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World-leading Institute of Hearing Research joins The University of Nottingham

  The Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, based in Nottingham, has become part of The University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine. The world-leading Institute’s Scottish Section, the Medical Research Council/Chief Scientist Office Institute of Hearing Research, is also transferring to the University, although will remain based in Glasgow. The MRC Institute of Hearing …

How do children in conflict and the refugee crisis respond to their situations?

For children who move from their countries of origin to new countries, there are many risks, challenges and opportunities. Professor Ravi Kohli, a Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Bedfordshire will be visiting The University of Nottingham next week to hold a public lecture and workshop looking at the notion that children who …

The Panama Papers – an expert reviews the news

Tommaso Faccio,  an expert in accounting and corporate tax, from Nottingham University Business School, has been in the media  a  great deal of late talking about the Panama Papers scandal.   Visit the Business School website. Want to know more about tax avoidance? Read his article published on The Conversation below…. What are ‘tax havens’? …

The benefits of multilingualism to be explored thanks to new funding

The University of Nottingham is to be part of a major new research project which will look at the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative. At a time when more than half the world’s population speaks more …

The UK’s approach to tackling corruption overseas examined by Nottingham expert

Paul Heywood, Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics at The University of Nottingham, has given evidence at the International Development Committee’s tackling corruption overseas inquiry. Professor Heywood is leading the British Academy/DFID Anti-corruption Evidence (ACE) partnership, a £3.6 million initiative to support leading international research teams to research and identify the most successful ways …

A new literary play by a Nottingham academic explores witchcraft trials

The world-premiere of a play written by  Brean Hammond, Emeritus Professor in the School of English,  will take place at St Andrews’ Byre Theatre, St Andrews, in Fife this week. Noted playwright and Nottingham academic Professor Hammond, has written Ben and Jamie, which combines real events from the era to create a thriller involving witchcraft, King James VI, a poisoning …

World-wide welcome? Plight of female refugees to be debated at Nottingham event

More than half a million of Syria’s refugees are thought to be pregnant, and many women make the dangerous passage to Europe alone or with young children: what physical and psychological challenges do they encounter on their journey? And what do they face when they arrive in new cities like Nottingham? On International Women’s Day, …

Weighing things up with The One Show

Physiology experts in the Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Medicine have been helping BBC TV’s The One Show solve a domestic mystery – how accurate are our bathroom scales? Dr Beth Phillips agreed to help the popular primetime show investigate five different, newly bought domestic bathroom scales, along with three keen and sporty students …

What do you Frink? Jeremy Corbyn drops in to see The University of Nottingham’s latest exhibition

The leader of the opposition party, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP, has visited The University of Nottingham. Mr Corbyn came to Nottingham University’s Business School this evening (Thursday 11 February 2016) to deliver a talk to Nottingham students and invited Labour supporters. Prior to the talk, he made time to see the Elisabeth Frink …

A New World Order – The importance of the Gulf War then and now

Twenty five years ago the Gulf War was crucial for the future of the international world order. Dr Louise Kettle from the School of Politics & International Relations discusses the legacy which still remains significant today. Twenty five years ago, on 17th January 1991, the offensive operations of the Gulf War began. A coalition of 39 …