Is it a world record? High hopes for hula hooper.
December 16, 2015
Rhona Mackay, a student from the University of Nottingham, is waiting confirmation that she has become a world record holder for hula-hooping at the highest altitude ever – 6,057m high on top of a volcano in Peru. Rhona, who is from Warrington, joined a group of 18 Peruvian and international charity workers from a Peruvian …
Nit-picking idea scoops top business prize
A team of enterprising scientists from the School of Pharmacy who have devised a way to detect and treat head lice, have scooped top prize in a business competition for biotechnology start-up companies. The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) sees early-career researchers from biosciences develop skills and learn about taking their research into the marketplace. It …
‘Call to Action’ on agricultural diversity and feeding a ‘hotter’ world
December 4, 2015
On Monday, Paris will be the venue for a ‘call to action’ on agricultural diversification `to feed a hotter world’. It will be one of the many events taking place in Paris alongside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Scientists from Crops for the Future (CFF) and partners, including The University of Nottingham …
Ten students, three days, one book.
November 19, 2015
Last week, ten first-year English students accepted the challenge of writing and producing a book in just three days. It may sound like an impossible task but the School of English ‘Book Sprint’ was a student-led response to a wider academic debate, examining the future of academic publishing, as part of National Academic Book Week. …
Physiotherapy and sport rehabilitation students raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young
November 17, 2015
Physiotherapy and sport rehabilitation students at The University of Nottingham have been working as house cleaners, sports massage therapists and even butlers to raise vital funds for a charity that helps young people diagnosed with life-threatening cardiac conditions and bereaved families. The campaign is in memory of Alexandra Reid, daughter of a physiotherapy lecturer in …
Celebrating the beauty of the earth through art
November 10, 2015
A community event at Sutton Bonington campus is to bring together art and science in a celebration of the natural world. The Vet School will be throwing open its doors to the public from 9am to 2pm today (Wednesday November 11) for the event taking place in The Atrium, which will be based on the theme …
Vet School teacher is ‘Top social media influencer’
October 15, 2015
Associate Professor Liz Mossop from the Vet School has been named as a ‘top social media influencer’ by the social technology body JISC. Liz has already won two Dearing Awards for her outstanding teaching here and has been pioneering the use of social media in her role leading undergraduate teaching and assessment, to great effect. …
Calling all EPSRC science photographers
October 13, 2015
Do you have an eye for imagery that captures the scientific weird and wonderful or those Eureka moments? Would you like to share your photos to support excellence and promote outstanding UK engineering and physical sciences research? If so you might want to take part in the EPSRC 2015 Science Photo Competition. Launched today it runs …
Have your cake and rate it!
October 8, 2015
As 13 million of us sat down to watch the final of the Great British Bake Off 2015 last night two academics at The University of Nottingham were putting the final touches to a cake survey – all in the name of research of course! Khaled Bachour and Nils Jaeger in the School of Computer Science …
Academics and PhD students go behind the scenes at the BBC
September 18, 2015
A big thank you to the BBC – particularly Jo Davies from BBC Radio Nottingham and weather forecaster Anna Church – for a fascinating tour of the BBC in Nottingham last night. The visit was arranged by the University’s Media Relations team for the winners of the press release writing competition which was held earlier …
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