Aston Originals

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In conversation with... Simon Hepburn (UK Cyber Security Council)
March 21, 2023

Today’s guest is Professor Simon Hepburn, CEO of the Cyber Security Council. Simon has over twenty years’ experience within the education, business and charity sectors in senior leadership and manage

Magic Mike’s Last Dance review
February 28, 2023

Warning: the following contains spoilers. Magic Mike is back for one last dance in the male stripper franchise’s third and final instalment. After Mike’s (Channing Tatum) furniture business falls in

Aston University to take step back in time with new archive exhibition
November 17, 2022

Aston University will be illuminating its history with materials from its archives, which will be on show at a public lecture and in a temporary exhibition. Preserving the Histories of a Community

In conversation with... Dawn Hands (BMG Research)
September 22, 2022

Today’s guest is Dawn Hands, who co-founded BMG Research back in 1988 and has gone on to build an organisation which is now one of the leading suppliers of research and insight to UK Governments.

Cultivated meat: The food of the future?
September 22, 2022

Cultivated meat is a meat produced using animal cells. It is a form of cellular agriculture, with such agricultural methods being explored in the context of increased consumer demand for protein. P

International Literacy Day and The Lockdown Library Project
September 08, 2022

To mark International Literacy Day 2022 (08 September), Dr Marcello Giovanelli and Dr Abigail Boucher discuss literacy and its affect on society as well as a recap of their Lockdown Library Project du

The Clamour of Nationalism... In Conversation with Sivamohan Valluvan
July 27, 2022

Join Katie Tonkiss, senior lecturer in sociology at Aston University, for the Centre for Migration and Forced Displacement’s (CMFD) first podcast. Listen to this podcast episode for an evening of c