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Read our latest City of Culture blogs on , , and to find out how we’re ensuring a legacy of impact from 2021/22. 

Read updated guidance for managers to help them support staff through this transition period.

Congratulations to Professor Dan Branch (History) and Professor Franklyn Lisk (PAIS) who have been appointed as Academic Directors (Africa) to deepen relationships with university partners and foster new opportunities.  

See the themes, workshops and seminars, choose your sessions and register.

On 21 April, explore entrepreneurship, success in business, and the role higher education has to play in creating the next generation of business leaders with one of the most successful businessmen in Britain, Gopichand P. Hinduja. 

Could your department benefit from hosting a part-funded ¹û¶³´«Ã½ intern? Learn about the new ‘flexible’ ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Internship Programme (WIP), what’s involved in hosting a student, and how your department can take part. Deadline for submissions 10am Monday 26 April. 

The Internships, Placements and Work Experience team (formerly Internships Development Team) is running workshops to develop the Placement Practitioner Toolkit providing guidance, processes and signposting in one place. Book to provide your feedback. 

Learn about the work ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Manufacturing Group has undertaken to bring their research to classrooms across the country during pandemic restrictions via their digital learning resource lesson plans and how they have continued to engage with schools and the public.

See some of the departmental initiatives, student society schemes and study buddy partnerships which provide means for students to support one another and get tips and resources for setting up your own departmental scheme.