Running for Nottingham
September 25, 2017
Hundreds of runners from the University of Nottingham donned their trainers and took to the city streets for the Robin Hood Marathon events yesterday. A team of staff, students, alumni and friends of the university took part in the running events which included the mini-marathon, half marathon and full 26 mile race, while raising money …
Farewell Professor Sir David
September 20, 2017
A series of events and special celebrations are taking place to mark the retirement of Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. Sir David’s tenure as Vice-Chancellor is the culmination of a thirty-year commitment to the University of Nottingham and he has led the institution with great distinction at a time of …
Ex-Chief Constable teaches businesses about change
Ex-Chief Constable Sue Fish OBE, is bringing the weight of her extensive experience working in the public sector to provide concrete real-world examples and advice to small and medium size business owners in an event hosted by the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics. “During my policing career change was a constant. Whether that was …
New funding for Antimicrobial Resistance research
September 15, 2017
Research into new ways to tackle antimicrobial resistance has been given a boost as the University of Nottingham is one of the universities set to benefit from a £2.85m investment from the Medical Research Foundation. New scientists will explore ways to tackle antimicrobial resistance through a new PhD training programme by the Medical Research Foundation, …
Nottingham’s magic
September 14, 2017
One is a Russell Group institution with a world-class reputation and the other is a fictional British school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, but there are more than a few similarities between the University of Nottingham and Hogwarts. Our short video explains the similarities. We have our own quidditch team We have a …
University joins new agreement to strengthen UK-China space education and culture relationship
September 8, 2017
The University of Nottingham has signed a partnership agreement with leading space scientists from the UK and China which aims to enrich each nation’s space education and space culture activities. The two nations are already working together under the UK-China Joint Laboratory Programme in Space Science and Technology, which was established in 2016 and is …
National Teaching Fellow status for Biosciences professor
This year’s Higher Education Academy (HEA) National Teaching Fellowships have been announced and Dr Fiona McCullough in the School of Biosciences has been awarded this prestigious accolade in recognition of her outstanding work in dietetics training and development for healthcare professionals. The new NTFs have been selected from the three participating nations – Wales, Northern …
The world comes to Nottingham
September 5, 2017
The University of Nottingham is celebrating a week of global partnerships honouring high profile guests from around the world. An unprecedented number of international delegations will be held both on the University’s campuses in Nottingham and in London this week. Connections with China have started with a visit from Mme Xu Yafen, Chair of the …
NUAST celebrates its best ever GCSE results
August 24, 2017
Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology (NUAST) is celebrating its best ever GCSE results with amazing individual achievements and very strong overall figures. NUAST students have achieved well above the national average across all subjects with Maths, Science and Engineering results proving to be particularly strong. Early indications suggest that NUAST may be in the …
Why I chose Nottingham: Lucy
August 14, 2017
As part of our round up of good news and as thousands of teenagers prepare to get their A-level results we’ve asked five current students to share their experiences of life at Nottingham. In the fourth of these blogs Lucy shares her experience of Clearing. I study Physiotherapy BSc at UoN and I am in …
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