Keeping postgraduate talent within the county
November 19, 2020
Blog: Researcher Academy placements
This week’s blog comes from placement host Mike Burgass at Biodiversify: a conservation consultancy which advises a range of private, public and third sector clients who want to act for nature. At Biodiversify we are passionate about saving nature and passionate about the role of the private sector in helping nature recover. We help a …
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Nottingham academics speak out on Covid-19 anti-Asian hate crimes
May 14, 2021
Blog: The News Room
Academics at the University of Nottingham have been highlighting the worrying increase in racist behaviour aimed at people from the Chinese, South and South East Asian community living in the UK, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Anti-Asian hate crimes have hit the headlines nationally, following reported recent incidences in towns and cities including …
50 at 50: Developing as an Early Career Researcher
May 14, 2021
Blog: Med School Life
I took a relatively untraditional journey to the University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine. Starting with an undergraduate degree in Musicology, I shifted to Psychology for my PhD, and when the opportunity arose to move to Nottingham’s Hearing Sciences department a few years later, I jumped at the chance. My interests have always centred on …
Florence Nightingale Returns
May 14, 2021
Blog: Manuscripts and Special Collections
It’s been a long time coming, but we’re sure that Florence Nightingale of all people would understand why we had to delay opening the exhibition in her honour due to an outbreak of a deadly disease. ‘Florence Nightingale Comes Home’ was supposed to open last May to coincide with her 200th birthday, part of a …
My placement at Aspley Foundation
May 14, 2021
Blog: Faculty of Social Sciences placements blog
by Pari Jevant (Sociology & Social Policy) In the Autumn term of 2020 I began a placement with Aspley Partnership, an organisation that seeks to minimise poverty in the local Aspley area in Nottingham. I was employed as a student researcher, and my role broadly involved researching anti-poverty strategies and discovering ways to implement them …
Preparing for Virtual Interviews
May 14, 2021
Blog: Careers blog
By Anna Scrivener – Employability Education Projects Officer The pandemic made virtual interviews essential, but now that employers and candidates have seen the benefits it looks like they are here to stay. So, what can you do to best prepare? Before the interview Many students worry that there is a secret to virtual interviews that …
The coronavirus: A global metaphor
May 14, 2021
Blog: Making Science Public
In cognitive linguistics there is a long-running debate about whether some metaphors are universal or near-universal or whether metaphors are more culture specific. I don’t really want to get into that controversy here, but recent work by Ahmed Abdel-Raheem made me think about it again. In this post I argue that it might be good for …
Presenting at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting
May 13, 2021
Blog: The Geog Blog
A blog by Martin Danyluk In April, I presented a virtual paper at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting. After missing last year’s AAG due to the pandemic, it was great to see the conference running smoothly in an online format and to be back in conversation with geographers from around the world. …
Dissertation Difficulties
May 11, 2021
Blog: MPT Life
The large focus of third year is always the dissertation which takes up the majority of the second semester. You’ll be thinking about which supervisor you’re going to apply for from the summer going into the third year and constantly developing your research and writing skills as to be ready for the real deal. When …
Dr Chris Carter wins Dearing Award for Innovative Teaching
May 10, 2021
Blog: Entrepreneurship at Nottingham
Dr Chris Carter, Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, has been recognised for his Innovative Teaching at the Annual Lord Dearing Awards this month. The Lord Dearing Award Scheme has, since 1999, recognised the outstanding achievements of University of Nottingham staff in enhancing the student learning experience. Recipients of the Dearing Awards are nominated by …
Teacher resilience in Covid times
May 10, 2021
Blog: Primary Education Network
How can we support teacher resilience in Covid times? In this blog Esther Fulton considers how the current pandemic has affected the resilience of beginning teachers and suggests how key support can be put in place to help with this. As part of the ITE curriculum here at the University of Nottingham, one of the …
Deaf Awareness Week 2021: Coming through it together
May 7, 2021
Blog: Hearing Matters
This last year has been tough in so many ways. Already dealing with communication barriers, people with deafness and hearing loss have faced added difficulties brought by the pandemic. As we (hopefully) look forward to the situation improving, the theme for this year’s Deaf Awareness Week (3-9 May) ‘coming through it together’ is very …
Take control of your career #2: The early bird catches the worm – by Peter Noy
May 6, 2021
Blog: Future Food
Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash The short version of this blog is that, as an early career researcher, the best thing you can do to be successful is to start writing grants early and keep writing them! Now for the longer version… One of the keys to academic success is convincing other people to …
Locating the Nottingham General Asylum
May 5, 2021
Blog: The Map Blog
In this special blog, David Beckingham uses maps from the School of Geography and University of Nottingham’s Manuscripts and Special Collections to trace the site of Nottingham’s General Lunatic Asylum in Sneinton, now King Edward Park. It is a version of a talk David gave at an event earlier in the year to mark the …
My UKRI Policy Internship with the Royal Society
May 5, 2021
Blog: Researcher Academy placements
This week’s blog comes from Martina Sykorova, ESRC PhD student, School of Health Sciences This blog is for PhD students who would like to explore career options outside academia, such as in the policy sector. I am a PhD student who is jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and by industry (Smith …
NUsearch upgrade: improved filters, changes to Yewno and more
May 4, 2021
Blog: Library Matters
Find out about the new features in the latest upgrade to the university’s library discovery tool, NUsearch. Clearer filters for finding physical resources There are now two key filters available for finding physical resources in our libraries: Physical resources – This will narrow your results to all physical titles held in our libraries Currently available …
Getting started with OneNote
May 4, 2021
Blog: Student life
If you haven’t had a chance to check out my last blog post on digital note-keeping you can find it here: Digital Note-Keeping. As promised, today I’m writing about getting started with OneNote! Disclaimer: I know that OneNote has a different layout and different features depending on your device and the version you access. The …
An International Student’s Journey: From Uncertainty To Confidence About My Future
April 30, 2021
Blog: NUBS Postgrad Careers
