Can you explain your PhD in the pub?
January 19, 2015
What do PhDs and pints have in common? Guest blogger Kash Farooq explains in this post about the PubhD programme. PubhD is a monthly event that showcases local research to the public, and celebrates its one year birthday this month. The basic idea originated from the question: “Do you think we could persuade local PhD …
Classics does Thought Bubble
November 18, 2014
By now you’ll know all about Prof Steve Hodkinson’s work with acclaimed comics writer Kieron Gillen on Three — we’ve blogged about it here, here, here and here. And we told you that last weekend Steve and his Classics colleague Dr Lynn Fotheringham were speaking at a couple of Thought Bubble events — the Comics Forum …
Violence in comics — Three at Thought Bubble
November 10, 2014
So, it’s Thought Bubble this week, the annual festival of comic art which culminates in the Leeds comic con at the Royal Armouries this weekend. Do you like comics? Or are you even just vaguely interested in sequential art? Then you should go. It’s jam-packed with talks, artists, writers and cosplayers. It’s friendly, interesting and lots …
2001 and the human-machine relationship
October 20, 2014
This weekend, a number of our academics will discuss science fiction films ahead of a screening of Gattaca on University Park this weekend — you can buy tickets here. The screening and panel discussion is part of the national Sci Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder festival running from October to December. here Christopher Johnson from the …
Athena SWAN award for Malaysia campus faculty
October 15, 2014
The University is the first institution to hold an international Athena SWAN award — recognising its commitment to supporting women and advancing their careers across all campuses. Congratulations to the Faculty of Science at our Malaysia campus — amazing work. The Malaysia press release is below. It’s also on the Malasia campus website here. The …
Energy performance study – can you help?
August 4, 2014
Do you wish your home was more energy efficient? Would you like to be part of a European study which will help us to do that in the future? Then do we have the opportunity for you. See the message below from the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment The University’s Energy and Sustainability …
Technicians rule
July 25, 2014
We’ve got a lot of love for the University of Nottingham technicians, you know that. Elsewhere on this blog you can read about how the University’s Technical Focus group is promoting professional registration, or how one of our ranks is the HEA Technician of the Year. Well, we’ll have even more news on them and …
Party party party
July 17, 2014
If you were anywhere near the science and engineering section of University Park yesterday lunchtime/afternoon you might have heard the sounds of the School of Chemistry summer party. If you didn’t know it before, you know it now. Chemists do not party quietly. They like to throw down. I popped along for the tug of …
BME research focus? WE NEED YOU!
July 11, 2014
It’s Black History Month in October. Throughout the month we’ll be joining forces with the University BME (black and minority ethnic) Staff Network to promote all manner of BME-related news, research and events taking place across the University. We do it through our Black History Month blog. It’s worth having a look to see the …
Calling all technicians! Are you interested in professional registration with the Science Council?
July 9, 2014
Technicians! The University’s Technical Focus Group are holding a professional registration event on Thursday 16 July. The Institute of Science and Technology are hosting the event in the Trent Building — room B46 — and the session runs from 10am to 12noon. They say: “The Registered Science Technician (RSciTech) and Registered Scientist (RSci) registers were …
