Queen’s birthday message is etched on Corgi hair
April 20, 2016
Etched on a strand of Corgi hair it has to be the Queen’s tiniest birthday message. To celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th birthday scientists based in the new Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre in the School of Chemistry etched their birthday wishes using a beam of Gallium ions. The hair was kindly donated by Cracker and CJ …
Going the distance
April 19, 2016
Marathon season has begun and this weekend it’s the iconic London Marathon. Well done to everyone who is competing on getting this far, and the very best of luck – particularly if you’re planning to attempt it dressed in a hot, heavy and generally unsuitable fancy dress costume! Leading expert Roger Kerry, of the Division of Physiotherapy …
How do children in conflict and the refugee crisis respond to their situations?
April 15, 2016
For children who move from their countries of origin to new countries, there are many risks, challenges and opportunities. Professor Ravi Kohli, a Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Bedfordshire will be visiting The University of Nottingham next week to hold a public lecture and workshop looking at the notion that children who …
Nottingham HOUSE front page news in top building magazine
April 14, 2016
It was one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by architecture students at The University of Nottingham and today it made the front cover of Housebuilder, the leading magazine magazine for residential development and regeneration. Here’s the article. The Nottingham HOUSE (Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy) was Britain’s entry in the very first Solar …
The Panama Papers – an expert reviews the news
April 13, 2016
Tommaso Faccio, an expert in accounting and corporate tax, from Nottingham University Business School, has been in the media a great deal of late talking about the Panama Papers scandal. Visit the Business School website. Want to know more about tax avoidance? Read his article published on The Conversation below…. What are ‘tax havens’? …
EU students vital to regional economies and jobs, according to Universities UK study
A Universities UK analysis, based on 2011–12 student number figures, indicates that EU students at UK universities generate £3.7bn for the UK economy and support over 34,000 jobs in all corners of the country. The new analysis looks at the impact of EU students across all regions and nations of the UK. Currently, there are around 125,000 …
Panama Papers: why we’re looking at global corruption the wrong way
April 12, 2016
By Professor Paul Heywood from The School of Politics – writing for The Conversation Although the size and scale of the Panama Papers leak was shocking, the offshore dealing they revealed was hardly a surprise. After all, many organisations, including Transparency International, Global Witness, Action Aid, Christian Aid, Corruption Watch, and Tax Justice Network have …
Back to the ‘wild’ – Nottingham BBSRC Wheat Research Centre opens
The new Nottingham/BBSRC Wheat Research Centre has been officially opened by ‘super woman of wheat’ and influential advocate for wheat research and science Jeanie Borlaug Laube. Jeanie is the daughter of Norman E Borlaug who received a Nobel Prize for his lifetime of work to feed a hungry world. She toured the glasshouses at The University …
Dr Jem Bloomfield answers the Big Questions
April 7, 2016
Dr Jem Bloomfield Assistant Professor of Literature in the School of English, talks about his first experience with the media – on the BBC1 show – The Big Questions. This Sunday I found myself on the outskirts of York, recording a TV show. This was a slightly unexpected situation for me, which began a few …
The benefits of multilingualism to be explored thanks to new funding
The University of Nottingham is to be part of a major new research project which will look at the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative. At a time when more than half the world’s population speaks more …
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