Press releases

A new scholarship scheme is to offer four University of Nottingham students, who are leaving care or are estranged from their families, assistance with their accommodation costs.

Students in Nottingham have helped to raise almost £90,000 to fund vital research into heart and circulatory diseases by donating items that may otherwise have gone into landfill.

The University of Nottingham has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering to investigate the most effective practices for improving the financial literacy of coffee farmers in Uganda.

An award-winning journalist, a world squash champion, and a film director, DJ and musician all received honorary degrees this week from the University of Nottingham at this year’s winter graduation ceremonies.

The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust have strengthened their partnership with a new agreement that will improve healthcare practices and outcomes for people living in the city and county.

The University of Nottingham has been ranked third in the world in a list of the most sustainable universities – retaining its top three position for a third consecutive year.

Astronomers from the University of Nottingham have welcomed the first data and images taken with WEAVE, a new and unique astronomical instrument. The data taken at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Canary Islands) will help inform future research from the Nottingham team.

Research into developing new sustainable ways to decontaminate plastic packaging for recycling has been given a boost with $3m funding after winning a global prize.

An Electro-mechanical Engineer Degree Apprentice has beaten competition from across England to scoop a national award.

People with ideas for change are being invited to turn them into exciting new businesses, with the help of university experts. Budding entrepreneurs can submit their ideas to the Ingenuity Programme, a business creation competition.