http://www.redbrick.me The official website of Redbrick, University of Birmingham student publication. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/most-self-made-millionaires-come-from-university-of-birmingham/ http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/most-self-made-millionaires-come-from-university-of-birmingham/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 08:00:37 +0000 Ashley Kirk http://www.redbrick.me/?p=268034 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/most-self-made-millionaires-come-from-university-of-birmingham/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/birmingham-alumni-announced-as-apprentice-2013-competitor/ http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/birmingham-alumni-announced-as-apprentice-2013-competitor/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 09:38:49 +0000 Ashley Kirk http://www.redbrick.me/?p=267947
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 [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2013/05/birmingham-alumni-announced-as-apprentice-2013-competitor/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/malala-to-receive-skull-reconstruction-in-birmingham/ http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/malala-to-receive-skull-reconstruction-in-birmingham/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:25:43 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrick.me/?p=256294 http://www.redbrick.me/2013/02/malala-to-receive-skull-reconstruction-in-birmingham/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/new-year-honours-unveiled-protests-in-india-and-storms-in-the-us/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/new-year-honours-unveiled-protests-in-india-and-storms-in-the-us/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:27:21 +0000 Oliver Norgate http://www.redbrick.me/?p=243984
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 [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/new-year-honours-unveiled-protests-in-india-and-storms-in-the-us/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/2012-a-national-summary/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/2012-a-national-summary/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:58:37 +0000 Zahra Damji http://www.redbrick.me/?p=242849
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 [...]]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/2012-a-national-summary/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/record-fall-in-university-applications-after-new-fee-syste/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/record-fall-in-university-applications-after-new-fee-syste/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:46:34 +0000 Bayer_julia http://www.redbrick.me/?p=237376
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.]]> http://www.redbrick.me/2012/12/record-fall-in-university-applications-after-new-fee-syste/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/ethical-and-environmental-officer-takes-on-paxman/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/ethical-and-environmental-officer-takes-on-paxman/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:00:57 +0000 Zak Bentley http://www.redbrick.me/?p=200099 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/ethical-and-environmental-officer-takes-on-paxman/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/essays-for-sale/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/essays-for-sale/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:09:23 +0000 Shruti Aggarwal http://www.redbrick.me/?p=190190 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/essays-for-sale/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/demo2012/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/demo2012/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:58:15 +0000 Emily Hickey-Mason http://www.redbrick.me/?p=180846 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/demo2012/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/guild-criticised-over-demo-2012/ http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/guild-criticised-over-demo-2012/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:00:02 +0000 Rhiannon Doyle - Maw http://www.redbrick.me/?p=168468 http://www.redbrick.me/2012/11/guild-criticised-over-demo-2012/feed/ 1