Aston University

A student “annoyed” at wasteful plastic hotel toothbrushes launched a business providing recyclable bamboo products as part of their MSc in Entrepreneurship at Aston Business School.This was just one example of how students who want to…

Aston University’s School of Optometry is to provide athlete classification services for the 2023 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games in Birmingham.The IBSA World Games – the lead sponsor of which is UK sight loss…

Aston University welcomed over 150 guests from the business community, industry, public services, education and professional organisations to its annual Charter Dinner on Wednesday 14 June.The dinner is an important event in the…

New research by Aston University's Centre for Business Prosperity has shed light on the realities faced by the Midlands region concerning international trade. The report, Midlands International Trade: State and Challenges, looked at the…

Aston University is offering a new professional course to help upskill the design and construction sectors.Building Information Modelling (BIM) Specialist is aimed at both professionals and recent graduates with experience of building…

Reading skills are critical for children to succeed at school, but many are not getting the targeted support they need, new research has found.The Reading and Vocabulary project, by researchers from Aston University and Royal Holloway,…

An Aston University expert in media and privacy law has contributed to a comprehensive policy report around the ongoing developments and discussions surrounding the proposed Online Safety Bill.Making 'Digital Streets' Safe? Progress on…

The Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) at Aston University has been recognised for its outstanding stakeholder engagement by the Small Business Charter (SBC) Excellence Awards 2023.The winners were announced…

The Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing at Aston University has released a report outlining the findings of a rapid evidence funded by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) review on the relationship between money and mental health in…

Aston University has appointed Professor Ian Wong as its new Regius Professor of Pharmacy. Professor Wong is a pharmacoepidemiologist. His research focuses on the application of international healthcare big data to evaluate the use of…