmingham spacecraft engineer helps home school students move to the Moon!
A group of Birmingham home school students recently visited Walsall Arboretum to celebrate completing the ‘Let’s Move to the Moon!’ educational project.
- Published: 10 August 2023
Researcher wins Frontiers of Science award for groundbreaking physics paper
Dr Bruno Bertini was named as a Condensed Matter recipient at the 2025 Frontiers of Science Awards for a groundbreaking physics paper published in 2016
- Published: 15 August 2025
University of Birmingham supports IoP-funded project aiming to attract more young people to physics
UoB are supporting Planet Possibility - a £1.9m funded project which aims to attract more young people from under-represented groups into careers in physics.
- Published: 23 June 2022
Prestigious scholarship awarded to University of Birmingham student
A University of Birmingham physics doctoral student has been awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Institute of Physics.
- Published: 14 June 2023
Milestone plaque commemorates success of microwave pioneers
Three pioneers of microwave and radar technology have been recognised at the University of Birmingham with a new plaque marking the site of their achievements.
- Published: 24 June 2024
Over 400 people attend Tyseley and Hay Mills Community Day
Over 400 people attended a recent community open day to find out more about the projects that will shape Birmingham's Green Energy and Innovation Quarter.
- Published: 11 May 2023
Challenging the algorithms that harm us
Research by Professor Sylvie Delacroix is revealing the effects of social media algorithms may be damaging our individual ‘intuitive intelligence’.
- Published: 7 April 2022
New research will explore the effects of extreme environments on tissue engineered models
A new research consortium led by the University of Birmingham and Cranfield University will investigate how extreme environments affect human biology.
- Published: 19 May 2022
Summer School Success: Rail Decarbonisation
Postgraduate researchers from 11 UK universities came together to propose a decarbonisation plan for the Birmingham-Peterborough rail line.
- Published: 8 August 2023
River Cole Community Commons Project reaches completion
Works carried out as part of the River Cole project, including the creation of public green spaces have transformed a derelict area in East Birmingham.
- Published: 30 June 2023
Will Labour's policies achieve energy security?
How effective is the Labour Party at addressing energy policy in a holistic way in order to achieve energy security and net zero?
- Published: 25 June 2024
University of Birmingham academics awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships for 2025
University of Birmingham academics were awarded Fellowships to support ambitious research, with combined funding of more than £3m.
- Published: 16 September 2025
Local governments must take responsibility for clean heat
Net zero energy goals for heating need to be owned and delivered by regional and local governments, according to a new report.
- Published: 8 June 2022
Partnership working key to unlocking EV battery recycling problem
Adopting advanced techniques like direct recycling and upcycling could cut costs by up to 40% while minimising secondary pollution.
- Published: 4 February 2025
New programme puts the Midlands at the forefront of Hydrogen innovation
A new programme has been launched which is designed to support and foster the creation of a new hydrogen economy in the Midlands.
- Published: 17 January 2022
Trading places: Academics join Royal Society Pairing Scheme to explore Westminster from the inside
In March 2025, University of Birmingham academics Dr Thomas Hird and Dr Dominik Kubicki took part in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme.
- Published: 2 April 2025
University of Birmingham secures EPSRC Prosperity Partnership with Tokamak Energy
The multi-million-pound partnership aims to accelerate fusion technologies, bringing us closer to clean and limitless energy.
- Published: 27 January 2025
Peter Slater wins Faraday Institution Community Award
At the 2023 Faraday Institution Awards Professor Peter Slater received the Researcher Development Champion award.
- Published: 14 September 2023
Chemical Engineering Achieves Platinum Green Impact Awards
On Tuesday 2 July, the School of Chemical Engineering were awarded two Platinum Awards for the 2024 Green Impact Challenge.
- Published: 30 August 2024
QuRIOUS: a new doctoral programme on optical quantum clocks
School of Physics and Astronomy researchers awarded funding for new doctoral network to help train and develop students on optical clocks and their applications
- Published: 17 July 2025
University of Birmingham scientists win prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes
University of Birmingham researchers have been awarded three of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious annual awards.
- Published: 12 June 2023
Chasing black swans: watering down net zero poses major climate threat
The UK’s net zero strategy must demonstrate urgent action and consistency if we are to successfully tackle the challenge of climate mitigation and adaptation.
- Published: 30 March 2023
Renewed partnership strengthens technology innovation between UK and China
The University of Birmingham, Jiangsu Industry Technology Research Institute and Shanghai Yangtze Delta Innovation Institute have signed a new agreement.
- Published: 4 April 2022
Body’s cells change shape to deal with wounds
Scientists used advanced imaging and mathematical models to understand how cells repair themselves, which may lead to better treatments for wounds or cancer.
- Published: 15 August 2025
Innovation Accelerators: Bridging university R&D opportunities and challenges facing City-Regions
Research and knowledge generated by West Midlands universities will help to deliver growth and reduce the impact of healthcare inequalities across the region.
- Published: 23 March 2023
The women who most inspire our researchers
To mark International Women’s Day 2025, some of the University’s inspirational female researchers reflect on the women they most admire.
- Published: 3 March 2025
University of Birmingham Dubai gathers experts to explore generative AI’s impact on education
Leading AI and education experts gathered at the University of Birmingham Dubai to discuss the influence of generative AI on education, teachers, and students.
- Published: 6 October 2023
University of Birmingham and IIT Madras open applications for ‘landmark’ Joint Masters programmes
New programmes in Data Science and AI are the first such education partnership between any Indian Institute of Technology and a UK Russell Group university.
- Published: 18 May 2023
New discovery in localised pulling opens up opportunities in engineering design
Researchers have discovered that applying a localised pull to a flat, flexible sheet causes it to fold dramatically, without any pre-existing creases
- Published: 16 May 2025
Comprehensive tutorial introduces engineers to a new simulation method for flexible structures
University of Birmingham researcher helps to introduce a powerful approach for accurately simulating the behaviour of flexible structures in co-written tutorial
- Published: 16 July 2025
Global experts gather for World Energy Storage Conference in Birmingham
Experts from academia and industry have gathered at the University of Birmingham for the Second World Energy Storage Conference (WESC).
- Published: 17 October 2022
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