World Water Day 2020
March 20, 2020
This year’s United Nations (UN) World Water Day comes as the world is facing unprecedented times during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Before the outbreak, this year’s focus was on water and climate change and how the two are inextricably linked. “Adapting to the water effects of climate change will protect health and save lives. Using …
Sustainability – are we missing a crucial part of the Earth?
September 25, 2019
Blog written by Dr Franziska Schrodt, from the University’s School of Geography Widespread concerns about the impacts of climate change and issues around sustainability of resource use have resulted in these topics being much more present in the media than even a few years ago. Inspiring members of the public, such as Greta Thunberg, further …
Nottingham named among world’s 10 best green universities
June 26, 2015
The University of Nottingham is ranked among the 10 best green universities in the world, according to DesignCurial. Out of a survey including thousands of universities across the globe, the University was ranked 9th in the world, with the ranking taking into account green architecture, innovative green technologies and other green initiatives a university takes …
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 …
Planning for The David Ross Sports Village is rejected
January 22, 2015
The University’s plans to build a new £40m sports centre have been brought to a halt when a planning application was rejected by Nottingham City Council yesterday. The Registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix responds to the decision: “The decision smacks of hypocrisy. Given the number of mature trees, including 40 on University Boulevard, felled by the City …
Latest update on the fire at Jubilee Campus
September 15, 2014
The University of Nottingham’s Registrar Dr Paul Greatrix said: “We are terribly saddened by the major fire at our Jubilee Campus on the evening of Friday September 12, which completely destroyed our new GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry which was still under construction. “We are incredibly grateful to our staff and students for their fantastic …
Best of the blogs: May
May 23, 2014
Student life: revision tips you may not have heard before! As the exam period is in full swing, student blogger Ollie takes us through some of his unusual tips for revision. There is method to his madness as he explains why he likes to scribble along illegibly as he reads over his work, or outlines how 10-hour long …
Best of the blogs 24-30 March
March 31, 2014
Homesickness! How will you handle it? A new blog, International Student Life, aims to help describe Nottingham student life for an International student, by an International student. Anthony Olatunji Akerele describes the feelings of homesickness he experienced when arriving in Nottingham – something which literature and information he read before coming to study here had not …
Concept house showcases fuel poverty technology
October 16, 2013
TV’s Dick Strawbridge was at The University of Nottingham this afternoon giving a key note speech to mark the official opening of the last ecohouse to open on Green Close – a ‘living lab’ of specially designed houses built to test and research different aspects of modern methods of construction and sustainable and renewable technologies. …
Taking shelter in Nottingham city centre
February 7, 2013
Architecture students from The University of Nottingham have constructed their pavilion built from shipping pallets in Market Square, Nottingham. The creative and sustainable way of helping us shelter from the elements is the work of 2nd year students in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment. Originally built for this year’s Ecobuild Exhibition – the world’s …
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