Lindsay Brooke
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Richard III and the rewriting of history- but whose history?
March 25, 2015
There have surely been few cities who have endured as much scrutiny as Leicester has been subject to in the course of the past week. Thrust into the limelight almost by accident, because of a historical battle near Bosworth in 1485, this very modern and multi-national city, faced a very medieval problem when archaeologists discovered …
Want to experience life as a science journalist?
March 19, 2015
Would you like to discover, first hand, what it’s like to work as a science journalist on a national newspaper, a television news desk or Nature News? How you like to send up to six weeks embedded with a national news organisation or programme making team? This year, for the first time, The University of …
Winter rye cereal challenge
March 9, 2015
For the sixth year running, students from six UK colleges and universities are rising to the challenge of growing the best plot of winter rye in the 2015 Cereals Challenge. Located at Patrick Dean Farms, Boothby Graffoe in Lincolnshire, the site of the 2015 Cereals event, six plots of rye have been official ly handed …
Sailing spiders
February 17, 2015
There’s something weird happening in the Spider Lab at The University of Nottingham. Spiders are taking to the water and ‘sailing’. This remarkable feat was observed by Dr Morito Hayashi when he was studying the activity of money spiders. Head of the University’s Spider Lab is Dr Sara Goodacre. The spider’s ability to ‘sail’ came as a …
£600,000 initiative will help save lives across the East Midlands
January 30, 2015
A ground-breaking project to reduce the risk of patients being prescribed the wrong medication is set to be rolled out across 150 East Midlands GP practices. Thousands of people across the East Midlands – including elderly and vulnerable patients – will benefit from the initiative, called ‘PINCER’. ‘PINCER’ stands for Pharmacist-led INformation technology intervention for reducing Clinically important ERrors …
Great British Railway Journeys drops in on University
January 21, 2015
With his trusty Bradshaw’s Railway Companion in hand Michael Portillo dropped in on The University of Nottingham on his way from Derby to Grantham last summer in his quest to learn more about that well-known high street chemist John Boot and his son Jesse. The presenter of the popular BBC Two tavelogue series ‘Great British …
Help for victims of Malaysian floods
January 8, 2015
Staff and students from The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) have just returned from the flood hit towns of Kuala Lipis, Kuala Krau and Kerdau in the state of Pahang where they delivered food, water and supplies. Ilham Mithali, from the IT support office at UNMC, coordinated the collection: “Donations of cash and kind came pouring …
Vets in the Community – new clients welcome
January 6, 2015
The student run Vets in the Community service opens for business again on the 14 January 2015. The vet clinic, which offers free medical help for pets owned by the vulnerable and homeless in Nottingham, was set up three years ago and has provided care for over 300 pets – cats, dogs, rabbits, even a …
Expert reaction to Ebola case in Glasgow
December 29, 2014
A healthcare worker recently returned to Glasgow from Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola. Molecular Virologist Professor Jonathan Ball is fielding media enquiries. He said: “Given the scale of the problem in Sierra Leone there was always the risk that UK volunteers could become infected. This is tragic news for the brave volunteer, but …
Lessons learned in the 10 years since the Boxing Day Tsunami
December 22, 2014
The morning of the 26 December 2004 seemed like the start to a good day. It was Boxing Day, the day after Christmas Day, and foreign tourists were enjoying the sun and beautiful Thailand beaches. The Thai people were looking forward to welcoming in the New Year. They were unaware that a huge earthquake in …
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