Professor Edward Peck will work with universities in England to help them support students struggling with their mental health in a bid to reduce drop-out rates
Birmingham City University helps hundreds of Ukranian businesses
Hundreds of Ukrainian businesses affected by the Russian invasion and ensuing conflict took part in the first of three online lectures on disaster management, resilience building and sustainable growth delivered by an academic expert from Birmingham City University.
Coventry University wins prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise
The award, in the category of International Trade, is a huge achievement for the university, which has worked tirelessly to build relationships with institutions and companies throughout the world
New national observatory to plug voluntary sector data gap
The data gap in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector is to be plugged by a new national observatory, which aims to bring the whole sector together to better understand its strengths and weaknesses and articulate its needs.
Diversity key to economic success in Leicester, says CBI boss
CEO boss says the pandemic has created many job opportunities for talented graduates
Midlands universities support West Burton’s fusion power bid
Fifteen universities from across the Midlands have come together to add their weight to the Midlands Fossil to Fusion campaign to bring the UK’s first fusion power plant to West Burton A, near Retford in Nottinghamshire.
Praise for BCU and Wolverhampton in championing social mobility
The new league table highlights the commitment of Birmingham City University and Wolverhampton University to transforming the lives of students from non-traditional university backgrounds
National review of blended learning set to be led by DMU’s newly-announced education lead
Professor Susan Orr – who joins DMU in May – has been named by the Office for Students (OfS) to head up a panel of expert academic reviewers to examine the way different universities and colleges are delivering a mixture of online and in-person education.
MEU’s response to the Nurse Review consultation
Read the MIdlands Enterprise Universties response to the Nurse Review, which is examining and evaluating the current RDI landscape