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A large lecture screen in the main lecture theatre of the SPARK Europe showcase

Aston University hosts SPARK Europe showcase for preclinical healthcare innovations

Aston University secures more than £500,000 to tackle sustainability challenges in Jordan, the Philippines and Thailand

Aston University secures more than £500,000 to tackle sustainability challenges in Jordan, the Philippines and Thailand

Court cases for protestors should focus on integrity and not remorse - study

Court cases for protestors should focus on integrity and not remorse - study

the ship Zealandia in wartime dazzle paint, black and white image

Aston University study reveals the illusion of ‘dazzle’ paint on World War I battleships

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Checkmates – Aston University student teams up with local entrepreneur to deliver “best chess nights in Birmingham”

Aston University ranks amongst the best in the world for business and marketing in the 2025 QS World Rankings

Aston University ranks amongst the best in the world for business and marketing in the 2025 QS World Rankings

Dr Ivana Milic with the Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid mass spectrometer

Aston University installs £1.5m mass spectrometer to study biological membranes

S1E3 Impostors

How authorship language helped catch a domestic terrorist – new podcast

Promotional graphic for a podcast episode from the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, titled Writing Wrongs. The episode features an interview with author Kate Summerscale about her book The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place. The image includes a book cover displaying the title in bold black and red letters, a black-and-white portrait of Kate Summerscale, a typewriter with the words 'Writing Wrongs' on paper, and a notepad with typed text announcing the interview. The background is texture

Best-selling author Kate Summerscale joins Writing Wrongs to explore true crime and justice

S1E1 Evans

New true crime podcast Writing Wrongs launches with a chilling case of miscarriage of justice

cars and lorries on a motorway

Aston University alumni named in Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT (UK)) 2025 ‘35 Under 35’

Dr Shabnam Noor

Aston University researchers develop amplifier that could increase data-carrying capacity of fibre optic networks