By Elizabeth Quishpi, MSc International Business A little bit about me I am Elizabeth Quishpi, an MSc International Business student, and the journey that I have gone through to be in Nottingham has not been short or easy. I was born in Ecuador, South America, and my parents decided to move to Spain when I …
DTH Presents: an intensive QGIS workshop
April 29, 2021
Blog: Digital Dialogues
With the help of LatinNow and Pieter Houten, the Faculty of Arts Digital Transformations Hub is hosting a free online course on mapping using the open-source Geoinformation System QGIS, which will run from the 6th of May through the 4th of June. The course will have weekly hour-long group meetings on Teams with the participants …
The Winter’s Tale (RSC) @ BBC4
April 26, 2021
Blog: The Bardathon
It’s become customary to see theatre shows performed in empty auditoria over the last year, but perhaps none quite so grandly empty as the RSC’s new Winter’s Tale. This is a production that has skipped over its own ‘gap of time’ – fully rehearsed but pulled just before it was due to open back in …
Returning to Sport Post-Lockdown: Things to Consider
April 26, 2021
Blog: Sport at UoN
These next few weeks and months will [hopefully] see us transition out of lockdown and back into the lifestyles and culture we crave. While we might feel like passengers on this roadmap to recovery, we can be in the driver’s seat for one thing: how we mentally and physically prepare ourselves for returning to our …
Research strategy consultation: join our town halls and share your thoughts
April 26, 2021
Blog: Research Exchange
Update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner I am delighted to announce a series of town halls to update you on the development of our five-year research strategy. We encourage our whole community – colleagues from all job families as well as researchers and staff who support research – to join us and help shape …
Thinking about the future when time has lost all shape and predictability
April 21, 2021
Blog: Words on Words
English degrees don’t outline a select career path. We’ve all heard the jokes with that central gist, that the only thing to do with an English degree is to become a teacher (no shade implied; I have nothing but respect for the profession!). Of course, there are plenty of other jobs available to us too. …
Take action for Earth Day
April 21, 2021
Blog: Sustainable Nottingham
22 April 2021 is the 51st Earth Day, an event which began in 1970 and quickly became the birth of the environmental movement. With a focus on education and activism, Earth Day has grown and now mobilises 1 billion people worldwide to drive positive action for the planet. There are events happening all across the …
Learning strategies in #MedEd
April 21, 2021
Blog: Nottingham Academic Medical Education
Dr Nicola Cooper is a consultant physician and clinical associate professor in medical education, and chair of the UK Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group (CReME) Diagnostic error is the most common, costly and dangerous of medical mistakes (Tehrani, 2013) and has been identified as a high priority patient safety problem by the World Health …
Double marking in Turnitin Assignments in Moodle, using Feedback Studio
April 12, 2021
Blog: Learning Technology
A requirement often mentioned to the Learning Technology Consultants is for two or more markers to work on a student submission. This often includes blind double marking – where not only does the marker not see the student’s name but each marker does not see the other’s marks or feedback until finalised. Neither Moodle nor …
Who Bombed Clones?
April 11, 2021
Blog: Political Violence in Ulster
On 11 April 2021 the Sunday Times published an article by security correspondent John Mooney on my research into the loyalist border campaign of 1972-1974. I previously wrote a piece for the Irish Times on new evidence into loyalist bombings available in archives in London. This was based on my journal article for Terrorism and …
A Short Interview With Emily Mitchell
April 9, 2021
Blog: Mathematical Sciences
Emily Mitchell is an applied statistician and research associate in Mathematical Sciences. We spoke to her back when she was a PhD student and asked her a few questions. Why did you choose to do a PhD? I did my integrated master’s in Mathematics with Statistics here at the University of Nottingham, where I continued …
Immunohistochemistry in Neuroscience
April 9, 2021
Blog: School of Life Sciences
By Emma Gow, 3rd Year Neuroscience BSc Neuroscience is a complex and ever-growing field of science, requiring constant research to understand how the brain functions. We will never completely understand every aspect of the brain, but there is a great effort from the scientific community to expand our knowledge of such a complex but fascinating subject. …
Nottingham-Singapore alliance to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation collaboration
April 9, 2021
Blog: Asia Business Centre
The University of Nottingham has joined the newly launched UK-Singapore Alliance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (UKSAEI) – the first alliance of its kind to accelerate collaborations in entrepreneurship and innovation between the two countries The UK-Singapore Universities Alliance was launched today (8 April 2021), witnessed by H.E. Kara Owen, British High Commissioner to Singapore, and …
Two terms down, one to go: we’ve come a long way
April 1, 2021
Blog: Physics
Autumn term: check. Spring term: check. Time for the Easter holidays then a final push through our Summer term. But first, a quick reflection on the academic year so far. (And what a year it’s been.) Now I’ve been in the UK for over 20 years, and when I first arrived learned much about the …
Lessons from the Rights Lab/Home Office Buddying Scheme
March 29, 2021
Blog: The Rights Lab
In July 2020, the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner recommended in her report ‘Preparing for Impact’ that in order to make progress in the fight against modern slavery researchers and stakeholders must ‘take proactive steps to understand each other’s worlds’. Elaborating further, the report noted that this should involve ‘devot[ing] time to making sense of each …
CITRUS – Smarter Power
March 22, 2021
Blog: Digital Research
Changing Times How we are using energy is changing. Not only how the energy is generated, but where and when it is used. These changes mean that we are now pushing the limits of how we expected to use our traditional gas-fired power stations, both in terms of the longevity of these sites, the operation …
New Developments and Directions
March 17, 2021
Blog: Liberal Arts
We have been talking to Liberal Arts students about their studies and their projects beyond university. We’re always impressed and amazed by how people take their studies in new directions. We spoke with Tamaratare Amgbaduba, who is studying Music performance and theory as part of their work in Liberal Arts. Tamaratare has recently started an …
Meet Alex Burgess Our “Exceptional Researcher”
March 10, 2021
Blog: Biosciences
Alexandra Burgess is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Nottingham. Alex has recently won a Gatsby Foundation Grant to Exceptional Researchers. What is your background? I completed a Biology degree at Oxford from 2013 – 2016. Whilst I was there, I got the opportunity to attend a …
The more things change ……
March 2, 2021
Blog: Understanding Cuba
