‘Playing to win’ – highlights from Karren Brady’s lecture
March 28, 2015
Karren Brady CBE, Baroness of Knightsbridge and star of BBC’s The Apprentice, visited the University to deliver the first ever Chancellor’s Lecture on Thursday 26 March. Introduced by Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir David Greenaway, the lecture touched on a number of fascinating issues, with Baroness Brady sharing experiences from her unique career and giving insightful views in …
And the winner is…? Just exactly who came out fighting in the first televised election battle – Professor Steven Fielding gives his views
March 27, 2015
In one corner, the old school pro, whose reputation precedes them and who can do no more than repeat their long-established, hammy, act. In the other, a plucky outsider many ridicule for being amateurish and simply not up to the job. But enough of Jeremy Paxman and Kay Burley, who hosted The Battle for Number …
The ethics of Dr Who’s diet
March 26, 2015
Dr Kate Stewart from The University of Nottingham and her co-author Dr Matthew Cole at the Open University offer some food for thought on the 10th anniversary of 21st century Dr Who On 26th March 2005, the BBC began broadcasting the first series of Doctor Who since the original show was cancelled in 1989. The show …
Richard III and the rewriting of history- but whose history?
March 25, 2015
There have surely been few cities who have endured as much scrutiny as Leicester has been subject to in the course of the past week. Thrust into the limelight almost by accident, because of a historical battle near Bosworth in 1485, this very modern and multi-national city, faced a very medieval problem when archaeologists discovered …
Is the sun really starting to shine? Professor Wyn Morgan from The School of Economics looks at last week’s budget.
March 24, 2015
There is always something of a different feel about the build up to a pre-election budget. Where does the economics end and the politics begin and indeed is there any economics in it at all? Given the recent era of austerity, last week’s budget was perhaps even more eagerly anticipated than others but ultimately from …
Dr Miwa Hirono – the University expresses ‘extreme disappointment’ at Home Office decision
March 23, 2015
“The University of Nottingham is extremely disappointed that one of its most promising and talented academics, Dr Miwa Hirono, will be leaving the UK to take up a post overseas following the Home Office’s decision that she and her family are no longer welcome in the country. “We are saddened by the decision of the Home …
10-year-old Italian PTOV fan meets her idols
Since launching their hit YouTube channel in 2008, the team behind the Periodic Table of Videos (PTOV) has become an internet sensation and developed a global following of millions. And earlier today (Monday March 23) they were given the chance to bring chemistry to life for one of their youngest fans face-to-face, after she travelled …
Guardian University Award for sustainability project
March 20, 2015
The University of Nottingham has won the award for best Sustainability Project at the Guardian University Awards 2015. The Helium Recovery and Recycling Initiative won the Sustainability Project award for increasing the efficiency of energy consumption at the University. At current usage rates Helium reserves are estimated to be exhausted by 2050: a potential disaster for science and …
Want to experience life as a science journalist?
March 19, 2015
Would you like to discover, first hand, what it’s like to work as a science journalist on a national newspaper, a television news desk or Nature News? How you like to send up to six weeks embedded with a national news organisation or programme making team? This year, for the first time, The University of …
Solar Eclipse 2015: what you need to know
March 16, 2015
It’s the biggest solar eclipse in the UK since 1999 and is set to plunge some parts of the country into near darkness on Friday morning. PhD student Rebecca Kennedy from the School of Astronomy and Physics gives the low down on what you need to know about this celestial phenomenon — and how you …
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