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 […]

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 […]

USE-IT! Project news – Community Research begins   The first free OCN (Open College Network) accredited research training took place between 6th and 7th July at the Edgbaston Watersports Centre and kick-started the training of the first cohort of USE-IT! Community Researchers.   The University of Birmingham animated […]

Regional economic development in question   Aston Centre for Europe Thursday 21 July 2016 Venue: Aston Business School, Aston University Conference Room 1     1.30 pm: arrival and coffee   2.00 pm: Panel 1: Brexit and Britain’s economic development: what can we expect for […]

On 17 February, Aston University is holding its regular networking event for local businesses. These events are aimed at providing an opportunity for companies to meet each other in a friendly and informal setting, as well as hearing from a topical guest speaker. The referendum […]

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 […]

The European Research Executive Agency (REA) will visit the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 25th February to present on the Horizon 2020 Research Staff Exchange Scheme, with a focus on the 2015 call for proposals. For more details please see the RISE leaflet 2015 This will […]

Aston Villa’s Kicks programme has inspired major league soccer club, Chicago Fire to set up a similar programme stateside. The Chicago club visited Aston Villa in February 2014 and was extremely impressed by Aston Villa’s approach of engaging young people in ‘at risk’ geographic areas in […]

  Aston Villa Football Club and Birmingham City Council are working together to help raise the club’s profile in China, starting with our sister city of Guangzhou. The city, which we have had formal relations with since 2007, is home to not only many millions […]