A (possible) easy way to write for TheConversation
May 20, 2014
In previous posts we have mentioned articles that UNMC academics have written for TheConversation. One of our latest articles is an Explainer article. These are short articles that explain some topic for the interested reader. We were thinking some of our “What is …” articles might be suitable for TheConversation. That is not to say …
TheConversation: The maths behind your examination timetable
May 16, 2014
As UNMC, along with many other universities, enters its examination period, we suspect that students have more to worry about than how the examination timetable is created. But, in case you do care, a recent piece in TheConversation explains some of the difficulties, and why it is impossible to create a timetable that everybody is …
Iraq needs academics to rebuild reputation of its university sector
May 9, 2014
“As Iraqis prepare to go to the polls to vote in parliamentary elections ten years on from the invasion, the country is a lifetime away from where things used to be. Iraq’s education system, once one of the best in the Middle East with a series of flourishing universities in the 1960s and 1970s, has …
UNMC featured in Asia Research News 2014
April 25, 2014
We have been fortunate enough to have three pieces in the 2014 issue of Asia Research News. The featured articles are: Page 6: Natural protections for tropical fruits prolong shelf life Page 29: Crossing continents: Where we drive affects how we drive Page 50: Exposing the secret life of endangered elephants An interactive version of …
Public dissemination of science
March 26, 2014
Although nothing to do with the University of Nottingham, I was interested in this set of videos as (to me anyway) it shows how a complex subject can be presented in such a way that is understandable by anybody and when you hear something like “We expect growth at 7% each year”, what does this …
U21 KWBN Global Citizenship Workshop Breaks New Ground With Live Streaming of UNMC Events from Semenyih and KLTC venues
March 21, 2014
This post was contributed by Sean Matthews and Yeong Woon Chin There was a significant technological ‘first’ for UNMC during the recent U21 KWBN Global Citizenship Workshop, 13-14 March. We used the event to explore our live streaming capabilities, and achieved a successful and well-received feed for the session (the link has been taken down …
Pi (3.14159265359) Day
March 17, 2014
Even if you know nothing about mathematics, most people will have heard of Pi. It is the number given by the the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter and is, arguably, the most well known number in mathematics. Such is the importance of the number that it has its own …
Crowd sourcing helps search for missing plane
March 14, 2014
This is an extract from The Star Online. ‘The MH370-specific search was launched on March 10. Also sifting through the images was Associate Prof Dr Tuong-Thuy Vu, geospatial researcher at the School of Geography the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. “It’s actually very helpful when thousands of people work together to locate something,” he said in …
Twitter at the Global Citizenship Workshop
March 13, 2014
This week saw UNMC host, and organise, the Global Citizenship Workshop. Congratulations should go to all those involved. The sessions I attended were very good, and very well attended, and I hope that it is the catalyst for developing the various strands that were debated (and, of course scientific publications, but I have to say …
The science that makes us spend more in supermarkets, and feel good while we do it
March 10, 2014
“When you walk into a supermarket, you probably want to spend as little money as possible. The supermarket wants you to spend as much money as possible. Let battle commence.” … so starts the article that we recenty published in TheConversation. It looks at some of the strategies that supermarkets use to try to get …
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