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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.

Birmingham Hippodrome Announces Redundancies and Prolonged Closure

News Writer Lauren Novelli reports on the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the Birmingham Hippodrome

Birmingham MPs Pledge Support for the Black Lives Matter Movement

All ten of Birmingham's MPS have released a statement pledging their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, amidst the death of George Floyd, Cerys Gardener reports

Summarising The Final Officer Question Time

News Editor Rhiannon Wood reports on the University of Birmingham student officer team giving their final Officer Question Time for the academic year