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Alumnus in line to win a top Midlands award
Birmingham City University alumnus David Nicoll (BA Accountancy 1986-1989, MPhil 1991-1993) is one of three finalists in line to win a top Midlands award. David, owner of the Rugby-based management in a box limited, has been shortlisted in the Business Person of the Year category in the 2009 Midlands Business Awards, due to be held on Friday, January 30 at the NEC Metropole Hotel in Birmingham.
David Nicoll said “I am thrilled to have been put forward – and doubly so to be in the final. The study I did at Birmingham City University gave me the best possible foundation for my career, and being a finalist for this award shows that Birmingham City University is up there with the best in the Midlands.”
University produces award winning fashion designer
 Vivienne Westwood has been named as one of the designers who influenced former Birmingham City University student Amina Ahmed, who won the Asian Woman Young Designer Award 2008. The award was given by the international publication Asian Woman Magazine.
University’s new TV advert showcases quality and talent
 A new TV advert by Birmingham City University will showcase the educational institute’s cutting edge technology and the talent it produces by featuring one of its top recent graduates from the Birmingham School of Acting, part of the University.
Birmingham architect elected first ever female president of RIBA
 Local architect and academic, Ruth Reed, has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). She will become President Elect on 1 September 2008 and will succeed the current President, Sunand Prasad, on 1 September 2009.
BSA Graduate commended in spotlight showcase
 Birmingham School of Acting (BSA) graduate, Iris Roberts, has been highly commended in this year’s Spotlight showcase, a drama competition for acting graduates. This annual event showcases 44 cream-of-the-crop male and female drama school graduates, who have been hand-selected by their Schools, from the 22 institutions which make up the Conference of Drama Schools.
Health care graduates to scoop awards
Excellence in health care education will be celebrated at Birmingham City University on Friday July 18 th when current and former students gather for the University’s annual Health Care Awards.
Planning Application Submitted for Birmingham’s Eastside
 Birmingham City University submitted an outline planning application on 27th June for its 55,000 m2 flagship development in Birmingham’s Eastside. The formal planning decision is not expected until end of December 2008.
University celebrates double Ofsted success
Teacher training at Birmingham City University goes from strength to strength. After achieving grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ scores for its secondary teacher training courses just three weeks ago the University has now been recognised by Ofsted for the quality of its primary teacher training. Ofsted has awarded the University grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ scores for the quality of training and the management and quality assurance of the training it provides for new primary school teachers.
Logistics Academy for the West Midlands concept launch at Technology Innovation Centre
Birmingham City University was selected as the launch pad for a skills delivery infrastructure proposal, on behalf of Skills for Logistics (SfL) – an employer-led, national, Sector Skills Council. Some 30 professionals from the supply chain, logistics and transport management fields, assembled in the University’s Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) to hear SfL’s proposal for a ‘one-stop-shop’ academy to meet the skills needs among the region’s logistics employers.
Birmingham City University receives Ofsted success
The Training and Development Agency (TDA) has graded Birmingham City University’s Faculty of Education a Category ‘A’ provider of secondary teacher training following its successful Ofsted inspection earlier this year.
University unveils City Centre campus plan
Birmingham City University is displaying its plans for a City Centre Campus development in public for the first time.
The exhibition opened at Millennium Point this afternoon (Friday May 30) and continues on Saturday May 31 from 9.30am-12.30pm.
Nursing Graduates Publish Book
Two recent nursing graduates of Birmingham City University have written a book about Electrocardiograms. Alwyn Scott and Alan Davies intend the book to be used by nurses and healthcare professionals whose roles include the recording of ECGs; each chapter has a short section on relevant physiology and a case study and quiz at the end of each chapter, which links theory to practice. Unique features of the book include a number of photographs and diagrams, along with practical instruction in recording good quality ECGs and correct patient positioning. In addition, the authors have incorporated “visual mapping” for those with learning disabilities such as dyslexia: this is designed to make retention of data simpler for those who find the traditional linear methods of learning difficult.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins intend to publish the book in the UK, Europe and Australia by mid 2009.
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About the authors
Alwyn Scott is a former student and student ambassador of Birmingham City University, graduating with 2:1 honours degree in Nursing. Alwyn works for both the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, the largest cardiothoracic hospital. Alwyn’s current role involves delivering front line emergency care by responding to category A and B 999 calls. Having a specialist interest in emergency pre-hospital cardiac care and airway management, Alwyn has been acknowledged for his contribution to already published articles and is currently writing articles on bag and mask assisted ventilation and cardiac risk factors associated with police Taser.
Alan Davies is a former student of Birmingham City University, graduating with a 1 st Class honours degree in Nursing and winning a prize for adult nursing in the University’s annual Health Care Awards. Alan works in the cardiac catheterization labs in the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, ‘scrubbing’ for day case and emergency angioplasties, as well as assisting in procedures such as the fitting of pacemakers, AICDs, Transoesophogeal echoes (TOEs) and electrophysiological studies. Alan has been published in the British Journal of Nursing and the British Journal of Cardiac nursing, concerning reducing errors on 12-lead ECGs and calculating electrical axis on 12-lead ECGs. Alan is currently writing an article on the management of permanent pacemakers.
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Alumnus publishes new musical
Birmingham Conservatoire alumnus Roger Jones has recently published his new musical Rock. The musical tells the story of Simon Peter and follows the success of Roger’s recent composition Jail Break that toured in over 50 venues back in 2005 and 2006.
Roger is a well-known composer of Christian musicals and songs and has toured throughout the world. He is also the Director of Christian Music Ministries. His first composition, Jerusalem Joy, was written in 1975 for the students of a secondary school where he held the position of Head of Music.
The musical Rock will premier in Birmingham at the Adrian Boult Hall on the 1st and 2nd November 2008. It will then tour the country before returning to Birmingham for a grand finale.
For further information on the musical please visit www.cmm.org.uk.
 A former Birmingham City University student has been helping a local radio station with a new look to help promote its Breakfast Show. Ellie Gibbons, who graduated from the University’s Media Photography course last year, was commissioned to take a series of photographs for Birmingham based 100.7 Heart fm.
 Former Birmingham City University student Punam Verma can truly say that her life since graduating is ‘going OK’ as she is currently featured on the cover of the magazine’s Middle East edition.
 Birmingham City University graduate Amy Booth-Steel has had her hopes of West End stardom dashed – for now.
Amy had made it to the final 12 in the BBC’s talent show I’d Do Anything, which is searching for a new Nancy for Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s production of Oliver.
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