Aston University

Aston University has been ranked 20th in Career Prospects in the 2023 WhatUni Student Choice Awards, a rise of 19 places, and has improved its position in several other categories in the 2023 WhatUni Student Choice Awards. The University…

A student-led organisation at Aston University, dedicated to using entrepreneurship to create positive social change, has won first place in the Sodexo: Stop Hunger Foundation incubator challenge presented by Enactus UK. The competition…

Igor Meglinski, professor of mechanical, biomedical and design engineering in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Aston University, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS).Professor Meglinski…

Aston University has been highlighting some of its digital technology research during a visit by Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet Member for Digital, Culture, Heritage and Tourism, after a recent announcement that it is to open a brand…

Aston University has been announced as the headline sponsor of the City of Birmingham Rockets secondary school community programme.The partnership will see the University headline the basketball team’s school activity with children in…

Aston University is asking former students to get in contact to help celebrate 50 years of transport education.This year marks half a century of transport studies at Aston University, dating back to 1973 when the subject first appeared as…

Aston University’s campus has been awarded Hedgehog Friendly Campus status by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.Hedgehog Friendly Campus is a UK-wide award scheme which supports teams of staff and students to apply…

Researchers at Aston University have contributed to the discovery of a previously unknown way in which cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive component of cannabis, can reduce seizures in many treatment-resistant forms of childhood…

A former participant of Aston Programme for Small Business growth, delivered by Aston Centre for Growth, was voted the winner of the eighth Minerva Pitch Up competition at Venturefest West Midlands annual festival in…

Aston University has been awarded funding of £1.25 million for a five-year Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).It is one of 32 research organisations across the UK receiving ESRC’s…