Enjoy your meal — it’s sustainable!
July 3, 2012
Karen Knight, Commercial Business Manager in Commercial Services, outlines why the University’s commitment to bringing sustainably sourced produce to your plate is attracting recognition. Here at The University of Nottingham we hope that our continued passion for providing high quality produce is reflected on your plate whenever you are enjoying a meal at one …
Students past and future to represent GB hockey
July 2, 2012
Three alumni and one future student from The University of Nottingham have been chosen to represent Great Britain’s hockey teams at London 2012. After a career blighted by injury, Mathematics and Economics (2009) graduate Anne Panter has been selected in the women’s squad, while fellow alumni Rob Moore (Economics 2003) and Nick Catlin (History 2011) …
21-27 June: The big stories
June 28, 2012
The big news from The University of Nottingham this week is the Olympic Torch relay passing through our Jubilee Campus on Friday 29 June. And the University’s involvement in the relay doesn’t end there as four of the region’s torch-bearers are from the University. There’s also research news from the School of Psychology designed to …
Sorry Prime Minister, but the labour market is flat
June 26, 2012
Professor Bruce Stafford, from the School of Sociology and Social Policy, wades in on the PM’s plan to withdraw housing benefit for under-25s. In a major speech on welfare reform, the Prime Minister outlined a number of welfare reforms. The one reform that has received widespread publicity is that to abolish Housing Benefit for those …
Throw some shapes to welcome the Olympic Torch
June 22, 2012
Lakeside Arts Centre and Dance4 are the driving forces behind this Thursday’s Olympic Torch welcome performance at Nottingham’s Market Square. The piece centres around the Heroes of Nottingham – both mythical and actual. The performance also features a massed choir, cheerleader sequence, breakdance from QMX Academy, and a dance sequence led by Subtext. Audience members …
14-20 June: The big stories
This week’s recap of the big stories from The University of Nottingham kicks off with a new study into climate change which reveals that the world’s poorest countries may adapt better to the challenges. In other news, scientists at the University have discovered new clues about a potential weapon in the fight against a dangerous superbug which …
Was the Jubilee bad for business?
June 21, 2012
It was a party atmosphere in many places of the country, but was the extra June bank holiday to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee a cause for celebration among our business community too? The UK Business Barometer, an internet survey run by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI), has quizzed small- …
A new element in the Periodic Table… called Nottingham!?
June 20, 2012
Two new elements have been added to the Periodic Table: Flerovium and Livermorium. And, of course, the University’s Periodic Table of Videos has made the addition of Livermorium the subject of their latest video. The discoveries were made at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California – and that’s where Livermorium gets its name from. But …
World’s biggest book prize for Nottingham’s Jon McGregor
June 15, 2012
It’s a prize he has always dreamed of winning and now he is bringing it home to Nottingham. Jon McGregor, award-winning writer, Honorary Graduate and Honorary Lecturer at The University of Nottingham, is one of only three British authors ever to win the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the largest prize for a novel published …
New ‘flash’ journal to challenge how people think about art
People across the East Midlands are to be given a new way to engage with contemporary art, thanks to a new project from Postgraduate students at four of the region’s leading universities. Think Tank: The Flash Journal, which will be launched at a free event at Nottingham Contemporary on Wednesday 4 July, is aimed at …
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