Courses

News from Aston

//
Hero cave diver to receive honorary degree from Aston University

A civilian cave diver, who helped to rescue the trapped football team in northern Thailand against all odds, is to receive an honorary degree from Aston University.

Date: 22/07/2019
//
Founder of award-winning social enterprise Miss Macaroon to receive honorary degree from Aston University

The founder of an award-winning social enterprise in Birmingham is to receive an honorary degree from Aston University for her services to the community.

Date: 22/07/2019
//
Aston’s business support boosts the low carbon economy

An independent assessment of the work of EBRI at Aston University in Birmingham – undertaken by Focus Consultants - has forecast the creation of more than 150 jobs and the generation of nearly £20 million gross added value for the West Midlands economy over the next two years.

Date: 22/07/2019
//
Company born out of university project to tackle ‘stubble burning’ wins prestigious award

An energy start-up in India, born out of an Aston University scheme aiming to tackle the international challenge of dealing with agricultural waste, has won first prize in a prestigious award ceremony in Russia.

Date: 19/07/2019
//
Aston named among best apprenticeship training providers in the UK

Aston University has been named among the UK’s best training providers by apprenticeship review platform RateMyApprenticeship. The university, which placed 15th out of a possible 50 institutions, competed with private training providers, further education colleges and other universities for the position.

Date: 19/07/2019
//
Purely ‘cashes in the chips’ with Pitchfest win

A Birmingham-based plantain chip company has held off competition from small and medium-sized businesses from across the Midlands to be crowned champions of the Pitchfest competition.

Date: 19/07/2019
View all Aston News

The Aston Angle

Government’s post-18 education and funding review must enable regions to join up their own skills pipeline

Augar’s recommendations have been dissected from many different perspectives, but little has been written about the influence they would have on the regional skills agenda.

Date: 27/06/2019
Tackling childhood obesity - a serious public health challenge for Birmingham

Professor Jackie Blissett discusses the action needed to tackle childhood obesity.

Date: 30/05/2019
The government’s attempts to regulate the internet – fit for purpose?

Dr Edina Harbinja discusses the government's Online Harms White Paper and its attempts to regulate the internet.

Date: 29/04/2019
Does firm-level jobs data show a 'canary in the mine' for the UK economy?

Economic forecasters have had a tough time second-guessing the UK's trajectory in recent years. Ever since the Great Recession of the late noughties, and especially since the 2016 referendum, Britain's economy has displayed conflicting signs that can seem to confirm or refute the overall narrative simultaneously.

Date: 29/03/2019
The UN Environment Assembly: an opportunity to change course on climate change?

Next month, the UK will participate in UNEA-4, the 4th UN Environment Assembly, in Nairobi, Kenya. The goal of the Assembly is to advance the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed in 2015, and primarily focuses on reducing poverty and promoting more efficient natural resource management.

Date: 28/02/2019
Why confused policy and a hard Brexit would put the Midlands car industry at risk

Recent news that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will shed up to 4,500 workers on top of the 1,400 lost in 2018 came as a huge blow for workers in the Midlands and showed the scale of the challenges that the car manufacturer now faces.

Date: 31/01/2019

Social Media