Research Showcase roundup part the second – including the winner!
June 25, 2014
Continuing with the Research Showcase roundup (the first one’s here). Next on my list of ‘ones to watch’ from an artistic flair perspective were (drum roll, etc)… Beili Shao, Clinical Sciences, ‘Toxic sugar leads to ‘flooding’ in the brain’ Beili’s poster featured a picture of a dog in a raincoat, illustrating the blood/brain barrier. What’s …
Sharing your research — what does Simon Singh think?
May 12, 2014
The Graduate School’s annual Research Showcase takes place on Wednesday 18 June. It’s a great event, showcasing the variety of PhD research taking place at the University. Sixty researchers will present posters they’ve designed about their work — communicating their ideas to people with a limited or no knowledge of their field. For the students, …
Addressing the imbalance — WinSET conference 2014
April 30, 2014
I attended a planning meeting for the WinSET conference 2014 yesterday, and the programme is looking good. I’ll give you a quick overview… The keynote speakers are Baroness Brenda Dean, honorary president of WinSET, and Sarah Dickinson, Policy Manager at Athena SWAN. Baroness Dean was created a Life Peer in 1993 and a member of …
Comics and classics part four — dog-skin caps
April 26, 2014
Comics writer Kieron Gillen spoke at the Classical Association annual conference, held at the University at the end of April. Prof Stephen Hodkinson was the historical consultant on his recent comics series Three. I’m writing a series of posts on their roundtable discussion ‘Story telling and historical authenticity in a visual medium: the comics series Three’. The original post is here. The …
Comics and classics part three — statues and helmets
April 25, 2014
Comics writer Kieron Gillen spoke at the Classical Association annual conference, held at the University at the end of April. Prof Stephen Hodkinson was the historical consultant on his recent comics series Three. I’m writing a series of posts on their roundtable discussion ‘Story telling and historical authenticity in a visual medium: the comics series Three’. The original post is here. …
Comics and classics part two — Helots and Spartans
April 24, 2014
Comics writer Kieron Gillen spoke at the Classical Association annual conference, held at the University at the end of April. Prof Stephen Hodkinson was the historical consultant on his recent comics series Three. I’m writing a series of posts on their roundtable discussion ‘Story telling and historical authenticity in a visual medium: the comics series …
Where comics and classics collide — story telling and Three
Kieron Gillen is kind of a big deal. The comics writer came to the University last week. He spoke at the Classical Association annual conference, a three-day classics extravaganza that UoN hosted. If you’re not into comics, you might not get why that’s so exciting. But Kieron wrote Phonogram — of which comics superstar Warren …
Nottingham represents at the Collider exhibition
April 16, 2014
Have you been to the Collider exhibition at the Science Museum yet? I recommend, it’s very enjoyable — pitched at the level of non-scientists with an interest in science. Which is me, basically. Explaining the purpose and science behind the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, it’s beautifully visual. Particularly the part where you sit inside …
Valentine’s Day reality check — questioning true love and monogomy
February 14, 2014
It’s LGBT History Month at the moment. The LGBT Staff Network have organised various events to celebrate — including film screenings and an exhibition ‘Queer Sounds: the importance of music in LGBT history’. Dr Max Biddulph is network chair, and he’ll be giving an LGBT History Month public lecture on the 28th. Here he gives …
Interacting Under Canvas
August 21, 2013
THE JOY OF BEING UNDER CANVAS I’m just back from a short camping trip and reflecting on how exciting it is to live under canvas. There is a visceral thrill to being in a tent as the thin fabric leaks noise, light, heat and shadows. Laying awake in the dark you become aware of nearby …
