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.

Appears in Issue 64

Tags: Community Partnerships, Diamond Wood, Julian Wiseman, Professor Karen Cox, Sharon Clancy, sustainable, Woodland Trust

Bulletin Board

News round-up from across the University.

Appears in Issue 64

Tags: Deputy Director of Sport, Diane Hardwick, Lecturer in Accounts Rodney Mitchell, Life Cycle 2, Nottingham Potential, Sir Paul Smith

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.

Appears in Issue 64

Tags: 4am Project, Anna Douglas, Karen Strunk, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Authentic Moment in British Photography

Spotlight

The University in the news

Appears in Issue 64

Tags: Carbon Management Plan, Centre for the Study of the Viking Age, Department of Archaeology, Dr Jon Henderson, Dr Richard Simper, Economic Efficiency of Rehabilitative Management in Young Offenders Institutions in England and Wales, Eminate, Greenmetric league table, SODA-LO™ Salt Microspheres, sustainability, The Battle of Largs, The Last Battle of the Vikings

Bilbo fulfils a spiritual need

Audiences enjoying the latest Warner Bros fantasy blockbuster, The Hobbit, may be fulfilling deeper needs than pure entertainment, says Dr Alison Milbank.

Appears in Issue 64

Tags: Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Dr Alison Milbank, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit

In Situ

Until Sunday 27 January at the Angear Visitor Centre, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park. The centre […]

Appears in Issue 63

Miao Embroidery from South-West China

Saturday 12 January to Sunday 10 February at Wallner Art Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park. […]

Appears in Issue 63

Bulletin board

German comic stands up for festival of languages  He’s the self-styled German ambassador of comedy to the […]

Appears in Issue 63

Spotlight

A round-up of the University in the news over the past month.

Appears in Issue 63

Tags: Dr Don Sharkey, HeartLight, Professor Barrie Hayes-Gill, Professor John Crowe, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies

These are a few of my favourite things

Dr Dorothy Johnston, Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections. is retiring from the University after 25 years of dedicated service.

Appears in Issue 63

Tags: Dr Dorothy Johnston, manuscripts and special collections