How will history remember Raúl Castro? Some time at the Cuban Communist Party’s next Congress (scheduled for 16-19 April 2021, Covid permitting) he will fulfil his 2011 promise to end his time as the Party’s leader. While the media will trumpet it as ‘the end of the Castros’, it is worth reflecting on what difference …
MCDDM seminars
March 2, 2021
Blog: Smart Products Beacon
The Midlands Centre for Data-Driven Metrology has announced the date of its first seminar. Big Data has had a significant impact on productivity, economic growth and business resilience in every industry, including manufacturing. A recurring issue in the context of Industry 4.0 is the intelligent and strategic use of Big Data. For example, in the …
Celebrating 20 years of Developing Solutions
March 1, 2021
Blog: International Student Life
This year marks the 20th anniversary of our flagship Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship. Founded in 2001, this scholarship programme is for international students who want to make a difference to the development of their home country. High-achieving students from Africa, India and other Commonwealth countries are supported to study a masters degree in our Faculties …
My highlights as an Advantage Award student representative
February 25, 2021
Blog: Nottingham Advantage Award
By Vandita Singhal, BSc Hons Finance, Accounting and Management I completed the Nottingham Advantage Award in my penultimate year. This meant that in my final year, I wanted to make a positive impact on other students’ journeys on the scheme. This led to me deciding to become a student representative. I was able to share useful insights …
LGBT+ HM
February 21, 2021
Blog: Equality and Diversity in Biosciences
February is LGBT+ History Month and you may have noticed the rainbow flag flying at both ‘Main’ buildings on our SB and UP campuses. We have had some comments that they are flying differently (violet on top at SB and red on top at UP – see below). Flying differently‘ is very much a feature …
Upstream Natural Flood Management (NFM) influencing downstream drainage
February 17, 2021
Blog: Blue-Green Cities
In this blog, Dick Fenner and Charlie Ferguson explore how Natural Flood Management (NFM) strategies in upstream rural parts of a catchment might influence the performance of urban drainage systems further downstream (through moderating water levels in urban watercourses). Catchment-based flood management It is estimated that there will be a general increase of between 5 …
Book talk – Richard on Florence Nightingale at Home
February 16, 2021
Blog: Florence Nightingale Comes Home for 2020
On 12 February, I gave a talk to the Derby Archaelogical Society about our book, Florence Nightingale at Home. You can watch the talk at the following link: Richard’s talk to the DAS
Check Microsoft Teams is up to date
January 8, 2021
Blog: The Digital Network
The University has been made aware of a recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Teams that Microsoft fixed in October 2020. Microsoft Teams should automatically receive software updates directly from Microsoft to keep you up to date with the latest version. However, we have information that suggests that some devices (running Microsoft Windows or Apple macOS) …
The magic Lanterna: harnessing light for sustainable chemicals
January 8, 2021
Blog: Green Chemicals Beacon
Dr Anabel Lanterna is Assistant Professor in the School of Chemistry and a member of the Green Chemicals Beacon. Her expertise in photochemistry and materials chemistry has led her to work with world experts in the field, most recently with Prof. Tito Scaiano in Canada. In 2020 she moved to Nottingham to start her independent …
New book on Penguin Books from Dr. Dean Blackburn
December 7, 2020
Blog: History Past and Present
The author writes: Penguin Books and Political Change traces the social and political thought of those intellectuals and policy-makers who helped to shape post-war. In doing so, it tells a story about the rise and fall of what we might call Britain’s ‘meritocratic moment’. From the 1930s, I argue, thinkers from across the political spectrum began …
Investigating Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing Newsletter
November 22, 2020
Blog: NIHR Nottingham BRC MSK
The Investigating Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing Newsletter is an annual newsletter keeping you up to date with news from the study and studies linked with it. Here you’ll find some highlights from our current projects and the results of our research.
October PLATE meeting
October 22, 2020
Blog: PLATE Blog
Wow, what a year 2020 has been. Staff in Psychology are working really hard to make sure students have the opportunity to engage with their course this term. We are taking a blended approach – using face to face with small groups where possible and setting materials and activities online. In our second PLATE meeting …
Merging Blue-Green infrastructure with urban design
October 13, 2020
Blog: Blue-Green Futures
Urban design with Blue-Green infrastructure plays a key role in addressing climate related water challenges such as water pollution, water scarcity, floods, land subsidence, stormwater management, ecosystem services and public health. Nanco Dolman (Royal HaskoningDHV) discusses this in greater detail. Integrated water management Integration of water management in the different phases of design and development …
Τα σκυλιά του Λυκούργου – Μέρος 2ο
September 26, 2020
Blog: Fictions of Antiquity
(Read in English.) Τρεις, των Kieron Gillen και Ryan Kelly, κεφάλαιο 2ο, συνέχεια. [Για μια εισαγωγή στο Τρεις, δείτε εδώ.] ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΟ: ΑΝΑΦΟΡΑ ΣΤΗ ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑ, ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΚΥΝΗΓΙ ΜΕ ΣΚΥΛΙΑ Στο προηγούμενο post, είδαμε την ιστορία από τον Πλούταρχο, για τον Λυκούργο και τα δύο σκυλιά να επαναχρησιμοποιείται στους Τρεις ως μία …
Medea’s picnic basket: Playmobil Argonauts
September 11, 2020
Blog: From Trowels to Togas
Prof Helen Lovatt writes: I have just submitted the final final draft of my book In Search of the Argonauts and am delighted to say that I have found them, now available in the UK https://www.playmobil.co.uk/argo-and-the-argonauts/70466.html My children, now 17 and 14, did not own enough Playmobil, and I think I should rectify this error. …
Congratulations Nottingham-Adelaide Graduates 2020!
August 27, 2020
Blog: Teaching Partnerships at Nottingham
To celebrate the completion of the first cohort of Nottingham-Adelaide PhD students, Professor Ian Fisk (Programme Director) shares his congratulations with the graduating students
Student Nursing Times Awards 2020 – meet our midwifery nominees!
March 26, 2020
Blog: School of Health Sciences
Congratulations to our staff and students in the School of Health Sciences who have been shortlisted in this year’s Student Nursing Times Awards! We caught up with our nominees Beatrice and Hannah (both are final year students on our BSc Midwifery programme) to find out more about how they feel to be shortlisted. They are …
DELTA Hack Christmas Special
December 9, 2019
Blog: Excellence in Education
Nick Mount, Digital Learning Director for the Faculty of Social Sciences, has produced this tip about connecting to screens in teaching spaces. It’s also Christmas themed. This could be of use for anybody who has struggled to wield the potentially liberating functionality of teaching space screens.
