The Engleesh’ll Getya
December 8, 2014
Here is the fifth blog from our Emeritus Professor, Malcolm Stevens (FRS) Black-brick Universities 1965 was a great time to be looking for academic jobs in pharmacy. The Robbins Report of 1963 had recommended that 10 Colleges of Advanced Technology (CATs) should be upgraded to universities; five of these institutions had pharmacy schools and were …
Malaysia memories and 3rd year reality
November 23, 2014
Hello all, After a year away I am breaking my silence…I started blogging a bit (well only twice but you know poetic license) in first year. Last year I became even more unfaithful to Pharm Life, however I have a valid excuse…sort of. I was actually cheating on the UK with Malaysia spending a year …
How to be a Champion (an RPS Student Champion)- My Experience
November 17, 2014
Last year, I took the opportunity to get involved in an exciting pilot scheme being run by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). This scheme was named the RPS student champion programme and it’s aims were simple; to reach out to students and inform them what the RPS can offer them. The programme was trialed out at …
My Pre-reg Story (So Far): Applications, Interviews and Offers
November 13, 2014
For a majority of 3rd year pharmacy students nationwide, this summer has been a stressful time. For most of us, pre-registration applications have dominated our summer. Thousands of students have sent applications into community pharmacies, with thousands of others attempting the challenging feat of completing a pharmalife application without either breaking their computer out of frustration …
School of Pharmacy Research Blog – October 2014
October 23, 2014
Dear All Welcome to the pharmacy school research blog which covers updates from our research activity including all the developments on big advances in research and publications, press releases in the pharmaceutical sciences Nottingham is the Top School of Pharmacy in England The 2015 Guardian University Guide and 2015 Complete University Guide have been published …
Future Vision: Stem cells and tissue engineering
October 21, 2014
Today’s blog is a copy of a blog which Kevin Shakesheff wrote for the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). They have kindly allowed us to reproduce it here: We caught up with one of the speakers at our Ten Year Vision launch event, Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Director of the …
To cure all ills
October 16, 2014
This week’s blog is the fourth one from our Emeritus Professor, Malcolm Stevens FRS: I returned to Nottingham to embark on my PhD research on 1st October, 1960, on one of those magical still days which show the autumnal glories of the University campus at its best, a scene which has attracted and bewitched generations …
A busy summer and start to the new academic year
October 6, 2014
This week’s blog is from our Head of School, Professor Clive Roberts: A busy summer and start to the new academic year After the summer examination period many outside University believe this to be a quiet time for academics. The reality is very different (honestly). This is a time when we try and squeeze in …
A Summer of Adventure; Working on the BNF
August 25, 2014
At the end of each academic year at university, my fellow students and I face the beautiful prospect of 3 months of ‘me-time’. Although on paper this looks like 3 months off timetable where exciting plans can be made and you can be on a new adventure every week, it has its drawbacks as well. …
Blog 3: Cometh the 60s
August 18, 2014
The latest blog created by Professor Malcolm Stevens FRS can be seen below: The first two years of my B Pharm degree (1957-1959) were a hard slog with an intensive syllabus leaving little time for other activities. Consistent with the painfully slow upward trajectory of my academic career to that point I managed to pass …
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