Posts by Emma Thorne
New dementia arts hub for Nottingham
February 4, 2015
A new research hub looking at how painting, puppetry, singing and other arts can improve dementia care is being launched at the University. The Arts and Dementia (TAnDEM) doctoral training centre, funded by a grant from The Alzheimer’s Society, will be split 50-50 between Nottingham and its partner The University of Worcester. It will support …
Countryfile appearance for Lakeland research project
January 19, 2015
A University of Nottingham research project to explore the first ‘mathematically accurate’ 3D relief model of the Lake District was featured on this week’s Countryfile. Shown on BBC 1 on Sunday evening, the programme saw presenter Ellie Harrison travel to Keswick to meet Dr Gary Priestnall from the University’s School of Geography whose work around …
The Grandest views
January 15, 2015
As inhabitants of our 21st century world it’s almost unthinkable for us to imagine an age when seeing the rolling hills of the British landscape laid out like a patchwork quilt below would have been as alien as the surface of the moon. These days while we need only glance out of the window of …
Successful funding bid to improve Highfields Park
January 7, 2015
For decades students, staff and local residents have messed about in boats on it and in bygone winters have even used it as a skating rink. Now one of the University’s most iconic features is to be restored to its former glory thanks to a successful bid for lottery cash. The Highfields Park lake will be …
New book tracks women’s business aspirations
November 24, 2014
A Nottingham academic has tracked the career trajectories of 17 women from the recession-hit Britain of the 90s to the recession-hit Britain of today in a new book. Professor Laurie Cohen, of Nottingham University Business School, spoke to Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 on Friday about her study which has led to the book, …
A lifetime in chemistry – 100th birthday celebrations for former professor
November 5, 2014
Staff and students, past and present, from the School of Chemistry gathered together recently to celebrate the 100th birthday — and the remarkable life and career — of Professor Dan Eley. The special celebration featured the unveiling of a Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Landmark blue plaque, a programme of talks and a presentation to …
Plaudits for dementia care documentary
October 22, 2014
A documentary commissioned to complement University of Nottingham research into hospital care for people with dementia has picked up two prizes at the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. Today is Monday was commissioned and produced by Pippa Foster (now Operations Manager, Alzheimer’s Society) while she was working at The University of Nottingham with …
Robot in the classroom?
October 1, 2014
With a new generation of digital natives in the classroom, IT in schools is now as commonplace as textbooks and PE kits. But could there be a more radical use for computer technology that could assist in teaching children with profound and multiple disabilities? Researchers at Nottingham have been investigating the use of a humanoid …
Latest update on the fire at Jubilee Campus
September 15, 2014
The University of Nottingham’s Registrar Dr Paul Greatrix said: “We are terribly saddened by the major fire at our Jubilee Campus on the evening of Friday September 12, which completely destroyed our new GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry which was still under construction. “We are incredibly grateful to our staff and students for their fantastic …
Ashya King case sparks advice from cancer experts
September 8, 2014
Leading experts in children’s cancer have published a statement on the appropriate treatment for medulloblastoma brain tumours and the potential effectiveness of proton therapy in response to the Ashya King case. The Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), whose members include Professor Richard Grundy, co-director of The University of Nottingham’s Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre …
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