Buying and selling art made eazy - Meet UoB student John Sewell

John Sewell is currently studying for an MA in Art History at the University of Birmingham and has recently launched Eazyl, an online market place for buying and selling art. We caught up with John during Global Entrepreneurship Week to capture his journey  and find out what inspired him to create a company dedicated to artists and art lovers.

"Our aim is to develop a community for emerging artists and new art consumers built on trust and openness, which often appears to be lacking in the current art market."

Fast-track Graduate Social Enterprise Programme - Participate!

The University of Birmingham seek recent graduates to develop and join a unique placement programme for Spring/Summer 2019, designed to develop and nurture future graduate leaders for the third sector and the City of Birmingham.

Are you passionate about making a social difference and want to work with others who feel the same way?

How experimenting with different ideas can help you find success

Mateusz Andrulewicz is a second year Business Management student with an entrepreneurial mind and acts as a great example of someone who has experimented with different ideas to find eventual success.

We caught up with Mateusz during his summer internship at Google, Dublin to reflect on how he has created opportunities for himself - find out how to cope when things don't go to plan and why bouncing back is key to your own success.

Come to Birmingham, have fun and be enterprising!

It's nearly the start of term... 

But have you really thought about making the most of your time here?  

Reflect and make time to find out about the wealth of opportunities at Birmingham. University isn't all about study. It's about discovery, and shaping who you want to be in the future. 

Make  your mark. 

Make a difference by making things happen.  

The rise of self-branding. UoB graduate Beth Heddle reflects on her journey as a social media influencer

Meet Beth Heddle – a recent University of Birmingham graduate with a passion for promoting healthy living and healthy eating. In January 2017 she become a freelance health and fitness blogger whilst studying for her Biomedical Science degree and launched the website with the same name bethheddle.com.


Previously, Beth focused on her running adventures but she moved forward developing her personal brand to include creating recipes, travel, fitness and general wellbeing. Today, Beth works for some of the leading health and wellbeing companies in the UK and uses different platforms such as Instagram and YouTube to showcase her experiences.

A Day at the 'Bar' - Lamb Chambers Barristers Company Trek

After all the snow in early March we got lucky.  A fine crisp Wednesday morning and an early start on to University campus to greet everyone heading down to the Lamb Chambers company trek. The general idea was to board a bus by the Barber Institute, head down by bus with 21 University of Birmingham students and get a guided tour of a company called Lamb Chambers Barristers right in the London district of Temple – next to the River Thames and close to the news and media frenzy that is Fleet Street.

Enactus National Final success for Team Birmingham

Enactus Birmingham

The Enactus society at the University of Birmingham are full of smiles and they have every reason following their recent success in the Enactus competition.  

This week, they were invited to present at the Enactus National Finals at ExCeL London. They had already come out on top at the regional finals after showcasing two projects - a volunteer project teaching school children to code as well as a music project tackling loneliness within the elderly community in Selly Oak.

The University of Edinburgh were crowned eventual winners and they will now represent the UK in the Enactus World Cup in California in October 2018. The University of Birmingham can hold their heads high after going so far in the competition and creating big things in such a short space of time.

We caught up with Katie Jones and the Enactus Team to get their reaction.....