Birmingham City Council planners have given the go-ahead to convert a disused four-storey office block into a free school despite misgivings over an inadequate play area and its city centre location.
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Plans for the University of Birmingham to open its own secondary school designed to get city children from all backgrounds into top institutions have been backed by the Education Secretary.Read
Ten years ago Hodge Hill School was the worst performing secondary in Birmingham. But head teacher Marie McMahon turned the school around and has been voted Midlands Head of the Year. Read
The latest addition to Birmingham’s university landscape will help bolster the regional economy by generating additional revenue of up to £6 million from international students enrolling this year.Read
Business leaders have backed Birmingham City University’s controversial plans to move to a new £125 million university campus after they were condemned by a city MP.Read
The University of Birmingham has been named in a survey as the fifth best university in the UK when it comes to producing millionaires and multi-millionaires.
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Birmingham is set for a new university after the government gave the green light for smaller colleges to become fully-fledged higher education institutions.Read
A former Birmingham headteacher has been banned from the classroom for stealing £7,238 from her school to buy costumes for her daughter’s hen party.
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University of Birmingham officials have admitted some support staff were wrongly paid double time on bank holidays due to a “misinterpretation” of their contracts.Read
