Punishment starts when prison ends

Researcher Rebecca Bull, from the School of Sociology & Social Policy, explores how criminal records perpetuate stigma and hinder reintegration. My name is Rebecca Bull, and I am a final year PhD student. I study the post-sentence discrimination some people experience due to having a criminal record. I specifically consider Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland …

How a Postgraduate Placement added value to our business – insights from Vigence

Richard Major, Director at Vigence, shares how hosting a postgraduate researcher brought fresh insight, real impact, and mutual value to his business. Our journey with the University of Nottingham Placements Programme started in autumn 2024 as part of our strategic marketing development programme, and the experience has been truly transformative. At Vigence, we specialise in …

Chemistry’s data black hole: how much knowledge are we losing?

PhD researcher Joe Davies explores the silent data crisis and its impact on decades of scientific progress in chemistry. “Don’t you just hate it when you misplace your valuable data from painstaking years of publicly funded research?” Synthetic chemistry has a serious data problem. And no, it’s not one you can fix with a few …