The UK’s approach to tackling corruption overseas examined by Nottingham expert
April 7, 2016
Paul Heywood, Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics at The University of Nottingham, has given evidence at the International Development Committee’s tackling corruption overseas inquiry. Professor Heywood is leading the British Academy/DFID Anti-corruption Evidence (ACE) partnership, a £3.6 million initiative to support leading international research teams to research and identify the most successful ways …
‘Ento-preneurs’ meet to tackle the future of protein in food and feed
April 6, 2016
The planet’s population is expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, and current food production will need to almost double. In 2013 the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organisation stressed that a new approach to food production was crucial if the human population is to avoid future shortages. Their suggestion: edible insects. Woven Network is the UK …
Notts MP shadows our scientist for a day
April 4, 2016
Last November, Research Fellow in neuroimaging, Dr Rebecca Dewey, left her lab to spend a week at the House of Commons shadowing Notts MP Lilian Greenwood as part of a Royal Society Pairing Scheme. Now the MP has had her return match, by spending a day in the lab in Nottingham to see for herself the …
A new literary play by a Nottingham academic explores witchcraft trials
March 24, 2016
The world-premiere of a play written by Brean Hammond, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, will take place at St Andrews’ Byre Theatre, St Andrews, in Fife this week. Noted playwright and Nottingham academic Professor Hammond, has written Ben and Jamie, which combines real events from the era to create a thriller involving witchcraft, King James VI, a poisoning …
Digitopia – a dancing digital wonderland – at Sadlers Wells this weekend
Ever wondered why it’s so fascinating to get involved in computer science? This Easter weekend London’s dance house Sadlers Wells presents a remarkable presentation of digital dance by Tom Dale Company’s Digitopia. The theme for this year’s Family Weekend is ‘storytelling’ and its capacity for introducing you into different worlds. What’s this got to do with The University …
The Ancientbiotics project – a new chapter
March 23, 2016
Exactly a year ago, Dr Freya Harrison from our Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, gave a talk at the Annual Conference of the Microbiology Society in Birmingham and lit the blue touch paper on a news story which went global within a few hours. Freya’s talk was about the rediscovery she and her colleagues, Dr Steve …
Sugar ‘extremism’ – it is vital to remember obesity is not caused by a single component of the diet.
March 18, 2016
Blog written by Professor Simon Langley-Evans and Dr Judy Anne Swift in the School of Biosiences, at The University of Nottingham. If obesity can be equated to domestic terrorism, then the current demonisation of sugar can be labelled dietary extremism. The Chancellor’s announcement of a levy on sugar-sweetened beverages is being hailed as a victory by those …
World-wide welcome? Plight of female refugees to be debated at Nottingham event
March 2, 2016
More than half a million of Syria’s refugees are thought to be pregnant, and many women make the dangerous passage to Europe alone or with young children: what physical and psychological challenges do they encounter on their journey? And what do they face when they arrive in new cities like Nottingham? On International Women’s Day, …
Weighing things up with The One Show
March 1, 2016
Physiology experts in the Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Medicine have been helping BBC TV’s The One Show solve a domestic mystery – how accurate are our bathroom scales? Dr Beth Phillips agreed to help the popular primetime show investigate five different, newly bought domestic bathroom scales, along with three keen and sporty students …
British Science Association Media Fellowship Scheme – entries for 2016 are open
February 25, 2016
British Science Association Media Fellowship Scheme – entries open for three University funded fellowships. Applications for these placements need to be made via the University of Nottingham entry form and close at midnight Wednesday 16 March. Would you like to experience life as a science journalist? Would you like to discover, first hand, what it’s …
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