Nottingham alumni ready for Boxing Day University Challenge
December 21, 2016
University of Nottingham faces are set to come under pressure from Jeremy Paxman in a festive edition of University Challenge. Programme makers announced a festive series of the popular quiz show with well-known alumni representing universities instead of current students. The Nottingham team will take on The University of Bristol on Boxing Day at 6.20pm …
Hundreds graduate alongside inspirational leaders
December 15, 2016
Black gowns and mortar boards have filled University Park as part of Winter Graduation ceremonies. Hundreds of students, as well as proud families and friends, watched the ceremonies in the newly opened David Ross Sports Village. Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, presided over the ceremonies. He said: “Graduation is a unique occasion, not …
Athletes and baronesses to join Nottingham graduands
December 5, 2016
Olympic medallists and Baronesses will be the guests of honour at The University of Nottingham’s Winter Graduation ceremonies next week. The ceremonies will take place between Tuesday 13 December and Friday 16 December and this year will take place in the newly opened David Ross Sports Village. Hundreds of students will gather alongside a number …
Artcodes take the advent calendar into the digital age
November 25, 2016
It’s a long time since children were satisfied with a printed picture when they prized open the doors of their advent calendar. They have grown to expect some kind of treat – a sweet or toy – as well. But the advent calendar has moved on again – into the digital age. Computer scientists at …
University A Cappella Group faces the music in ‘The Choir’ – Tuesday BBC Two 9pm
November 3, 2016
In his latest search for undiscovered singing talent Gareth Malone came to The University of Nottingham to audition RadioOctave – the University’s student A Cappella group. It’s a few months since Gareth’s visit to University Park, which has been kept under wraps until now. RadioOctave did well and were picked to feature in episode 2 …
Women less likely to negotiate salary on first job than men
October 25, 2016
Following a recent survey by the Complete University Guide which showed male graduates earned a higher starting salary than their female counterparts in many fields, Professor Susan Marlow, from the Haydn Green Institute, University of Nottingham discusses why this disparity occurs and why women are bucking the trend in STEM subjects. The Complete University Guide …
NOTTINGHAM APPRENTICES FIGHT IT OUT FOR TWO TOP JOBS
October 6, 2016
Tonight Rebecca Jeffery, a graduate in American and Canadian Studies at The University of Nottingham, will start her bid to become Alan Sugar’s 2016 Apprentice and the chance to invest £250,000 of his money. But Rebecca isn’t the only University of Nottingham student fighting it out for a job with the big British firm. Three agriculture students in the …
Nottingham alumni in full voice for the Ryder Cup
September 28, 2016
A group who admit to being ‘hopelessly obsessed golf fans dedicated to securing Ryder Cup victory for Team Europe via the power of song’ are serenading their heros once again this year. Inspired by the heroics of Sam Torrance’s Belfry winning team of 2002 ‘The Guardians of the Cup’ are an a cappella group composed largely of …
Christmas Lectures – The Royal Institution assistant required
August 25, 2016
Christmas might seem a long way off but The Royal Institution (Ri) is already gearing up for the festive period! The Institution is looking for an assistant with scientific knowledge to work on this year’s Christmas lectures – Britain’s most prestigious public science lectures. Marking 80 years of television history, since the world’s oldest science …
Proud father in his 100th year attends researcher’s graduation day
July 20, 2016
A very special guest accompanied University of Nottingham researcher Jane Horne to her graduation ceremony when she was awarded her doctorate this week. Jane’s proud father Joe Tunney is in his 100th year — due to celebrate his centenary in January — was among the audience who watched his daughter graduate with a PhD in …
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