University pledges civic commitment to Birmingham
Promises on education, innovation, community and growth made as part of 125th anniversary year celebrations
- Published: 26 March 2025
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Debt Awareness Week – Understanding the debt loop
Adele Atkinson, Professor of Practice in Financial Literacy and Wellbeing, explains the cycle of debt during Debt Awareness Week.
- Published: 25 March 2025
UK risks becoming an 'incubator economy', but Birmingham promise holds strong
The University is a key part of the energy that helps the region grow enterprises, retain talent, and stem the flow of science and tech start-ups from the UK.
- Published: 20 March 2025
Graduates key to government’s industrial strategy in West Midlands, new analysis shows
Official government forecasts show that between 2025 and 2035 the UK economy will need 1.7 million more workers in occupations associated with graduate skills
- Published: 10 March 2025
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway spotlights the poverty premium
As Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway is set to air, Professor Martin Coppack explores our relationship with credit, debt and the poverty premium.
- Published: 6 March 2025
James Bond Will Return – but in what guise?
Amid rising fears that Amazon will turn the James Bond movie franchise into a content farm, what does the future hold for MI6's suave super-spy?
- Published: 24 February 2025
Precarious lives and the 'flexibility trap'
Evidence from Dr Kris Fuzi in the report National Minimum Wage, Low Pay Commission Report 2024, reference to the 'flexibility trap'.
- Published: 12 February 2025
Equivalent of 380,000 jobs at risk in UK due to critical digital skills shortage, research says
A significant digital skills shortage is posing a critical threat to the nation’s economic stability and growth.
- Published: 30 January 2025
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