Pharmacy students ‘get down to business’
December 9, 2014
How does a pharmacy student learn to cope with the reality of running a business – coping with calls from doctors, nursing homes, patients and out of hours practice alongside the day-to-day leadership and management challenges? At The University of Nottingham students are to benefit from the unique experience of ‘running’ their own pharmacy business …
Tomorrow – Woman’s Hour talks to Professor Laurie Cohen
November 20, 2014
From the ’90s to now: shedding light on women’s careers Professor Laurie Cohen from the Nottingham University Business School will be on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour programme tomorrow about her new book Imagining Women’s Careers. It is the story of 17 self-employed women and their journey from the recession-hit Britain of the ’90s …
Women inspiring women
November 13, 2014
Did you know that in the UK only 13% of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects are occupied by women? And that our of all the Computer Science students in the UK, only 18% are female? On Saturday (15th Novermber), the School of Computer Science at the University, will be hosting a …
Get into ‘The Conversation’
November 7, 2014
Here in the University’s press office we are encouraging more academics to get involved in writing articles for The Conversation, an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public. As a founding partner of The Conversation UK, the University wants to generate as much support …
University PhD student wins British Farming Award
October 24, 2014
A Plant Sciences PhD student is celebrating a big win at this year’s British Farming Awards. Alongside his studies in the School of Biosciences, Stephen Jones established The British Quinoa Company which grows quinoa on his family farm in Shropshire. Stephen has won the Arable Innovator of the Year Award which recognises pioneering farming science …
Nottingham graduates get the most desired jobs
October 8, 2014
According to a recent survey by networking site LinkedIn, Nottingham graduates are amongst the best at moving into jobs that they really want. When students apply for university, they generally go because they want to get jobs – good jobs that they actually want. By analysing employment patterns of over 300million Linkedin members from around …
Statement on ICCE qualification
September 26, 2014
In response to a blog on The Guardian website (25th September 2014), regarding the International Certificate of Christian Education (ICCE) qualification: “It appears that many UK universities accept this qualification. The UK NARIC (National Recognition Information Centre, which works on behalf of the UK government) has advised us and the sector on the equivalency of …
Off to a flying start
September 24, 2014
Students and staff will have the opportunity to see The University of Nottingham’s hot air balloon in all its glory as part of this week’s welcome activities. The G-NUNI Hot Air Balloon crew will have a stand at University Park between 10am – 4pm on Thursday 25 September as they are keen to promote the …
Latest update on the fire at Jubilee Campus
September 15, 2014
The University of Nottingham’s Registrar Dr Paul Greatrix said: “We are terribly saddened by the major fire at our Jubilee Campus on the evening of Friday September 12, which completely destroyed our new GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry which was still under construction. “We are incredibly grateful to our staff and students for their fantastic …
Hot air balloons take flight this weekend
August 28, 2014
The University of Nottingham’s hot air balloon is heading to Chatsworth this weekend for the annual Chatsworth Country Fair. In past years it has made a spectacular sight over one of our much loved stately homes. Among the people flying balloons this weekend will be alumnus Robin Macey. He’s kindly sent us some of the …
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