The University of Birmingham’s Institute of European Law’s Annual Lecture has taken place with Jacqueline Minor, Head of the Representation of European Commission in the United Kingdom, as guest speaker. In her lecture, Ms. Minor addressed the immediacy of the Brexit referendum, and outlined both […]

Venue: Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, Edgbaston campus; Time: 5.30–6.45pm; As part of the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture series, University of Birmingham is honoured to welcome Her Excellency Sylvie Bermann, to deliver a keynote talk. A graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, Ms […]

The University of Birmingham and Aston University are to receive the European Master’s in Translation (EMT) Label for their postgraduate translation programmes. The EMT Label recognises outstanding quality and professionalism in teaching, curriculum and organisation of master’s degree courses for translators. Set up in 2009 as […]

The Institute of European Law at the University of Birmingham is organising a day workshop on the impact of a possible exit of the United Kingdom from the EU. It addresses a number of questions regarding legal, economic and political issues in case of an […]

In the context of the strategic partnership between the University of Birmingham and Goethe University, Frankfurt, a delegation from Birmingham is participating in this year’s University and the City Conference. The main aims of the conference are to investigate interrelations between higher education institutions and […]

It is the last week of the Institute for German Studies’s (IGS) current exhibition on the history of dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe. In partnership with the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin (Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, […]

Dr Suzanne Higgs, Reader in the Psychobiology of Appetite at the University of Birmingham, has been invited to give a presentation on “A psychological perspective on appetite” at the renowned culinary school, Institut Paul Bocuse, in Birmingham’s partner city of Lyon. Dr Higgs leads a […]

The Institute for German Studies (IGS), the Graduate Centre for Europe (GCfE) and Europe Direct are co-organising an EU Hustings event on Thursday, 1 May 2014. The following candidates for the upcoming European Parliament election on 22 May have confirmed their participation: Anthea McIntyre, MEP […]