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  • Jewellery Oscar returns to the School of Jewellery

    University News08 Mar
    The School of Jewellery (SoJ) has claimed the prestigious College Trophy at the  Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards  for a sixth time in eight years. Known as the Jewellery Oscars, the annual awards ceremony recognises and rewards excellence in technical skills and creative design in...
  • Jewellery Oscar returns to the School of Jewellery

    University News08 Mar
    The School of Jewellery (SoJ) has claimed the prestigious College Trophy at the  Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards  for a sixth time in eight years. Known as the Jewellery Oscars, the annual awards ceremony recognises and rewards excellence in technical skills and creative design in...
  • ‘Get Britain building’ to drive growth and end housing misery

    University News05 Mar
    Get Britain building campaign
    On the eve of the Spring Budget, construction industry experts from Birmingham City University (BCU) have called on the Chancellor to kick start the new build homes sector in order to stimulate economic growth and combat the UK’s housing crisis.
  • LHC calls for BFI to adopt fairer approach to funding

    University News05 Mar
    Image of a camera operator
    The British Film Institute (BFI) has been urged to abandon catch-all ethnicity terms like B.A.M.E, ring-fence funding for marginalised communities, and publish more detailed information about its grant awards to improve transparency and accountability following research commissioned by the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity (LHC).
  • BCU shines again at Jewellery Oscars

    University News05 Mar
    Lee Lapthorne holds aloft The College Trophy
    Birmingham City University’s iconic School of Jewellery (SoJ) has claimed the prestigious College Trophy at the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards for a staggering sixth time in eight years.
  • UK’s first digital active city spaces to be designed for teenage girls

    University News05 Mar
    Dr Silvia Gullino portrait
    Encouraging teenage girls to stay active by designing city spaces that make use of immersive digital technology is the goal of new three-year project led by Birmingham City University (BCU).  
  • Ramadan guidance for PE sessions in schools proving a big hit

    University News27 Feb
    Guidance Stakeholders
    Guidance developed by Birmingham City University to support fasting Muslim staff and students taking part in physical education during Ramadan has attracted widespread interest.
  • Police promise a more diverse force to support domestic abuse survivors

    University News23 Feb
    Uzma Akhtar presenting at the Change the System conference
    Women from Black and Global Majority backgrounds who have been victims of domestic abuse could soon be pulling on the uniform of the West Midlands Police – and the move has been welcomed by a leading crime expert from Birmingham City University (BCU).
  • Sir Lenny to step down as Chancellor of Birmingham City University

    University News20 Feb
    Sir Lenny Henry at BCU's 2023 Summer Graduation
    Sir Lenny Henry will step down from his role as Chancellor of Birmingham City University at the end of 2024, eight years after becoming the institution’s figurehead.
  • Teachers called to shape the future of Black Studies at BCU

    University News20 Feb
    Postgraduate student Sarah Bristol-Abbott
    Teachers are being invited to help shape the future of Black Studies learning at Birmingham City University (BCU) by completing a survey.