Posts categorised as ‘Research’
How past affects our present
A new project being led by The University of Nottingham could offer a helping hand to East Midlands voluntary groups interested in delving into their local history by opening up access to the expertise and resources of professional arts and humanities researchers.
Appears in Issue 58
Tags: Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) Connected Communities i, community engagement, Dr Will Bowden, Durban House, Fieldwork, Head of the School of Humanities, John Player’s Advertising Archive Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Professor John Beckett, Professor Liz Harvey, The Victoria County History (VCH), Writing our History and Digging our Past
Innovative ‘robot’ earns trio an award of excellence
Engineers at The University of Nottingham and a colleague at Rolls-Royce have been awarded an award […]
Appears in Issue 58
Tags: Dr John Allen, Free-leg Hexapod, FreeHex, Professor Dragos Axinte, Rolls-Royce Submarines Excellence Through Innovation Award, Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing Technology, Tekniker
Paying the price for poor grasp of finances
Consumers with poor financial skills pay over the odds for loans and are eight times more likely to use expensive credit such as payday loans, new research has revealed.
Appears in issue 57
Tags: debt, Dr John Gathergood, Professor Richard Disney, School of Economics
Blood test for cancer is trialled by NHS Scotland
The NHS in Scotland is to conduct a major screening trial for lung cancer using a new blood test developed by Oncimmune Ltd, a University of Nottingham spinout company. It will be the first time the blood test has been used outside the US.
Appears in issue 57
Tags: Chief Scientific Officer of Oncimmune Ltd, Director of CEAC, EarlyCDT-Lung, lung cancer, Oncimmune Ltd, Professor John Robertson, The Centre of Excellence for Autoimmunity in Cancer (CEAC)
Conflict ‘inevitable’: far right supporters
Far right supporters in the UK believe violent conflict between different religious, racial and ethnic groups is largely inevitable, according to a new survey on political extremism.
Appears in issue 57
Tags: British National Party, Dr Matthew Goodwin, English Defence League, extremism, From Voting to Violence? Far Right Extremism in Britain, Professor Jocelyn Evans, School of Politics and International Relations, UK Independence Party, University of Salford
‘Café culture’ is to blame
England should look to Scotland to solve its drinking culture, which has seen having a pint of lager become as cheap and freely accessible as downing a pint of milk, says a Nottingham academic.
Appears in issue 56
Tags: Alcohol Focus Scotland, chool of Nursing, Dr Jane McGregor, Drink and the City, Midwifery and Physiotherapy
Shortcuts costly
Shortcuts in the design of payment schemes to persuade farmers to undertake conservation works could be putting the potential environmental benefits at risk, a study involving researchers at The University of Nottingham has found.
Appears in issue 56
Tags: Conservation Reserve Program, Director of the University’s Rural Business Research Unit, Dr Paul Wilson, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Joint Research Institute of the European Commission’s Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK Research Councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use Programme
Vital new insight into early days of embryos
Pioneering work by a leading University of Nottingham scientist has helped reveal a vital process in the development of the early mammalian embryo.
Appears in issue 56
Tags: Cambridge University, European Research Council, Kevin Shakesheff, Prof Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Professor of Tissue Engineering
£67m boost for future bioscientists
The University of Nottingham is to share in a £67m investment in postgraduate training for future bioscientists to learn the skills required to meet economic and social challenges for the future.
Appears in issue 55
Tags: bioscientists, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Centre for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs), Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Rothamsted Research
Scientists leading £1.3m project
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are leading a £1.3 million research project to develop new treatments to replace brain cells lost during dementia.
Appears in issue 55
Tags: Alzheimer’s Society, dementia, Dr Virginie Sottile, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign