Events

Below is a list of a range of events taking place at Aston University during Universities Week:

Aston Inspired: Design and Engineering Show

15 June 2011 - 09:00 - 17 June 2011 - 17:00
Great Hall, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET

Aston Inspired is an annual celebration of the design and engineering work coming from Aston University students. Over one hundred students under one roof to show the best of their work in one big show. Spread over the course of three days with a schools day, VIP night and public viewings. More information >

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

15 June 2011 - 12:00 - 14:30
Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham

Looking to the future, business leaders want to take their businesses forward and make them more sustainable. This event will discuss how innovation and entrepreneurship contributes to bigger, better business and how ambition drives our economy. Speakers include Professor Mark Hart (Aston Business School), Dr David Hardman MBE, CEO of Birmingham Science Park Aston, and Dr Robert Crawford, Director of Innovation, Investment and Growth with the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). More information >

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes

Free Radicals in Inflammation: Good Guys or Bad Guys?

15 June 2011 - 13:00 - 14:00
MB146, Aston University, Birmingham

A lunchtime research seminar by Dr Corinne Spickett (Aston University) as part of the Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing's seminar series. More information >

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes

Moving out of Recession: The Implications for HR Specialists event

15 June 2011 - 18:00 - 20:15
MB234, Aston University, Birmingham

This event is led by leading scholars from Aston Business School and promises to offer cutting edge insight into the role the HR specialists have in enabling their organizations to deal this topical challenge: moving out the recession to growth, progress and a new future. More information >

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes

Parents' Higher Education Advice Evening

15 June 2011 - 18:15 - 20:00
Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET

An evening designed for parents/guardians of Year 11 and Year 12 students, whose son or daughter is interested in applying to University, to update you on the issues and help available when applying to Higher Education and aide you in giving informed advice to your child. More information >

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes

Aston University stands at the ICC, Birmingham

16 June 2011 - 9:00 - 17 June 2011 - 19:30
The ICC, Victoria Square Birmingham, West Midlands B3 3DQ

Pop along to the ICC in Birmingham to find out more about the work of Aston University and what the university can offer you!

http://www.theicc.co.uk/

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes

Islamic Finance for Corporate UK Conference

16 June 2011 - 08:30 - 16:30
Conference Aston, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham

Islamic Finance for Corporate UK is a conference organised by the El Shaarani Research Centre for Islamic Business & Finance (EIBF) at Aston Business School, in partnership with Advantage West Midlands, Business Birmingham, Islamic Finance Advisory and Assurance Services (IFAAS) and Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB). The conference focuses on the business opportunities that Islamic Finance can potentially create for the British and European corporate. It aims to demystify Islamic Finance for corporate decision makers, while giving them the opportunity to discuss their business needs directly with Islamic bankers and practitioners. This is the second Islamic Finance event hosted by the El Shaarani Research Centre for Islamic Business & Finance.
More information >

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes

Aston University Open Day

21 June 2011 - 10:30 - 15:30
Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET

Find out all you need to know about studying at Aston University. You day will be filled with information about our courses, student finance and student life. You'll also have opportunities to meet tutors and have a tour of the campus and accommodation.
More information >

Disabled Access: This event has disabled facilities.
Free Event: Yes