Campus News
BBC antiques show on hunt for sporting memorabilia
March 14th, 2017
The BBC’s popular antiques programme Flog It will be arriving in the Nottingham on Good Friday (Friday April 14) when it holds its valuation day at the University and will be aiming to celebrate the city’s strong sporting heritage.
Members of the public are invited to bring up to three items to Trent Building on University Park campus to have a free valuation on the day and presenter Paul Martin and experts Charles Hanson, Caroline Hawley and Michael Baggott will be searching through the antiques and collectables hoping to discover some hidden treasures.
Alex Habgood, the show’s director, said: “As well as seeing all of your interesting antiques, Flog It is also specifically looking for any sports memorabilia you may have, this is to celebrate Nottingham being acknowledged as the ‘Home of English Sport’. So dust off those old footy boots and shoot down to our Valuation Day, you never know, you might just score!”
If anyone has anything specifically related to William Bendigo, the bare knuckle boxer, or another of Nottingham’s many sporting figures please feel free to get in touch with the show at Flog.it@bbc.co.uk.
The BBC will be making four editions of the show featuring The University of Nottingham and they will be transmitted within eighteen months of recording.
BBC Flog It will be in The Trent Building at The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD between 9.30am and 4.00pm on Friday 14 April. The event is free to attend and parking will be available on campus.
The items selected for filming at the valuation day will go under the hammer at Mellors and Kirk Auctioneers on Wednesday 10 May.
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Vote for your favourite entrepreneur with the Pitch@Palace app
March 13th, 2017
This year’s Pitch@Palace 7.0 Boot Camp will be hosted by The University of Nottingham on Wednesday 15 March.
The Boot Camp will offer the chance for entrepreneurs to present their business idea to a global audience of influencers. You can download the Pitch@Palace app from the App Store or Google Play Store.
During the pitches (11:30am – 2:45pm), you can watch the live streaming of Pitch@Palace Boot Camp on the Pitch@Palace Facebook page, via the app or our live-streaming site. You can vote for your favourite entrepreneur via the app (in the Boot Camp event) using the badge code “999999999”.
Your vote will be taken into account by the judges when selecting the final Entrepreneurs.
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Article 50 – thoughts from the Vice-Chancellor
March 13th, 2017
As you will have seen in the news recently, the government is preparing to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – the formal two-year mechanism by which we will leave the EU.
What does that mean for us, as a university? What does it mean for our staff and students, for our international partnerships, for our role as a global institution?
It goes without saying that our relationship with Europe will change in the months and years after Article 50 is triggered. Some of those changes are yet to be determined.
But equally, there is much that has not changed.
Our University remains a global institution with an international outlook, an excellent reputation and significant ambition for the future. Our international community of students and staff remain at the very heart of the University. With students from more than 150 countries, we have a global alumni community that has been built up over many decades. With campuses in three countries and extensive experience of working with international partners we are in a strong position to deal with new challenges.
We have already done a great deal of work to prepare for our new relationship with the EU, to put support in place for colleagues who may be affected by changes and ensure we secure the best possible outcome for The University of Nottingham and UK higher education more broadly.
The VC‘s blog about Article 50, the impact of Brexit and next steps for the University can be read in full here.
To read an open letter on Article 50 from the UK’s top universities, visit the Russell Group website.
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Charges introduced for Medilink bus
March 10th, 2017
From Monday 13 March, staff and students will need to pay to use the Medilink bus.
The Medilink is a council-funded hopper bus service that runs between Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital. From Monday 13 March non-NUH staff members will need to pay to use the service. The charge will be £1 per journey if booked in advance using pre-paid Robin Hood tickets or £1.20 if paying in cash.
This charge has been introduced in order to maintain the service, which has been at risk due to council budgets.
More information about this new charge can be found on the Nottingham City Council website. If you have any queries about the new charge or the Medilink service, you can contact the Council here.
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Nottingham shortlisted for two Guardian University Awards
March 10th, 2017
A project to build creative talent in China and a teaching internship programme for vets have seen the University shortlisted in the International Projects and Employability Initiative categories respectively.
The Guardian’s International projects category has put the spotlight on work carried out by the University’s Asia Business Centre and its International Creative Economy Leadership Academy.
