Posts categorised as ‘Features’
World of student bloggers
. . . Welcome to the world of the student bloggers. Revision, house shares, TV, One Direction — and dirty dishes. If you want to know what life is really like at Nottingham then you need to head to the student life blog.
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Tags: Gemma Ubah, Sarah Perkins, Shane Chard, Student bloggers
Year of the Snake
Music, dancing and a fireworks spectacular marked the arrival of the Year of the Snake at Lakeside, University Park. The Chinese New Year celebrations featured lion and dragon dances by schoolchildren and members of the Chinese community.
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Tags: Chinese New Year, Crescendo Fireworks, Lakeside, Lakeside Arts Centre Marketing Manager, Sofia Nazaar-Chadwick, Year of the Snake
Let it snow
Our photographers capture the snowy scenes at University Park and The University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
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Tags: Lisa Gilligan-Lee, Snow, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Troy Chen
‘Superbug’ Professor retires
Professor Richard James looks back on nearly 40 years in the vanguard of the fight against superbugs.
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Tags: C.diff, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Healthcare Acquired Infections, CHAI, Leslie Ash, MRSA, Professor Richard James
My family link to campus
A firm formerly run by the family of a Nottingham student was a founding partner of The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
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Tags: Boustead, Professor Christine Ennew, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Tristan Roper-Caldbeck, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
The Great Nottingham Bake-off
Baking showdown as colleagues showcase their homemade cakes in a Women’s Staff Network event.
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Chancellor steps down
As the University’s outgoing Chancellor, Professor Yang Fujia, steps down, his determination to make world-class education a life-changing experience shows no sign of abating
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The Professor and the punks
A University professor came to the rescue when what was to become a landmark album in popular music became mired in a legal case.
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Tags: Professor James Kinsley, Professor Julie Sanders, The Sex Pistols
Diamond Wood event attracts hundreds
More than 200 volunteers turned out for a tree planting session as part of a community project to create a Diamond Wood near Sutton Bonington.
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Tags: Community Partnerships, Diamond Wood, Julian Wiseman, Professor Karen Cox, Sharon Clancy, sustainable, Woodland Trust
Lewis captures Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Lewis Stainer, an apprentice at the University, captured Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, more than 50 years on from when Alan Sillitoe wrote his ground-breaking novel.
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Tags: 4am Project, Anna Douglas, Karen Strunk, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Authentic Moment in British Photography