Malaria can be beaten, and you can make it happen
Blog: Public and Global Health
Every two minutes, 700 times a day, a child under 5 dies of malaria. It’s thought to have killed half of all people who ever lived – some 50 billion humans – and we’ve been trying to eradicate it for decades. So far, we’ve made a lot of progress: since 1900, the proportion of the …
Curriculum update – Veterinary Medicine and Surgery BVM BVS with BVMed Sci
December 3, 2019
Blog: School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
The first year of the revised dual intake curriculum for our Veterinary Medicine and Surgery BVM BVS with BVMed Sci is well underway. There has been an overall reduction in the length of the first year by two weeks to improve timetabling for both cohorts, so we have been able to make some changes. This …
Engaging in Whitehall: learning through uncertain times
December 3, 2019
Blog: Institute for Policy and Engagement
Written by Sarah Hall, Professor of Economic Geography, School of Geography, sarah.hall@nottingham.ac.uk At the end of October, I was invited to deliver a masterclass on the impacts of Brexit for the UK’s financial services sector at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). When I received the invitation, I was particularly excited because it allowed me …
Disability at Work – Leonard Cheshire Briefing Sessions for Managers
November 27, 2019
Blog: People and Culture
Please note changes to session timings and locations Monday 2 December: 11:15am, Room B2, The Hemsley, University Park 1.00pm, Room A18, King’s Meadow Campus Delivered by disability charity Leonard Cheshire, this 1-hour session will outline key information to enable managers to confidently support disabled employees and remove barriers in the workplace. Drawing on insights from …
小视频狂魔以及各种晒爱好者，你们的机会来了…
November 21, 2019
Blog: Nottingham WeChat
广大小视频狂魔们，以及晒天气、晒云彩、晒美食、晒友情、晒爱情、晒宿舍、晒购物、晒心情、晒晒晒晒晒的小伙伴们，你们的官方专供各种晒的平台来了！！ 为了配合你们的晒晒晒+美美美+爱爱爱，我们专门创建了一个英国诺丁汉大学抖音官方账号，是的，我们就是这么的accommodated～ 找到我们 在抖音APP上搜索“英国诺丁汉大学”，按照用户检索，第一位就是我们哦； 搜索ID：UoNottingham； 保存下图到手机相册，然后用抖音APP打开，就可以找到我们。 抖音小视频PK赛正在进行中R
Making Sense of Deleuzian Problematisation
November 12, 2019
Blog: The Critical Moment
Last night, the Centre for Critical Theory had the pleasure of hosting international visiting speaker, Jeffrey Bell, Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University in the US. Professor Bell is a well-known scholar in the field of Deleuze Studies. Among his book-length publications are The Problem of Difference: Phenomenology and Poststructuralism (University of Toronto Press: …
Work Experience: a week in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area studies
05/11/2019
Blog: Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
The leaves are turning brown, Halloween is fast approaching and one more student comes along, eager to find out what goes on behind the scenes inside a Russell Group University. Hi, I’m Holly and I spent 5 days working at the University of Nottingham, alongside their wonderful CLAS department, which stands for Cultures, Languages and …
Reading group: Handbooks of Conference Diplomacy
November 1, 2019
Blog: Interwar Conferencing
Ernest Satow, International Congresses (London: H.M. Stationary Office; 1920) Maurice Hankey, “Diplomacy by Conference”, paper read at British Institute of International Affairs on 2 November 1920, printed in The Round Table: A Quarterly Review of the politics of the British Empire XI (1920-1921), pp. 287-311 Johan Kaufmann, Conference Diplomacy: an introductory analysis (Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff …
Welcome to the CIEL blog!
September 13, 2019
Blog: CIEL
The Centre for Interprofessional Education and Learning (CIEL) works to advance collaboration and multidisciplinary teamwork between a variety of health and social care students at the University of Nottingham. We bring together students and staff from eight departments across three faculties – Dietetics, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Social Work and Sport Rehab – for a …
Winner of the 1st Prize of the Enquire Blog Post Competition 2019: Ruth Tarlo-Challenging Stories about Work and Unemployment
July 25, 2019
Blog: The Enquire Blog
“Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize.” This quote from the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is from a TED talk in which she addresses “the danger of a single story”, exploring how a limited and negatively stereotyped view of a …
My BPSA journey as the BPSA 77th Annual Conference Organiser
July 8, 2019
Blog: Pharm Life
This blog has been written by 4th year undergraduate student, Chloe Lim Xiu Yu. Until now, I couldn’t believe the fact that more than 2 months have passed since my conference. I started university as an ordinary pharmacy student, just like everyone else. Moreover, being an international student, I could never imagine myself becoming the …
Reflections of a Conference Attendee
May 30, 2019
Blog: CELE Scholarship
BALEAP 2019 Conference, Leeds, UK Following the recent BALEAP conference in Leeds – a key appointment in the EAP calendar – CELE’s pressessional Course Leader, John Hall, reflects on themes for CELE to consider. Specifically, John considers the need to ‘humanise’ the curriculum. He reports on the importance of critical engagement to enhance student agency; …
Joining a society
April 17, 2019
Blog: Future Pharmacists
Hi I’m Sarvi and this blog is about why you should join a society and the benefits you can gain from joining societies during your studies at the University of Nottingham. I study pharmacy and during the 4 years that I’ve been at Nottingham I’ve participated in numerous societies here. These include, IMPACT magazine, dodgeball, …
We are all in it together
April 8, 2019
Blog: One Virology
It’s a small world. Far from taking 80 days to circumnavigate the globe it can now be done in less than 80 hours, at least if you are Steve Fossett and have the support of Richard Branson! Increase in global travel is just one of the factors that can lead to the emergence of new …
Welcome to the Nottingham Health Humanities Early Bird Researcher Group Blog!
March 18, 2019
Blog: Nottingham Health Humanities: Early Bird Researcher Group
We will be using this blog to post news and updates relating to all the exciting events and opportunities available to the EBR group! Introducing your co-leaders! We are delighted to introduce ourselves as co-leaders of the Early Bird Researcher group: Frances Cadd (School of Humanities), Emma Putland (School of English), Mathilde Vialard (School of …
“Hello” from your Community Protection team for Lenton, Dunkirk, Radford and Wollaton
February 13, 2019
Blog: Off Campus
Hello! My name is Tom Lynk and I am employed by Nottingham City Council as the Senior Community Protection Officer (SCPO) with the Community Protection Central West Team. I have been in this role since May 2018 and mange a small team of dedicated Community Protection Officers (CPOs) that work in neighbourhoods close the …
Sarah O’Hara’s blog: Implementation of Campus Solutions
December 3, 2018
Blog: Campus Solutions Implementation
From this week, we are starting to implement Campus Solutions as the University’s new central student records system. I wanted to take this opportunity to look at what we have achieved so far, review the lessons learned, and go over the steps involved in preparing the University for the vital rollout of this new system. …
Skydiving for brain tumours
November 9, 2018
Blog: Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre
Andie Shaw, PhD student writes……. Everyone says life is short and you only live once, but an article written by a girl my age, who had sadly recently lost her fight with cancer, really hit home for me. She wrote about making the most of every opportunity put in front of her and never saying …
Sun, Sangria and Suspicious Supervisors
October 12, 2018
Blog: Math Bio-Log
On this blustery autumnal afternoon in Nottingham, we’ve been looking back on a busy summer of conference travels. In this post, two students from the CMMB write about their experiences at conferences in Portugal and France. The ECMTB and adventures around Lisbon, by Michael Forrester: Hello, my name is Michael, a PhD student at the …
Re-launch for the Faculty of Science Blog
September 7, 2018
Blog: Faculty of Science Activities Blog
After a break over the summer the blog returns to give a weekly update on activities within the Faculty and our interactions with the University Executive Board. For this academic year we are going to broaden the blog to include guest bloggers from across the Faculty leadership team. Over the summer student recruitment into the …
How to choose a university
August 21, 2018
Blog: Applying to Nottingham
You’ve just about decided on a course, and you’re relieved that the big, life-changing decisions are over. Think again – they’ve only just begun. Everyone is different, but luckily, so is every university. No university is better than the other, really, it’s all about which is the best fit for YOU. Here are the top things to look …
How does the past explain the present?
