November 2010

£20m eco-friendly hotel for University of Nottingham

Description: Plans are unveiled for a 200-bed hotel to be built on University Park.

Strengthening links with deprived inner city Nottingham

Description: Developing links with one of Nottingham's most deprived areas – The University of Nottingham evaluates the progress of a skill sharing project with St Anns.

Motorcycle simulator gives new clues to road safety

Description: New research using a world leading motorcycle simulator to analyse rider behaviour has proved that safer doesn't necessarily mean slower and that formal advanced training for bikers can demonstrate improved safety on our roads.

GlaxoSmithKline in pioneering collaboration with The University of Nottingham

Description: New facility focusing on 'green chemistry' will be developed as part of a pioneering new partnership.

Breakthrough in the search for high quality fuels from inexpensive biomass

Description: Breakthrough in the search for high quality fuels from inexpensive biomass.

Prestigious awards recognise excellent Nottingham research

Description: Two outstanding academics receive 2010 Philip Leverhulme Prizes.

Government seeks advice of entrepreneurial professor

Description: Special Professor at The University of Nottingham joins a team of advisors on the Government's new Entrepreneur's Forum

Philosophy graduate gives 'voice to the voiceless'

Description: Philosophy graduate wins national journalism award for her story about the disabled young people living on the streets of Sierra Leone.

Nottingham students swim to success at BUCS Championships

Description: Commonwealth silver medallist, Jess Sylvester has led The University of Nottingham to a fifth place finish at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) swimming championships in Sheffield this month.

New test to improve monitoring of heart attack and stroke patients

Description: Experts in cardiovascular medicine have won a package of benefits worth £40,000 to develop a simple test to improve the monitoring and care of heart attack and stroke patients.

Tobacco: Out of sight, out of mind?

Description: Putting tobacco out of sight in shops can change the attitude of young people to smoking, while not hitting retailers in the pocket, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.

A digital future for the Humanities

Description: Colourful 3D reconstructions of ancient monuments, virtual galleries and a multi-screen 'intelligent' classrooms will transform teaching and research in the Humanities, thanks to a new Digital Centre at The University of Nottingham.

World first to provide building blocks for new nano devices

Description: Scientists have made a major breakthrough that could help shape the future of nanotechnology, by demonstrating for the first time that 3-D molecular structures can be built on a surface.

Film festival screening for academic-penned picture

Description: An academic has drawn on her experiences in psychiatry to script a new film.

The brightest and best from around the world

Description: More than 300 international scholarship students gather for a celebration of their success.

Building business school success through sustainability

Description: A new study is to look at how British business schools could boost their success by using sustainability to underpin their teaching, research and organisational behaviour.

A revolution of two halves

Description: The Mexican Revolution, 100 years old this week, will be celebrated around the world, but was it the success portrayed in the media and in history books?

New 'flag a taxi from your phone' app scoops major prize

Description: Taxizapp 'app' wins UK round of the European Satellite Navigation Competition, hosted by GNSS Research & Applications Centre of Excellence (GRACE) at The University of Nottingham.

Research funding hits £150m at The University of Nottingham

Description: International reputation of the University's research pushes funding to unprecedented levels.

Academics and alumni help uncover the true number of young carers

Description: Academics and alumni at The University of Nottingham help uncover the true number of young carers.

Revolutionising the traditional map

Exhibition showcasing masters of biological imagery

Description: Exhibition showcasing the work of graduates from pioneering Masters in Biological Photography and Imaging

A new road to literary success

Description: The University launches new groundbreaking courses for budding authors in Creative Writing.

University invited to establish a campus in Shanghai

Description: Invite from Shanghai Government to establish second Sino-Foreign campus.

Combating cancer's double whammy

Description: New research into blood clots in cancer patients will analyse data from public health records to find out when they are most at risk.

Royal visit for groundbreaking new Academy

Description: Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex found out firsthand how secondary school pupils are being prepared for the wider world when she visited Nottingham University Samworth Academy.

New leader at Nottingham University Business School in China

Description: New leader at Nottingham University Business School China.

University recruitment agency proves popular with students and employers

Description: To help students enhance their employability and earn extra cash without compromising their studies, The University of Nottingham is looking to further expand its student recruitment company, Unitemps Nottingham.

Nottingham Vice-Chancellor joins Prime Minister's delegation to China

Description: The Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham is in China as a member of the Prime Minister's business delegation to Beijing.

Close up on hidden galaxies with new cosmic zoom lenses

Description: Astronomers have discovered a new way of locating a natural phenomenon that acts like a zoom lens and allows astronomers to peer at galaxies in the distant and early Universe.

China and the world economy: What's next?

Description: Leading economic thinkers meet at Ningbo Campus to present on enterprise and labour market adjustment as China's economy grows.

Dunkirk community events strengthen student resident relations

Description: Students have seized the opportunity to meet their neighbours and find out how they can get involved in their local community at two events organised by Dunkirk residents groups and the University.

Film director launches pioneering hearing research

Description: Film director Ken Loach has officially opened a new research lab which explores pioneering ways of improving communication between parents and children with hearing difficulties.

TV stardom for environmental historian

Description: Environmental historian, Dr Rob Lambert, features in a new four part TV series looking at British birds and why they hold such a special place in our hearts.

Bring back Robin Hood brand, says study

Description: Nottingham needs to make more of its links with the legendary outlaw to meet the expectations of visitors and locals, academics say.

Working with WHO on pandemic preparedness

Description: Health protection experts at The University of Nottingham have been appointed official partners to The World Health Organization (WHO) on pandemic influenza and research.

Hearing Voices through art

Description: An art exhibition that will challenge the convention of hearing voices as a negative symptom of mental illness has been launched at The University of Nottingham.

Students welcome a visitor from the 'Fortune' Global Top 50

Description: One of the world's top businesswomen talks to pharmacy students.

Nottingham trains China's future leaders

Description: Chinese 'leaders of the future' have completed a special three-month leadership course at Nottingham for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF).

Taking the fear factor out of cancer

Description: An academic has written the first introductory guide to cancer, covering everything from the biology of the disease to the latest research into prevention, treatment and cure.

In The Thick of It — researcher gets taste of Westminster life

Description: A researcher at The University of Nottingham is to gain a 'behind the scenes' insight into central government as part of a unique Parliamentary pairing scheme.

Smashing fluids… the physics of flow

Description: Fluids which flow when poured slowly but fracture when disturbed at speed have revealed new physics to researchers.

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