Harry Waddle
Student Communications Officer, Communications and Marketing
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Are you inspired by London 2012?
September 10, 2012
As the Paralympic closing ceremony brought the curtain down on a spectacular summer of sport, thoughts quickly turned to the legacy of the Games. The impact that the Olympics and Paralympics will have on the country has long been used when justifying the cost of hosting ‘the greatest show on earth’. Whether it was The …
Highs and Lows at the Paralympics
September 5, 2012
As the Paralympics heads into its final week, Games organisers will no doubt be pleased with what they have seen so far. With the country swept with sporting fever, venues across the Games have been near to, or at, full capacity while the official broadcaster, Channel 4, have cleared their pre-planned daytime schedule to fit …
Going for Goals
August 29, 2012
With the Paralympic Games opening ceremony taking place later today, the University’s Disability Sports Officer Hannah Webber, discusses her role at the Games and a sport that is very close to her heart. You can’t help but have noticed a small sporting event called the Olympics that took place in London a few weeks ago. …
University staff enter into Olympic spirit
August 17, 2012
Nu2 Sport Project Activator Chris Campbell, recently organised a Staff Olympics to encourage employees at the University to engage in the Olympic spirit and broaden the reach of Nu2 Sport – a Sport England funded project which encourages staff and students to take part in sport, in a relaxed environment and without having to buy sports centre or club membership. After …
Rio hopeful inspired by home Games
August 13, 2012
Economics student and Rare Rising Star winner Kike Oniwinde is one of Team GB’s brightest javelin hopefuls for Rio 2016. Here she shares her London 2012 experiences and explains how they have motivated her to reach the Olympic Games in four years time. After seven years of preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games, it has …
Alumni gather in London to celebrate games
August 10, 2012
Campaign and Alumni Relations Office journalist Simon Harvey reports from an evening of Olympic celebration and inspiration in London. At 8am on Thursday morning University of Nottingham alumna Anna Kent (Nursing 2003) finished a midwifery shift at the City Hospital in Nottingham. She went home, got changed, caught the train and arrived in London in …
How it feels to win Olympic Gold
August 7, 2012
Mechanical Engineering graduates Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott became Olympic champions in front a vociferous home crowd after a dominant display in London, instantly becoming household names in the process. But after 10 years of hard work, the unwanted tag of “GB’s second best crew” and recent injury setbacks, Tim Baillie describes how it feels to be Olympic champions …
It’s raining medals
August 2, 2012
Graduates Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott have taken gold, while David Florence and his partner Richard Hounslow secured the silver for Great Britain in the Men’s C2 Canoe Slalom at London 2012. Just hours after another graduate Chris Bartley secured rowing silver in the Men’s Four, the canoeing stars wrote their names in Olympic history after beating triple Olympic …
Picking an Olympic hero
July 31, 2012
Sitting glued to the television as Mexico took on Italy in the semi-finals of the men’s archery this weekend; I began to wonder whether any spectacle other than the Olympic Games could capture the attention of so many people across the globe. As a sports fan I relish the opportunity to sit down in-front of …
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