August 17, 2018
Blog: Nottingham’s Massive Open Online Courses
Why does the past matter today? What is the significance of photographs as historical artefacts? How does the language of history determine how we view our world? Do you want to find out the answers to these historical questions and more? Then Learning from the Past: A Guide for the Curious Researcher is the right …
On the Community of Advantage, by Bob Sugden
July 11, 2018
Blog: Network for Integrated Behavioural Science
This week sees the publication of Bob’s 9th book – “The Community of Advantage: A Behavioural Economist’s Defence of the Market” by Oxford University Press. For the convenience of our readers, here’s the link to Amazon (other book retailers are available). We featured this in the June edition of our NIBS newsletter and you can now read …
Supporting Safe and Efficient Airport Operations with Human-Centred System Design By Dr Elizabeth Argyle
May 24, 2018
Blog: Aerospace @ Nottingham
Dr Elizabeth Argyle is a Research Fellow with the Institute for Aerospace Technology (IAT) and is a member of the Human Factors Research Group (HFRG) at the University of Nottingham. Her recent work on this topic is discussed in more detail in an article in Cognition, Technology & Work, and she can be reached by …
Incest and Incense: A study session at the Nottingham Contemporary
May 15, 2018
Blog: Argonauts and Emperors
Thea Lawrence on ancient perfume and the myth of Myrrha at Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery In conjunction with their most recent exhibition, The House of Fame, the Nottingham Contemporary is running a series of (free!) study sessions, grouped under the alluring title of A Darkened Room: On Feminism, Rituals, Death and the Occult. For the …
Archaeology documentary wins global prize
May 1, 2018
Blog: (Un)trenched Opinions
A documentary following the research of Dr Jon Henderson of the Department of Archaeology and Classics has been awarded the Gold Medal for best documentary in the History and Society section at the 2018 New York Festivals World’s Best TV and Film awards ceremony, which was held in Las Vegas this month. The National Geographic documentary Drain the …
Underwater archaeology documentary wins global prize
May 1, 2018
Blog: Underwater archaeology
A documentary following the research of Dr Jon Henderson of the Department of Archaeology and Classics has been awarded the Gold Medal for best documentary in the History and Society section at the 2018 New York Festivals World’s Best TV and Film awards ceremony, which was held in Las Vegas this month. The National Geographic documentary Drain the …
Digital Arts: Celebrating Digital Teaching in the Arts
April 25, 2018
Blog: A View from the Arts
A View from the Arts continues to celebrate the Digital Research Week this week, though today we’re taking a look at something a little different: teaching! Check out our video from the Arts Digital Day, in October 2017, and then pop along to the demo sessions, or to King’s Meadow Campus. We like the look …
GDPR – Information Requirements
February 27, 2018
Blog: All Consuming Interests
One of the important goals of the General Data Protection Regulation is ensuring that data subjects know about the processing of their data and the rights that they have under the Regulation. Therefore, businesses that process personal data must provide notices to data subjects that inform them about the data that is being collected. The …
Repton and the Legacy of the Viking Great Army
February 23, 2018
Blog: Bringing Vikings back to the East Midlands
By Catrine Jarman, University of Bristol In 873 the Viking Great Army attacked the monastery in Repton, forcing the Mercian king to flee the country and installing a puppet king in his place. 1100 years later, excavations led by archaeologists Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle at St Wystan’s Church in Repton in the 1970s and …
MBA Stories: Alumnus credits MBA for enabling him to become a better business leader
January 26, 2018
Blog: Mastering Business Administration
Hara Two earned an MBA from Nottingham University Business School. This gave him the knowledge to create LiveTheGo, an app that personalises and schedules a person’s transport needs. Before this, Hara was in India, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree while creating his first company. He credits his MBA for teaching him tested business processes …
Liberal Arts – what is it and why study it? Part I
January 4, 2018
Blog: Arts Matters
Liberal Arts degrees have expanded across universities in Britain over the last few years and their development reflects a growing sense that it is by knowledge across a range of disciplines that new ideas and perspectives can develop. The Liberal Arts degree at the University of Nottingham has been built to foster these links as …
New online scholarship system launched
December 14, 2017
Blog: Project Transform
Last week, we launched the new online scholarship application system. 2018/19 entrants can now use the system to apply for the centrally managed group of scholarships aimed at international and EU students. These were formerly the International Office scholarships. It is part of the expansion of the use of Campus Solutions in Admissions and follows …
On the decision of the Colombian Council of State to prohibit the use of Framework agreements for “minimum amount” public contracts
December 8, 2017
Blog: UoN Law Blog
Introduction Colombia Compra Eficiente (CCE), the Colombian central purchasing and advisory procurement body, issued a “manual for the operation of framework agreements” in which it considers that there was concurrence between two public procurement methods: Framework Agreements (FA) (Agreements establishing the terms of contracts to be awarded during a given period of time through the …
Speech by Sonia Sughayar, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations, and Recipient of the Recent Alumni Laureate Award for the year 2017
October 10, 2017
Blog: Thinking Politics
Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel extraordinarily honored and touched to stand before you all today. It is always great to be in the company of the next generation of youth leaders. I am deeply humbled and delighted to be receiving the 2017 Alumni Laureate Award from this distinguished University which has chosen to bestow this …
Video overview of the RECOGNeyes Game
July 21, 2017
Blog: CANDALight
RECOGNeyes is a computer game that you play using your eyes as the game controller. It has been developed at the University of Nottingham in collaboration with people with ADHD. The game is designed to train people to have better control over their attention. As you advance in the game, you learn to control different …
The finer details of the bigger picture: corpus linguistics in healthcare
July 11, 2017
Blog: Linguistics in the Workplace
This blog piece will introduce a relatively new method in the study of language – the corpus linguistic approach – and talk about how it can be useful for linguistic researchers interested in analysing communication in healthcare environments. To do this, this entry will ask – and answer – three questions: (i) What is corpus …
Reclaiming university autonomy
May 17, 2017
Blog: Knowledge Without Borders
UNIVERSITY autonomy is again back on the front burner. Ideas and Yayasan Sime Darby will be hosting next week the National Higher Education Conference 2017 on how to make our universities more autonomous. It is a defining moment for higher education in Malaysia to once again put forward the agenda on a national pedestal, if …
Happy International Day of the Midwife!
