Blue Peter’s big green sleepover

The two presenters of the BBC’s flagship children’s TV programme spent a night in an on-campus eco-house for a show broadcast during Climate Week – which coincided with the University’s own Go Greener Week.

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Tags: BBC Blue Peter, carbon footprint, Climate Week, Co2, Creative Energy Homes Project, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Dr Mark Gillott, E.ON 2016 research house, eco-home, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Go Greener Week, Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology

On the threshold of a world of opportunities

The University’s third community open day will run alongside an alumni event for the first time. May Fest 2011 aims to bring together the University’s past, present and potential future employees and students.

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Tags: Alumni Laureate Awards, community open day, Community Partnerships, Golden Reunion, May Fest 2011, Modern Languages, School of Psychology, The Archaeology Museum, Vet School

Cracking the Norse code

Years of study have revealed that the Vikings left a lasting genetic footprint on the North West of England.

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Tags: DNA, Dr Turi King, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Professor Mark Jobling, Professor Steve Harding, University of Leicester, Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project

University’s flying high

Retired photographer Jean Pierre Girard captured these stunning images of the University’s balloon in the Swiss Alps.

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Tags: balloon, Chateau d’Oex, Dr Janet Folkes

Double success in green awards

Nottingham’s success at a major ‘clean technologies’ awards comes as the University marks the first anniversary of its Go Greener campaign.

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Tags: Creative Energy Homes, environmental strategy, Go Greener, Ground and Air Source Power Award, Institute of Sustainable Energy, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Knowledge Transfer and Business Engagement, Professor Chris Rudd, Professor in Sustainable Technology in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Rushlight Awards, Rushlight Solar Energy Award, Saffa Riffat, UI GreenMetric World University Ranking, water purification

It’s the Year of the Rabbit

Dragon dances, stilt-walking geishas and lantern parades… Nottinghamshire celebrated Chinese New Year in style.

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Tags: Angear Visitor Centre, Beeston Bid, Cathy Wu, Chinese New Year, Highfields Park, Lakeside Arts Centre, Rong Tao, Wallner Gallery, Yat Ming Ho

Sowing seeds for the future

An expert from The University of Nottingham has been studying the role of women as peace-keepers in former war zones — and found international aid agencies are increasingly supporting handicraft schemes as a way of restoring peace.

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Tags: Dr Vanessa Pupavac, Fairtrade, International Alert, Kathleen Herbert, NGOs, School of Politics and International Relations

A decade of success

The University’s School of English Studies is celebrating 10 years of Distance Learning.

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Tags: Distance Learning, Dr Neal Alexander, Professor Julie Sanders, Professor Peter Stockwell, School of English Studies, Stephen Lockwood

World’s smallest periodic table… by a hair’s breadth?

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have written what they believe is the world’s smallest periodic table — on the side of a human hair.

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Tags: Brady Haran, Dr Chris Parmenter, Dr Mike Fay, Green Chemistry, nano technology, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre, Physics, Professor Martyn Poliakoff, Professor Philip Moriarty, Sixty Symbols, world’s smallest periodic table

Teaching and research is entering a new dimension

Colourful 3D reconstructions of ancient monuments, virtual galleries and a multi-screen ‘intelligent’ classroom will transform teaching and research in the Humanities, thanks to a new Digital Centre at The University of Nottingham.

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