EBRI student wins award for work to boost renewable energy in Africa

Posted on Monday 20th June, 2022

Aston University student wins national award for his renewable energy start-up.  Work helps develop sustainable energy systems to support a low emission future. Read More >>

Aston University celebrates official launch of its civic university agreement to strengthen role in local community

Posted on Thursday 9th June, 2022

Launch event celebrated the ceremonial signing of the civic agreement. The agreement sets out Aston University’s commitment to wide-ranging collaborations centred around the recovery of the city and its citizens after COVID-19. Read More >>

Aston University announced as an Official University for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Posted on Tuesday 24th May, 2022

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held between 28 July and 8 August Aston University will provide ophthalmic expertise to the polyclinics The University is proud to support Birmingham 2022 to be the first Games to create a carbon neutral legacy Students have been set a challenge to develop ideas for creating a sustainable Games. Read More >>

EBRI Sustainability Master Class highly rated by SMEs

Posted on Monday 23rd May, 2022

92% of attendees rated the Master Class as ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’* The classes help business decision makers and entrepreneurs explore the growing bioeconomy and the opportunities it offers The Master Class is free to attend for eligible SME businesses in the West Midlands.** Read More >>

SMEs are likely to achieve higher environmental performance through circular economy adoption – new research

Posted on Thursday 21st April, 2022

The research looked into the means for achieving higher sustainability performance through circular economy adoption The project was led by Professor Prasanta Dey and Professor Pawan Budhwar from Aston Business School Data was gathered from around 100 SMEs from Greece, France, Spain and the UK. Read More >>

EBRI hosts Bioenergy Webinar as part of Green Infrastructure Week

Posted on Tuesday 29th March, 2022

Director of EBRI Professor Patricia Thornley will present the webinar ‘Bioenergy: maximising the UK potential’ on Monday 25th April 2022, 14:00-14:20 BST. Read More >>

EBRI bioenergy expert speaks at international event on sustainable agriculture

Posted on Monday 21st February, 2022

Professor Patricia Thornley spoke on the theme of transport and biofuels: the road to net-zero. She proposed UK-Brazil research collaborations in biofuel systems could be particularly fruitful. Read More >>

New 2022 dates announced for EBRI’s Sustainability Master Class

Posted on Monday 31st January, 2022

Sustainability, Energy and Bioproducts: Opportunities for your Business

The Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University has announced new dates for its highly acclaimed Master Class. Read More >>

Independent Director at SSE and Infinis and former CEO of E.ON UK joins Aston University as Visiting Professor

Posted on Friday 28th January, 2022

Tony Cocker is senior independent director at SSE plc and chair of Infinis Energy Management. He was CEO and chair of E.ON Read More >>

EBRI bioenergy expert appointed to Department for Transport Science Advisory Council

Posted on Monday 17th January, 2022

Professor Thornley is director of the Energy and Bioproducts Institute at Aston University and the national Supergen Bioenergy Hub. Read More >>