Posts by Emma Rayner
Home is not always the best or preferred place to die, argues expert
October 8, 2015
The widely held belief that home is the best and preferred place of death is questioned by one of our academics writing in The BMJ this week. The UK government has marked ‘place of death’ as a key indicator for the quality of end of life care. This is based on the idea that most …
Gavin’s marathon Lifecycle to Buckingham Palace
September 10, 2015
The University of Nottingham’s superfit Environmental Manager, Gavin Scott, is pedalling hard to reach his Royal destination tonight, in a 1000km charity bike ride in aid of Lifecycle 5. Gavin’s ‘5,4,3,2,1…Thunderbirds Challenge’ began on 7 September in Scotland and over the past four days he has cycled through the five UK capitals, Edinburgh, Belfast, Dublin …
#MeantToBe – advice from our AncientBiotics academic on A level results day
August 13, 2015
With her AncientBiotics team’s remarkable research paper ‘A 1,000-Year-Old Antimicrobial Remedy with Antistaphylococcal Activity’ just published, Dr Christina Lee from our School of English has some advice for prospective students on A level day… “Today is the day that can mean big choices for those receiving their exam results – a fork in the road …
‘Remarkable’ new history of Radicals in America
August 6, 2015
The first complete and continuous history of left-wing social movements in the United States from the Second World War to the present has been written by an American historian at The University of Nottingham. Published on the eve of the first official presidential debate which takes place in Cleveland, Ohio today, Radicals in America is …
‘Thrill engineer’ takes to the air (literally) as BBC Coast presenter
July 9, 2015
The University of Nottingham’s Brendan Walker, described by The Times as ‘the world’s only Thrill Engineer’, makes his debut tonight as a presenter for the popular BBC TV show ‘Coast’. Brendan has a cool title… Professor of Creative Industries but is also Principal Research Fellow in our School of Computer Science. He takes to the …
National teaching recognition for art historian
June 11, 2015
Dr Gaby Neher, Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art is one of just 50 recipients nationally to be awarded a National Teaching Fellowship, which recognise outstanding achievement in learning and teaching in higher education. Here she talks about what teaching — and learning — mean to her and why her work to …
Marking the spot of an old Viking ‘parliament’
March 6, 2015
The site of one of the earliest known Assemblies or ‘parliaments’ in the UK has been officially put on the map after years of work by a scientist from The University of Nottingham. Professor Steve Harding has unveiled a new historical information board to mark the Viking ‘Thing’ or open air ‘assembly-place’ in the village …
Coeliac disease rates among young children has almost tripled in the last 20 years
January 29, 2015
The number of young children being diagnosed with coeliac disease in the UK has almost tripled in the last 20 years, according to research led by experts at The University of Nottingham. The study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood and jointly funded by the charities Coeliac UK and CORE, also found that …
University PhD student wins British Farming Award
October 24, 2014
A Plant Sciences PhD student is celebrating a big win at this year’s British Farming Awards. Alongside his studies in the School of Biosciences, Stephen Jones established The British Quinoa Company which grows quinoa on his family farm in Shropshire. Stephen has won the Arable Innovator of the Year Award which recognises pioneering farming science …
Care home fall prevention initiative wins innovation award
October 23, 2014
A pioneering tool to help prevent falls among people in care homes developed by The University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and Nottingham CityCare Partnership, has won an award at the inaugural East Midlands Innovation in Healthcare Awards. The awards, launched by the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN), recognise and celebrate the …
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