Press releases

A large-scale simulated road traffic accident (RTA), led by staff and students from the University of Nottingham’s School of Health Sciences, has won a national award for delivering an exceptional student experience.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have led on a new project that models the Major Oak tree in Sherwood Forest, which could be used to inform how to make large trees in public spaces safer.

The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Loughborough University are joining forces with Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham in an unprecedented ambitious project which brings together academia and the community to support growth and development, broaden prospects, drive change, and improve wellbeing.

Research from a University of Nottingham sociologist has revealed that ‘homosecular’ assumptions can influence and shape the credibility of asylum-claim assessments for LGBTIQ+ claimants who identify with a religious faith.

Scientists have discovered, for the first time how root cells respond to their complex soil environment revealing that roots actively sense their microenvironment and mount precise, cell-specific molecular responses. The findings could help the development crops that are resistant to climate stress.

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over £3.77 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies since 2015 for managing border security and small boat crossings in the English Channel.

A Professor of Primary Care at the University of Nottingham has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Assembly (RPS), the organisation’s governing body.

A team of UK scientists at Queen Mary University of London, University of Nottingham and University of Glasgow has received a £6 million EPSRC programme grant on energy efficient, atomically-thin semiconductors to dramatically reduce the electricity demand from AI data centres and high-performance computing.

A summer of space themed activities is blasting off this week as scientists help children from across Nottingham learn about the Universe with close-up imaging of meteorites, virtual reality space exploration and planetarium displays.

New research from the Observatory for Mathematical Education, based at the University of Nottingham, indicates that key stage 3 (KS3) maths teachers are less experienced and less qualified in maths, than those who only teach older pupils (KS4/KS5).