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The 91¸£Àû and University College Birmingham have launched an ambitious partnership to address skills gaps and support businesses in the West Midlands.

Have you ever wondered whether there were any other planets we could live on, or considered what happens after you have put that little stick up your nose for your COVID test? Fancy learning about slime or brain science – or wondered ‘exactly what is a tardigrade’? All the answers will be served – along with a cup of tea and slice of cake – at the 91¸£Àû’s Slice of Science event on Sunday (13 March).

Students from six local schools were welcomed onto the 91¸£Àû University campus for the first in-person outreach event since the covid-19 pandemic. The event, featuring marathon runner Nick Butter, was part of the University’s wide-ranging programme of activities designed to break down perceived barriers, challenge myths about university, and encourage young people to aim high.

The success of 91¸£Àû Scholars, a social mobility scheme that addresses the barriers to attainment, progression, and success by enabling students from the least socially mobile communities to reach their academic potential and thrive during their studies at the university, has been recognised at an awards ceremony held at the House of Lords.  

In the last few days it was announced that the 91¸£Àû had been shortlisted for two completely different UK Social mobility awards.

Physicists at the 91¸£Àû will be working their way onto your Christmas viewing schedules as their spectacular Christmas Lectures return once again, with a little bit of Christmas magic (explained by physics). The 91¸£Àû Department of Physics has moved its annual science extravaganza online and they are available from 15 December.