Press Releases
¹û¶³´«Ã½ secures three prestigious Wellcome Career Development Awards
Three ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have been awarded highly competitive Wellcome Career Development Awards to tackle fundamental questions in biology and history with the potential to improve future health, medicine and food security.
One in five adults born very premature face lasting economic and social struggles
A landmark 34-year study co-led by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ tracks very preterm babies from birth to middle adulthood and identifies early cognitive development as the strongest predictor of who flourishes and struggles as adults.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ celebrates three new British Academy Fellows
Three ¹û¶³´«Ã½ academics have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy, in recognition of the originality and influence of their research in the humanities and social sciences.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ wins Midlands employer award for supporting young people
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has won the EY Foundation Impact Award for Midlands Employer Partner of the Year 2026.
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ announces honorary graduates for Summer 2026
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ will award seven honorary degrees this summer to people whose achievements have made a lasting impact across mathematics, global leadership, sustainability, technology, culture and social justice.
Dead stars in our cosmic backyard: scientists spot four white dwarfs hiding under our noses
¹û¶³´«Ã½ astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found four new ‘local’ stars, showing us we can still find surprises in the nearby region of space that we thought we knew so well.