Tag: National

UK’s net zero strategy must deliver more help for switch to green manufacturing – academics

The UK government, trade bodies and multinational corporations must offer greater support to smaller businesses around making the transition to green manufacturing, academics have warned ahead of COP26 and following the publication of the UK’s net zero strategy today. Steven McCabe and Beverley Nielsen, Associate Professors at Birmingham City University […]

University of Birmingham partners with UAE Ministry policymakers to support national growth

University signs collaboration agreement with Ministry of Economy of the UAE University will build on its economic expertise to develop tools and measures based on economic analysis targeted for growth of the UAE economy Knowledge exchange, scholarships and research will support development of UAE talent and policy measures for national growth […]

Shakespeare’s works ‘inspiration’ for terrorists including 9/11 and Gunpowder Plot conspirators, new research reveals

New studies by Dr Islam Issa, Reader in Literature and History at Birmingham City University, examined how terrorists throughout the centuries have responded to Shakespeare’s writings, and why the iconic playwright’s work has been linked to acts of terror, or influenced terrorists. Among those found to have been influenced by […]