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What a day at the Life Cycle 4 Community Day!

On Sunday 31st October at 7am, the Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre opened to welcome Life Cycle 4 Challenge Ride participants taking part in the 75mile ride who were raising money for Children’s Brain Tumour Research (CBTR) this year.  At the same time, after cycling over 1,400+ for 15 days in honour of a child who …

School of Politics and International Relations alumni event

The School of Politics held their annual School of Politics and International Relations alumni event at the House of Commons on Thursday 3rd July, hosted by MP Graham Allen, with over 60 attendees present. The event provided an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with each other, catch up with members of staff, and stay updated about …

Why did you choose The University of Nottingham?

Cast your minds back to when you were applying to University, what were the main factors which affected your decisions? Why did you choose to come to Nottingham? Making the decision to continue onto further education is arguably more complicated than ever before, with a multitude of factors playing a role in which institutions to …

Malaysian Rainforest Project

Biology student James Mudie took part in a trip to the tropical rainforests of the Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia this summer. While he was there he assisted with research into the agriculture carried out by local people and its impact on forest regeneration. Funded thanks to donations from alumni and friends to the Cascade fund, …

Playing with fire!

Over the last 100 years there have been iconic people, places and events associated with The University of Nottingham. Alumni remember them all and many stories about them have been featured in Alumni Exchange Magazine. For the first time the Remembering Nottingham Blog will reproduce some of these articles. Feel free to add your own …

Windows on Russia and Eastern Europe

Windows is a collection of individuals’ tales of how the Communist-controlled lands of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe evolved from Stalinism to Gorbachev’s perestroika to the robber baron days of the 1990s and finally to today’s uneasy mix of free markets and semi-authoritarian rule. The stories are those of graduates of Slavonic studies, who chose …

My guide to starting your own business – Part 6 “Setting a pricing strategy”

Written by: R L (Bob) Hall (BSc, PhD; University Of Nottingham ) Owner & MD of Top & Jeffries Limited; Co-owner & Chairman of Fuel Additive Science Technologies Limited, Shropshire, UK Welcome to the sixth in the series – “Starting your own business – what I wish someone had told me 25 years ago.” Setting prices …

#Home Team Advantage!

You can’t have a conversation without someone mentioning Social Media, are they ‘checking in’ on Facebook, ‘tweeting’ or ‘expanding networks’ on Linked In. The beauty of our much loved social media channels is the ability to have a two way discussion with our members, a place where our alums can post their news and information …

A trip down memory lane…

You only have to look at the UoN Fresher’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UoNFreshers to get a sense of the excitement which is building among the newest cohort of University of Nottingham students. Status updates are following a familiar formula: Subject of study + Halls of Residence =OMG!! The Students Union is preparing for the fun and …