What do you Frink? Jeremy Corbyn drops in to see The University of Nottingham’s latest exhibition
February 12, 2016
The leader of the opposition party, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP, has visited The University of Nottingham. Mr Corbyn came to Nottingham University’s Business School this evening (Thursday 11 February 2016) to deliver a talk to Nottingham students and invited Labour supporters. Prior to the talk, he made time to see the Elisabeth Frink …
A New World Order – The importance of the Gulf War then and now
January 15, 2016
Twenty five years ago the Gulf War was crucial for the future of the international world order. Dr Louise Kettle from the School of Politics & International Relations discusses the legacy which still remains significant today. Twenty five years ago, on 17th January 1991, the offensive operations of the Gulf War began. A coalition of 39 …
British Academy appoints Paul Heywood to lead on major global anti-corruption research project
December 9, 2015
The British Academy has appointed Paul Heywood (Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics at the University of Nottingham) to lead on its global anti-corruption research project. The announcement was made today, Wednesday 9 December, to coincide with International Anti-corruption Day. The circa £4 million scheme was launched in March 2015 in partnership with the …
Nottingham academic experiences life at Westminster
December 7, 2015
Research Fellow in Neuroimaging at the University of Nottingham, Rebecca Dewey, recently returned from a week at the House of Commons in Westminster. The visit in November was part of a unique pairing scheme run by the Royal Society – the UK’s national academy of science – with support from the Government Office for Science. During …
Hold the front page! New awards to recognise media engagement.
December 4, 2015
Entries are now open for the 2016 Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards. This year two new ‘media awards’ are included in the line up. The ‘media awards’ have been established to recognise the contribution made by academics who successfully use the media – print, broadcast, online, social – to inform and educate and even entertain …
Virginia shootings – America’s Unexploded Bombs
August 27, 2015
Blog by Peter J. Ling Professor of American Studies, head of the Department of American & Canadian Studies, member of the Centre for Research on Race and Rights. Author of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Routledge Historical Biographies). Vester L. Flanagan II, also known as Bryce Williams, explained his killing of two former TV station colleagues in …
‘Remarkable’ new history of Radicals in America
August 6, 2015
The first complete and continuous history of left-wing social movements in the United States from the Second World War to the present has been written by an American historian at The University of Nottingham. Published on the eve of the first official presidential debate which takes place in Cleveland, Ohio today, Radicals in America is …
Richard E Grant, the Iron Duke and me
May 7, 2015
The University’s Dr Richard Gaunt can be seen this Sunday on BBC Two talking about one of the most iconic Britons in history – the Duke of Wellington. Revered as the victor of Waterloo, Wellington went on to twice serve as prime minister. As Richard, Associate Professor of History, explains on Wellington: The Iron Duke …
Predicting the 2015 election result using the ‘Wisdom of the Crowds’.
May 6, 2015
A few words of wisdom on predicting the result of tomorrow’s election from Graham Kendall – Professor of Computer Science at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. The 2015 UK General Election looks like being one of the closest, and hardest to predict, for many years. With 650 seats being contested, one party needs to …
Red Ed’s Manifesto? Professor Steven Fielding looks at Labour’s manifesto
April 13, 2015
Political manifestoes are infamously fallible guides as to what a party will actually do if it wins office. That is especially true in these uncertain times when policies might have to be traded away as the price of forming a coalition government. But a manifesto can still tell us something about what a party stands …
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