Weighing things up with The One Show
March 1, 2016
Physiology experts in the Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Medicine have been helping BBC TV’s The One Show solve a domestic mystery – how accurate are our bathroom scales? Dr Beth Phillips agreed to help the popular primetime show investigate five different, newly bought domestic bathroom scales, along with three keen and sporty students …
British Science Association Media Fellowship Scheme – entries for 2016 are open
February 25, 2016
British Science Association Media Fellowship Scheme – entries open for three University funded fellowships. Applications for these placements need to be made via the University of Nottingham entry form and close at midnight Wednesday 16 March. Would you like to experience life as a science journalist? Would you like to discover, first hand, what it’s …
Tom Fielden, Science Editor Today Programme, is among the speakers at media workshop – places still available
Want to learn more about working with the media? The benefits of engaging with the media? What to do if your research hits the headlines? Tom Feilden, Science Editor at BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme will be joined by speakers from The Science Media Centre, the BBSRC press office and The Conversation for a media …
Major milestone for metabolic disorder charity
February 24, 2016
A charity established by a University of Nottingham research secretary after her baby son was diagnosed with a rare metabolic disease has recently awarded its 500th grant to families in need. Bekki Burns’ baby son Campbell was nine weeks old when his doctors delivered the devastating news that he was suffering with the terminal condition …
Pathways to Impact: giving evidence to a Government Select Committee
February 19, 2016
With a wealth of world-class research being carried out across The University of Nottingham, turning your academic research into a change in public policy can create a huge impact. But in a crowded market it can be a challenge to get your expertise noticed. So when you get an email one Thursday in January, asking …
Anti-corruption scheme led by Nottingham academic announces major projects
February 16, 2016
The British Academy has announced eight projects it will fund as part of its £4 million global anti-corruption research scheme, which is led by Paul Heywood, Professor of European Politics here at Nottingham. The scheme provides support for eight outstanding research teams, whose work will focus primarily on DFID priority countries where corruption is a major …
Ripples in time and space – the dance of death!
February 12, 2016
Want to know more about Gravitational Waves? Here’s some helpful info from Dr Julian Onions from the Nottingham Astronomy Group in the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Nottingham. It was quite a day for the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) team yesterday. They announced the first direct detection of gravity waves today. …
What do you Frink? Jeremy Corbyn drops in to see The University of Nottingham’s latest exhibition
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 …
The 5 Planet Waltz
February 4, 2016
If you are planning to get up early to see the brightest five planets all in alignment – an unusual sight but clear enough on a clear day before the sun rises to see with the naked eye – here’s some useful background information from astronomer Dr Julian Onions in the School of Physics and …
Cancer experts say more work needed to test benefits of proton beam therapy
Professor David Walker from our Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre is among a group of UK paediatric oncologists to caution that recent media reports have exaggerated the results of an American study of the benefits of proton beam radiotherapy in children with medulloblastoma. The team of leading experts are part of the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group …
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