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BBC’s Matthew Bannister launches New Theatre appeal

This weekend, the award winning Nottingham New Theatre (NNT) welcomes BBC broadcaster and Nottingham alumnus Matthew Bannister to an event to launch a new ‘seat naming’ appeal. Remarkably for a university with no dedicated drama or theatre related course the NNT is the only entirely student run theatre in the country.  Since 1969 the theatre …

News from the week in brief

Very brief This week we have won funding to tackle the most deadly cancer and more for arthritis pain, we’ve had a Hollywood star on campus, tweets from beyond the grave, a new architectural book, a tribute to “the father of rail human factors”, a machine which cuts almost any material, a global network event …

Network, Discuss, Collaborate

Carina Neil, of the Centre for International ePortfolio Development, outlines the success of the Ingenuity KnowledgeHub, which is helping to grow a new University business community. The University of Nottingham’s CIePD (Centre for International ePortfolio Development) won funding from Jisc in 2012 to deliver the Ingenuity KnowledgeHub, an innovative project making it easier for small …

“Bugger off and find a cure!”

He’s renowned for his individual sense of style and is never one to pull his punches. So when novelist Sir Terry Pratchett  bestowed a fellowship in his own name on University of Nottingham scientist Dr Chris Medway for his research into the neurodegenerative condition dementia it was a fair bet that his words of encouragement …

Dispelling student finance myths

Nottingham’s universities are teaming up this week to dispel misconceptions about the cost of entering higher education.  Concerned that many prospective students, do not have an accurate understanding of the new arrangements for fees and financial support, The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent are holding a joint information evening to coincide with National Student …