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Birmingham In Local Lockdown

Birmingham City is back in a local lockdown, as rising figures of COVID-19 cases sweep the city.

COVID-19 Outbreak at UNC-Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has seen a cluster of COVID cases following its reopening last month

University Applications Hit Record High Despite Pandemic

Despite the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, UCAS figures suggest that a record high of 40.5% of all school leavers in Britain have applied to begin degree courses in September

UoB Reduces Module Choices for Students

News Reporter Lauren Novelli writes about the student reaction to the University of Birmingham reducing the number of modules available

Second Wave of COVID-19 ‘likely’ in West Midlands

News Reporter Adam Toms looks at the likelihood of a winter wave of the coronavirus in the West Midlands

Revealed: How UoB Let Down its Student Workforce During Lockdown

The University of Birmingham (UoB) has not furloughed many of its student workers in addition to cutting many jobs normally filled by postgraduate students, News Writer John Wimperis reports

UoB Refuse to Disclose Number of NDAs Issued

The University of Birmingham has signed up to five different non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) since 2016, according to a Freedom of Information request obtained by Redbrick

UoB students launch company to reduce teacher workload

University of Birmingham (UoB) postgraduate students Manjinder Kainth, Robert Stanyon, and George Bartlett have launched 6 Bit Education, an AI-based marking system that ‘learns how maths, physics and statistics teachers give feedback,’ meaning that they don’t have to mark the same answer twice, thus reducing teacher workload.

Corbyn Supports NUS Tuition Fee Refund Campaign

Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour Party leader, has supported the National Union of Students’ (NUS) #StudentSafetyNet campaign for mass complaint action

13 UK Universities On The Brink of Bankruptcy

News Editor Joseph Meakin looks at an IFS study warning that 13 UK Universities could face insolvency as a result of COVID-19

Female Graduates Suffer 10% Pay Gap Immediately After Graduation

The Higher Education Graduate Outcomes report, released on 18th June this year by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), has revealed that male graduates are paid 10% more than their female counterparts upon leaving university

Nearly Half of Russell Group Universities Plan to Delay Start of Next Academic Term

A survey conducted by The Daily Telegraph shows that 12 out of 24 Russell Group Universities are planning to delay the start of the next academic year, as a result of coronavirus, News Editor Cerys Gardner reports