Harry Potter and the Rosetta Stone
March 6, 2015
Never underestimate the Potterheads at The University of Nottingham. It started with a simple idea to celebrate the different languages our staff and students speak: let’s film people reading from different translations of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. When I posted a call for volunteers on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr I expected a handful of …
Legal compliance podbriefings
November 11, 2014
The University of Nottingham has created a series of videos designed to inform and raise awareness of important legal topics and issues of compliance amongst university staff. Each video contains an interview with a practising lawyer who is an expert in the relevant field and who explains the law (current at the time of filming) …
Prestigious award nomination for Periodic Table of Videos
April 11, 2012
As if the University’s Periodic Table of Videos wasn’t successful enough already, the series has now been nominated for a top internet award. The Webby Awards honour excellence on the internet – and the Periodic Videos have fought off tough competition to make the final five of the reality video category. The Periodic Table of …
YouTube sensation: Nottingham students’ vortex cannon video goes viral
March 22, 2012
Fancy checking out a video of University of Nottingham students playing with a homemade vortex cannon? If the answer’s yes – you’re not alone. In the last two days, the video from University Radio Nottingham’s The Science Show has leapt from around 30,000 views to well over 250,000. To see exactly why so many people have …