New book charts history of The University of Nottingham

The first full-length history of The University of Nottingham has been penned by one of our […]

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Jesse Boot, the Highfields Estate & the creation of University Park

In this Friends of University Park event, Professor John Beckett (Department of History) looks at how the Nottingham entrepreneur Jesse Boot facilitated the move to a new campus and a new college building in the 1920’s.

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The people’s green spaces

Researchers are exploring the social history of Nottingham’s green spaces.

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Tags: Arboretum, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Connected Communities Programme, Culture and Parks, Dr Paul Elliott, Forest Recreation Ground, Friends of the Arboretum, Friends of the Forest, Goose Fair, John Beckett, Nottingham City Council Department of Communities, Nottingham Women’s History Group, Nottinghamshire Archives, Professor of English Regional History, Robin Hood’s Chase, Rowena Edlin-White, sport, The social history of the green open spaces that ring Nottingham’s city centre is to be explored as part of a new research project being led by the University.