Press releases

An epic one-day online music marathon will bring together artists, composers and musicians from across the Midlands (and the world) this Sunday (29 November), and everyone is invited.

Experts from the University of Nottingham and the University of Zambia have received funding to help them in their research to promote sustainable agriculture in southern Africa, using historic soil surveys.

Research by a University of Nottingham Civil War expert has shone new light on a little-known massacre that took place in Nottinghamshire 375 years ago this month.

Lakeside Arts, the University of Nottingham’s public art programme is to reopen this weekend since closing its doors in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

A new report from the Royal Historical Society, co-authored by a University of Nottingham academic, has found concerning evidence of discrimination, marginalisation and prejudice towards LGBT+ historians at all levels, from undergraduate students to senior practitioners.

Evidence that an extreme weather anomaly over northern Europe contributed to high death rates in WW1 and helped incubate the Spanish Flu pandemic has been found literally frozen in time in an Alpine glacier.

A new interactive online exhibition on the fascinating story of sound technology is launching thanks to a collaboration between the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and the University of Nottingham.

University of Nottingham modern languages specialist Professor Nicola McLelland has been awarded one of the most prestigious international prizes in her field of German studies.

The University of Nottingham’s renowned expert in Viking and Old Norse Studies, Professor Judith Jesch, has been made a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her outstanding work in the field.

A new cartoon-style educational tool to help tackle the harassment of women and girls has been unveiled by experts from Nottingham’s two universities as part of a unique zero-tolerance strategy being pioneered throughout Nottinghamshire.