Queen’s birthday message is etched on Corgi hair
April 20, 2016
Etched on a strand of Corgi hair it has to be the Queen’s tiniest birthday message. To celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th birthday scientists based in the new Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre in the School of Chemistry etched their birthday wishes using a beam of Gallium ions. The hair was kindly donated by Cracker and CJ …
How do children in conflict and the refugee crisis respond to their situations?
April 15, 2016
For children who move from their countries of origin to new countries, there are many risks, challenges and opportunities. Professor Ravi Kohli, a Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Bedfordshire will be visiting The University of Nottingham next week to hold a public lecture and workshop looking at the notion that children who …
EU students vital to regional economies and jobs, according to Universities UK study
April 13, 2016
A Universities UK analysis, based on 2011–12 student number figures, indicates that EU students at UK universities generate £3.7bn for the UK economy and support over 34,000 jobs in all corners of the country. The new analysis looks at the impact of EU students across all regions and nations of the UK. Currently, there are around 125,000 …
Panama Papers: why we’re looking at global corruption the wrong way
April 12, 2016
By Professor Paul Heywood from The School of Politics – writing for The Conversation Although the size and scale of the Panama Papers leak was shocking, the offshore dealing they revealed was hardly a surprise. After all, many organisations, including Transparency International, Global Witness, Action Aid, Christian Aid, Corruption Watch, and Tax Justice Network have …
Back to the ‘wild’ – Nottingham BBSRC Wheat Research Centre opens
The new Nottingham/BBSRC Wheat Research Centre has been officially opened by ‘super woman of wheat’ and influential advocate for wheat research and science Jeanie Borlaug Laube. Jeanie is the daughter of Norman E Borlaug who received a Nobel Prize for his lifetime of work to feed a hungry world. She toured the glasshouses at The University …
The benefits of multilingualism to be explored thanks to new funding
April 7, 2016
The University of Nottingham is to be part of a major new research project which will look at the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative. At a time when more than half the world’s population speaks more …
The UK’s approach to tackling corruption overseas examined by Nottingham expert
Paul Heywood, Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics at The University of Nottingham, has given evidence at the International Development Committee’s tackling corruption overseas inquiry. Professor Heywood is leading the British Academy/DFID Anti-corruption Evidence (ACE) partnership, a £3.6 million initiative to support leading international research teams to research and identify the most successful ways …
Notts MP shadows our scientist for a day
April 4, 2016
Last November, Research Fellow in neuroimaging, Dr Rebecca Dewey, left her lab to spend a week at the House of Commons shadowing Notts MP Lilian Greenwood as part of a Royal Society Pairing Scheme. Now the MP has had her return match, by spending a day in the lab in Nottingham to see for herself the …
Sugar ‘extremism’ – it is vital to remember obesity is not caused by a single component of the diet.
March 18, 2016
Blog written by Professor Simon Langley-Evans and Dr Judy Anne Swift in the School of Biosiences, at The University of Nottingham. If obesity can be equated to domestic terrorism, then the current demonisation of sugar can be labelled dietary extremism. The Chancellor’s announcement of a levy on sugar-sweetened beverages is being hailed as a victory by those …
World-wide welcome? Plight of female refugees to be debated at Nottingham event
March 2, 2016
More than half a million of Syria’s refugees are thought to be pregnant, and many women make the dangerous passage to Europe alone or with young children: what physical and psychological challenges do they encounter on their journey? And what do they face when they arrive in new cities like Nottingham? On International Women’s Day, …
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