Posts by Charlotte Anscombe
Panama Papers: why we’re looking at global corruption the wrong way
April 12, 2016
By Professor Paul Heywood from The School of Politics – writing for The Conversation Although the size and scale of the Panama Papers leak was shocking, the offshore dealing they revealed was hardly a surprise. After all, many organisations, including Transparency International, Global Witness, Action Aid, Christian Aid, Corruption Watch, and Tax Justice Network have …
Dr Jem Bloomfield answers the Big Questions
April 7, 2016
Dr Jem Bloomfield Assistant Professor of Literature in the School of English, talks about his first experience with the media – on the BBC1 show – The Big Questions. This Sunday I found myself on the outskirts of York, recording a TV show. This was a slightly unexpected situation for me, which began a few …
The benefits of multilingualism to be explored thanks to new funding
The University of Nottingham is to be part of a major new research project which will look at the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative. At a time when more than half the world’s population speaks more …
The UK’s approach to tackling corruption overseas examined by Nottingham expert
Paul Heywood, Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics at The University of Nottingham, has given evidence at the International Development Committee’s tackling corruption overseas inquiry. Professor Heywood is leading the British Academy/DFID Anti-corruption Evidence (ACE) partnership, a £3.6 million initiative to support leading international research teams to research and identify the most successful ways …
A new literary play by a Nottingham academic explores witchcraft trials
March 24, 2016
The world-premiere of a play written by Brean Hammond, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, will take place at St Andrews’ Byre Theatre, St Andrews, in Fife this week. Noted playwright and Nottingham academic Professor Hammond, has written Ben and Jamie, which combines real events from the era to create a thriller involving witchcraft, King James VI, a poisoning …
World-wide welcome? Plight of female refugees to be debated at Nottingham event
March 2, 2016
More than half a million of Syria’s refugees are thought to be pregnant, and many women make the dangerous passage to Europe alone or with young children: what physical and psychological challenges do they encounter on their journey? And what do they face when they arrive in new cities like Nottingham? On International Women’s Day, …
Anti-corruption scheme led by Nottingham academic announces major projects
February 16, 2016
The British Academy has announced eight projects it will fund as part of its £4 million global anti-corruption research scheme, which is led by Paul Heywood, Professor of European Politics here at Nottingham. The scheme provides support for eight outstanding research teams, whose work will focus primarily on DFID priority countries where corruption is a major …
What do you Frink? Jeremy Corbyn drops in to see The University of Nottingham’s latest exhibition
February 12, 2016
The leader of the opposition party, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP, has visited The University of Nottingham. Mr Corbyn came to Nottingham University’s Business School this evening (Thursday 11 February 2016) to deliver a talk to Nottingham students and invited Labour supporters. Prior to the talk, he made time to see the Elisabeth Frink …
Life Cycle 5 raises nearly £360,000 for dementia research
January 25, 2016
Life Cycle 5 concluded with a bang last week, when a cheque totalling £359,142 was presented to Professor Peter Morris CBE, the Head of the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre at The University of Nottingham. Life Cycle 5 has exceeded its £350,000 target to apply the University’s world-leading expertise in MRI scanning to the study …
Nottingham is number one in the world for sustainability for the fourth time
January 22, 2016
The University of Nottingham has been ranked number one in the world for FOURTH time in in a list of the most sustainable universities. Nottingham was ranked first out of 400 universities that took part in the Greenmetric Ranking of World Universities 2015, which is produced by the University of Indonesia. The rankings take into account …
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