University of Birmingham news

Global publishing outfit, Leisure Media, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision-makers across the health, fitness and wellness markets. The event – ... More

The organising committee of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have shelved plans to create an athletes' village in the Perry Barr area of the city. ... More

Older people who have never taken part in sustained exercise programmes have the same ability to build muscle mass as highly trained master athletes of ... More

Nearly every event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will take place in a facility which is already open, the organising committee for the games ... More

Regular exercise in older age can prevent the human immune system from declining and protect people against illness, according to a study by King's College ... More

A research project by spinal injury charity Aspire and the University of Birmingham will help establish best practice for training and employing disabled people in ... More

The University of Birmingham has officially opened an indoor sports centre, designed by British architecture studio Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, with the ambition “to provide future ... More

Birmingham has beaten Liverpool in a two-horse race to be named the preferred candidate city for the UK’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ... More

Brendan Foster, the former Commonwealth 10,000m champion, has joined the team trying to bring the 2022 Commonwealth Games to Birmingham. Foster is the founder of ... More

Eight university campuses will become home to High Performance Centres built specifically for women’s football as part of the Football Association’s (FA) plan to increase ... More

Health experts have debunked the idea that people can be overweight but medically fit, according to a study which is being presented at the European ... More

The European Network of Science Centers and Museums (Ecsite) has revealed the programme for the 28th edition of its annual conference, coming to Porto, Portugal ... More

The Football Association (FA) has partnered with more than 170 further and higher education institutions to grow the number of grassroots players and clubs. Through ... More

Far from setting people up to be physically active for life, school PE lessons can put people off sport forever, according to research carried out ... More

Mosaic Spa & Health Clubs has appointed Mark Reynolds to serve as regional manager covering two of the group’s locations – The Shrewsbury Club and ... More

Construction is to start next month on the University of Birmingham’s new £55m red brick and copper-clad sports centre on its Edgbaston campus. Designed by ... More

The University of Birmingham's (UoB) historic Edgbaston campus is poised to undergo a major £175m transformation, including the development of a new sports centre. Lifschutz ... More

Sport England has announced that a £10m National Lottery fund - designed to increase the number of university students playing sport - is to benefit ... More

James Reid-Anderson, who turned around the fortunes of medical supplies giant Dade Behring Holdings, has been named the new chair, president and CEO of theme ... More

Birmingham-born architect Les Sparks has been named chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund's (HLF) West Midlands committee. In 1999, Sparks was one of the founding ... More

A new multi-million pound concert hall is set to be built at the University of Birmingham (UB) to provide a new home for the institution's ... More