Press releases

The University of Nottingham has announced a partnership with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) to accelerate research to improve global food security.

New research has shown that the sights and sounds of winning on a slot machine may increase your desire to play.

A new zero-waste shop is opening at the University of Nottingham offering a range of goods that are completely free from single-use plastic packaging.

Researchers have found that sugar content is the most important factor for people when making healthy food choices - overriding fat and salt.

A ground-breaking new album of piano compositions that are quite literally ‘magnetising’ is being released by the acclaimed concert pianist and University of Nottingham innovative music researcher Xenia Pestova Bennett.

A new project led by a consortium of eight Midlands-based universities and industry partners is to shine a light on the expertise of their technical community by delivering a package of measures to support their career advancement and development.

The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation has received almost £300,000 from the National Lottery’s #iwill Fund, an investment pot to support social action opportunities.

A new report into the state of mathematics education across England’s Further Education sector, including why fewer than 20% of 16 to 18 year-olds pass their GCSE Mathematics resit, has found that major investment in leadership training and teacher professional development is required to make more significant and sustained improvements.

Ruby and blue sapphire are among the gemstones from Kenya that are popular in jewellery, sold in the UK and across the world but the dangerous conditions in which the miners work to ensure their supply is less well documented. A new exhibition is set to change that.