And they’re off!
June 3, 2015
This year’s Nottingham Life Cycle team will be setting off on their first challenge on Friday morning –a gruelling 170 mile hike from Bridlington to Morecambe, known as ‘The Way of the Roses’. As most people will now know, during the first four Nottingham Life Cycles, teams of riders rode almost 5,000 miles and climbed a …
Remembering WW1 hero Jacob Hardy Smith
For almost 100 years, the name Captain Jacob Hardy Smith has been on permanent display on the marbled corridors of the University’s Trent Building. If you’re a member of staff or a student, chances are you’ve probably walked past it countless times without ever giving it a second glance. Jacob is one of more than …
Has Sepp Blatter lost his moral authority? Following the FIFA president’s fifth re-election, Professor Stephen Mumford asks if the footballing power player has lost control of his followers.
June 2, 2015
There is something noble about sport that is worth preserving. As Bernard Suits argues in The Grasshopper (Broadview Press, 3rd edn 2014), ‘The playing of games involves a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles’. That we participate willingly suggests that we think there is something of intrinsic value in playing. We are also interested in …
SABMiller sponsors new brewing research fellows
June 1, 2015
The University’s research into improving the brewing process from field to pint glass has been strengthened by the appointment of two new fellows as part of a scheme sponsored by industry giant SABMiller. Dr Guillermina Mendiondo and Dr David Jenkins in the School of Biosciences are the recipients of the Barry Axcell Fellowships in Brewing …
Insects: A solution for Global Food Security?
May 29, 2015
For many people in the UK the idea of eating insects remains the in the realms of the popular reality show, ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’. However, worldwide, insects represent an integral part of the diet of over two billion people. Not only can they provide much needed energy, they offer a …
UNESCO education report unveiled at World Education Forum in Korea
May 27, 2015
Former Prime Ministers Gordon Brown (UK) and Julia Gillard (Australia) were among panelists at the recent World Education Forum 2015, debating recommendations in a new UNESCO report, co-chaired by an education expert from the University of Nottingham. Other high profile delegates among the 1500global education leaders, ministers, policy-makers, UN agencies and teachers at the four-day event, which was held …
The Mediterranean crisis – is not like the slave trade.
May 20, 2015
An open letter signed by more than 250 academics and experts on slavery and migration from around the globe, has condemned the EU’s efforts to prevent migrants from leaving the North African coast saying this does not constitute a noble stand against the evil of slavery, or even against ‘trafficking’. In fact, they say, the …
Digital storytelling experience to uncover the hidden stories of Venice
May 19, 2015
Visitors to an international art exhibition can uncover the hidden stories behind one of Italy’s most iconic cities through their GPS-enabled smartphone, thanks to a project by The University of Nottingham which blurs the boundaries between digital and the arts. The project ‘Hidden Stories of Venice’ has been developed as part of EM15, a new …
Nottingham students among the BBC’s top 50 ‘Conservation Heroes’.
May 11, 2015
Veterinary School student Jess French and Lucy McRobert who graduated in 2012 have joined esteemed wildlife experts and campaigners such as Jane Goodall, David Attenborough, Chris Packham and HRH Prince William on the BBC’s very first list of top conservation heros. The BBC’s Wildlife Power List recognises people who they think will change the way …
Paul McCartney recalls the day Wings ‘dropped in’ on The University of Nottingham
May 7, 2015
Driving home last Sunday afternoon listening to BBC Radio 2’s ‘Johnnie Walker’s Sounds of the 70s’ (yes that dates me!) I heard the veteran DJ musing about the year Wings kicked off their ‘Wings over America Tour’. Before that there were a number of small warm up gigs – and the first stop on the Wings …
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