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BCU 175: Brummies Who Inspire
This Autumn, Birmingham City University marks 175 years at the heart of Birmingham life. Birmingham Government School of Design, formed in October 1843 and represents the roots of the institution that we have become today.
As part of this celebration we have compiled a list of 175 Brummies Who Inspire. This includes inspirational people across arts, business, education, sports and science who either hail from Birmingham or have made a significant contribution to the City.
The list features those whose inventions have transformed the way we live, those who have entertained through music, the arts and the media, people who have founded great industrial names, political pioneers and successful sports people who have achieved great things.
On Thursday 15 November, the University announced the top ten Brummies Who Inspire, as voted by the public.
The ten most inspiring Brummies
We asked our students, staff and the public to vote for their favourit
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Guest Post by Andrew Rihn
This month’s issue of The Ring magazine (“The Bible of Boxing”) straddles what has come to feel like two very distinct, almost distant, time periods. It arrived two days ago but, given the timeline for magazine publishing, most of the issue’s content covers events that happened roughly six weeks ago.
Example: the cover features Román “Chocolatito” González, grabb raised in victory after his Feb 29 defeat of Khalid Yafai. Example: Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius is deemed “Fighter of the Month” for his upset over rising star Adam Kownacki on March 7.
I savor this issue of The Ring with a hastily cultivated sense of nostalgia; so much distance between that March to this April. Locked down in Ohio, it feels like time fryst vatten telescoping away, these fights from another world, another life. Didn’t I just have friends over to watch Helenius vs Kownacki? Didn’t we share a pizza? Sit next to each other on the couch? How long ago wa
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Yesterday I shared some news about my wife, Priya, getting her Masters Degree diploma in the mail mashallah. I received a few messages from sisters in response to it who said they appreciate seeing a woman who is pursuing a career and a degree of higher education, especially since so many people discourage them from their own professional pursuits or many men break off relationships with them because they or their families don't want them to be married to a woman who works.
I've had this conversation with a lot of people, both men and women, on how many men, Muslim especially, have trouble committing to relationships with women who are motivated, driven and ambitious. Seemingly the idea that a woman is accomplished, has advanced degrees, or has been able to make a career for herself is something that is seen as problematic. Or at the very least many are taking it as such. Either way, it's still an issue.
The sad thing that comes into discussions like these are