Climate change: we are determined to make a difference
November 23, 2022
Research update from Professor Neil Crout Following COP27 in Egypt, I am pleased to share news of how our researchers are delivering climate solutions that are having impact at local, national and global level, from a new energy system set to reduce carbon emissions and homeowners’ bills at an award-winning community energy scheme in Nottingham, …
Care homes trial offers hope
January 29, 2021
Update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner In a troubling week for the UK in its fight against the pandemic, it is heartening that a University of Nottingham-led national study offers hope of reducing the impact of coronavirus in care homes. Professor Philip Bath and Professor Adam Gordon from the School of Medicine are leading a …
The power of knowledge exchange
November 20, 2020
Update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner A key pillar of the University’s strategy is knowledge exchange. The importance of shared expertise is even more apparent in these challenging times: our researchers are informing a better understanding of the pandemic’s impact on so many aspects of our lives, while working with our partners to translate our discoveries will help drive economic recovery …
Nottingham’s pledge: no hiding place here for slavery
October 19, 2017
Slavery is blighting lives right here in Nottingham. Dr Alison Gardner, of the Rights Lab Beacon of Excellence at the University of Nottingham, on how local agencies have pledged to free the victims of modern slavery ‘hidden in plain sight’ in the city. A year after the police chief in Nottinghamshire committed to making the …
Rights Lab: discover how we can end slavery
July 3, 2017
In the second of a series introducing the University of Nottingham’s Beacons of Excellence — transdisciplinary research teams championing our responses to global challenges — Professor Zoe Trodd of the Rights Lab explains how ending slavery will benefit us all. There are 46 million people enslaved around the world today. But we’re in the middle of …
Professor Kevin Bales: how science can help end slavery
February 3, 2017
There are almost 46m slaves in the world today – more than at any time in history. It’s a shocking statistic. Yet Kevin Bales, Professor of Contemporary Slavery in the School of Politics and International Relations, says we are at a tipping point. Thanks to cutting-edge research, antislavery movements and campaigners have an unprecedented picture …