Choral tribute to leading scientist Dr Ray

A leading medical scientist from The University of Nottingham Medical School is to be honoured by a choral work commissioned in his memory. Associate Professor of Neurotoxicology, Dr David Ray, died on Remembrance Day 2010 after a long fight against lung cancer. Dr Ray was Special Professor at the Medical School and led the Medical Research Council’s Applied Neuroscience Group at the University. Dr Ray was also a member of the Choir of St Peter’s Church, Nottingham which has collaborated with the Medical School and his widow, Rev Joanna Ray, to commission a piece of choral music by the well-known British composer Howard Skempton. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Professor Ian Hall, said: “Supporting this commission seems a very fitting way for the medical school to help commemorate David’s contributions to both the University and the wider community.”
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Entrepreneur training for Government

Malaysian civil servants and key executives of government-linked companies are to benefit from postgraduate training on innovation, commercialisation and entrepreneurship (ICE) delivered by The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. The initiative is led by Teraju (Unit Peneraju Agenda Bumiputera) which spearheads, coordinates and drives the Bumiputera agenda — part of the Transformation Plan that aims for Malaysia to become a high-income, developed, resilient and competitive nation. The partnership between UNMC and The Government of Malaysia was announced at a key event of the Program Transformasi Ekonomi Bumiputera presided over by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak on 26 November.
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Injuries ‘having a greater impact’

Injuries in the UK are having a much greater impact on people’s lives than previously estimated, a study has found.
The research, involving academics from Nottingham, used data direct from patient experiences combined with information on the number of patients treated in emergency departments and admitted to hospital to reveal that the true impact of injuries in the UK is 2.6 times higher than experts believed.
For the study, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, the researchers recruited patients aged over five years old with a range of injuries, from hospitals in Swansea, Nottingham, Bristol and Guildford — between September 2005 and April 2007.
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Sportsperson of the Year for Thomas

A season of world championships, gold medals and personal bests has culminated in mathematics student Thomas Green being named Nottingham’s Disabled Sportsperson of the Year.
International club thrower Thomas (pictured above) was presented with the City Council Award after a year which has seen him rise to fifth place in the world rankings. In the last year Thomas, supported by the University’s sports bursary programme, has won the IWAS World Junior Championships in Dubai and the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Athletics Championships. He has also broken into the senior Great Britain Disability Athletics Team, sealing a place at the IPC World Athletics Championships in New Zealand. Despite being one of the youngest competitors, Thomas finished 7th overall in his first senior international event.
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