Press releases

Professor Paul Grainge has been appointed as Academic Director for Digital Nottingham, the University of Nottingham’s ground-breaking new programme to support economic activity, attract investment and boost skills in the city.

Scientists, government officials and senior leaders in research and healthcare from across the UK, turned out in force yesterday (6 September) to mark the official opening of the University’s Biodiscovery Institute (BDI).

Research led by the University of Nottingham has discovered two new species and a new genus of freshwater mussel in Borneo for the first time in almost 100 years.

A new study by media experts at the University of Nottingham has revealed that gender inequality in the UK television industry has grown significantly worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new study published today in Nature Food involving academics at The University of Nottingham calls attention to the need for better systems to track forced labour in food supply chains.

Fields Medal winner Caucher Birkar, who studied mathematics at the University of Nottingham after escaping the war between Iraq and Iran, has been made an Honorary Professor.

An early career researcher whose research aims to transform how brain tumours are diagnosed and monitored, has been awarded a Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

A Professor of French and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham has been elected to a prestigious leading role at the British Academy.

A series of demonstration flights between Exeter Airport and Cornwall Airport Newquay have started this week, to advance the use of sustainable aviation, driving down costs and emissions on short regional routes. The flights are part of a series of government-backed trials aimed at moving the UK towards sustainable aviation.

A group of researchers taking part in a Black Internship scheme at the University of Nottingham are urging other students and graduates from Black African, Caribbean and Black British backgrounds to follow their example in the future.