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Putting a value on employability
Recent Gemmology and Jewellery Studies graduates returned to BCU to host a valuers' conference that provided industry insight and networking opportunities for students. -
Book by BCU professor shortlisted for prestigious award
Dr Islam Issa’s book Alexandria: The City That Changed the World has been shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2024. -
Birmingham City University partnership helps spread open journalism across the globe
Birmingham City University’s (BCU) partner organisation Meedan has been recognised at the prestigious Skoll Awards (2024) for their work in encouraging media innovation. Faculty of Arts, Design and Media Birmingham City University The US-based... -
Media must avoid giving attackers publicity, says mass killings expert
International and UK media should follow the ‘No Notoriety’ protocol following the recent knife attacks in Australia to avoid heightening the prospect of copycat acts, says a crime expert at Birmingham City University. -
How important are Game Awards during mass layoffs in the video game industry?
Programme & Creative Director Video Game Design & Production at Birmingham City University, Zuby Ahmed, has spent 15 years working in the video games industry as a developer and manager. He explores why we see thousands of job losses in one of the world's biggest entertainment industries and... -
BCU launches 23 fully funded PhDs for September 2024
The Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural PhD Studentship Scheme will offer aspiring postgraduate researchers a tax-free doctoral stipend for up to 42 months, plus a full fee waiver. -
Paramedic joins call for nightclub bleed kits after Cody Fisher murder conviction
A Paramedic Science expert from Birmingham City University says bleed kits are becoming more common across the country, particularly around nightlife areas, but believes access and training are still too limited. -
Music equality is the goal for new BCU research project
A blind recorder player who performed with Coldplay at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games is backing a Birmingham City University research project aimed at making music accessible for everyone. -
BCU signs agreement to support technical staff
Birmingham City University is the latest signatory to the Technician Commitment, a sector-wide initiative to help address key challenges facing technical staff in teaching and research. -
BCU and the University of Cambridge join forces to unlock Baskerville typeface secrets
Demystifying the work of John Baskerville, the Birmingham inventor and entrepreneur who revolutionised the world of printing, is one of the key objectives of a new £1 million research project led by Birmingham City University (BCU) and the University of Cambridge (UoC).