Campus News
Read the Vice-Chancellor’s Life Cycle 6 blog
August 22nd, 2016
More than 1,300 miles cycled and £543,000 raised so far for breast cancer research – the Life Cycle 6 endurance ride finished at Dunnet Head, the most northerly point of mainland Great Britain, on Saturday 3 September.
Read the Vice-Chancellor’s blog for reflections.
Tags: Bike ride, blog, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research, David Greenaway, Life Cycle 6, research
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Cyclists set for 1,400 mile challenge to beat breast cancer
August 19th, 2016
A team of intrepid riders are preparing to tackle the four compass points of Great Britain to raise vital funds for breast cancer research.
The Nottingham Life Cycle 6 endurance riders are led by Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, who is embarking on his final fundraising ride.
They will set off today (Friday August 19) and ride 1,400 miles to the four compass points of Great Britain – from Lizard Point to Lowestoft Ness, Ardnamurchan Point to Dunnet Head – a challenge that will take them two weeks.
The ride is one of the flagship fundraising events in the #BreastCancerAndMe campaign launched by the University earlier this year.
The campaign has a £1 million target and funds will go directly into the university’s laboratories to support world-leading breast cancer research.
Among the team is Professor John Robertson, a world renowned Breast Cancer specialist and Professor of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science.
A group of women who have been treated for breast cancer in Nottingham, benefited from the pioneering research and starred in a hard-hitting campaign video, gathered at the University to give the cyclist a good send off.
Sue Stannard, of Caythorpe, said: “I know that I have really benefited from research and developments into Breast Cancer. If this had happened to me 15-years-ago I don’t think I’d be here now.
“I’m passionate about ensuring there is money for research – especially for secondary cancer. We must do everything we can to stop people dying in the future.”
The University of Nottingham’s Vice Chancellor has taken part in Life Cycle – an annual sponsored bike ride – since 2011 when he cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise money for palliative and end of life care.
He said: “We are all inspired by the cause. Breast cancer is the second most prevalent cancer globally. In the UK alone 58,000 new cases are diagnosed every year and no fewer than 1 in 8 women will experience the disease in their lifetime.
“The research we are supporting is targeted at earlier detection; therapies to manage the spread of the disease; and personalized treatment. Clearly they are all related; the earlier clinicians can make a diagnosis, the more likely they are to manage its progression and the higher the likelihood of genuinely personalized therapy.
“For me, this will be my final Nottingham Life Cycle, and I am extra determined to make the biggest contribution possible to that £1 million target.”
Follow the action
How is the team getting on? Read the Vice-Chancellor’s blog for daily updates.
Tags: Bike ride, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research, Life Cycle 6, research
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Student Services drop-in sessions for staff
August 19th, 2016
Staff will be able to attend drop-in Student Service Centre briefing sessions from Monday 5 September until Thursday 15 September. These events will be open to all staff – academic and administrative in schools, faculties, departments and Professional Services.
These events will provide a valuable opportunity for you to visit your nearest Student Service Centre, have a look around and see how things work now that the Centres are open. There will also be digital screens giving you details about how some of the new processes will work. This will be a great opportunity for you to meet the team and ask them any questions that you may have.
The Centres are now open for business and students will be using them, so please be aware and considerate of this and disrupt as little as possible.
The dates and locations of these events can be found below:
- Royal Derby Hospital: Monday 5 September
- UP Central: Tuesday 6 September
- UP East: Wednesday 7 September
- Sutton Bonington: Thursday 8 September
- Jubilee: Monday 12 September
- UP West: Tuesday 13 September
- City Hospital: Wednesday 14 September
- QMC: Thursday 15 September
There’s no need to book, just turn up between 10am and 4pm to have a look around.
You can find the exact addresses and maps for each Centre on the Student Services website.
Tags: staff briefing sessions, student service centres, student services, tour
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Contribute to science research
August 17th, 2016
A PhD student in the School of Psychology is looking for native English speaking males and females for a reading comprehension eye-tracking study.
You will read short bits of texts on a screen, answer some simple questions and fill out a questionnaire about your perspective.
The study will last up to one hour, and each participant will be paid an inconvenience allowance for their time.
