September 14, 2017, by Liz Cass

Nottingham’s magic

One is a Russell Group institution with a world-class reputation and the other is a fictional British school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, but there are more than a few similarities between the University of Nottingham and Hogwarts.

Our short video explains the similarities.

• We have our own quidditch team
• We have a Professor Moody and a Professor Snape
• Catered dining halls look like Hogwart’s Great Hall
• We have our own Great Hall
• We have a Great Lake too…
• …Surrounded by the fabulous beasts of UoN
• Each year we hold a TriCampus games which sounds a lot like the Triwizards Tournament

But while the motto of the University of Nottingham is Sapientia urbs conditur; (A city is built on wisdom)  the motto of Hogwarts is quite different: Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus; (Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon). 

We think Nottingham has a magical appeal. Good luck to all first years and returning students!

 

 

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