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8 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number eight?

Should we stay or should we go? Who could forget the BREXIT debate? Over 350 people turned up to hear our experts from Law, Politics and Economics debate the pros and cons of ‘Brexit’ back in April. Audience members were given a ‘clicker’ at the beginning of the evening so they could vote at intervals …

7 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number seven?

New Provost and CEO at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus Professor Graham Kendall took over as Provost and CEO at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). The announcement was made in April. Professor Kendall took over the reins in August and is now leading the campus, which was the first British University to set up in Malaysia. Professor …

6 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number six?

Hundreds of people struck a pose at  Nottingham Lakeside Arts in March and April when we were treated to an amazing exhibition of Elisabeth Frink’s work. The Presence of Sculpture captured the imagination of visitors who took to social media to share their selfies with the artwork. One of the most notable pictures was the one of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn …

4 December – what’s the story behind door number four?

Food for thought – how accurate are our bathroom scales! In March physiology experts in the Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Medicine helped BBC TV’s The One Show solve a domestic mystery – how accurate are our bathroom scales? Dr Beth Phillips agreed to help presenter Dominic Littlewood investigate five different, newly bought domestic bathroom scales, …

3 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number three?

Claudia’s cause – a story that captured our hearts in February 2016. On what would have been her 10th birthday, researchers at the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at The University of Nottingham gave their thanks to Claudia Burkill’s fundraising which has raised a staggering £250,000 to fund research into the disease that claimed her life. Claudia …

Advent Calendar 2016 – artcodes take the advent calendar into the digital age

It’s a long time since children were satisfied with a printed picture when they prized open the doors of their advent calendar. They have grown to expect some kind of treat – a sweet or toy – as well. But the advent calendar has moved on again – into the digital age. Computer scientists at …