Press releases

A University of Nottingham student-led social enterprise that saves and sells food which supermarkets would otherwise throw away has won a prestigious award from Universitas 21 (U21), a leading global network of universities. Foodprint in Sneinton is the city’s first ‘social supermarket’ and surplus food redistribution network. It’s run by students from Enactus Nottingham – a not-for-profit organisation that supports student entrepreneurs.

Modern slavery murals can play an important role in the fight to end modern slavery, according to a new report written by academics from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham.

A new Autism  Awareness Toolkit has  been created for custody staff thanks to a partnership between researchers from the University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Police and a group of people with autism.

Images of modern slavery, particularly photographs, can create an inaccurate portrayal of what it looks like, according to a new report written by academics from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham.

The University of Nottingham is working in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) on a new study that is tracing their historical connections with transatlantic slavery. The research will examine the nature and extent to which Nottingham’s universities were connected to, benefitted from, and also challenged British colonial slavery.

A new report on adult education and lifelong learning argues that it must be a permanent national necessity

The University of Nottingham’s unique national charity, the Ann Craft Trust, that works to minimise the risk of abuse of disabled young people and adults at risk holds its annual safeguarding awareness campaign next week.

A new wearable ‘bike helmet’ style brain scanner, that allows natural movement during scanning, has been used in a study with young children for the first time. This marks an important step towards improving our understanding of brain development in childhood.