May 5, 2017
Blog: Delivering Midwives
Today was International Day of the Midwife, a day where there is recognition for all the wonderful work midwives do around the world. I feel full of pride when I think of midwifery and what it means to be a student midwife. I often try to compare other professions to midwifery but find that it …
This day in AD 357 marked Constantius II’s entry into Rome
April 28, 2017
Blog: Mint Imperials
But why bother to record such an event?
‘Event of the Year’ – trailblazing ‘Nottingham Day’ wins national recognition
April 3, 2017
Blog: Nottingham In Parliament Day
The success of last year’s ‘Nottingham in Parliament Day’ was recognised last week at a black-tie awards ceremony in London. The University’s Political & Public Affairs Unit, who led the ground-breaking initiative, collected the PRmoment.com ‘Event of the Year’ award in recognition of the day-long celebration of all things Nottingham. Nottingham in Parliament Day – …
Chinese Students and Western Teachers: Reflections on Practice
March 20, 2017
Blog: Contemporary Chinese Studies at UNNC
By Daryl Johnson, School of English. As the number of Chinese students attending foreign HE institutions continues to grow (89,540 in 2014-2015 up from 87,895 in 2013-2014, UKCISA), the same kinds of frustrations experienced by their lecturers and seminar leaders appear to have persisted. A relatively unanimous consensus amongst Western teachers of Chinese students is …
Exploring Modern Slavery
March 14, 2017
Blog: Better Business
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is designed to tackle slavery in the UK by establishing a Commissioner for Anti-Slavery, and requiring businesses to publish a statement that identifies the actions taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking are not taking place in the …
Househunting in Nottingham as an outgoing study abroad student
January 29, 2017
Blog: Study abroad
Househunting is always a headache, because there’s so many things to think about. But what if you’re going to be studying abroad next year? How do you go about arranging accommodation, especially if you’re only going to study abroad for one semester?
Reading at Malchin Testament Launch
January 4, 2017
Blog: Malaysia Campus News
Prior to last Friday’s launch of Malchin Testament, Professor Malachi invited my coursemates and I to read works of late Malaysian poets Hilary Tham, Ee Tiang Hong and Omar Mohd. Nor. Since Michelle Beth and I have been studying the works of Malaysian poets closely as part of our course, we were elated and honoured …
24 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 24?
December 24, 2016
Blog: Advent calendar
There are at least two trillion galaxies in the universe, ten times more than previously thought. When the three wise men saw the star over Bethlehem little did they know that there were many more galaxies to be found. Astronomers have long sought to determine how many galaxies there are in the universe. It was approximated that …
Weather Extremes: Making and Breaking Records in Nottinghamshire
December 16, 2016
Blog: Weather Extremes
Over the last few months Georgina and I have been working closely with staff at the Department of Manuscripts, University of Nottingham, to curate a public exhibition for the Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts, on the University campus. It opens today. Last night we held a private view that was opened by BBC meteorologist Helen Willetts, …
IAPS Blog Assistant Paid Internships
November 22, 2016
Blog: Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies
Salary: Approx. £10 per hour (plus holiday pay) Location: Residence in Nottingham is not required Hours: 10-15 hours per month About The Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies is seeking applications for four paid internships to work with the Editor of the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies’ soon-to-be-launched new blog platform – IAPS Dialogue …
Counselling for Depression Gathering
November 21, 2016
Blog: ConnectED
We were delighted to welcome Professor Robert Elliott who joined us for the first Counselling for Depression (CfD) Gathering held in Dearing Building at the University of Nottingham on September 17th . Robert was a key contributor and researcher in the development of CfD and is an originator of Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) which is …
Gold medal for table tennis superstar student
September 14, 2016
Blog: Olympics blog
An English student at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) has won his second paralympic gold medal. Zhao Shuai won the men’s single Table Tennis last night (Tuesday) at the Rio Paralympic Games. Zhao beat Andras Csonka 3-0, defending his London 2012 title. He won every match in his competition class, sweeping aside opponents from …
Conference: Funding Research on a Changing Landscape (24-25 Aug Aug 2016)
September 9, 2016
Blog: Malaysia Research and Knowledge Transfer
On the 24-25 Aug 2016, in conjunction with MIDA (Malaysian Investment Development Authority), the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) held the inaugural “Funding Research on a Changing Landscape” conference. We were very fortunate to have an excellent line up of speakers, led by Prof Tan Sri Zakri, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime …
Nottingham Life Cycle 6 – Day 16 Latheronwheel to Dunnet Head
September 4, 2016
Blog: Nottingham Life Cycle
1200, September 3rd 2106, mission accomplished. We arrived at Dunnet Head, the most northerly point of mainland Great Britain, after more than 1,300 miles in the saddle. Job done. Our day started with a splendid breakfast laid on by Fiona at the Craiglea Guest House (including a traditional, very salty Scottish porridge). I had posted …
The Death of Jo Cox and Our Shared Future
July 20, 2016
Blog: Public and Social Policy
By Dr Nick Stevenson Remain lost the vote. It was of course going to be difficult to over turn the impact of the popular press and the nationalist Right. The layers of cultural meaning and resentment that have been implanted over decades were always going to be hard to dislodge. At first I did think …
Welcome to the International Research Network for Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art (ReNet MoCoCA)
July 18, 2016
Blog: ReNet MoCoCA
About the network The International Research Network for Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art (ReNet MoCoCA) – launched in March 2015 – is conceived to address the needs of the growing, divers, and globally scattered academic community in this field. It helps to bridge communicational and informational gaps that result from local institutional confines of projects, …
Interpreting urban heritage tourism in China: the case of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
July 8, 2016
Blog: China Policy Institute Blog
Written by Rui Su. Urban heritage tourism in China reflects the major changes in recent decades in the country’s economy, society, politics and governance. There has been a gradual but substantial transformation from a centrally planned economy to a more market-oriented economy “with Chinese characteristics” (Sofield & Li, 2011). There are continuities as well as …
PGR Teaching Awards 2016
July 7, 2016
Blog: Talking of teaching
The Postgraduate Teaching Award is an annual award to recognise and celebrate examples of innovative teaching and support of learning. In 2016 there were five winners who each received a certificate and a £100 voucher at the Tri-Campus awards. Due to the high calibre of applicants, an additional four received a ‘Highly Commended’ certificate. The …
2016 Season Off To A Fantastic Start
June 30, 2016
Blog: PEMC Research Group – Electric Bike Project
