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David Cameron’s Parliament to set rebellious record
May 16, 2013
A recent end-of-session report from the University of Nottingham has found that the current Parliament is on course to becoming the most rebellious Parliament since 1945. The research for this report, Cambo Chained or Dissension Amongst the Coalition’s Parliamentary Parties, 2012-2013: A Data Handbook, was led by Professor of Parliamentary Government Philip Cowley and Research Fellow …
BBC’s flying archaeologist drops in on University dig
May 7, 2013
University of Nottingham archaeologist Dr Will Bowden featured on BBC 4’s new Flying Archaeologist series last night. He was chatting to Ben Robinson about the Caistor St Edmund dig close to the Norfolk Broads. The site is one of only three major Roman towns in Britain that doesn’t lie beneath a modern settlement. Will and …
Flying archaeologist pays visit to Caistor
April 19, 2013
The BBC’s flying archaeologist, Ben Robinson, dropped in on Dr Will Bowden and his team at Caistor St Edmund in Norfolk for a new TV series which will be broadcast nationally next month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s1czf For the last four years Will, from the Department of Archaeology at The University of Nottingham, has led a team of …
Operation gorilla – decision time for surgeons
March 27, 2013
Tonight, in the last of three films by ITV Central News reporter Victoria Davies, it is decision time for vet school surgeon Dr Sandra Corr. Sandra travelled to Africa last month with a team from Twycross Zoo to operate on Shufai a young gorilla who suffered gunshot wounds to his wrist when poachers killed his …
Dr Matt Goodwin: Explaining the collapse of the BNP
March 16, 2013
What happened to Nick Griffin’s BNP? Following their performance at the 2010 general election, cited as the strongest performance of a British far right party in history, the British National Party has suffered a sharp decline in support, seeing a drop from over 240,000 votes for the BNP in 2008 to fewer than 26,000 in …
All the news from the University in brief…
March 14, 2013
It’s been a busy week at Nottingham, and we were all excited to see the official installation of Sir Andrew Witty as our seventh Chancellor. There has also been a week of revelations from our research teams including the shocking statistics showing how children are exposed to a vast amount of tobacco though our own televisions. You can also …
German order of merit
March 13, 2013
Emeritus Professor, David Haslam Childs (picture left), has been awarded the Cross of the German Order of Merit in recognition of his outstanding academic and practical work in the field of reconciliation and friendship between Germany and the United Kingdom. The German Ambassador, Georg Boomgaarden, on behalf of the German President, Joachim Gauck, made the …
Why not check out some of our key news stories from the week in brief…?
March 6, 2013
28 February – 6 March 2013 Nottingham to pioneer food manufacturing and medical devices Two new innovative manufacturing centres announced for Nottingham to lead advances in food production and medical devices. Read more… … Audio walk to reveal history of British beauty spot A new audio walk has been developed to help walkers at …
Will teenagers grow out of Tourette syndrome?
January 29, 2013
Professor Stephen Jackson from our School of Psychology appeared on BBC 1’s Inside Out last night talking about the life changing research he is carrying out in to Tourette syndrome. For anyone who missed it, or wants to hear more, then read Prof. Jackson’s guest blog…. Our research programme here in Nottingham is guided by …
Superbug ‘apocalypse’ professor retires
January 8, 2013
A Nottingham professor who has spoken publicly on the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria and influenced public policy on the fight against hospital superbugs has retired from the University. Heading up The University of Nottingham’s Centre for Healthcare Acquired Infections (CHAI), Professor James has dedicated his 12 years here to the study and fight against …
