Mathematicians take research to Parliament
March 9, 2018
Five mathematicians from the University of Nottingham are heading to Parliament on Monday to present their mathematics research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of STEM for BRITAIN. Research fellows Dr Claire Mcllroy and Dr Paul Knott and PhD researchers Emily Mitchell, Linda Irons and Elizabeth Holden were …
Nottingham Women Expert Network
March 8, 2018
Nottingham Women Expert Network (N-WEN) is a new network designed to boost the visibility of the many talented women at Nottingham who have expertise to share. Why? Because women are still under-represented in the media and we need to change that Because getting your voice heard helps you move on in your career: research shows …
Breaking the silence on World Hearing Day
March 3, 2018
On World Hearing Day 2018, Dr Melanie Ferguson, from the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, shines a light on the world-leading research taking place here in the field of mild to moderate hearing loss. The hearing experts are planning to launch their own regular blog this Spring to spread the word about their life-changing work …
Plant cell research gets Gold!
March 2, 2018
Innovative plant research from a team of scientists from the University of Nottingham has been given a gold prize for best original article by The Plant Journal. An editorial board at The Plant Journal voted for the winning research article – Cell density and airspace patterning in the leaf can be manipulated to increase leaf …
Nottingham subjects continue to be among the best in the world
March 1, 2018
Subjects taught at The University of Nottingham are once again among the best in the world according to a new league table. This year’s ‘QS World University Rankings by Subject’, features Nottingham in the top 150 in 39 of the 43 subjects surveyed. The ranking also features 23 Nottingham subjects in the global top 100, …
PM launches review into post-18 education and funding
February 19, 2018
Political and Public Affairs Unit Briefing Background This afternoon (Monday February 19) at Derby College, the Prime Minister formally launched the long-awaited ‘major review’ into post-18 funding and education. First announced in the Conservative Party Manifesto ahead of the General Election in May last year, disagreements over the scale and scope of the review are …
Snapshots of success
Building blocks for a lighter future – that was the title of the photo which bagged third place in the Innovation category in this year’s EPSRC science photography competition. The winner, Sam Catchpole Smith, is a third year student at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing, The image features …
Science gets hands-on at curious city festival
Scientists from the University of Nottingham were wowing the crowds this weekend in the city centre with exciting practical experiments and activities that included foaming elephant’s toothpaste, invisible ink microbes and worms in space! The activities were all part of this year’s Festival of Science and Curiosity returning for a fourth year, running from 14-21 …
New Medical School collaboration with China’s first state-run Medical College
A new partnership for scientific research and medical education has been established between the University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine and the first state-run medical school in China – Shanghai Medical College at Fudan University. The partnership was launched recently at the 1st Fudan-Nottingham International Medical Education Symposium at Fudan University where a Memorandum of …
10 years of working together: Santander Universities and University of Nottingham
February 15, 2018
A partnership with Santander Universities to support students, research and businesses is celebrating a decade of success. The University of Nottingham joined the partnership programme in 2008 and since then it has received support via scholarships, internships and new ventures. Ten years on they celebrated the partnership with a special event held at the Ingenuity …
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