Walking the Robin Hood Way to help detect breast cancer early
June 7, 2016
As the University’s Life Cycle 6 team recovers from 170 miles in the saddle to warm up for the main event in August, Denise Kendrick, Professor of Primary Care Research in the School of Medicine, is about to put on her walking boots and gearing up for her own gruelling challenge to support the charitable …
….mission accomplished! Life Cycle 6 team complete 170 warm up.
June 6, 2016
Gruelling but great fun – that’s the verdict of the Life Cycle 6 warm up. Every picture tells a story and there are plenty of those in the gallery below! The team of 32 University of Nottingham staff, students and friends cycled the Way of the Roses this weekend to help raise £1 million for life-changing breast …
…and they’re off – Life Cycle 6 heads off on 170 mile warm up!
June 3, 2016
A team of 32 University of Nottingham staff, students and friends set off this morning to cycle the Way of the Roses to help raise £1 million for life-changing breast cancer research. The team are riding Britain’s most popular coast-to-coast cycling challenges – a very hilly 170-mile route from Bridlington, through the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds and Lune …
The Queen asks for her tiniest birthday message to be kept for posterity in the Royal Library
June 2, 2016
The glass corgi which contains a strand of corgi hair etched with the Queen’s tiniest 90th birthday message is to be kept by the Royal Library at Windsor. A letter from Buckingham Palace to Professor Andrei Khlobystov and everyone at the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre at The University of Nottingham thanked them for their …
World-leading Institute of Hearing Research joins The University of Nottingham
May 31, 2016
The Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, based in Nottingham, has become part of The University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine. The world-leading Institute’s Scottish Section, the Medical Research Council/Chief Scientist Office Institute of Hearing Research, is also transferring to the University, although will remain based in Glasgow. The MRC Institute of Hearing …
Banana skins and bank notes… why engineering and development go hand in hand
May 24, 2016
It is fitting that while he was carrying out fieldwork in Ghana Dr Michael Clifford was given the news that he had won an award for Internationalisation. Dr Clifford, an associate professor in Engineering at The University of Nottingham, has been recognised by Universitas 21 for his long-term dedication to the furthering of international education. …
Imagining a dementia-friendly University of Nottingham
May 18, 2016
This week The University of Nottingham will become a dementia-friendly institution. Professor Justine Schneider, Professor of Mental Health and Social Care, in our Faculty of Social Sciences, writes about this official recognition of the University’s commitment to raise awareness, improve working practices and pioneer world-class research to tackle this debilitating condition. There is something apposite about a university – …
Off to the palace – a specially made glass corgi carries tiniest birthday message to the Queen.
Etched on a strand of Corgi hair it had to be the Queen’s tiniest birthday message. Now the unique 90th birthday message has been placed in a glass corgi – specially made by Clive Dixon, The University of Nottingham glassblower – and is on its way to the palace. To celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th birthday …
Eddie Izzard and me: Sore feet, ice baths and fundraising challenges
May 17, 2016
On Friday Eddie Izzard is coming to Nottingham Lakeside Arts with his show Force Majeure 333. Not only will he be delivering his stand up show in three languages (German, French and English) but 25 per cent of ticket sales will be donated to Life Cycle 6 – the University’s annual fundraising campaign, raising funds for …
DH Lawrence: Why we pay tribute to the man who valued education
May 11, 2016
D. H. Lawrence is often named as Nottingham’s most prominent literary figure. From his birth in the small mining village of Eastwood in 1885 to attending University College, Nottingham (now the University of Nottingham) from 1906-08, it is fair to say that Lawrence’s literary imagination was shaped by the area and its lively culture. He …
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