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Aston Update - December 2012

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The Financial Times (FT) has ranked Aston Business School among the best performing 50 Business Schools in Europe.
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December 21, 2012
Aston students and a member of Aston staff have been awarded with Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificates, for their heroic actions.
December 05, 2012
A new drug for type 2 diabetes, involving research at Aston University is being launched as a once-daily tablet for adults with the condition.
November 29, 2012
Peter Kellner, the distinguished journalist and political commentator who is also President of YouGov, visited the University on 28 November as a guest of the Aston Centre for Europe (ACE).
November 26, 2012
Aston graduates based in Hanoi reunited at a busy reunion on Wednesday 21st November 2012.
November 21, 2012
Alumni played a major role in supporting Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 - a week of free talks and events aimed at raising awareness about the support available to entrepreneurs.
November 21, 2012
Professor Dame Julia King, Vice Chancellor of Aston University, received her DBE for services to education and technology in the Queen’s Birthday honours. She was presented with the Award at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday (November 21).
November 21, 2012
Aston Business School held alumni reunions in China this month.
October 30, 2012
HRH The Princess Royal has seen the latest in bioenergy technology developed by Aston University researchers from the European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI).
October 15, 2012
Mohamad Asri Ab Jani and Nurhidayah Mukhtar are the first recipients of the Summer University Scholarship established by Aston’s Malaysian alumni chapter.