Celebrating Cultures across the University of Birmingham
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative celebrated from 17-23 March 2025. Neurodiversity imagines a world where neurological differences, experienced by 15-20% of the population, are accepted and respected like all other human variations. It is an umbrella term to describe alternative thinking styles such … Continue reading “Neurodiversity Celebration Week (17-23 March)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors St Patrick’s Day is named after St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who was a Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland during the fifth century. It is celebrated each year on 17 March, the day on which Patrick supposedly died. It was originally … Continue reading “St Patrick’s Day (17 March)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Holi is a religious Hindu festival in India that marks the end of winter and celebrates spring, love, and new life. It also honours the triumph of good over evil. The day is marked by the last full moon of the Hindu month of Phalguna. … Continue reading “Holi (14 March)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our LCAHM Student Experience Ambassadors The Volkswagen Transporter is a range of light commercial vehicles, built predominantly as vans. The design and manufacturing of the Type 2 Transporter was inspired by an idea from the then-Netherlands-VW-importer Ben Pon. The Type 2 was recognised as one of the forerunners of … Continue reading “75th anniversary of the first Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Camper Van being manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany (8 March)”
Post submitted by Erin, one of our LCAHM Student Experience Ambassadors February 14th 2025 marks the death of the famous writer, lyricist and playwright Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975). Born in Guildford, England and eventually moving to the United States, he was most known for writing the light hearted, satirical stories ‘The Code of The … Continue reading “50th anniversary of the death of P.G. Wodehouse (14 February)”
Author’s note: My name is Tom Prottey and I am a third year BA Modern Languages student studying French and German. I am currently on my year abroad and completing an internship within the sales department at Framatome GmbH (an EDF subsidiary specializing in nuclear products and services). This weekend I travelled to Schwangau (Swan … Continue reading “Student blog: Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangau”
This month I started a weekly placement with the Birmingham Museums Trust, working at the Museum’s Collection Centre to catalogue stained glass drawings by Hardman & Co., a world-renowned manufacturer from Birmingham. After being trained in conservation strategies and the museum’s database, I got to work cataloguing a selection of designs that were sent to … Continue reading “Student blog: History of Art MA student Natasha working with Hardman & Co’s stained glass drawings”
Final year Music student, Amira, tells us how she came to be involved as a Music assistant at the Birmingham Royal Ballet. “First year of university saw a challenging time. The Covid pandemic kept many of us from our friends and families, facing exacerbated mental health concerns due to isolation and for students a very … Continue reading “My role with the Birmingham Royal Ballet”
In my final year of studying History of Art, as part of a CAL work placement module called Professional Skills, I undertook a role as Creative Publication Developer at a youth arts charity in Balsall Heath called The GAP Arts Project. The role entailed working collaboratively with another student who was also on placement to … Continue reading “My work placement with the GAP Arts Project by Ellie Winter, final year BA History of Art student”
I remember when the UBISOC Community Iftar in the Green Heart was just an idea that we were discussing on the table in one of our meetings. That’s how it started, an idea, but who would have thought that it would be arguably one of the biggest events ever held by a student group. But … Continue reading “Community Iftar Blog by Sayf Khan”
