Jewellery news and events

Trailblazing DJ Trevor Nelson charts his journey from a shy record collector to one of the UK’s most influential champions of Black music in the latest edition of Representology: The Journal of Media and Diversity .

We're Dying to Tell You Something , a groundbreaking collaboration between St Giles Hospice and Birmingham City University, launches this May as part of Dying Matters Week.

Birmingham City University and California Polytechnic State University has formed a new international partnership collaborating on research, enterprise, and STEAM education for students and staff.

BCU is backing a bold new national partnership to help develop a community for Black university students.

BCU students are crowned world champions at the inaugural  Paula Sparks World Moot on International Law and Animal Rights , defeating Reading in the final.

A one-of-a-kind silver electric cello that toured with ELO in the 1970s has been donated to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire by former band member Mel Gale. 

A groundbreaking digital tool is helping ensure that no child is left out of music lessons, especially those with upper limb impairments or absences.

A BCU expert is named as one of five inaugural Champions for the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council, cementing the University's position at the forefront of jewellery and silversmithing education in the UK.

BCU's Art and Design courses have been placed within the top 300 worldwide. 

A pioneering research study into the rehabilitation of critical care patients has been launched by BCU academics during a visit to Malawi this month.

Gillian Rudd, senior lecturer in speech and language therapy alongside campaigners deliver a letter to Downing Street calling for urgent government action to improve access to SLT services. 

The latest results shows that BCU is seventh out of 100 universities in the rankings, rising one place since 2024.   

The Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity is leading a major UK-wide initiative to bring student voices into the national debate on BBC Charter Renewal.

Around 100 guests gather at Symphony Hall for the official launch of Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce , the compelling new memoir by Anita Bhalla OBE.

BCU is shining a spotlight on the growing challenge of misinformation in the age of artificial intelligence by bringing journalists, students and schoolchildren together to debate its impact.