Boats, planes and robots – all in a day’s work for a mechanical engineering student.
June 8, 2015
This year’s University of Nottingham Mechanical Engineering Design and Make Exhibition features prototypes that pedal bicycles, machines to help clean your room, unmanned aerial measuring systems and an autonomous sail boat. Students on the MEng Mechanical Engineering courses work in groups of four to develop a prototype or product through the “professional” design cycle from ‘Statement …
Nottingham students among the BBC’s top 50 ‘Conservation Heroes’.
May 11, 2015
Veterinary School student Jess French and Lucy McRobert who graduated in 2012 have joined esteemed wildlife experts and campaigners such as Jane Goodall, David Attenborough, Chris Packham and HRH Prince William on the BBC’s very first list of top conservation heros. The BBC’s Wildlife Power List recognises people who they think will change the way …
Paul McCartney recalls the day Wings ‘dropped in’ on The University of Nottingham
May 7, 2015
Driving home last Sunday afternoon listening to BBC Radio 2’s ‘Johnnie Walker’s Sounds of the 70s’ (yes that dates me!) I heard the veteran DJ musing about the year Wings kicked off their ‘Wings over America Tour’. Before that there were a number of small warm up gigs – and the first stop on the Wings …
Puppy power eases exam stress
May 1, 2015
Long queues gathered outside Portland Building today as students sought a little respite from the stress of exams. The attraction – the chance to de-stress with the aid of a little pet therapy. Twenty one young guide dogs descended on The University of Nottingham today to help students cope with exam stress. The Law Society’s …
London to Paris on two wheels for Vets in the Community
Vet and postgraduate, Emma Drinkall, got an official send off from fellow students at The University of Nottingham’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science this morning before heading to London for the start of the London to Paris cycle ride. Emma, from Loughborough, only started riding the 5 miles to University less than a year ago. But she …
Basil puts vertical farming and hydroponics to the test and helps raise funds for Nepal
April 28, 2015
Two hundred and sixty three specially grown pots of Basil went on sale today to raise money for the victims of the Nepal earthquake. The crop is part of a new hydroponics research project being carried out by an undergraduate student at The University of Nottingham. BEng Architectural Environment Engineering student Matt Woodward has spent the …
Quakerism in Mansfield – an audio tour
April 25, 2015
Dr Frances Knight, Associate Professor in the History of Modern Christianity in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, discusses the launch of an audio trail exploring the history of Quakerism in Mansfield. George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (popularly known as the Quakers) had religious visions while living in Mansfield in the 1643s, and …
Nottingham is number one for job prospects
April 24, 2015
The University is celebrating after being named number one for job prospects at last night’s Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2015. From a poll of more than twenty thousand students across the UK, Nottingham was named the best for giving students the best employment prospects when leaving uni. Unlike other university tables, the Whatuni rankings are …
Victory March for Nottingham sport
April 9, 2015
Wednesday afternoons are already synonymous with sport for many students but Wednesday 25 March 2015 will be remembered as a big day for University of Nottingham Sport for many years to come. The culmination of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) season, BUCS Big Wednesday saw four University teams claim national championship victories in …
Winter rye cereal challenge
March 9, 2015
For the sixth year running, students from six UK colleges and universities are rising to the challenge of growing the best plot of winter rye in the 2015 Cereals Challenge. Located at Patrick Dean Farms, Boothby Graffoe in Lincolnshire, the site of the 2015 Cereals event, six plots of rye have been official ly handed …
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