Equine vet champion wins major RCVS award
March 28, 2019
A leading UK expert in equine surgery who has led an evidence-based campaign on decision-making in colic in horses has won a prestigious award from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Professor Sarah Freeman, from the University of Nottingham’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, is being given an Impact Award from the RCVS which …
Modern slavery abolitionist wins Inspirational Women Award
March 8, 2019
Professor Zoe Trodd, Director of the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab, has won a Notts Inspirational Women Award. Zoe was nominated by colleagues at the University for her outstanding leadership of the Rights Lab and the transformative impact of her work to eradicate modern slavery. Professor Trodd received her award at a ceremony at Nottingham …
From Kurdistan to Nottingham – celebrating top Maths honour
February 28, 2019
Celebrating the Fields Medal awarded to Nottingham’s former PhD student Caucher Birkar – the medal is the highest honour in mathematics and the first such medal awarded to a UK mathematician in the last 20 years The University of Nottingham has recognised the remarkable achievements of PhD alumnus, Caucher Birkar, who studied at the university after …
A royal date for Helen Laverty MBE
February 1, 2019
On Thursday 31st January 2019, Helen Laverty, Professional Lead for Learning Disability Nursing in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, was at Buckingham Palace to receive her MBE from the Duke of Cambridge, after being recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Helen is a passionate advocate and supporter for those living with a learning …
Learning disabilities ambassador is named on inspirational leaders list
December 3, 2018
A learning disabilities ambassador in the University’s School of Health Sciences has spoken of her surprise and delight at being named among the UK’s top learning disability leaders. Emily Smith who has Down’s syndrome, has been named in the top 15 of the first Dimensions Learning Disabilities and Autism Leaders List in the category of …
University honours inspirational local volunteers
October 26, 2018
The University of Nottingham has recognised the outstanding voluntary efforts of a number of local alumni and residents at its annual Supporter Reception. From increasing awareness about the impacts of slavery at local heritage sites to raising thousands of pounds for the University’s breast cancer research programme, the activities the volunteers support are wide-ranging. Over …
Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE is made an Honorary Professor
September 17, 2018
Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE has accepted an Honorary Professorship with the Rights Lab and the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. Baroness Young is an author, former actress and member of the House of Lords. In 2004 she was appointed an independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords …
From Hawaiian snail trail to Broadcasting House
July 9, 2018
When the plight of Jeremy the lonely ‘lefty’ snail made international headlines for the first time in October, it was up to his scientist Dr Angus Davison, an evolutionary geneticist in the University’s School of Life Sciences, to use the media to explain why the plight of this one-in-a-million gastropod could help us to understand …
Thinking Room exhibition at Nottingham Lakeside Arts wins a World Illustration Award
June 18, 2018
Carol Adlam, artist-in-residence at Nottingham Lakeside Arts, has won the World Illustration Awards 2018 in the Research Professional Category for the exhibition Thinking Room. Thinking Room, completed during Carol’s residency from 2016-2017 — which was supported by Arts Council England Resilience Funding — places artefacts from the University of Nottingham Museum into an alternative vision …
Nottingham Professor receives highest academic honour in Northern Ireland
June 1, 2018
Professor Thomas O’Loughlin from the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham has been appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. The Academy has been honouring Ireland’s leading contributors to the world of learning since its establishment in 1785. Members are elected for their exceptional contribution to the sciences, …
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