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COVID-19 Used Tests Used Again By Students in Council Mixup

Following on from Redbrick’s coverage of the Birmingham City Council COVID-19 test delivery mix up, it has emerged that some of the already used tests were in fact reused by multiple students from one household

‘Bepop’ To Become App

The popular Facebook page ‘Bepop’, which allows University of Birmingham (UoB) students to buy and sell locally, is to be turned into an app by Plastic Free UoB founder Harriet Noy

Students Could be Removed from Course if Caught Breaking COVID Rules

Students at the University of Birmingham (UoB) could face consequences under the university’s Code of Conduct if they are found to be breaking any government rules regarding COVID-19 and social distancing, News Editor Becky Gelder reports.

COVID-19 Testing Site Opened at UoB

A walk-through facility has been opened at the University of Birmingham (UoB)

Birmingham In Local Lockdown

Birmingham City is back in a local lockdown, as rising figures of COVID-19 cases sweep the city.

COVID-19 Outbreak at UNC-Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has seen a cluster of COVID cases following its reopening last month

University Applications Hit Record High Despite Pandemic

Despite the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, UCAS figures suggest that a record high of 40.5% of all school leavers in Britain have applied to begin degree courses in September

UoB Reduces Module Choices for Students

News Reporter Lauren Novelli writes about the student reaction to the University of Birmingham reducing the number of modules available

Second Wave of COVID-19 ‘likely’ in West Midlands

News Reporter Adam Toms looks at the likelihood of a winter wave of the coronavirus in the West Midlands

Revealed: How UoB Let Down its Student Workforce During Lockdown

The University of Birmingham (UoB) has not furloughed many of its student workers in addition to cutting many jobs normally filled by postgraduate students, News Writer John Wimperis reports

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.