The Death of David Bowie
January 11, 2016
Dr Nick Stevenson, Reader in Cultural Sociology – talks about the pop icon following his sad passing I woke up on Monday morning to the shocking news about the death of David Bowie. The previous Friday his new album ‘Black Star’ had been released and over the weekend I had been listening to the music. …
Nit-picking idea scoops top business prize
December 16, 2015
A team of enterprising scientists from the School of Pharmacy who have devised a way to detect and treat head lice, have scooped top prize in a business competition for biotechnology start-up companies. The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) sees early-career researchers from biosciences develop skills and learn about taking their research into the marketplace. It …
NIM – Nottingham’s first microfilm festival is almost upon us – don’t miss out!
October 13, 2015
Don’t miss your tickets for the first Nottingham International Microfilm Festival (NIM) which intends to introduce a Chinese film industry phenomenon – microfilm – to new audiences . You can still get your tickets now by visiting – www.nimfestival.com Running in venues across Nottingham from 15 – 20 October 2015, the Festival has attracted award-winning …
Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
October 9, 2015
Katie Donington is currently a Research Associate on the Antislavery Usable Past project in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at The University of Nottingham, and is Co-director of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights. In this blog, she looks forward to an upcoming event with David Olusoga on Monday 12 October. …
Research in the School of Geography makes ‘Top 20 in the UK’
October 1, 2015
Research by the School of Geography has been included in a list of Top 20 Impact Stories from REF2014. The UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) has included the School’s research on global climate change as one of the strongest in the UK in terms of impact on international development because it shows ‘how UK …
Five cities, four days, three sleeps, two wheels, one man….
August 21, 2015
Environment Manager Gavin Scott is once again hopping on his bike to raise money for Life Cycle, and this year appears to be his biggest challenge to date. Here he writes about his preparation for his big challenge, all in aid of dementia research…. “With just over three weeks until I set off on my Thunderbird …
How shared reading could be helping to bring back memories for people with dementia
August 13, 2015
A book is a truly magical thing. It has the ability to transport you to another time or place and to instantly evoke memories of where and when you first perused a particular paperback or finished a favourite novel. Now, a new partnership between The University of Nottingham and Nottingham City Council is harnessing the …
University history professor in Countryfile farming feature
June 11, 2015
A University academic is to appear on BBC’s Countryfile this weekend discussing the origins of an ancient method of agriculture which is still employed by a village in north Nottinghamshire today. Viewers will see presenter Matt Baker interviewing Professor John Beckett, of the Department of History, during a visit to Laxton near Newark, the last …
Remembering when…Albert Einstein visited the University – and was late!
June 5, 2015
Eighty-five years ago tomorrow (6 June) the most famous physicist, mathematician and philosopher of all time, Albert Einstein, paid a visit to The University of Nottingham. Einstein’s visit was arranged by the then Head of Physics, Professor Henry Brose. Professor Brose was an authority on the Theory of Relativity and had translated many of Einstein’s books …
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 …
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