Posts by Graham Kendall
Horizon Digital Nutrition Workshop
February 22, 2013
On the 21-22 Feb 2013, we hosted a Horizon Digital Nutrition Sandpit, held in collaboration with UNMC and CFFRC. The aim of the sandpit (which was run similar to a UK EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Sandpit) is to generate ideas from all the participants, which the aim of arriving at a project …
The Boustead Annual Globalisation Lecture delivered by His Excellency Simon Featherstone, British High Commissioner to Malaysia
February 21, 2013
We were fortunate to have the Boustead Annual Globalisation Lecture delivered by His Excellency Simon Featherstone (British High Commissioner to Malaysia) (21st Feb 2013). This is a lecture which is given as part of Nottingham’s Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) annual conference which has taken place in Malaysia since 2008. This …
Nottingham has a new Super Computer
February 20, 2013
The University of Nottingham has had a High Performance Computer (HPC) for many years, but this resource has just been refreshed. The new computer is named Minerva (after the Roman Goddess of Wisdom). You can read more about this new computer at thisisnottingham, who recently ran a feature on it. One of the interesting items …
Good examples of EU-Funded Projects
February 19, 2013
Probably a little bit late for the final FP7 calls but, for future reference you might be interested in good research proposals that were funded by the EU. Please see http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-74_en.htm for a list of over 50 good examples of FP7-funded projects with links to project websites. Thanks to Sue Jones (part of Horizon team) …
Nordic Networking
February 18, 2013
This is probably of limited interest to most at UNMC, but if you have Nordic interests it might be just what you are looking for. This recently appeared in the Times Higher Education. University of Nottingham Nordic Network A UK university is to set up a large-scale partnership with a Swedish institution. The University …
Academia is a very well kept secret
February 15, 2013
Jeannie Holstein, from NUBS in the UK, was recently featured in The Guardian. The piece starts … “Very early in my doctoral journey, I was fortunate to experience that moment when you know the decision you have made was the right one. It came with the realisation that I was being paid, not very much …
Kevin Shakesheff receives a Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award
February 14, 2013
Kevin Shakesheff, head of the School of Pharmacy, is one of 25 new Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award recipients. A thisisnottingham article provides more details. On behalf of everybody at UNMC, I am sure you will all join me in congratulating Kevin on receiving this prestigious award.
More Social Media Contacts
February 13, 2013
In a previous post (there is also a Social Media category, which groups all of these posts together). Sean Matthews (and many thanks to him for providing the details) has provided a few more social media contacts that you might like to keep an eye on. https://twitter.com/uniofnottingham/uon-academics, is a Twitter list that holds details of …
MyRA 2012: Final Push
February 8, 2013
As I am sure you are aware, we have to submit our 2012 MyRA return on the 20th Feb 2013. This also coincides with the xRGS submission deadline and having Chinese New Year next week does not really help us but, we are where we are and we have to push on. The Research Support …
EU Bulletin – Feb 2012
February 7, 2013
Dear all, Please find attached (EuroBulletin Issue 62) the EU Bulletin (Issue 62, 7 February 2012) from the European Union Delegation to Malaysia. Some of the latest news/events in this issue: Upcoming event on 1 March: Presentation on “The European Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Future of the Euro” by Dr Peter Bekx, Director of …