The University of Birmingham has signed an agreement to build the second phase of its campus in Dubai

Six new degree programmes are set to be introduced at UoB’s Dubai Campus, though the news of an academic boycott of the campus has been picked up by the national media, including by the bi-weekly satirical magazine Private Eye

On the evening of the 19th November, Birmingham University College Union (UCU) held a candlelight vigil on UoB’s campus, in support of PhD student Matthew Hedges, who had be detained in UAE since May

The University of Birmingham has come under fire from academic unions and an LGBT group over its decision to begin operations in Dubai, where the new campus opened in September

Reece Patrick Roberts, the President of the Guild of Students at the University of Birmingham, visited the newly-opened campus in Dubai last week