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Operation gorilla – Central TV tonight
March 25, 2013
Last month vet school surgeon Dr Sandra Corr travelled to Africa to try and save the arm of a young gorilla who suffered gunshot wounds to his wrist after being caught in cross fire when his mother was killed by poachers. Sandra was part of a team led by Twycross Zoo. They were accompanied by …
Snow blog – from Dr Simon Gosling
March 22, 2013
Everyone is talking about us having the coldest March since 1962. Here are some facts and figures from climate expert Dr Simon Gosling in The University of Nottingham’s School of Geography. They are from notes he made for an interview tonight on BBC East Midlands Today. He’ll be live in the studio just after 6.30pm. …
The Installation of the new Chancellor of The University of Nottingham
March 12, 2013
Sir Andrew Witty is officially installed as the University of Nottingham’s seventh Chancellor
The Last Battle of the Vikings
December 12, 2012
After his BBC debut in ‘Pavlopetri – The City Beneath the Waves’ – underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson returned to his roots this summer to present ‘The Last Battle of the Vikings’ for BBC Scotland. There are plans to make the programme available on BBC iPlayer for a network audience. Dr Henderson’s research into the …
The big stories: 26 September – 3 October
October 4, 2012
Business Student Ahmed Mashadani has returned to the UK campus after his year abroad at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). But it’s how he got back that’s newsworthy: “20,385 km, 22 countries, a lot of flat tyres and three months of sleeping in the ‘wild’ is now done. No more asking for directions, fighting …
World’s most powerful camera records first images in hunt for Dark Energy
September 18, 2012
The world’s most powerful digital camera has captured the very first pictures of galaxies eight billion light years away in the hunt for Dark Energy. The starlight it has captured may hold within it the answer to one of the biggest mysteries in physics. Scientists at The University of Nottingham are part of the Dark …
16 – 22 August: The big stories
August 28, 2012
Vice-Chancellor Professor David Greenaway and his team are back in the saddle this week for Life Cycle 2. This time around their peddling from Cape Wrath, the most north-westerly point of Scotland, down to Dover on the south-east coast of England. The team is raising money for Nottingham Potential, which aims to widen access to …
The big stories
August 6, 2012
Like the rest of the world, we’ve got Olympic fever here at The University of Nottingham. And there’s much to be proud of with alumni Etienne Stott, Tim Baillie, David Florence and Chris Bartley all picking up medals. There’s also research news featuring an innovative smartphone app and online resource for sharing places, a report …
19 July – 25 July: The big stories
July 26, 2012
The big news from The University of Nottingham this week surround the Olympics and the countdown to London 2012. Firstly, there’s a look at the University’s former-students who are competing at the games, including Beijing medal winners David Florence and Tim Brabants. There’s also news of canoeist Johny Akinyemi who’s made it into Team Nigeria …
12-18 July: The big stories
July 19, 2012
It’s a perfect ten for University Park after the 330 acre campus is awarded its tenth consecutive Green Flag Award, which recognises the nation’s best public parks and green spaces. There’s also Olympic news with medics, researchers, graduates and students from the University gearing up to support the smooth running of London 2012. Plus, after …
