Jewellery news and events

Dr Saeed Talebi named to The Built List 2026 for his influential work in digital twin technology, recognising his role in advancing practical digital innovation in the built environment sector.

Podcast festival returns for fourth year to promote diversity in the UK podcasting while offering industry insights, panels on trends like video and sports podcasts and hands-on opportunities for creators. 

BCU is playing a vital role in powering the city’s workforce, with new research revealing that nearly a quarter of Birmingham’s graduate-level professionals studied at the institution.

Trailblazing DJ Trevor Nelson charts his journey from a shy record collector to one of the UK’s most influential champions of Black music in the latest edition of Representology: The Journal of Media and Diversity .

We're Dying to Tell You Something , a groundbreaking collaboration between St Giles Hospice and Birmingham City University, launches this May as part of Dying Matters Week.

Birmingham City University and California Polytechnic State University has formed a new international partnership collaborating on research, enterprise, and STEAM education for students and staff.

BCU is backing a bold new national partnership to help develop a community for Black university students.

BCU students are crowned world champions at the inaugural  Paula Sparks World Moot on International Law and Animal Rights , defeating Reading in the final.

A one-of-a-kind silver electric cello that toured with ELO in the 1970s has been donated to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire by former band member Mel Gale. 

A groundbreaking digital tool is helping ensure that no child is left out of music lessons, especially those with upper limb impairments or absences.

A BCU expert is named as one of five inaugural Champions for the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council, cementing the University's position at the forefront of jewellery and silversmithing education in the UK.

BCU's Art and Design courses have been placed within the top 300 worldwide. 

A pioneering research study into the rehabilitation of critical care patients has been launched by BCU academics during a visit to Malawi this month.

Gillian Rudd, senior lecturer in speech and language therapy alongside campaigners deliver a letter to Downing Street calling for urgent government action to improve access to SLT services. 

The latest results shows that BCU is seventh out of 100 universities in the rankings, rising one place since 2024.