{"id":316,"date":"2026-01-14T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:23:31","slug":"bcu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/?page_id=316","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Graduation Ceremonies January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D4E22AQGDIFdrQUjXyg\/feedshare-shrink_800\/B4EZuefQiYLUAg-\/0\/1767890556295?e=1770249600&amp;v=beta&amp;t=GFo2qqZfOIn8KhniMHljOrVAViaS3jXv7jHS_RzWJLg\" alt=\"No alternative text description for this image\" style=\"width:235px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands has called for long-standing negative stereotypes of Birmingham to be challenged, urging people to \u201cfocus on the magnificence\u201d of the region\u2019s culture, sport and communities \ud83c\udf93 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcu.ac.uk\/news-events\/news\/lordlieutenant-awarded-honorary-doctorate\">https:\/\/www.bcu.ac.uk\/news-events\/news\/lordlieutenant-awarded-honorary-doctorate<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D4E22AQFikdJO1Z8Wxg\/feedshare-shrink_1280\/B4EZuZe.wlGoAs-\/0\/1767806600415?e=1770249600&amp;v=beta&amp;t=t4HQVJj0nPpzRwaaIk8IRf9r8xa8UZ5nYIHeIy3_kZE\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:232px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inderjeet Kaur, a midwife recently appointed to India\u2019s National Midwifery Task Force, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by BCU at our recent Winter Graduations \ud83c\udf93 &#8220;Never underestimate the power you carry,&#8221; reflected Inderjeet during a ceremony at Symphony Hall last week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7416459019365683200\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7416459019365683200<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D4E22AQFQ5NonTzzmmw\/feedshare-shrink_800\/B4EZuYlHISIkAg-\/0\/1767791428627?e=1770249600&amp;v=beta&amp;t=nXgHTdUzWct_nVTM3pIVhmIuadvcQMM037VDV1WP7FY\" alt=\"No alternative text description for this image\" style=\"width:226px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An award-winning journalist and Birmingham broadcasting icon has been awarded an honorary doctorate by BCU \ud83c\udf93<br><br>Having reported for and presented on some of the UK\u2019s most watched and listened-to broadcasters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marverinecole\/\">Marverine Cole<\/a> made history as one of the few Black women in the UK to read national TV news bulletins &#8211; helping to redefine who is seen and heard in British media \ud83d\udcf0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ez_3TeiG\"> https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ez_3TeiG<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduation Ceremonies January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitabhalla.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}