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. …
Please support the University’s #MeantToBe campaign
August 3, 2015
As many of you will be aware, the University is placing a strong focus on student recruitment over the coming year. To kick start this, the External Relations team has recently launched a campaign based around the hashtag #MeantToBe, which will be running prior to, during and after A level Results Day. Its aim is …
Harry Potter and the Rosetta Stone
March 6, 2015
Never underestimate the Potterheads at The University of Nottingham. It started with a simple idea to celebrate the different languages our staff and students speak: let’s film people reading from different translations of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. When I posted a call for volunteers on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr I expected a handful of …
Professor Robert Winston gives lecture – ‘Manipulating Human Life’
March 3, 2015
On Wednesday 25 February, Professor Robert Winston visited The University of Nottingham to discuss ‘Manipulating Human Life’, as part of an INSPIRE: Academic Medicine Society lecture. Robert Winston, Professor of Science and Society, Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College and member of the House of Lords, discussed a range of topics touching on the ethics …
Legal compliance podbriefings
November 11, 2014
The University of Nottingham has created a series of videos designed to inform and raise awareness of important legal topics and issues of compliance amongst university staff. Each video contains an interview with a practising lawyer who is an expert in the relevant field and who explains the law (current at the time of filming) …
Broadcast news camera goes live
May 13, 2014
Jeff Randall, business correspondent, alumnus, and Council member, officially opened The University of Nottingham’s new Media Hub today. He was joined by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Greenaway, members of Council and academic colleagues. The new facility will be managed by the Communications team, which acts as liaison between the media and the University’s 3,000-strong community …
Charnwood University of the Third Age – photography visit
March 19, 2014
Malcolm Coulton, Photography Group Leader from Charnwood U3A, got in touch earlier this year to ask if they could spend a morning taking pictures on Jubilee Campus. He said: “We are Charnwood University of the Third Age , a national organisation for retired people to continue learning. Charnwood has nearly 1000 members and operates some 80 different …
Prestigious stateside trip for Nottingham’s green chemistry expert
February 25, 2014
The University of Nottingham’s green chemistry expert and YouTube star Professor Martyn Poliakoff has recently returned from a prestigious visit to the US and Canada, as part of a mission to showcase the excellence of UK science. Professor Poliakoff accompanied David Willetts, the Minister of Universities and Science, in his capacity as Foreign Secretary of …
Whole life sentences – what is to be done?
January 24, 2014
Whole Life Sentences and the Tide of European Human Rights Jurisprudence: What Is to Be Done? Writing in the Human Rights Law Review Dirk van Zyl Smit, Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at The University of Nottingham, together with Pete Weatherby QC, and Simon Creighton, Solicitor discuss the type of review now required …
Our 2013 Video Highlights
December 30, 2013
2013 has been our busiest year yet for video; our team has been all over the world capturing a wide variety of stories to share, tracking rare, endangered elephants from the depths of the Malaysian rainforest, to sailing the icy Norwegian fjords on the world’s largest replica Viking longship. We couldn’t fit it all in, …
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