The academy is the first of its kind to offer a regional international knowledge exchange network and hub that delivers training, trade and investment support, policy and industry networks, hot-desking space, and research development opportunities. It has combined two strands of activity – one around the screen industry, building on the work of the Nottingham Screen Partnership, and one around museum management.
The University of Nottingham Vet School has been shortlisted for the Employability Initiative category.
After identifying a lack of teaching-qualified vets to train the next generation, and enthusiasm from vet students to broaden their skill set, the Teaching Internship Programme was set up. The programme is aimed at enhancing the employability of graduates by allowing them to combine a teaching qualification during their veterinary degree. One of the first teaching interns has already secured a teaching post upon completion of the course.
Dr Paul Greatrix, Registrar at The University of Nottingham, said: “This is really positive news and testament to the hard work of colleagues across the University. Both these examples show the University pioneering solutions to problems – both locally and globally – and I’m delighted they have been recognised in this way.”
Visit the Newsroom for more information about the projects. The full set of nominations for the awards can be found on The Guardian website.
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Take our Smart Campus survey
March 10th, 2017
This study aims to understand how the University can increase efficiency and deliver smooth experiences to all users of its campuses by using modern technologies and data analytics where possible.
The goal of this questionnaire is to understand:
- experiences of users on campuses and how smart technologies (such as smartphones, sensors, data analytics) can help improve them
- perceptions of data collection, usage and publication on the University of Nottingham campuses
- awareness of initiatives aimed to make campuses smarter and improve user experiences on campuses.
Your feedback is important and information provided will be used anonymously for the purposes of this study. If you have any questions regarding this questionnaire or the study please contact Roza Vasileva at roza.vasileva@nottingham.ac.uk. Supervisor:Dr Lucelia Rodrigues (email: lucelia.rodrigues@nottingham.ac.uk).
This survey will take less than 10 minutes. You can access the survey here.
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2018 undergraduate prospectus now available
March 10th, 2017
The 2018 undergraduate prospectus is now widely available for use and is the first piece of collateral to showcase the new University brand and global student recruitment campaign.
All aspects of the prospectus, including navigation, content, messaging, and design were robustly tested with focus groups in top feeder schools, with these opinions informing the direction of the publication to ensure we were providing prospective students with the information they wanted, as well as a campaign they could identify with. We have made the following improvements to tie in with the new campaign:
- An embossed die cut cover opening onto a bold collage of images to showcase all aspects of university life
- Bold and confident language to tie in with wider brand messaging, using active and succinct words to engage and excite
- A newly designed introduction section to highlight key facts and the wider University wraparound offer
- New aerial images of our UK campuses and increased coverage of campus information
You can download the PDF online.
The global student recruitment campaign has a three-year span and is designed to be flexible to work across the UK, China and Malaysia, undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment.
The aim of the campaign is to develop high-end, dynamic, multi-purpose and market-appropriate content to make us stand out in a changing HE landscape. Design, messaging, photography and video will evolve to be more authentic and tell our students’ stories, and the student recruitment marketing team are in the process of rolling out the campaign more widely across both hard copy materials and online platforms, including collateral for forthcoming open days and display advertising. Prospective students are starting to engage with the campaign at UCAS Higher Education conventions across the country, in the form of the printed prospectus, exhibition materials and a branded virtual reality cube, where the Nottingham experience is brought to life.
You can view the first of our UoN Student Stories videos here.
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Jumpstart – the new way to crowdfund projects
March 9th, 2017
The Impact fundraising campaign has created a bespoke crowdfunding platform for The University of Nottingham with creators starting projects which are funded by sponsors, with rewards offered for their pledges.
Jumpstart helps members of the University to find the funding they need to explore their interests and enhance our community through creative, innovative projects; and it enables alumni and friends of the University to combine a number of gifts to support a project that particularly appeals to them.
Projects can be about anything – so long as there is clear benefit to University of Nottingham students. Projects will be judged on their goals, their creative or innovative merits, and the level of organisation and commitment demonstrated by you or your team. You will also need to demonstrate that you have a good network you can publicise your fundraising to.