The 2016 MotoE Series is off to a flying start for the University of Nottingham Electric Superbike Team. On June 8th, the team came third in the Isle of Man TT Zero Race, achieving a podium finish and being given an award for the Best Team at the TT for 2016. The team’s rider, Daley Mathison, …
Will Planes Be Pilotless? The Future of Commercial Aviation
June 6, 2016
Blog: INNOVATE – Novel Aerospace Technologies
News related to driverless cars is becoming increasingly popular in recent years, and these self-driving vehicles may be on the market as early as next year. Several large companies such as Google, Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Apple, Microsoft and many more, are investing in the driverless technologies that will soon provide us with our ground transportation, …
Celebrating Teaching – developing ideas about teaching and learning
May 27, 2016
Blog: Education Matters
As part of our secondary ITE routes our beginning teachers have to develop their own personal theories of teaching and learning and, as the courses come to a close, they present their ideas as part of their PGCE assessment. A teacher training year is an incredibly intensive one and for our beginning teachers to organise …
Home care: an insider’s perspective
May 11, 2016
Blog: Centre for Applied Social Research
Author: Dr. Lucy Perry-Young Jean stopped in the hallway and suddenly said ‘Do you like books?’ I said yes, I enjoy reading, do you? She walked towards the door to the room I had not yet been in and opened it quickly and widely to dramatically reveal a huge book case the length of the …
Rogues and Villains
May 4, 2016
Blog: Popular Culture
In honour of May the Fourth, Dr Nathan Waddell from our School of English shares some thoughts on the upcoming film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Do rogues win? They usually do in the Star Wars universe. They certainly will in Rogue One, the first of the Star Wars anthology movies. Due for release in …
Film Stars For The Day! Student Nurses And Staff From The University of Nottingham and Birmingham City University Filming Together
March 18, 2016
Blog: An e-Tale of Two Cities: Nursing Exchange
On February 26th 2016 following months of preparation, student nurses and staff from The University of Nottingham and Birmingham City University became film stars for the day. The film is about public expectations of professional behaviour. The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Conduct formed the basis for the film script. The film …
Implicit Cognition at the Aristotelian Society
March 8, 2016
Blog: Bias and Blame
Last month I gave a talk at the Aristotelian Society, in which I asked ‘What do we want from a model of implicit cognition?’ Here’s the abstract for the paper: In this paper, I set out some desiderata for a model of implicit cognition. I present test cases and suggest that, when considered in light …
Managing Engagement: Enhancing the Customer Experience
22 January, 2016
Blog: Ingenuity Business Network
The first Ingenuity KnowledgeXchange breakfast event of 2016 brought Dr Liz Evans and Ben Smithwell together to outline their experiences around ‘engagement’ and enhancing the customer experience. With over 70 local business leaders in the room it was a lively and interesting session. Dr Liz Evans (Faculty of Arts: Department of Culture, Film & Media) …
A Part of Me Forever
January 21, 2016
Blog: Keys to success
It has now been a month since I returned from my semester abroad studying music at The University of Hong Kong. I’ve left it this long before writing a blog about my time there as it’s hard to find the words that can truly sum up how incredible an experience it was. I know …
Veterinary Medicine CPD reviews
January 4, 2016
Blog: Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Alumna, Jo Henstock, has written about the Veterinary Medicine CPD courses that she has attended at the University of Nottingham. Over 60 one and two day courses covering a range of topics for small, farm, equine and exotic animals are being delivered in 2016. Here are her comments: Introduction to Small Animal Ultrasound This was a …
RSC NEWS
November 10, 2015
Blog: ChemLife
In this month’s RSC news magazine, four familiar names were mentioned. Those 4 names are Paul Anastas, Nigist Asfaw, Richard Wheatley and Julie Beth Zimmerman. All four have been admitted to RSC as fellows in this month’s edition of RSC news, which also features 175 Faces leading the way in Chemistry. The Royal Society of …
1965 Golden Reunion – 10 October 2015, Nottingham University
October 15, 2015
Blog: Alumni Life
Philip Watson (Economics, 1965) writes: I arose at 6.30am on this day – some 2 hours earlier than normal! I travelled from SE London and caught the 8.29am train from St Pancreas to Nottingham. On the journey there, I met Dorothy (Social Admin.) and her friend from Canada (her name escapes me), when I was …
Ben Hunte: 3 Ways UNMC Has Changed My Life (So Far!)
September 18, 2015
Blog: Malaysia Student Life
Happy 15th Birthday, UNMC! I remember arriving at the campus for the first time, standing at the back of the Students’ Association building, and looking at the insane view – jungle as far as the eye could see. Just a few days earlier, I was packing up my room in London, preparing to move to …
Interview with Robert Watson (by Reiner Grundmann)
July 3, 2015
Blog: Circling the Square
Back in 1995, while researching for my book Transnational Environmental Policy, I interviewed Bob Watson who was at the time Associate Director for Environment in the Office of the President of the United States in the White House. I am grateful to him for granting permission to publish the whole transcript of the interview (I had …
Sources of finance for SMEs
June 22, 2015
Blog: Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Innovation
In May 2015 the Conservatives were elected into government with a manifesto that largely focused on improving the economy. The party reiterated its commitments to the range of funding options available to SMEs, including the Enterprise Finance Guarantee, the Business Finance Partnership and the National Loan Guarantee Scheme. In the May 2015 Business Barometer survey …
My Visit to the UK and the PGR Engineering Celebration Event 2015
June 8, 2015
Blog: Engineering the Future
On 23 September 2014, the annual Postgraduate research showcase was held at the University of Nottingham Malaysia campus. I was delighted to be awarded the grand prize for my poster amongst 43 postgraduate research students. The exciting award was a travel fund to the UK, which granted me the opportunity to take part in the …
University’s marine economy academy raises £2.3m in first year
June 1, 2015
Blog: Services for Business
Over the last twelve months, a partnership between The University of Nottingham, Wanli Education Group (WEG) and Ningbo Municipal Government has successfully raised over £2.3 million for research into areas related to the marine economy industry. The marine economy is one of China’s key strategic development areas. It will be the next key economic growth …
Community Internships
May 28, 2015
Blog: Access All Areas
Over the next couple of weeks my colleague Jill Bennett and I will be busy interviewing students who have applied for our Undergraduate Community Internship Programme (UCIP). It’s an enjoyable process as we meet students who want to give their time to local third sector organisations who in return offer valuable work experience. Over the …
I found my job in China in an Irish bar
April 21, 2015
Blog: China Student Life
Torben Segelken is originally from Germany and studied MSc International Management at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). After graduating in 2013 he stayed in Ningbo and is now working for trading company TECCO Ltd. Why did you decide to come and study at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)/in China? What motivated you? I’d done an internship in Shanghai during …
Early Modern Medievalism: The End or Creation of the Middle Ages?
