A new report analysing Brexit’s potential impact on the UK automotive sector reveals that most companies have no mitigation plans in place and that the uncertainty is stifling investment into the industry. The research, conducted by experts at Birmingham City University’s Centre for Brexit Studies, took in discussions with senior managers in the sector and also found that business leaders believe there is very little they can cur...

  Representatives from two of India’s creative companies visited Birmingham City University to learn more about how the UK university is training the next generation of Virtual Reality (VR) professionals, and with the hope of exploring potential partnerships in the future.

  Academics, engineers and industry leaders will be heading to Birmingham later this month for a symposium that aims to put magnesium at the heart of the global manufacturing sector. 

A mixed reality system which allows medical practitioners to view and interact with virtual replicas of patients’ organs, bones or body parts is being developed by academics. Researchers at Birmingham City University’s Digital Media Technology Lab (DMT Lab) are devising the system which enables users to interact with virtual models and patient data using freehand movements.

A digital simulation toolkit being developed by Birmingham City University and Birmingham City Council aims to improve the lives and wellbeing of people living and working in major cities around the world. The data driven Interactive Smart City decision support toolkit, or Project DISC, will be developed to model and simulate the impact and effect of major infrastructure developments using historical and real-time data.

Council cabinet members are to gather at Birmingham City University this week for the launch of Academy Cube’s e-skills learning centre and UK National Office, which aims to tackle Europe’s shortage of STEM skills.

A university initiative yesterday proved to 12 and 13 year-old girls that engineering can be an enjoyable career for women, in a bid to address the fact that only 6% of engineers in the UK are female.

Leading researchers from across the globe will gather at Birmingham City University’s City Centre Campus on 9th June for the two-day Advances in Nanotechnology event. In a series of talks, workshops and interactive sessions, world-renowned scientists and engineers will share new ideas on the uses of nanotechnology in medicine and healthcare, nanomechanics and industrial applications of graphene.

At the heart of a global push to create a new generation of tech savvy manual workers, taking Britain into the fourth industrial revolution, is Birmingham City University. The institution is the only UK member of a global alliance of eight higher education establishments taking engineering and business teaching into a new era.

The role that schools play in nurturing creative talent was at the centre of an audience-led digital debate in Birmingham this week. Leading figures in media and technology from across the globe gathered at Birmingham City University’s annual Rethink Media conference, on 18th March, to address the future of the digital landscape and the challenges facing the sector.

The jewellery and watchmaking industry is set to enter a new era as students from Birmingham City University gear up to begin training on how to use a new world-pioneering technology. The Direct Metal 3D Printing technology, from Cooksongold, will free designers from the constraints of conventional manufacturing technologies, meaning that once ‘impossible’ complex and costly designs will now become a reality for jewellery and watchmak...

Design Summit will highlight how the strategic use of design, creativity and new technology can support and drive innovation in the UK. The event aims to encourage manufacturers in all sectors to employ ‘design-led thinking’ in response to an increasingly competitive global market.The event on 18th June at Birmingham City University’s City Centre campus will be the first time Design Council has hosted its annual Design Summit ou...

At Birmingham City University on 18th March, Frank Golding, former Director, Google, will join BBC Future Media director Ralph Rivera and radio futurologist James Cridland at Rethink Media to discuss the technologies set to shape the digital media landscape.

Budding engineers from Birmingham City University’s School of Engineering, Design and Manufacturing Systems are working on a project to transform a small domestic car into a racing car. Working with Scandinavia’s largest race car manufacturer, Aquila Racing Cars, the students will learn first-hand the skills required to put them in pole position upon graduation into the professional motorsport industry.

In partnership with UK motorsport entrepreneur and manufacturer Spencer Ashley and the DYPDC centre for automotive research in Pune, Birmingham City University will be showcasing the concept and design behind what they believe could prove to be the world’s first affordable hydrogen fuel-cell powered mass transport vehicle at Auto Expo Motor Show, in India.