February 2020 news

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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ political communication expert appointed to influential digital freedoms committee

Professor of Political Communication Cristian Vaccari has been appointed to the Council of Europe’s new Expert Committee on Freedom of Expression and Digital Technologies.
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Institute of Advanced Studies welcomes applications for residential fellowships

The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) is delighted to announce a major new initiative which will begin from September 2020.

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Criminology professor to present public lecture on how to solve the knife crime problem

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Head of Social and Policy Studies and Professor of Criminology Steve Case will present a new approach to dealing with knife crime in a public lecture at the University on Wednesday 18 March.
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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academic gives talk on decarbonisation at Royal Academy of Engineering policy plenary

Dr Joanna Boehnert, Lecturer in Design and the Creative Industries, spoke last month at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s National Engineering Policy Centre plenary on socio-political intersections in design contributions to decarbonisation.
BUCS swim success

Records tumble as º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ dominate BUCS swimming

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ swimmers turned on the style at last weekend’s British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Championships, returning home with 30 medals and five broken records – and the over the overall team title.

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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students team up with local start-up to win prestigious national challenge

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students have teamed up with an East-Midlands based start-up in the hope of securing prestigious internships at the global online marketplace, Amazon.

Voting is now open to help choose the winners of the Spring 2020 CALIBRE Awards

Voting is now open to help choose the winners of the Spring 2020 CALIBRE Awards.

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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students win the first European Triathlon Union Innovation Award

Two º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students have accepted the first European Triathlon Union Innovation Award.

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Universities lead project to deliver largest ever investment into HE technicians

A new project led by a consortium of eight Midlands-based universities and industry partners – including º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ – is to shine a light on the expertise of their technical community by delivering a package of measures to support their career advancement and development.