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University of Birmingham student finds her ‘long-lost twin’ at uni
Their birthdays are one day apart
Harry’s Hot Tubs has finally come to Brum: here’s why you need to rent one right now
Essentially a Fab in your garden
In pictures: The Vale Reclaim the Night protest
Survivors shared their testimonies throughout the night
Students are holding a Reclaim the Night protest tonight on The Vale
It is scheduled for 6pm outside the Shackleton side of the Vale lake
UoB is handing out free personal alarms on campus
There are also several support services at the university for survivors
You can now get 10 years imprisonment for defacing a statue but only five for rape
The Tory government put more focus on punishments for attacking a statue than attacking a woman
You can now get 10 years imprisonment for defacing a statue but only five for rape
The Tory government put more focus on punishments for attacking a statue than attacking a woman
Only six cases of coronavirus in Selly Oak: It’s time to stop blaming students
70 per cent of students are back in Selly Oak and the cases are at their lowest since September
Birmingham Vice-Chancellor receives a pay rise and a bonus amid the pandemic
He received a £61k bonus
Vice-Chancellor Sir David Eastwood receives a pay rise and a bonus amid the pandemic
He received a £61k bonus
Ranked: The top 10 universities with the highest number of single students
Is it too late to transfer?
Ranked: The top 10 universities with the highest number of single students
Is it too late to transfer?
Makeshift Birmingham nightclub hosting 150 people is raided by the police
The club contained a DJ, bar and VIP area
‘A fitting memorial to the forgotten pandemic of the 1980s’: an AIDS memorial is coming to Birmingham
‘If it’s not remembered now, we will all be gone’
Circo is being temporarily closed down due to the third lockdown
They have been unable to open for three months now
50 years ago UoB were providing gay ‘conversion therapy’
The university are now claiming it is an ‘external matter’
50 years ago UoB were providing gay ‘conversion therapy’
The university are now claiming it is an ‘external matter’
Birmingham is officially in Tier 3: Here’s what this means for students
Cases are still too high for the city to have lower restrictions
UoB releases plan for rapid testing site starting next week
Booking slots are available every 10 minutes
A pub in Digbeth has been fined £10,000 for having a lock-in
‘I’d be grateful if you put those down guys, because you’re breaking the law’
University to remain open if Birmingham moves into tier three
‘Based on current government advice and the experience in other cities, that at Tier 3 the University will remain open.’
Wii games and drunk Jenga: Here are 10 ways to make your pres of six people not dead
Did someone say drinking games?
Wii games and drunk Jenga: Here are 10 ways to make your pres of six people not dead
Did someone say drinking games?
‘I remember sitting there in shock’: We spoke to students who were given used test kits
‘We are given them by the council workers who we had trust in to give us the test’
Students in Selly Oak are being given used Covid tests
‘We weren’t given any info on what to do as obviously all the tests had been mixed up’
Birmingham students have accidentally been given used Covid tests
‘We weren’t given any info on what to do as obviously all the tests had been mixed up’
BREAKING: Police cars are blocking off Heeley after bus crash
It crashed through the construction barriers
Birmingham is in tier two according to the new lockdown system
We will no longer be able to socialise in pubs and bars with people outside our household
Email from Tiv gym announces slots being reduced to 45 minutes
£10 fines, shorter slots and midnight bookings for Tiv gym
As Tiv gym slots fill up instantly, people are staying up til 3am to get slots
The demand for a slot is so high that people are being threatened with £10 fines for no-shows
‘Your mask is a muzzle’: Anti-mask protestors march through the Bull Ring
‘No to a muzzle to silence us and add fear’
Someone has been faking their time as a UoB student and it might be the craziest Brumfess we’ve ever seen
‘I got deeper and deeper into the lie’
Exclusive: UoB planning 21st September start date, according to leaked document
‘Buildings to reopen will be phased and prioritised based on key areas of activity’
This UoB student has created an app to help people in isolation
The app allows you to shop for people in your community
Meet the Birmingham student who wrote her diss on Fiat 500 Twitter
‘Sometimes you do just really need a Chinese and a pink gin x’
Meet the Birmingham student who wrote her diss on Fiat 500 Twitter
‘Sometimes you do just really need a Chinese and a pink gin x’
UoB English exam delayed by an hour after wrong numbers put on desks
400 students were stranded outside the Great Hall