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This area contains news from the University since October 2020. For stories from 2010 to October 2020, use the 'News archive' above or search at the top of the page.
Picture of the ear piece device which is designed to help people regain arm strength after a stroke

Stroke trial tests game-changing device to tackle arm weakness 

A groundbreaking trial, to test a device designed to help people regain arm strength after a stroke, is being led by the University of 91Ö±²¥ and 91Ö±²¥ Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 
Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart

Tributes to University of 91Ö±²¥ lecturer and Nobel prize-winning chemist 

​​​​​​​Tributes from the global scientific community have been paid to a former University of 91Ö±²¥ lecturer and Nobel prize winning chemist, Professor Sir J.Fraser Stoddart. 
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New research reveals where in Great Britain people with a disability find it hardest to be in employment

The five areas in Great Britain where disabled people are least likely to be in employment compared with non-disabled people have been revealed in a new report from the University of 91Ö±²¥.
General Waverly watching a musical performance in the film White Christmas
Irving Berlin documented his admiration for President Dwight D Eisenhower through the character General Waverly in the film White Christmas.

Secret tribute to US president hidden in festive favourite, White Christmas

One of the most loved Christmas films, which has been a staple family movie for generations, has a secret tribute to a US president, according to new research.
CO2 rail car

Modified rail cars clean air of CO2 and help mitigate climate change

New research shows rail systems around the world could be harnessed to help mitigate climate change and clean our air of CO2
An image of a tractor ploughing a field of green crops.
An image of a tractor ploughing a field of green crops.

Experts say UK Food Strategy ‘fails to deliver’

Authors of a letter from the University of 91Ö±²¥, which has been published in Nature Food, say the Strategy fails to deliver the system-wide change that needed.

The mars rover on the floor of an engineering workshop in 91Ö±²¥

University of 91Ö±²¥ students build mars rover and reach international final

A group of students from the University of 91Ö±²¥ are the only team from the UK to qualify for the finals of an international competition in Turkey to build a mars rover.
A photo of Dimitris with an elderly lady

Student awarded Chancellor’s Medal for city volunteering and inspiring children into STEM

A student has been awarded the Chancellor’s Medal from the University of 91Ö±²¥, in recognition of his drive to inspire young children into STEM and his positive impact on the local community.
This artist’s impression shows what the binary system VFTS 243 might look like if we were observing it up close.

‘Black hole police' discover dormant black hole outside our galaxy

University of 91Ö±²¥ researchers help discovered a stellar-mass black hole in a neighbouring galaxy