Keep up to date with the latest news and events from around the college and the wide-ranging projects our staff and students get involved with.
Forthcoming events

11Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 11 October 2023 (12:00-13:00)
- Location
- Arts - Lecture Room 7 (LR7)
- Description
- Professor Miri Song will discuss a new project she is developing that explores qualitative studies of multiracial people are almost wholly based on middle class, university educated people and not working class people.
11Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 11 October 2023 (14:00-16:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- This roundtable explores the BRICS expansion -- its causes, consequences, and contradictions – with a group of experts.
11Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 11 October 2023 (15:30-17:00)
- Location
- G11 Alan Walters Building
- Description
- Professor Lise Rakner (Bergen) and Professor Nicolas van de Walle (Cornell)
18Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 18 October 2023 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
18Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 18 October 2023 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- 224 Education Building
- Description
- Dr Shalini Sharma will draw on her experience and experiments with museums, oral histories and translations as a scholar activist.
19Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 19 October 2023 (16:00-17:30)
- Location
- The Alan Walters Building (R29)
- Description
- Lessons from Grenfell for public managers.
24Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 24 October 2023 (16:30-17:30)
- Description
- This talk will be summarising the findings of an MA dissertation through the University of Birmingham, examining the impact of teaching religious attitudes towards homosexuality on KS3-4 students.
8Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 8 November 2023 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
14Nov
- Dates
- Tuesday 14 November 2023 (13:00-14:30)
- Location
- 429 Muirhead Tower
- Description
- Professor Matthew S Winters (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

16Nov
- Dates
- Thursday 16 November 2023 (17:30-19:00)
- Location
- Alan Walters Building (R29 on campus map)
- Description
- The Birmingham Business School Advisory Board Guest Lecture
21Nov
- Dates
- Tuesday 21 November 2023 (13:00-14:30)
- Location
- 429 Muirhead Tower
- Description
- Dr Olivia Cheung (SOAS China Institute)
22Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 22 November 2023 (16:00-17:30)
- Location
- To be confirmed
- Description
- This seminar will examine the state of the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP as Britain gears up towards a general election expected to be held in 2024.
23Nov
- Dates
- Thursday 23 November 2023 (00:01-23:59)
- Location
- The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
- Description
- Every SME's Net Zero journey is unique. Effective transitions rest on reconciling SMEs' ability to reduce emissions whilst maximising profit.
28Nov
- Dates
- Tuesday 28 November 2023 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- 420 Muirhead Tower
- Description
- Dr Elsje Fourie (Maastricht).
6Dec
- Dates
- Wednesday 6 December 2023 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
13Dec
- Dates
- Wednesday 13 December (00:01) - Thursday 14 December 2023 (23:59)
- Location
- Dubai Campus
- Description
- Bringing together researchers, young scholars, post-doctoral researchers, and PhD students actively engaged in the fields of Environmental Economics, Urban Economics, Energy and Disaster Economics.
8Jan
- Dates
- Monday 8 January 2024 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
7Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 7 February 2024 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
13Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 13 March 2024 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
1May
- Dates
- Wednesday 1 May 2024 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
5Jun
- Dates
- Wednesday 5 June 2024 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Room 422 School of Education
- Description
- Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series
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