Every project must achieve its minimum target by the funding deadline or no funds change hands. Why? Because if a Creator promises to complete a project that needs at least £2,000 it would be tough for them to do it if they only raise half their minimum. Part of the appeal of Jumpstart is that Sponsors get to engage with projects and see where their money is going. This keeps everyone happy!
One such example is the charity initiative Liter (Litre) of Light crowdfunding page coordinated by the Nigerian Students Society, which aims to make sustainable solar lighting accessible to impoverished regions of Nigeria. Using water-filled recyclable plastic bottles which are fashioned into a solar bulb, these units can be installed in the roofs of simple dwellings typical in poor regions of Africa.
The Liter of Light Nigeria team are seeking to raise the minimum sponsorship amount of £1,000 in order to head to Makoko, a slum community in Lagos, to install 600 solar lights in the community as well as teach the locals how to produce these solar lights with materials that can be sourced in Nigeria. If they are successful, this will help to unlock further funds from the Cascade Grants Programme.
To find out more about this project, visit the Liter of Light page. You can also view other projects to support on the Jumpstart website as well as taking in hints and tips for making your campaign a success on Jumpstart’s Learn page.
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New occupational health provider: transfer of records
March 9th, 2017
The University of Nottingham has contracted with a new occupational health provider for its employees and students. From 1 April 2017 the new provider will be OHWorks Ltd.
OHWorks are a specialist occupational health provider with considerable experience of delivering services to universities and NHS trusts.
As part of setting up the new contract, all occupational health records held by our current provider, Industrial Diagnostics Company (IDC), need to be transferred to OHWorks. We have a duty to inform you of the transfer. In order for there to be a seamless transfer of service, your occupational health records will be transferred to OHWorks at the end of March 2017. If, however, you do not want your records to be transferred to the new occupational health provider, you should email Kelly Coggon, Strategic Business Manager at IDC, of your decision by 26 March 2017 kelly.coggon@industrial-diagnostics.com.
Alternatively, you can write to Kelly Coggon at Atherstone House, The Sidlngs, Merry Lees, Leicestershire LE9 9FE.
The transfer of files is normal practice when a new provider takes over a contract of this kind. OHWorks is bound by the provisions of the Data Protection Act to ensure that your details remain confidential and are not disclosed to a third party without your express consent.
Please note that if you were to withhold permission for your records to be transferred to OHWorks this may prevent them from providing you with continuity of the OH service.
OHWorks and The University of Nottingham are committed to delivering a service that benefits the organisation and its staff and students over the coming months and years.
If you have any concerns or questions, please contact HR at the following email address HRER@nottingham.ac.uk
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Nottingham subjects among the best in the world
March 9th, 2017
Subjects taught at The University of Nottingham are among the best in the world according to a new league table.
This year’s ‘QS World University Rankings by Subject’ features Nottingham as an elite institution in 37 of the 46 subjects surveyed.
The ranking also features 21 Nottingham subjects in the global top 100, and seven in the top 50.
The University was placed particularly highly in Pharmacy & Pharmacology (6th), Education (22nd), Anatomy & Physiology (36th), Veterinary Science (29th), Nursing (42nd), Geography (46th) and English Language & Literature (49th).
Dr Paul Greatrix, Registrar at The University of Nottingham, said: “We’re very proud of the breadth of subjects we offer at Nottingham. To be ranked so highly across this range is testament to our exceptional teaching standards and the level of quality we demand from both students and staff.
“Yet again Pharmacy & Pharmacology has placed in the top 10 which we are especially proud to see.”
A total of 4,438 universities were evaluated as part of the survey, with 1,117 institutions making the ranking.
The QS World University Rankings by subject series are based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. It allows prospective students to compare universities in their particular area of interest.
The QS World University 2016 Rankings also placed The University of Nottingham as =75th in the world and in the top 1% of Universities internationally.
It follows The University being named the best in the UK for graduate employment, according to the 2017 The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Dr Greatrix added: “It is very pleasing to see that our investments in teaching and careers have been recognised. These rankings show Nottingham offering not just an outstanding academic experience in a research-rich environment but also making the world beyond graduation an accessible one.”
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