Aston University

Aston University is to train the next generation of scientists tasked to remove greenhouse gases from the environment.A consortium led by the University is to receive almost £11 million to open a doctoral training centre which will focus on…

Aston University has been awarded the Athena Swan Gold award, recognising its commitment to gender equality. The University is one of just two in England to hold the Gold award at an institutional level, and the only one in the…

Aston University is working with an engineering company to make industrial gas burners less environmentally damaging. The University has entered a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) with Lanemark Combustion Engineering to enable gas or…

Aston University is to help tackle sustainability problems in the Philippines by offering training to three of the country’s early career researchers.The University has won British Council International Science Partnerships funding of…

Aston University has been chosen to open a prestigious mathematics school for 16- to 19-year-olds in Birmingham. The school, which will welcome its first students in September 2025, will be located in the city centre next to the Aston…

Aston University has teamed up with a South West-based IT company through a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) to transform the business into a world-leading cyber security education, training and technology solutions provider, with a…

Birmingham has become the latest city to join a global network of design and digital consultancies set up to solve real world challenges through effective problem-solving. Design Factory Birmingham will be based at Aston University, one of…

Aston University is offering more opportunities to graduates who want a career in artificial intelligence (AI) but don’t have a science, technology, engineering or maths degree.The scholarships are offered due to increased funding from the…

A team of academics from Aston University, the University of Nottingham and King’s College London has secured a £1.7m grant to engineer bioinspired artificial nanoparticles that can be used for oral drug delivery. Oral administration is…

Aston University’s Professor Andrew Devitt, Dr Ivana Milic and Dr James Gavin have launched a new spin-out company to  develop revolutionary treatments to treat chronic inflammation in patients. One of the most common inflammatory…