Impact: The Nottingham Campaign

Unlocking potential

A pioneering scheme to help children to be the best that they can be has been launched with a £2.1m donation from an alumnus.

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Tags: Carphone Warehouse, David Ross Foundation, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, IntoUniversity, Nottingham Potential, Nurturing Talent, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Access and Community Relations, Professor Sarah O’Hara

£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.

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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.

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Tags: Alzheimer’s Society, dementia, Dr Virginie Sottile, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign

Lowry breaks all records

A staggering 46,800 people visited the University’s Lowry exhibition in just 10 weeks.

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Tags: Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Lowry, Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly

Good enough to eat?

Producing enough food to feed the world’s growing population is becoming a major concern. But making sure the food we grow is safe, nutritious and good enough to eat is also fraught with difficulty.

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Tags: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) UK, Centre of Excellence for Post-harvest Biotechnology (CEPB), Dr Asgar Ali, global food security, Global Food Security Priority Group, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Malaysia (MOSTI), Technology and Innovation, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), the Ministry of Science

The world’s first centre of excellence specialising in pioneering research into the early detection of cancer was being officially launched at the University’s School of Graduate Entry Medicine on 26 January.

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Tags: Cancer, CEAC, Centre of Excellence for Autoimmunity in Cancer, EarlyCDT-Lung, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, International Agency for Research on Cancer, John Robertson, Oncimmune Ltd