Lindsay Brooke
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#AnalyzeMyData campaign looks at the way personal data is being used
January 27, 2016
Tomorrow (Thursday 28th January) is Data Privacy/Protection Day 2016 and experts in the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at The University of Nottingham are launching a Twitter based campaign to look at the way personal digital data is being used and analysed by companies, government, third-sector organisations and academics. The aim of the #AnalyzeMyData campaign …
Would the REAL ninth planet please stand up?
January 22, 2016
Blog by Dr Julian Onions, Post Graduate Research Student, School of Physics and Astronomy You may remember back in 2006 there was a big furore as Pluto was demoted from planet-hood to be an also ran or dwarf planet. There were good reasons for doing this. Lots of small objects had been discovered around where …
Knowledge Exchange, Impact and Media Awards 2016 – entries are open
January 5, 2016
Entries are open for the 2016 Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards – they close on 20 February. Details on how to enter can be found on the awards website. The awards dinner will take place on Thursday 5 May. There are ten awards this year including two new ‘Media Awards’. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Greenaway, …
At 46 years-old is a Christmas pudding still edible?
December 18, 2015
A 46 year-old Christmas pudding is to go under the microscope to find out if it really would be good enough and safe enough to eat. Discovered by a family clearing out the home of their late relative the Christmas pudding was brought into the Microbiology Investigation Centre (MIC) in the School of Biosciences at …
Is it a world record? High hopes for hula hooper.
December 16, 2015
Rhona Mackay, a student from the University of Nottingham, is waiting confirmation that she has become a world record holder for hula-hooping at the highest altitude ever – 6,057m high on top of a volcano in Peru. Rhona, who is from Warrington, joined a group of 18 Peruvian and international charity workers from a Peruvian …
Monitoring the climate change talks
December 10, 2015
Academics at The University of Nottingham have been keeping a close watch on the climate change talks in Paris. Brigitte Nerlich, Professor of Science, Language and Society, and Dr Warren Pearce, a Research Fellow on the University of Nottingham’s Making Science Public programme are part of an international team covering the summit with their Media Watch Blog: http://www.climatematters.hamburg/media-watch-blog/about-our-blog/ Meet …
Secretary of State visits Nottingham
December 4, 2015
The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Secretary of State for Education, visited Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology (NUAST) and met teacher trainees at the University’s School of Education. Ms Morgan was shown around NUAST by Bob White, Principal, and talked to students working on a range of science and engineering projects including the …
Hold the front page! New awards to recognise media engagement.
Entries are now open for the 2016 Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards. This year two new ‘media awards’ are included in the line up. The ‘media awards’ have been established to recognise the contribution made by academics who successfully use the media – print, broadcast, online, social – to inform and educate and even entertain …
‘Call to Action’ on agricultural diversity and feeding a ‘hotter’ world
On Monday, Paris will be the venue for a ‘call to action’ on agricultural diversification `to feed a hotter world’. It will be one of the many events taking place in Paris alongside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Scientists from Crops for the Future (CFF) and partners, including The University of Nottingham …
Nottingham balloon – a taste of summer!
November 23, 2015
As we felt the first blast of winter this weekend how nice to remind ourselves of the lovely autumn we’ve just enjoyed. Here’s a collection of images of The University of Nottingham Balloon – often seen on University open days – in flight over Chatsworth in September. Team Janet – The University of Nottingham Hot Air Balloon …
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