March 27, 2015
Blog: Medieval @ Nottingham
Post by Dr Mike Rodman Jones, School of English Albrecht Durer’s St Jerome in his Study (1513) is a seminal work in Renaissance art history. It is also one that, in its subject, execution, and reception, divides cultural time in a way that both omits and contains the Middle Ages. St Jerome (d. 420) appears …
RCN Participant Information
January 29, 2015
Blog: Nutrition @ University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences. Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD. United Kingdom HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN OBESITY MANAGEMENT Investigators: Dr. Judy A. Swift (Associate Professor of Behavioural Nutrition) and Dr. Duane Mellor (Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics) Healthy Volunteer’s Information Sheet You are being invited to participate in a research study. …
Vital Theory 2014: Acknowledgements and Recap
December 23, 2014
Blog: Vital Theory
December is never the best time to try to catch up with too many things at the same time. So, firstly, accept my apologies for the delay in writing some words about this year’s Vital Theory: The Meanings of Memory. Even though a couple of weeks have passed by since the symposium took place at …
Physsoc goes to CERN
July 3, 2014
Blog: Campus Cam
Dylan’s been off on travels with Physsoc – the University’s physics society. This society annual trip to Geneva, Switzerland, has won awards at the University, and Dylan has captured a science themed snapshot in this video. Maybe this one should have been called ‘Off Campus Cam’! Although I have no idea what any …
Soderbergh Goes Legit
May 18, 2014
Blog: Screen Focus
By Mark Gallagher, Associate Professor, Dept. of Culture, Film and Media, University of Nottingham New York City recently hosted the 12th edition of its homegrown Tribeca Film Festival. Surely this would be a good time to visit the city and catch the newest offering from Steven Soderbergh (whose work and career I explore in my recent monograph, …
Study and explore
May 16, 2014
Blog: Study What You Love
Gael Bateman: student and explorer. I am one of those people with multiple interests that change from season to season; I don’t have a thing, like so many people appear to have in this modern world, which helps to define them. But I do love exploring. Exploring ideas, places, people, cultures, identities, foods and experiences – …
Exploring images of snow and winter past
March 10, 2014
Blog: Snow Scenes
Previously I posted about the collection of digital composite images that I’ve created as part of the Snow Scenes project. The images, all created from photographs held in the archives at the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry merged with their modern day locations, are now available for online viewing in the gallery below. Currently …
An end and a beginning
January 29, 2014
Blog: Ancient Drama
This is a farewell post. I am retiring from my University position at the end of this week, having joined the staff in 1974 (not 1947, as was said in the blurb of one of my books!) and served for 14,368 days; simultaneously, this blog is being absorbed into the Classics Department’s new teaching and …
Food sovereignty in the UK
January 10, 2014
Blog: Global Food Security
Food security has become the dominant framing of agri-food policy and research in the UK. However, it is not the only framing. In this post we take a look at one of the alternatives, food sovereignty. We look for food sovereignty in policy, in research, and in the media. We also explore the emerging food …
Bias and Blame – New Leverhulme Trust project for Department of Philosophy
December 19, 2013
Blog: Think About It
By Jules Holroyd. The Leverhulme Trust has awarded a 36 month grant to the University of Nottingham, for a project led by Dr Jules Holroyd (Department of Philosophy, Nottingham), in collaboration with Dr Tom Stafford (Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield) titled “Bias and Blame: Do Moral Interactions Modulate the Expression of Implicit Bias?”. The …
Some notes from a lecture on the shortness of the short story
November 19, 2013
Blog: On learning to read
In my day job as a writer in residence at the University of Nottingham’s School of English, I sometimes have the pleasure of standing in front of a crowd of students and telling them some things I think I know about reading and writing. Today I gave a talk about short stories, and in particular …
Malaysia plans to be the first Islamic financial superpower
November 15, 2013
Blog: Centre for Risk, Banking and Financial Services
Could a new upstart be about the join the likes of London, New York and Tokyo as a global financial superpower? The Malaysian government would like to think so, at least. Recently it announced bold plans to transform the country’s capital Kuala Lumpur into a major financial centre in a bid to raise its profile …
Can the Chinese Workers Eat Apple?
May 29, 2013
Blog: A world in crisis?
On 24 September, the iPhone 5 was launched in the first nine countries/areas, America, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong. It was then launched in 22 more countries in the week beginning 1 October. The first weekend’s sales were very impressive, reaching 5 million. This number already broke Apple’s previous record …
Success, but not the top jobs – not yet anyway
March 12, 2013
Blog: From The Cloisters
The 8th March was International Women’s Day and the celebrations ranged from respect for, and appreciation of women, to a celebration for women’s political, economic and social achievements. The Guardian, as expected, enthusiastically celebrated International Women’s Day; I particularly liked the top 25 African women, but there were many more. National Geographic also celebrated by …
Celebrating Teaching successes in the Humanities. The Postgraduate Teaching Awards 2012
July 10, 2012
Blog: Teaching Humanities
In the latest round of the Postgraduate Teaching Awards, two of the students recognised for their outstanding contributions to Teaching and Learning within the School of Humanities are Helen Wainwright and Peter Watts, both of them doctoral candidates within the School of Humanities. The Postgraduate Teaching Assistant Award recognises and celebrates examples of innovative teaching …
Representing and communicating uncertainty: climate change and risk
June 11, 2012
Blog: Communicating Climate
As part of its Science in Culture theme, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has funded an exploratory project at the University of Nottingham called Representing and communicating uncertainty: climate change and risk. This interdisciplinary project brings together academics from across the University in the Schools of Geography, Sociology and Social policy, Mathematical Sciences …
The Forensic Ideas Series #1
November 29, 2020
Blog: Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology
#1 A lesson from Forensic Science I am fascinated by the ways in which people can have an impact on others where it is not obvious how that is achieved; the art of persuasion, The Forer Effect, Cold Reading, some of the well-known illusions performed by Derren Brown, the use of ‘nudge’ to change behaviour, …
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