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The Much Needed London Getaway Weekend
February 8, 2016
This blog was first published on the Student Life blog and is written by Olivia, a pharmacy student. You can see Olivia’s past blogs here. First off, apologies for not blogging in the longest time. I have been busy with a couple of things: Going home for Christmas Revising for exams Losing my mind Exams …
Pharmacy School Research Blog Aug-Oct 2015
January 26, 2016
Welcome to our latest edition of the Pharmacy School Research Blog, highlighting the exciting and innovative research carried out in the School. You can read more about our recent research activities in the School of Pharmacy Journal Aug-Oct 2015 Professor Phil Williams, Director of Research Revealed: Helicobacter pylori’s secret weapon Discovered in 1982, Helicobacter pylori (H. …
Nit-picking idea wins top business prize
December 18, 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 …
Learning from our students
November 30, 2015
Dr Li-Chia Chen writes about her experience leading the ‘Teaching Project’ on our new fourth year Integrated Pharmaceutical and Patient Care module. This module is my first experience of facilitating problem-based learning and peer teaching on such a big scale (240 students). The thing that has really excited me during this module has been witnessing …
Summer School Placements
November 5, 2015
As the days are getting shorter and daylight saving starts, it’s official….. Freshers’ week is over and the real work in the University starts. While the temperatures are slowly falling, I can bet my bottom dollar, or should I say pound, that the third years are starting to feel the heat when it comes to …
U21 Summer School in Mexico
September 21, 2015
Low budget Healthcare: What the U21 Summer School in Mexico taught me Despite our best efforts as Pharmacy students, terminologies like QALY might sometimes seem a bit of a blur through those 9 am lectures after a whole night of binge-watching Mad Men or Gossip Girl. However it is hard to miss words like ‘managing …
Completion of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Targeted Therapeutics
August 27, 2015
Ten years ago, the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy embarked on a new adventure in pharmaceutical sciences with the creation of a Centre for Doctoral Training in Targeted Therapeutics. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and AstraZeneca, it was the first CDT to be established in direct collaboration with an …
The School of Pharmacy Research Blog May-July 2015
August 3, 2015
Welcome to the Pharmacy School research blog which covers updates from our research activity including all the developments on advances in research and also publications and press releases in the pharmaceutical sciences Caterpillar fungus could hold the key to relieving the pain of osteoarthritis Dr Cornelia de Moor and her team have a three-year grant …
The expanding role of pharmacists?
May 28, 2015
Here is the latest post from Faye Greenwood. In the wake of the A&E crisis which consumed many hospitals this winter, the role of pharmacists, their extensive under-utilised clinical knowledge and expertise and their potential contribution to healthcare was once again brought to the fore. NHS England announced in December that Health Education England (HEE) …
Supporting the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone
May 21, 2015
This blog was written by Gemma Bray, a research assistant who works with Professor Kevin Shakesheff in the School of Pharmacy. I have always admired the people who volunteer to help out in the aftermath of global disasters, be it the Boxing Day Tsunami or the earthquake in Haiti. I would watch the men and …
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