Lindsay Brooke
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University nursing students and staff join Florence Nightingale Parade
May 8, 2014
Students and staff from The University of Nottingham’s School of Health Sciences are to join nurses, midwives and carers from across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in a parade celebrating the life of Florence Nightingale. Raised in Derbyshire, The ‘Lady with the Lamp’ has a rich association with the county, having advised on the redevelopment of the …
Asia research news 2014 now live
April 24, 2014
Asia Research News 2014 is now live and features three research projects from The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. ResearchSEA – Asia Research News promotes news and expertise from Asia. The latest round up of the year’s top research stories includes: Page six – Natural protections for tropical fruits prolong shelf life. Page 26 – Crossing …
A year of celebrations to mark 10 years in China
April 23, 2014
The next 12 months will see a series of events in China and the UK to “celebrate the past, showcase the present and imagine the future”, as The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China (UNNC) marks its tenth anniversary. The celebrations began on Sunday 13 April with a show-stopping opening ceremony featuring a wide variety of student …
Life in space – new opportunities for research
April 22, 2014
The European Space Agency (ESA) is selecting new experiments to float in microgravity, 400 km above the planet on the International Space Station (ISS). To encourage scientists to come forward Dr Nathaniel Szewczyk an expert in molecular medicine from the School of Medicine at The University of Nottingham recorded an interview specially for the ESA to talk …
Vet student makes CBEEBIES big time
April 17, 2014
Bugs and little beasties will feature in a new TV series fronted by third year Vet School student Jess French. With TV credits such as Springwatch to her name Jess is no stranger to broadcasting but this is the first TV series of her own. ‘Minibeast Adventure with Jess’ will prove you don’t have to …
Celebrations begin to mark 10th anniversary of China campus
Celebrations have begun to mark the 10th anniversary of The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) – the first foreign independent university campus to be established in China. UNNC opened its doors to students in 2004 and was officially opened in February 2006. A series of events are planned over the next 12 months to …
Talk on underutilised crop impresses UK plant scientists
April 15, 2014
One of the two prize winners at this year’s UK PlantSci event was Presidor Kendabie. He was speaking in the ‘Future generations’ session. Presidor caught the audience’s attention with his talk on the underutilised crop, Bambara groundnut. This year’s annual UK PlantSci conference was held at the University of York and included over 30 speakers and 160 attendees …
TEDx event is huge success
Sir Peter Mansfield was the star of the biggest TEDx event ever staged at The University of Nottingham. Students queued up for autographs or to be photographed alongside the Nobel Prize winner. Sir Peter was among 12 invited speakers at the sell-out event, staged at Jubilee Campus. The University of Nottingham physicist was awarded the …
Lifting the lid on the secrets of self storage – BBC Two 9pm tonight
April 14, 2014
Self storage bosses, compulsive collectors and observers including Nottingham’s Professor Louise Crewe feature in a BBC Two documentary series tonight. Louise Crewe, Professor of Human Geography at The University of Nottingham features in tonight’s episode of the new BBC Two documentary series ‘Business Boomers’ that looks at businesses which have bucked the recessionary trend and …
University of Nottingham ’roundtable’ on Ukraine crisis
If you didn’t manage to get to the ’roundtable’ discussion on the crisis in Ukraine here’s the video. The cross-disciplinary Q&A event took place on Wednesday 9 April 2014. On the panel were: Dr Nick Baron, an expert in modern Russian and Soviet history from the Department of History. Dr Maria Ryan, a lecturer in American History in the Department of …
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