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Attend our Welcome Week conference on 24 March which will feature a range of sessions from colleagues and students across the institution. Booking will open on the 7 March. Find out more and register.

This interactive and discursive ¹û¶³´«Ã½ International Higher Education Academy (WIHEA) seminar on 7 April will explore the wider implications of the pandemic on the future of HE. Find out more and register.

Don’t forget that every Wednesday, 10am-4pm during term time, you’ll find delicious food stalls on the piazza! Come along and try something from the range of culinary delights available.

As part of our work with Transport for West Midlands, we invite you to sign up to the Choose Your Way ¹û¶³´«Ã½ challenge on the BetterPoints app to earn rewards if you’re walking, cycling, running, riding an e-scooter, travelling on the bus or West Midlands on Demand. Accumulated points can be redeemed for retail vouchers or to donate to a charity of your choice. Find out more about the challenge and our efforts to be more sustainable.

Congratulations to our award-winning Chef De Partie, David Webb, who is set to represent ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Conferences at the Nestle Global Copper Skillet Finals in Las Vegas later this year after being crowned the UK Conference Chef of the Year.

Find out how a £500,000 boost from the Fair Chance Foundation has funded a new four-year ¹û¶³´«Ã½ led partnership project designed to empower college principals and staff in rural universities and colleges in India to become ambassadors for equity in access to higher education.

The Research Development Fund (Strategic Awards) invites bids for projects that will support the development of future external funding bids in areas of pioneering research. Read more about the awards and how to apply.

All staff are required to read and understand our new Institutional Export Control Policy. The policy establishes a new internal control environment to support the transfer of knowledge, goods, and ideas, to international partners. Compliance with the policy will ensure that these important activities can be delivered in a safe and compliant way. Find out more.

Apply for up to £3,750 to undertake a short collaborative knowledge-exchange based creative project working with local creative and regional organisations around the broad theme of sustainability. Deadline: 12 noon on the 28 February.