Posts categorised as ‘Issue 72’
Twins: business is in our blood
Inspired by their grandmother’s resilience in starting businesses during the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, twins […]
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Tags: Cambodia, Meyka Chea, Meyta Chea, Nottingham University Business School, Pol Pot
A little of your time can go a long way
The University has helped launch a volunteering scheme in Nottingham which is aimed at professionals who […]
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Tags: Community Partnerships, Gemma Wilks, Head of Community Partnerships, kills Sharing and Knowledge Exchange Manager Jacqui Storey, Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service, Nottingham CVS, Nottingham Skillsbank, Olumide Adisa, Sharon Clancy, Stacey Foster
Alumni pride on Eco Street
An entire street of eco-houses at University Park has been completed with the opening of the […]
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Tags: Bill Rumble, Creative Energy Homes Project, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Jay Hensman, Lee Cottingham, Mark Gillott, Mark Group, Mark Group EcoHouse, Mark Group’s Global CEO, Professor of Sustainable Building Design
A very British obsession
The weather is a British obsession —and our response over the centuries to snow, floods, droughts, […]
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Tags: Arts and Humanities Research Council, British Climate Histories, Care for the Future: Thinking Forward through the Past, Professor Georgina Endfield, School of Geography
Code-makers bring images to life
A new spin-out company from the University is promising to transform the way we digitally interact […]
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Tags: Aestheticodes, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, QR codes, Richard Mortier
Naval gazing unlocks ancient battle clues
Nottingham’s underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson is helping to survey the first ancient naval battle site […]
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Tags: Battle of the Egadi Islands, Department of Archaeology, Dr Jon Henderson, Honor Frost Foundation
Giving athletes a lift on road to Rio
Athletes with their sights on Olympic glory in 2016 have received sports bursaries from the University. […]
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Tags: Animal Science, Assistant Director of Physical Recreation and Sport, Barbara Hankova, British Universities and Colleges Sport, Harry Martin, Isobel Pooley, Nigel Mayglothling, Sport Bursars
Teacher’s legacy of world-famous choir
Many tributes have been paid to the distinguished choral director Pamela Cook. She was due to […]
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Tags: BBC Choir of the Year, Cantamus, Emeritus Professor of Music, Music Department, ohn Morehen, Pamela Cook, Royal Academy of Music, World Choir Olympics
Campbell’s milestone
A charitable trust set up by a University employee in memory of her baby son is […]
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Tags: Bekki Burns, Campbell Burns Metabolic Trust, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dr Richard Tew, Faculty of Engineering Research Office, Jane England, Matt Neville, Richard Adams, Rob Thomas
Lab raises bar for sustainability
Construction has begun on the £20m GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry. The latest landmark […]
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Tags: Chief Estates and Facilities Officer Chris Jagger, GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry, Innovation Park, Morgan Sindall Area Director Richard Fielding