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Students visit House of Lords for Social Impact Summit
Students from Birmingham City University (BCU) have visited the House of Lords to meet with CEOs, politicians and academics to explore opportunities to improve social mobility for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Careers+ Birmingham City University On... -
How can research into accessible tech become life-changing for disabled people?
Birmingham City University (BCU) is leading the way in accessible and inclusive technology – and staged the inaugural Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Europe Summer School at the iconic STEAMhouse from 24-27 June 2024. -
BCU researchers hailed as ‘gamechangers’ at RESCON 2024
Birmingham City University (BCU) celebrated the achievements of its doctoral students at RESCON 2024, which took place at the iconic STEAMhouse on Monday 15 July 2024. -
BCU professor to shape the future of Artificial Intelligence
A BCU Associate Professor will be instrumental in setting the benchmarks for Artificial Intelligence (AI) standards as part of the BridgeAI Standards Working Group (BAI-SWG). -
BCU students to design kit for new Birmingham netball team
Students at Birmingham City University (BCU) have been given the opportunity to design the kit of new Netball Super League (NSL) team Birmingham Panthers. And that means the winning creation will be seen by potentially thousands of people viewing games on Sky Sports for the 2025 season. ... -
Blues Women put to the test at BCU’s new sports science base at Alexander Stadium
Birmingham City Women have been put through their paces at Birmingham City University’s (BCU) new sport and exercise science facilities at Alexander Stadium. Players took part in a number of strength tests conducted by BCU staff and students, who are now based at the iconic Commonwealth... -
A day in the life: commentating on the 2024 General Election
BCU's political economist, Dr Steve McCabe spent more than 12 hours live on air once the polls had closed on the 2024 General Election, commentating on the results. He shares what the experience was like and what kept him going! Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences ... -
BCU to host World’s best junior Ultimate players
Over a thousand participants from more than 20 countries will take part in the 2024 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) at Birmingham City University (BCU) this month. Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences Birmingham City University Forty teams will... -
Five-metre-long scroll made from a peeled tree trunk are among Chinese works of art on show at a new exhibition in Birmingham
A five-metre-long scroll peeled from the trunk of a pine tree and huge discs of translucent silk created with the help of trained silkworms are just some of the amazing artworks going on display at Birmingham City University’s (BCU) School of Art this week. Faculty of Arts,... -
RBC’s new ‘School of Music’ leaves primary pupils ‘buzzing with excitement’
A ground-breaking programme that aims to teach primary school pupils how to read and write music within six months has been launched by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC).