Top 10 place for Nottingham in national poll of student experience
May 15, 2014
The University of Nottingham has entered the top 10 in a national survey asking students to rate their higher education experience. The Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey is an annual survey based on responses from more than 14,000 full-time undergraduate students across the UK and provides an alternative picture of student satisfaction to …
University Council member Asha Khemka awarded Damehood
March 19, 2014
The principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College and member of Council at The University of Nottingham has spoken of her pride at receiving her Damehood from HRH The Prince of Wales. Asha Khemka, who was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the New Year Honours List, …
Prestigious award for Nottingham professor
January 21, 2014
A Nottingham professor has been recognised for his services to social sciences with a prestigious award. Professor Paul Crawford has been elected as an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, the leading body for promoting the public benefit of the social sciences and comprises around 900 individual academicians representing nearly 90,000 social scientists in …
TimeOutKL award adds to list of accolades for fast food sensation
January 2, 2014
Alumni from The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus are hoping 2014 will be as successful as 2013. Their special recipe for fast food Malaysian style has cooked up rack of awards. They’ve added TimeOutKL’s award for Best Western Restaurant 2013 to their growing list of accolades. MyBurgerLab, in Petaling Jaya, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur …
Leverhulme prize for Irish and English drama expert
December 19, 2013
A University of Nottingham academic has been recognised as a rising star in the field of arts research. James Moran, Associate Professor in the School of English has won a Leverhulme Prize for his outstanding work on 20th century Irish and English drama. His research is particularly concerned with analysing the local particularities involved in …
Happy 80th birthday, Sir Peter!
October 15, 2013
In 1933, construction work began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, US President Franklin D Roosevelt took office and attempted to steer the country through the Great Depression, cinema audiences flocked to see Faye Wray in the classic movie King Kong and Germany’s Adolf Hitler began his inexorable rise to power. And, in …
Elite student nurse reflects on the first National Junior Leadership Academy
September 17, 2013
An elite group of 17 student nurses have recently completed the first part of the first ever National Junior Leadership Academy (NJLA) established by The University of Nottingham. The NJLA aims to support nursing students to construct a leadership identity early in their careers, equipping them to target the challenges they are likely to face …
Nottingham ranked 83rd in the world for its academic success
August 20, 2013
The University of Nottingham has been ranked 83rd in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Only 37 UK universities have made the top 500 cut. Nottingham sits at 9th within them. The ARWU is published on an annual basis by the Center for World-Class Universities, Graduate School of Education of Shanghai …
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 …
Leading scientists made Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham
May 24, 2013
Two Nottingham scientists whose discoveries led to the development of groundbreaking developments in medicine – the MRI scanner and ibuprofen – are set to become Honorary Freemen of the City. Sir Peter Mansfield, the British inventor of MRI, led a research team at The University of Nottingham between 1960 and 1993. Sir Peter was awarded …
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