A recent study has found that the University of Birmingham produces the largest proportion of self-made millionaires in the country, generating about 68 millionaires with an average fortune of £69m. 84% of those have made their own money rather than receiving inheritance, the largest percentage in the UK. These include Chris Tarrant, the famed host...
Tim Stillwell, University of Birmingham alumnus and founder of the Burrito Van company, has recently been announced as a contestant on this year’s series of The Apprentice. Congrats. to Int. Business BSc alumnus @stillwelltim (of @burritovan fame) who’s one of the candidates on this year’s @bbcapprentice! — Birmingham Uni (@unibirmingham) April 30, 2013 The 23-year-old...
Written by Aoife O’Connor Malala Yousafzai, schoolgirl activist aged 15, has recently been treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB) following an attack as she returned home from school in which she was shot in the head by the Taliban because she supported education for girls. Malala was treated for a week at a military hospital...
New Year honours unveiled The New Year Honours list was announced this week, with London 2012 medallists expectedly dominating. 5-time Olympic champion sailor Ben Ainslie, as well as Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins, were both awarded knighthoods. Paralympic cyclist Sarah Stoney became the main London 2012 dame, after taking 4...
January Beginning the year, January saw the conclusion of the 18 year investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 in Eltham, South East London. Gary Dobson, now 36, and David Norris, 35, were both given life sentences, with minimum periods set of roughly 15 and 14yrs respectively for what was described by the...
As fees trebled from £3,000 to £9,000, last year (2011) thousands of student opted to avoid the fee increase by not taking a gap year and instead heading straight to University.
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