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The Midlands Innovation group of universities has launched the largest collaboration between university technology transfer offices in the UK, to attract investment and management talent to the region.

The future of Biomedical Engineering (BME) was the focus in Brussels today by the European Parliament Interest Group (EPIG) - looking at the future of medical equipment and how to regulate hospitals in Africa.

Over the next 5 years NERC (The Natural Environment Research Council) will invest £100m to support PHD students, including those at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, meaning the next generation of world-class scientists trained and engaged in both industrial and academic environmental solutions will be produced by the University.

A new report, ‘Self-employment and the Armed Forces Community’, has revealed the barriers ex-Service personnel face in becoming self-employed after leaving the Armed Forces. The research was conducted by The Institute for Employment Research at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, supported by defence technology company QinetiQ and X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) – which supports entrepreneurship in the military community – and funded by Forces in Mind Trust.

15 titles have been longlisted for the second annual award of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Prize for Women in Translation.

The £1000 prize was established by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ in 2017 to address the gender imbalance in translated literature and to increase the number of international women’s voices accessible by a British and Irish readership.

Staff and research students from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s physics department are preparing to welcome almost 700 Brownies to campus next weekend (13 and 14 October).