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Government Arts Package: What does this mean for Birmingham Theatres?

News Reporter Lauren Novelli analyses what the government arts package will mean for Birmingham theatres

Accommodation Company Refuses to Terminate Contracts During Lockdown

News Reporter Ellen Knight looks at how accommodation companies have dealt with tenants during coronavirus

UoB Refuse to Disclose Number of NDAs Issued

The University of Birmingham has signed up to five different non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) since 2016, according to a Freedom of Information request obtained by Redbrick

UoB students launch company to reduce teacher workload

University of Birmingham (UoB) postgraduate students Manjinder Kainth, Robert Stanyon, and George Bartlett have launched 6 Bit Education, an AI-based marking system that ‘learns how maths, physics and statistics teachers give feedback,’ meaning that they don’t have to mark the same answer twice, thus reducing teacher workload.

13 UK Universities On The Brink of Bankruptcy

News Editor Joseph Meakin looks at an IFS study warning that 13 UK Universities could face insolvency as a result of COVID-19

Local NHS Highlights The Importance Of Friendship for National Learning Disabilities Week

News reporter Katie Norris reports on how the NHS in Sandwell and West Birmingham is raising awareness for National Learning Disability week

Beaches Unveil Plans to Prevent Influx of Midlands Tourists

News Reporter Ellen Knight looks at how beaches are coping with an influx of tourists amid coronavirus

COVID-19 Delays Government Targets to Address Number of Out-of-Area Mental Health Placements

News reporter Olivia Carroll reports on the effect Coronavirus is having on the number of out-of-area mental health placements

UoB’s ChemBAM wins Royal Society of Chemistry award

On 24th June, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) announced that ChemBAM, a chemistry outreach project based at the University of Birmingham (UoB) had won their 2020 Inspiration and Industry Award

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Appeals for ‘Virtual’ Supporters

News Writer Katie Norris reports how The Midlands Air Ambulance Charity has changed the way it funds its lifesaving operations by encouraging ‘virtual’ supporters as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Director of Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing joins West Midlands Police Academic Advisory Board

Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, A University of Birmingham (UoB) academic and researcher, has been invited by the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, David Jamieson to join the West Midlands Police Academic Advisory Board.

The University of Birmingham No Longer Offering American and Canadian Studies Programme for Undergraduates

News Editor Becky Gelder reports on the University of Birmingham's decision to stop offering an American and Canadian Studies Programme for Undergraduates.