Supercharging the future: Professor George Chen
April 13, 2018
Professor George Chen, Li Dak Sum Professor in Electrochemical Technologies at our Ningbo China Campus talks about his research into pioneering technologies for a cleaner, greener future. Can you explain your research? The world needs to find clean energy alternatives to fossil fuel for industry, domestic use and transportation. My work focuses on electrical power …
An Invitation to Digital Research Week
April 10, 2018
23-27 April 2018 University Park, Jubilee Campus, Sutton Bonington Campus, King’s Meadow Campus This April, Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange is hosting a week-long series of events to promote digital research. The activities will showcase how digital research methods are bringing the University’s vision for research to life. Events include digital research seminars, clinics, tours, demonstrations and strategy workshops as well as keynote talks from industry …
University of Nottingham academics appointed to UK panels for REF 2021
Academics and research leaders from the University of Nottingham have been appointed to Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 panels for both criteria setting and assessment. These appointments follow a nominations process, where subject associations and organisations with an interest in research were invited to nominate candidates. The REF 2021 exercise will take place in three …
Virtual Reality (VR) and beyond: Professor Eugene Ch’ng
April 9, 2018
Professor Eugene Ch’ng, Director of NVIDIA Joint’Lab on Mixed Reality at our Ningbo China Campus, talks about his research into Virtual Reality and how in the future, the past will be as accessible as the present. Can you explain your research? I’m an expert in Virtual Reality (VR) and associated technologies such as Augmented Reality …
Happy and proud to be a Future Food Research Fellow
February 27, 2018
As part of the University of Nottingham’s investment in early career researchers, we are recruiting Research Fellows to our beacons of excellence. So far we have recruited four Beacon Nottingham Research Fellows, one to support the Propulsion Futures Beacon and three to support the Future Food Beacon. Dr Guillermina Mendiondo, one of our Future Food Nottingham …
Life Beyond the Phd: Current student Liz gives an account of the Cumberland Lodge conference
October 24, 2017
From Tuesday 29 August-Friday 1 September 2017, Cumberland Lodge — an educational charity with the vision of more peaceful, tolerant and inclusive societies — held the tenth edition of its annual ‘Life beyond the PhD’ conference. The conference strives to break down boundaries and encourage cross disciplinary discussions, and aims to tackle social divisions by promoting …
International Open Access Week: five reasons to share after publication
October 20, 2017
It’s the 10th International Open Access Week on 23-29 October 2017 and this year’s theme is an invitation to answer the question of what tangible benefits can be achieved by making scholarly outputs openly available. “Open in order to…” is intended as a prompt to go beyond talking about openness and focus instead on what …
Research roadshows: Find out about our £200m investment, plus guidance on publication of research
August 29, 2017
Join Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, at a series of roadshows this September and October to find out more about the University of Nottingham’s Research Vision. The University is also holding roadshows on our newly launched Research Publication Framework: discover how to make the most of your publications for REF …
Our Research Vision: what it means for you
June 8, 2017
Join Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, at a series of roadshows this June to find out more about the University of Nottingham’s Research Vision. Dame Jessica says: “The University of Nottingham is making an unparalleled investment in both our research and our people. What does this mean for all researchers …
Education and autism: research into practice
March 17, 2017
To mark World Autism Awareness Week, the School of Education is hosting a free seminar to highlight findings from cutting edge research in the field of autism. Speakers include Dr Debra Costley, an Associate Professor in the School of Education and an international expert in autism education. Dr Costley, the former National Director for Research and …
