Press releases

Two researchers from the University of Nottingham have been recognised for their exceptional contributions to standards-making, after winning at this year’s British Standards Institution’s (BSI) Standards Makers Award.

Researchers at the University of Nottingham are looking to form a new dementia singing group in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, to further study the effects of singing on people with dementia.

The needs of small businesses in the East Midlands are being investigated in a new study by experts at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with the East Midlands Chamber.

A research team at the University of Nottingham are set to work on a £1 million project to inform the development of the world’s first biodiversity credit standards, to help businesses and governments to quantify their impacts on the natural world.

People who use wood-burning stoves are needed to take part in the UK’s first study to understand how an air quality alert system could help reduce the health risks posed by wood smoke around their homes and in their communities.

Woody climbing plants, known as lianas, are more likely to infest smaller trees in Malaysian forests and therefore stop them growing to their full potential, which may have implications for climate change. This is according to new research by experts at the University of Nottingham carried out in Danum Valley in Malaysia, published today in the Journal of Ecology.

Analysis of the 2021 Census data has found a significant decline in the presence of Irish-born people in England and Wales.

People across Nottingham and beyond are invited to join University of Nottingham academics at a series of events covering a range of activities including knitting for connecting people and places, and song writing for children.

Modern slavery experts at the University of Nottingham are part of a new partnership to promote ethical labour in the UK construction industry, announced on World Anti-Slavery Day (18 October 2022).

Dr Philippa Tomczak has received the 2022 Young Criminologist Award from the European Society of Criminology at the annual conference in Malaga, Spain.