Operation gorilla – Central TV tonight
March 25, 2013
Last month vet school surgeon Dr Sandra Corr travelled to Africa to try and save the arm of a young gorilla who suffered gunshot wounds to his wrist after being caught in cross fire when his mother was killed by poachers. Sandra was part of a team led by Twycross Zoo. They were accompanied by …
Snow blog – from Dr Simon Gosling
March 22, 2013
Everyone is talking about us having the coldest March since 1962. Here are some facts and figures from climate expert Dr Simon Gosling in The University of Nottingham’s School of Geography. They are from notes he made for an interview tonight on BBC East Midlands Today. He’ll be live in the studio just after 6.30pm. …
Network, Discuss, Collaborate
March 20, 2013
Carina Neil, of the Centre for International ePortfolio Development, outlines the success of the Ingenuity KnowledgeHub, which is helping to grow a new University business community. The University of Nottingham’s CIePD (Centre for International ePortfolio Development) won funding from Jisc in 2012 to deliver the Ingenuity KnowledgeHub, an innovative project making it easier for small …
Dr Matt Goodwin: Explaining the collapse of the BNP
March 16, 2013
What happened to Nick Griffin’s BNP? Following their performance at the 2010 general election, cited as the strongest performance of a British far right party in history, the British National Party has suffered a sharp decline in support, seeing a drop from over 240,000 votes for the BNP in 2008 to fewer than 26,000 in …
Making an impact: Why political scientists should engage with the media…
March 14, 2013
Philip Cowley, Professor of Parliamentary Government, in the Faculty of Social Sciences, looks at the the reasons why scientists should be engaging with the media…”As there are costs to dealing with the media, it’s best to understand the many benefits. Once you do, the costs seem insignificant. I’ve listed eight, in roughly decreasing order of importance. …
All the news from the University in brief…
It’s been a busy week at Nottingham, and we were all excited to see the official installation of Sir Andrew Witty as our seventh Chancellor. There has also been a week of revelations from our research teams including the shocking statistics showing how children are exposed to a vast amount of tobacco though our own televisions. You can also …
German order of merit
March 13, 2013
Emeritus Professor, David Haslam Childs (picture left), has been awarded the Cross of the German Order of Merit in recognition of his outstanding academic and practical work in the field of reconciliation and friendship between Germany and the United Kingdom. The German Ambassador, Georg Boomgaarden, on behalf of the German President, Joachim Gauck, made the …
The Installation of the new Chancellor of The University of Nottingham
March 12, 2013
Sir Andrew Witty is officially installed as the University of Nottingham’s seventh Chancellor
Commissioned sculpture arrives on Jubilee Campus
It weighs six tonnes and took a crane to lift it into place at its new home on Jubilee Campus. House for a Gordian Knot, the newly commissioned sculpture for the Institute of Mental Health has finally arrived in Nottingham after an epic five-day journey by lorry from the Italian quarry where it was carved. …
David Bowie now…
March 11, 2013
Dr Nick Stevenson, reader in Sociology & Social Policy University Park, and author of David Bowie now, looks at the pop icon’s appeal in the run up to his eagerly anticipated album launch The media hysteria surrounding the news of David Bowie’s first album release in ten years and the excitement created by the Bowie …
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