Simple ‘aftercare’ slashes NHS hospital readmissions - study

Costly hospital readmissions in geriatric patients could be nearly halved if the NHS offered simple follow-up ‘aftercare’ calls and home visits for patients, according to a new study.

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£6 million to establish world-leading forensic linguistics institute at Aston University in Birmingham

Aston University has been awarded a £5.5 million grant by Research England to create a world-leading centre of excellence in forensic linguistics research and practice.

Date: 13/06/2019

Aston to launch Degree Apprenticeship for Transport Planners

The UK’s first degree apprenticeship for Transport Planners has been approved and is to be taught at Aston University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from September 2019.

Date: 12/06/2019

Aston enters top 40 in latest university rankings

The Guardian University Guide 2020 has named Aston University as the 36th best university in the UK out of a possible 121 institutions.

Date: 07/06/2019

Hundreds of schoolchildren gearing up to become ‘Aston Olympians’

Hundreds of schoolchildren from across Birmingham are set to descend on Aston University for three days of action-packed sports activities as part of the 14th annual Aston Olympians programme.

Date: 07/06/2019

Widowed and divorced men more at risk of dying from serious heart conditions

Surviving some of the most common heart and circulatory diseases may be impacted by your gender and marital status, according to new Aston University research.

Date: 05/06/2019

Aston supporting student mental health through groundbreaking national project

Aston University is supporting a new national project, backed by funding from Office for Students, to help university teaching staff support the mental wellbeing of their students.

Date: 05/06/2019

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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

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