University chaplain on BBC’s ‘Barely Legal Drivers’.
May 23, 2014
Take to the road on Monday night with University Chaplain Revd John Bentham. He’ll be appearing on the BBC Three series ‘Barely Legal Drivers‘ – the programme that films young drivers behind the wheel of the family car while they are totally unaware that their every move is being filmed by hidden cameras and watched …
Top 10 place for Nottingham in national poll of student experience
May 15, 2014
The University of Nottingham has entered the top 10 in a national survey asking students to rate their higher education experience. The Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey is an annual survey based on responses from more than 14,000 full-time undergraduate students across the UK and provides an alternative picture of student satisfaction to …
Best of the blogs 24-2 Feb/Mar
March 4, 2014
Centenary of the Students Union Vice-Chancellor David Greenaway reflects on the growing role of the SU at the University over the past 100 years as we celebrate the SU’s centenary this year. This picture is the 1923-24 committee – look how they’ve changed! Did you know Karni, the SU’s student-run charity, raised over £1.5 million …
So life-like it’s virtually alive
January 13, 2014
How do you tell if something is alive? The answer to this question should be fairly obvious, but a computer controlled starfish created by a Nottingham PhD student shows that reality isn’t always what it seems. Whilst Richard Brown was a Research Fellow at the Royal College of Art, he created the computer-controlled installation called …
The One Show meets the man who saved Kegworth crash victims
January 10, 2014
If you missed it go to BBC iplayer to hear Professor Angus Wallace talk about the moment he was reunited with two victims of the Kegworth aircrash. He also recounts the moment he was faced with carrying out a life saving operation in mid-air and gives a demonstration of how it was done. The account was …
25 Years on the BBC’s One Show talks to Kegworth crash surgeon
January 9, 2014
Professor Angus Wallace will appear on the BBC’s One Show tonight to talk about his research in the wake of the Kegworth air crash which led to improvements in flying safety. Professor Wallace, an expert in orthopaedic and accident surgery, experienced the disaster, on 8 January 1989, from two different perspectives. Twenty five years ago …
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. …
News from the week in brief
July 25, 2013
Very brief This week a team of high profile figures from the University are taking on a cycle challenge in aid of stroke rehabilitation research. The BBC is to launch a user experience research partnership with Nottingham University. Nottingham psychologists are investigating links between ADHD and children born very prematurely. The Economist has for the …
Picturing Politics: the Zapatista struggle
June 13, 2013
Picturing Politics, a blog produced by the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham is host to a series of audio and video clips featuring academics commenting on the political significance of a diverse range of images. The fourth post features Dr Adam Morton who examines the struggle of the Zapatistas, …
Leading scientists made Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham
May 24, 2013
Two Nottingham scientists whose discoveries led to the development of groundbreaking developments in medicine – the MRI scanner and ibuprofen – are set to become Honorary Freemen of the City. Sir Peter Mansfield, the British inventor of MRI, led a research team at The University of Nottingham between 1960 and 1993. Sir Peter was awarded …
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