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All the news from the week in brief….read about the appointment of our new CIO and our award win for our commitment to supporting women in science…

  Funding for cutting edge medical technologies Nottingham funds six projects to improve the lives of people suffering ill health. Read more… New Chief Information Officer appointed Mary Visser is recruited to develop new IT strategy. Read more… Nottingham honoured with Athena SWAN Award Silver recognition for the University’s commitment to promoting women in science. …

“Bugger off and find a cure!”

He’s renowned for his individual sense of style and is never one to pull his punches. So when novelist Sir Terry Pratchett  bestowed a fellowship in his own name on University of Nottingham scientist Dr Chris Medway for his research into the neurodegenerative condition dementia it was a fair bet that his words of encouragement …

25 April – 3 May: The big stories

Our news round up includes a report on the University’s collaboration with GSK to build and support the GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry. There is also a run down of the highlights scheduled for this month’s May Fest, the University’s free community open day. There’s also Olympic news involving a talented Nottingham PhD …

£5m funding for research to enable fossil fuel replacements

The ChemEnSus project is a five year £5mil Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded programme aiming to apply coordination chemistry to the generation of new multi-functional porous materials to provide innovative solutions for key issues around environmental and chemical sustainability. The project will develop new materials that have applications in hydrogen and gas storage, …