Powerful stories, world-changing research, celebrity debates, a celebration beer for a new micro-brewery, a Guinness World Record and live internet streaming across the globe…
Impact: The Nottingham Campaign was a week-long series of events attended by alumni, students, academics, friends of the University and leaders in the world of business and higher education.
More than 1,000 visitors were keen to experience the Campaign’s series of high-impact global projects, which will touch generations. Further Campaign launches are planned in Malaysia and China next year.
Each day was badged with one of the five Campaign themes: The Nottingham Experience, Health and Well-being, Nurturing Talent, Ingenuity and Sustainable Futures. Question Time-style debates featuring TV celebrities such as author and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis, science presenter Maggie Philbin and Private Eye columnist and practising GP Dr Phil Hammond attracted crowds.
An oak tree was planted on Jubilee Campus by the Vice-Chancellor and the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Michael Wildgust, to launch the Nurturing Talent theme and a time capsule was buried containing 200 messages from students, sixth-formers and researchers in Malaysia, China and the UK, saying where they see their talent taking them in 10 years.
Friday’s guests were treated to a sustainably sourced lunch created and overseen by Nottinghamshire’s only Michelin-starred Chef, Sat Bains, after the opening of the Bioenergy and Brewing Science Building at Sutton Bonington. And in a finale, the University Boat Club manned rowing machines for 24 hours to set a Guinness World Record for generating electricity using only human power, subject to validation.
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