Academic from UNMC publishes new book on medicinal plants
May 18, 2012
Prominent academic Dr Christophe Wiart, from The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC), has published his latest book Medicinal Plants of China, Korea, and Japan: Bioresources for Tomorrow’s Drugs and Cosmetics. Leading expert Dr Wiart has been studying the medicinal plants of China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and India for the last 16 years. He …
11-16 May: The big stories
May 17, 2012
This week there is news of the world’s largest study into pre-eclampsia – and it’s being led by experts at The University of Nottingham. There’s also news of the Wollaton Antiphonal returning to the Church it belongs to in digital form as part of the Turning the Pages project. And with May Fest, the University’s …
4-10 May: The big stories this week
May 11, 2012
This week’s round-up includes new of how the University’s athletes did at British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) VISA Outdoor Athletics Championships at the new Olympic Stadium. There’s also a rundown of the very best from this year’s May Fest programme which is happening on Saturday 19 May. As well as that, there’s news of …
Second ‘underpants bomb’ plot shows Al-Qaeda still dangerous
May 10, 2012
There have been two major news stories in the past week that seemingly give off opposing views on the danger posed by Al-Qaeda. To mark the first anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden last week, the US government authorised the release of seventeen documents captured in his compound in Pakistan. This selective handful …
Barometer view on the Budget
May 9, 2012
Now the dust has settled and the headlines on the ‘granny tax’ and ‘pastygate’ have subsided, businesses are left to ponder the potential impact of the latest Budget on their future fortunes. The Business Barometer, an internet survey run by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI), regularly gauges the opinion of …
Student athletes excel in Olympic Stadium
Three sports bursars led an outstanding effort from The University of Nottingham at the BUCS Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships this weekend. Held at the 2012 Olympic Stadium in London, 10,000 metre runner Ian Kimpton and high jumper Isobel Pooley secured gold medals, while Kike Oniwinde secured a bronze in a highly competitive women’s javelin competition. …
Town and Gown 2012: The results are in
May 6, 2012
After a full day of competitive matches across fourteen sports, the inaugural Town and Gown competition, perhaps fittingly, came down to the final set of the last match. As teams from The University of Nottingham and their opponents from across the City looked on, the City Rockets Volleyball team secured the win needed to tie …
University’s Periodic Table of Videos beats out big boys for top internet award
May 4, 2012
The Webby Awards are billed as the internet’s Oscars – they are about as prestigious as it gets. And the University’s Periodic Table of Videos has punched above its weight to bag the award in the reality online film category, over the stiffest of competition. The videos series, which has hundreds of thousands of hits …
25 April – 3 May: The big stories
Our news round up includes a report on the University’s collaboration with GSK to build and support the GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry. There is also a run down of the highlights scheduled for this month’s May Fest, the University’s free community open day. There’s also Olympic news involving a talented Nottingham PhD …
Welsh honour for Education professor
April 30, 2012
Congratulations go out to Professor W. John Morgan, UNESCO Chair of Political Economy and Education in the School of Education, who has been elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. Fellows of the society are defined as being “…persons resident in Wales, persons of Welsh birth who are resident elsewhere and others with …
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