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We're delighted to be the venue sponsor for this year's Mayoral Tech Hustings: West Midlands It's not too late to secure your spot for the #TechHustingsWM on 10 April from 16:00 to 19:00 in The Bramall, Birmingham. 🎟️Book your ticket here to join us: techuk.org/what-we-delive…

Great to visit Birmingham Dental School with @EddieCrouch and hear from students. @BDA @BhamPolicy NHS Dentistry won't survive 5 more years of Conservatives. @UKLabour will get a grip of the crisis in NHS dentistry and reform the service in the long term bit.ly/3T6xZax

Thanks to the students at Birmingham Dental School for meeting and voicing thoughts to @PreetKGillMP this morning @TheBDA

Delighted to welcome @PreetKGillMP to The Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry this morning, providing an opportunity to discuss NHS dental reform with our current students, academics, and practitioners.

Delighted to be joined by @LizBarkerLords to give the closing remarks to today’s conference on LGBT People and Social Care. A day of insight, sharing lived experiences and research expertise. @JasonHSchaub @dr_dora_jandric

Is at @unibirmingham listening to important research about older LGBT+ people experience of social care.

Fantastic to join @unibirmingham VC Adam Tickell, for the annual ‘Langar on campus’ organised by @UoBSikhSociety for the 20th year! Service of others is a core principle of the Sikh faith. 🪯

Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming @peterkyle MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology to @TyseleyEnergy. Together we toured the site and showcased the technologies we are developing across various collaborations to achieve #NetZero. @BhamPolicy

We were delighted to host @peterkyle MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, & Technology, at Tyseley Energy Park! His genuine interest in our innovative projects & appreciation for the historical legacy of Webster & Horsfall made his visit exceptional. @BhamPolicy

Good to meet MP @jessphillips on what needs doing for young men/boys to benefit all genders & the importance of safe talking spaces for them. And how early relationships, sex & health ed, without parameters, is key to reducing #VAWG @unibirmingham @CoSS_Birmingham @_HSMCentre

We're delighted to welcome Prof Nick Vaughan-Williams to the University, as our new Head of the College of Social Sciences. Prof Vaughan-Williams joins us from University of Warwick & will take up his new role in April to lead an ambitious global strategy birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/prof…

It’s great to be at the public lecture by @unibirmingham Honorary Professor @liambyrnemp on “The Inequality of Wealth. Why it Matters and How to Fix it” at The Exchange, with @williamnhutton from @AcadSocSciences.

Yesterday we welcomed Lord O’Shaughnessy @jamesosh to @unibirmingham where he heard about Birmingham’s transformational research and leadership in clinical trials, diagnostics & health data - underpinned by the @BHPComms ecosystem of which PHTA and BHIC are proudly part 🔬🏥👩‍⚕️👨‍🔬

If you pop in to Muirhead Tower from today, you're in for a surprise! We are hosting ‘Hope’ – a life-sized Lego Suffragette statue on loan from the UK Government - built from more that 32,000 individual pieces of Lego 🗓️ 20 Nov - 10 Dec 📍 Muirhead Tower birmingham.ac.uk/university/col…

There's still time to join our webinar exploring the role universities play in addressing the climate crisis, organised as part of the @unibirmingham Green Week. The webinar is taking place at lunchtime today (13:00-14:00), so sign up below to hear more! birmingham.ac.uk/university/soc…

“Our students will be the doctors, scientists, engineers, creatives and business leaders of tomorrow.” Our Chair @prof_chrisday on how our universities are ready to work with Government to create #ABrightFuture bit.ly/47kzyHi

We’re calling on the next Government to harness the full potential of our universities for a healthy, green, and resilient future. Our manifesto, released today, outlines what it will take to get there. bit.ly/3QR9LkR #ABrightFuture

Great to attend the launch of #BER23 by @CityREDI & @GrBhamChambers, “a key moment in the calendar of the city” according to UoB Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell. Despite the challenges, this year’s report shows that “Birmingham is open for business” says BCC leader @CllrJohnCotton.

“Universities are a big part of the solution to the challenges the UK faces, but we need the backing of gov rather than constant criticism. Universities also need to demonstrate their value rather than just looking to gov to fix our problems”, says @unibirmingham VC Adam Tickell

At #LPC23 in Liverpool and delighted to be holding the second of @unibirmingham’s Party Conference Fringe Events in partnership with @HEPI_news, @SussexUni and @HallamUniNews and with @AndyWWestwood speaking on what should be in the next #LabourManifesto on #HE and #R&D policy.