Posted 18 September 2018
The inquiries have been submitted to committees in both the House of Lords and House of Commons.
Posted 18 September 2018
Gary Wroe, managing director of Birmingham jewellery manufacturer Hockley Mint, has been named as University of Birmingham's Volunteer of the Month.
Posted 18 September 2018
Model NATO 2018 was one of the most valuable experiences of my life. As a mature student doing a masters in International Development, doing something so politically focused was out of my comfort zone.
Posted 14 September 2018
By Professor Richard Black (Pro-Vice-Chancellor & Head of the College of Social Sciences): "It is our aspiration to embed responsible business values at the heart of our activities in order to achieve our civic mission."
Posted 14 September 2018
An HSMC-led research team has been successful in securing funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a follow-on project to the study on phronesis (practical wisdom) and the medical community.
Posted 14 September 2018
In our latest Viewpoint, HSMC Senior Fellow Mervyn Conroy summarises the findings from the phronesis research project in relation to clinical leadership.
Posted 12 September 2018
We are pleased to announce that Dr Rita Floyd, Birmingham Fellow in Conflict and Security at POLSIS, has recently won a prestigious mid-career fellowship from the Independent and Social Research Foundation for her project Emergency politics: security, threats and the duties of states.
Posted 12 September 2018
Professor Fiona Nunan writes in The Conversation: Urgent measures need to be adopted to prevent corruption linked to illegal fishing activity in an around Lake Victoria.
Posted 11 September 2018
Dr Caroline Moraes, Senior Lecturer in Marketing: "People will tell us that they prefer ethical or sustainable brands. Yet, they will not always behave in ways that resonate with their attitudes."
Posted 07 September 2018
David Gillborn, CRRE Director, is quoted in the Times Educational Supplement discussing the impact of stereotyping on teachers' decisions about setting and selection.
Posted 06 September 2018
The recent revelation of the issues in HMP Birmingham, raises a range of questions about both privatisation of prisons, and deeper endemic problems faced by our criminal justice system.
Posted 06 September 2018
A change in culture within the NHS is needed to ensure that managers are less resistant to hearing, and acting upon, bad news, research led by the University of Birmingham has found.
Posted 06 September 2018
A change in culture within the NHS is needed to ensure that managers are less resistant to hearing, and acting upon, bad news, research led by the University of Birmingham has found.
Posted 05 September 2018
Kari Davies in Garda Review: Using offender behaviour to find links between crimes has never been more important.
Posted 04 September 2018
Dr Ufuk Gunes Bebek, Lecturer in Economics writes: "Long before the most recent slump in the lira, the Turkish economy had already begun to deteriorate."
Posted 04 September 2018
Prof Scott Lucas and Honorary Research Fellow Dr Talat Farooq write for The Conversation on the ongoing legacy of US drone strikes in Pakistan.
Posted 03 September 2018
Dr Juliet E. Kele, Research Fellow at the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business: "It is indisputable that, since its humble beginnings in the 1920s, The Walt Disney Company has become one of the most influential businesses and largest media conglomerates in the entertainment world."
Posted 03 September 2018
Professor Russell Mannion summarises key findings on research which aims to sharpen up thinking around speaking up and whistleblowing in health care
Posted 30 August 2018
We are delighted to announce that Dr Tom Harrison, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and the Director of Education in the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by Advance HE.
Posted 30 August 2018
Professor Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, Co-Head of the Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing, argues that whilst crime rates have risen, the reality is far more complex than some sensationalist media reports have made out.