The annual report of People & Planet has recently ranked the environmental and ethical performance of the UK Universities. The institutions were awarded degree-style classifications based on their environmental management. The UK’s largest independent student campaigning network gave the University of Birmingham 29 points out of 70. The score represents a slight fall from the...
Last week, Redbrick caught up with Matthew Rolfe and Christopher Bates, Birmingham alumni who have set up Selly Joke, the new fancy dress and parties supplies shop in Selly Oak. What inspired you to set up Selly Joke? ‘My business partner Matt came to me late last year and asked me if I wanted...
On Tuesday, 4th June, the Guild of Students held a General Meeting, where every student who was a member of the Guild was invited to debate the special resolutions that were being proposed. Although the turnout on the night was only 40 students, the quoracy required for the General Meeting to be valid (0.5%, equal...
A petition has been launched by University of Birmingham students that aims to ‘Save the Burrito Van’, which is to eclose at the end of the Semester, after a University decision that the contract will not be renewed. The Burrito Van was originally set up by Birmingham graduate Tim Stillwell in order to test out...
A previous University of Birmingham lecturer, Ian Woolley, from Stirchley has been sentenced to a 16 year imprisonment for sexual assault. Woolley taught in the Drama department. A trial at Birmingham Crown Court found Ian guilty of 10 counts of sexual assault on a girl under the age of 13, and two counts of inciting...
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