TimeOutKL award adds to list of accolades for fast food sensation
January 2, 2014
Alumni from The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus are hoping 2014 will be as successful as 2013. Their special recipe for fast food Malaysian style has cooked up rack of awards. They’ve added TimeOutKL’s award for Best Western Restaurant 2013 to their growing list of accolades. MyBurgerLab, in Petaling Jaya, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur …
BBC’s Matthew Bannister launches New Theatre appeal
November 14, 2013
This weekend, the award winning Nottingham New Theatre (NNT) welcomes BBC broadcaster and Nottingham alumnus Matthew Bannister to an event to launch a new ‘seat naming’ appeal. Remarkably for a university with no dedicated drama or theatre related course the NNT is the only entirely student run theatre in the country. Since 1969 the theatre …
Concept house showcases fuel poverty technology
October 16, 2013
TV’s Dick Strawbridge was at The University of Nottingham this afternoon giving a key note speech to mark the official opening of the last ecohouse to open on Green Close – a ‘living lab’ of specially designed houses built to test and research different aspects of modern methods of construction and sustainable and renewable technologies. …
#freshersweek sexism – what do you think?
September 25, 2013
This blog post on sexism at universities during Freshers’ Week was originally published on Dr Jeremy Bloomfield’s Quite Irregular blog last week. Since it was published, Dr Bloomfield has received various responses. Megan Clark wrote a piece about her experience of sexism in her first week at university, and he published another piece refuting suggestions that …
News from the week in brief
September 19, 2013
Very brief This week at the University our researchers have seen great success. Experts have been able to speed up and improve the diagnosis of cancer tissue during surgery as well as reduce unnecessary surgery and another Nottingham research project has found that altruistic or selfless behaviour is an attractive trait in a potential sexual …
Elite student nurse reflects on the first National Junior Leadership Academy
September 17, 2013
An elite group of 17 student nurses have recently completed the first part of the first ever National Junior Leadership Academy (NJLA) established by The University of Nottingham. The NJLA aims to support nursing students to construct a leadership identity early in their careers, equipping them to target the challenges they are likely to face …
News from the week in brief
Very brief Last week we were rather busy here in the press office – here’s what happened. Last Thursday, BBC Radio 5 Live dedicated 12 hours of programming to the national energy debate in ‘Energy Day’ at which Nottingham experts played a key part. Nottingham’s School of Contemporary Chinese Studies awarded its first honorary professorship …
News from the week in brief
September 5, 2013
Very brief This week at The University of Nottingham a scientist’s research into the ‘hidden half’ of plants has been recognised by the Royal Society and the best way to use GP ‘fit notes’, is being studied by Nottingham researchers. Also in the news this week, a successful partnership has seen the collaboration of the …
News from the week in brief
August 29, 2013
Very brief This week The University of Nottingham has welcomed the new Governor of the Bank of England on to campus. Scientists have shown that psychotic symptoms experienced by people with schizophrenia could be caused by a faulty ‘switch’ within the brain. Researchers have also found that three-year-olds who display hyperactivity, inattention or conduct problems …
News from the week in brief
August 22, 2013
Very brief There has been a lot going on at the University this week. Funding for pioneering research is at an all-time high with academics securing over £170m worth of grants in the last year. A report from Nottingham’s School of Geography has shown that more than 40% of bank and building society branches have …
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