Posts by Fraser
“The ultimate story of good versus evil” — Dr Faustus at Lakeside
May 12, 2014
Marlowe’s Dr Faustus is on at Lakeside Arts Centre’s Djanogly Theatre until Saturday 17 May. The below is taken from the Nottingham Post and you can buy your tickets online. Director Martin Berry describes his latest production Dr Faustus as “the ultimate story of good versus evil”. And so, if you’ve already seen Amazing Spider-Man 2, …
Entrepreneurship professor to help shape business ideas at Nottingham
March 26, 2014
The Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is further expanding its expertise thanks to the appointment of entrepreneurship expert Professor Dawn DeTienne. Professor DeTienne is based at the University of Colorado and will be contributing to the Institute – which is part of Nottingham University Business School – through her role as visiting professor. …
The Last Outing – improving end of life care for LGBT people
February 21, 2014
Dr Anne Patterson, Research Fellow in the Sue Ryder Care Centre for the Study of Supportive, Palliative and End of Life Care, gives an update on The Last Outing — a project to improve end of life care for LGBT people: We reported this time last year on a project which was just getting underway …
Helping students adjust to off campus life
October 14, 2013
The University of Nottingham is working with local residents, Broxtowe Borough Council, Nottinghamshire Police, Neighbourhood Watch and the Fire Service to welcome students to Beeston through two Evenings of Action. Targeting Beeston North on Monday 14 October and Beeston Central on Thursday 17 October, student ambassadors will be out with representatives from partner agencies to speak to …
It’s all about dementia…
October 10, 2013
Nottingham’s Tom Dening is celebrating his recent professorship with an inaugural lecture all about the disease he’s dedicated his career to — dementia. The lecture — Mrs Finch and the Fishbowl — concerns three journeys: Prof Dening’s own, the way in which current dementia research is heading, and dementia itself as a pathway from risk, …
Jackie Ashley: ‘very little support’ post-hospital for husband Andrew Marr
August 2, 2013
‘False economy’ in stroke care Andrew Marr’s wife Jackie Ashley has written in The Guardian about her husband’s stroke – and his aftercare. While she praises her husband’s hospital care, she believes that the support stroke survivors get when they go home, leaves a lot to be desired. She writes: ‘I’ve been contacted by many, …
UoN inventors made Honorary Freemen of the City
July 10, 2013
Two scientists whose discoveries while based in Nottingham led to the development of two groundbreaking developments in medicine — the MRI scanner and ibuprofen — became Honorary Freemen of the City on Monday. Sir Peter Mansfield was a lecturer, reader and professor at The University of Nottingham from 1960-93 where he invented MRI and his …
June 18, 2013
Michael Domokos, Senior Project Manager for Corporate Systems at the University, is undertaking a charity challenge that would leave even the very fittest saddle-sore… What made me sign up to something that would see my cycle 3,000 miles, climb 150,000ft (the equivalent of cycling up Everest 5 times) in the worst weather that we have …
Olympian Bryan Steel to raise aspirations at May Fest
May 16, 2013
From overweight troublemaker with learning difficulties to Olympic glory on two wheels – it’s been quite a journey for Beeston boy Bryan Steel. That’s why he is using his position as one of life’s high achievers to inspire others to find that thing – whatever it is – they are really good at. And, as …
Dr Ron Haylock 1944 – 2013
May 10, 2013
One of The University of Nottingham’s closest friends and supporters, Dr Ron Haylock, has died aged 68. An alumnus and a major benefactor to the University, Dr Haylock enjoyed a lifelong relationship with the University after graduating in 1968 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Dr Haylock served as a member of University Council from …