On December 3rd, Aston University are welcoming two politicos to Birmingham to hear about current political affairs in the U.S. In their talk, American political consultant, pollster and “public opinion guru” Frank Luntz and Democratic pollster Darius Baxter will deliver a bipartisan, balanced programme providing a postmortem of the […]

University College Birmingham (UCB) continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to its international connections and the unique learning opportunity these connections offer. As part of a long running commitment to developing culinary arts training in the Caribbean over a number of years, the college has […]

You can now register for the Climate-KIC short courses at Aston University on 2 & 3 October. Short courses are part of the autumn educational programme at Climate-KIC. Two of these short courses are coming up soon: The first is ‘Developing the bioeconomy throughout Europe‘, hosted […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On Monday 12th May the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Yvonne Mosquito hosted Mr Robert W. Johnson, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The main purpose of the visit was to attend the premiere screening of a documentary film, Six Triple Eight, which commemorates the […]

Two Birmingham young women, aged 16 and 14 respectively, will represent the city of Birmingham in the Global Youth Ambassadors Leadership Summit 2018 which takes place in Chicago from 21-28 July. Both teenagers from St Paul’s School For Girls will join other 13 other international […]

North America is important to the people and organisations of Birmingham. In recognition of that a related Association has been established under the chairmanship of Professor Jo Andrews from Birmingham City University. With the intention of promoting meaningful engagement between Birmingham and North America the […]

Why is the Urban M project of interest to you/ to your organisation?   In my role as Interim Head of Employment and Skills, I am always keen to support projects which address one of our city’s most important challenges:  the low skill level in […]