University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is welcoming blind and partially sighted athletes from around the world to its UK campus as it hosts the 2023 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games.Around 1,150 athletes from more than 70…

The partnership will be through the College of Arts and Law at the University and will specifically work with the Shakespeare Institute, based in Stratford, as well as other areas of the College and University.Academics from the Institute…

The apex predators that roamed the earth 230 million years ago had a much weaker bite than previously thought, and likely couldn’t crunch through bone to consume the entirety of their kills.In a new study published in The Anatomical…

Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) has funded Professor Elizabeth Sapey and Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed (from Liverpool University) £5million to deliver a national programme of research to better understand and improve the use of…

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a leading cause of death in the countries where it is practised, with over 44,000 additional women and young girls dying each year, a new study reveals.FGM accounts for more deaths in these countries…

Professor Sarah Montano has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) by Advance HE, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to teaching and inspiring her colleagues in higher education.The National Teaching Fellowship…

Clues about the formation of major ice sheets on Antarctica have been found in mud cores drilled in Mississippi, providing an important lesson about a major climate cooling event, sometimes known as the Grande Coupure or great cut.In a…

Sources of air pollution on construction sites or quarries could be cheaply and easily located, as new research demonstrates power of low-cost sensors with a new methodology.The study, published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science…

A new collaborative study has identified markers indicating the presence of Parkinson’s disease in patients on average seven years before clinical presentation. This was the first time such markers were found several years before…

Professor Barr joins the University of Birmingham in September, following a period at Cardiff University as Head of the School of Law and Politics. He was previously Head of the Department of Law at the University of Liverpool from 2017…