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£2.15 million global research to look into fundamental issues concerning religious concepts and beliefs

• 29th June 2020
• News
• Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9philosophy

£2.15 million from the John Templeton Foundation and the Dynamic Investment Fund (DIF) will look into global research concerning religious concepts and beliefs.

Bordered Lives:Immigration Detention Archive

• 3rd June 2020
• News
• Arts humanities, Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9historyofart

A new book co-authored by a University of Birmingham researcher sheds light into the experience of an immigration detention centre.

European Research Council backs research into anti-slavery in Africa and sign language

• 31st March 2020
• News
• Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9edacs, x9englishlanguage

Two researchers from the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham have been awarded ERC Advanced Grants as part of €450 million (£400 million) funding for Europe's long-term frontier research.

Birmingham re-connects with ‘trailblazingly democratic’ Shakespeare heritage – launch

• 13th February 2020
• News
• Arts humanities, Birmingham City council, David Eastwood, Partner Posts, Shakespeare Institute, x9artsandlaw, x9shakespeare

A major £1.7 million project to re-connect Birmingham's communities with the city's Shakespearean heritage has been officially launched.

UK cyber security legislation ‘crying out for reform’, new report finds

• 22nd January 2020
• News
• Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, z-law-news

A new report released today by the Criminal Law Reform Now Network (CLRNN) – a collaboration between academics, practitioners and other legal experts – finds the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA) is "crying out for reform".

Blue Plaque unveiled in honour of Hollywood actress

• 21st November 2019
• News
• Arts humanities, Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9edacs

The University of Birmingham has commemorated one of its most distinguished graduates, the actor and humanitarian, Madeleine Carroll, through the unveiling of a new commemorative Blue Plaque.

Blue Plaque unveiled in honour of Hollywood actress

• 21st November 2019
• News
• Arts humanities, Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9edacs

The University of Birmingham has commemorated one of its most distinguished graduates, the actor and humanitarian, Madeleine Carroll, through the unveiling of a new commemorative Blue Plaque.

Free internet access should be a basic human right – study

• 11th November 2019
• News
• Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9philosophy, x9ptr

Free internet access must be considered as a human right, as people unable to get online lack meaningful ways to influence the global players shaping their everyday lives, according to a new study.

Why repatriation is important

• 31st October 2019
• News
• Partner Posts, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9historyofart, x9lcahm

The question of repatriation is on the table again for negotiation internationally and the discussion has moved on from where it was in the last decades.

Local role models launch new campaign to change young people’s life stories in Birmingham

• 18th October 2019
• News
• Partner Posts, Research, University of Birmingham, x9artsandlaw, x9edacs, x9english, x9englishlanguage, x9englishliterature

The university of Birmingham is now working with the National Literacy Trust to boost literacy levels in our city.