Free online course – ‘Shale Gas and Fracking: the Politics and Science’

Led by Professor Sarah O’Hara from the School of Geography and Mathew Humphry, Head of the […]

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Tags: course, fracking, Mathew Humphrey, MOOC, online, politics, Sarah O'Hara, School of Geography, School of Politics and International Relations

Putting on a show – landscape research and public exhibitions

Annual GeogSoc Lecture: Professor Stephen Daniels presents ‘Putting on a show – landscape research and public exhibitions’.

Tags: cultural geography, exhibition, School of Geography, Stephen Daniels, University Park

Managing urban flood risk – the blue-green approach

A Blue-Green City aims to recreate a naturally-oriented water cycle while bringing water management and green infrastructure together. As part of the Science Public Lecture Series, Dr Emily Lawson discusses the impact this could have in managing urban flood risk. Admission is free, all are welcome.

Tags: flood, geography, School of Geography, science public lecture series, University Park

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

Elephants sowing seeds for future

Lindsay Brooke joins researchers on a field trip in the rainforests of Malaysia. “There’s one!” We […]

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Tags: Dr Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Lindsay Brooke, Malaysia, MEME, School of Geography, the Management and Ecology of the Malaysian Elephant, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Historic ties to bonds of slavery

It may be over two hundred years since the abolition of the British slave trade but […]

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Tags: Andrew Hann, Bolsover Castle, Department of History, Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty, Madge Dresser, Peter Thellusson, Portland Collection, Portland Collections, School of Geography, slave trade, Slavery and the British Country House, third duke of Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck

Join John’s hill walk

Geographers and weatherman John Kettley are guiding walkers at a Cumbrian beauty spot.

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Tags: Discovering Britain project, Georgina Endfield, Gordon Manley, Great Dun Fell, Helm Wind, Institute of British Geographers, John Kettley, Professor of Environmental History, School of Geography, The Royal Geographical Society, Weather Walks and Weather Talks: Exploring Popular Climate Histories and Futures

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News from around the University’s school and faculties.

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Tags: China Scholarship Council Research Excellence Scholarship, Dean of Engineering Research Scholarship for International Excellence, Geography in Your Own Back Yard, International Office Research Scholarships, PhD Scholarship for Research Excellence from Brazil, Professor Nick Mount, School of Geography, Schools Partnership, SPS, Sustainable Print Service, The University Counselling Service, Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship for Research Excellence (International and European Union)

Tough call on climate change

A study by University researchers has predicted the effects of a concerted global action on climate change.

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Tags: climate change, Dr Simon Gosling, Edward Davey, greenhouse gases, Nature Climate Change, School of Geography, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change