Staff and students across the university are invited to participate in the Act of Remembrance by observing a Two Minute Silence at 11am on Friday 10 November 2023 in memory of all those who have died in armed conflict.

The Act of Remembrance unites people of all faiths and none, cultures, and backgrounds but it is also deeply personal and members of our university community are invited to pause and reflect in their own way.

The East Midlands Officers’ Training Corps (OTC) will join Professor Sarah O’Hara in an Act of Remembrance and wreath laying ceremony in the foyer of the Trent Building, University Park from 10:45am – 12 noon on Friday 10 November 2023.

Staff and students are welcome to attend, although space is limited, so please rsvp to Helen Mcginnis as soon as possible.

Tea and coffee will be served in the Council Dining Room from 11.10am.

The names of staff and students who lost their lives during the First World War are recorded on a memorial plaque in the Trent Building foyer.

Union flags will be flown from Friday and will remain in place over the weekend.

You can find out more about the roles played by the university, its staff and students in our World War I centenary webpages published in 2018 to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the conflict.