Participants should match the following criteria:
- Speak English as your first language
- Have no reading impairments (e.g. dyslexia)
Please email lpxcr4@nottingham.ac.uk for more information and to sign up.
Tags: eye tracking, research, School of Psychology, sign up, study
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EU Referendum and research video message
August 17th, 2016
Watch video messages from Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange.
Across three videos, Dame Jessica gives a message about research and the EU Referendum, a message for staff and a message for students.
The EU Referendum and research
Dame Jessica talks about the University’s response to the EU Referendum result in relation to research.
https://youtu.be/8GVNaKmrYyk
Watch the EU Referendum and research – what does this mean for staff?
In the above video, Dame Jessica discusses the impact of the EU Referendum on our research academics and what the University is doing to support them.
Watch EU Referendum and research – what does this mean for students?
In the above video, Dame Jessica talks about how the EU Referendum could affect research students and the support the University is providing them.
You can also view last week’s video message from Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir David Greenaway outlining how the University is responding to the EU Referendum result, and read an update from the EU Task Force.
For more information, visit the University’s EU Referendum information and guidance website. If you have any queries or wish to feed in issues or concerns, please contact eu-support@nottingham.ac.uk. Students can make enquiries by emailing europe-team@nottingham.ac.uk
Tags: EU, EU referendum, EU Task Force, Europe, Jessica Corner, research, video
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EEA/EU staff immigration advice seminar and workshops – additional date 22 September
August 17th, 2016
A full day of Staff Immigration Advice Seminars with Paragon Law was held on Wednesday 27 July. The sessions were well attended, with each session ending in an extended question and answer session.
The frequently asked questions and answers from the first sessions are now available on the Human Resources webpages.
For those that attended the first seminar date, there is still the opportunity to sign up for follow up workshops in smaller groups on Monday 22 August, although spaces are now limited.
In order to meet further demand, the EEA/EU Staff Immigration Advice Seminar will be held again 9.30-10.30am, Thursday 22 September at Keighton Auditorium, University Park. There is also a further opportunity to sign up for follow up workshops to be held later the same day.
For further information and to book a place please visit the HR EU Referendum webpages.
If you have any questions about which workshop would be relevant to your circumstances or if you are unable to attend on any of the above dates please contact hr@nottingham.ac.uk
Tags: EU referendum, Europe, HR, human resources, international, seminar, short courses, staff, workshop
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Walkers raise more than 21,000 pounds for breast cancer research
August 16th, 2016
Inspired by University research to develop a test to detect breast cancer early, Denise Kendrick, Professor of Primary Care Research in the School of Medicine, made a decision to trek the Robin Hood Way to help raise vital funds.
Back in June, with a team of more than 70 supporters, family and friends, she trekked 105 miles along the Robin Hood Way in aid of Nottingham Life Cycle 6.
Life Cycle 6 is a fundraising endurance ride led by Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, and one of the flagship fundraising events in the #BreastCancerAndMe campaign launched by the University earlier this year.
The campaign has a £1 million target and funds will go directly into the University’s laboratories to support world-leading breast cancer research.
Denise, who was diagnosed with breast cancer herself in 2008, followed the route of the Robin Hood Way, from Nottingham Castle to Edwinstowe, after being inspired by the work of breast cancer researcher, Professor John Robertson.
Following on from his success in developing the world’s first blood test to detect lung cancer, currently undergoing a large-scale clinical trial in Scotland, John is now applying the technology to help detect breast cancer early. This simple blood test could revolutionise breast cancer screening, helping save the lives of thousands of women around the world.
Denise said, “I’m delighted that the money we’ve raised is going to a cause so close to my heart. Breast cancer is so common that it touches so many people’s lives in some way or other. This research really does have the potential to make a difference.
“My father died when I was eight and my aunt was really important in helping to bring up my sisters and myself. It’s now 24 years since she died of breast cancer; leaving two young daughters. I also had breast cancer myself in 2008 and shortly after that I found out about John’s work.
“The blood test John is working on has the potential to prevent women from having to have surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy and to save lives. It’s really important and I thought this walk would be a nice way of doing something in memory of my aunt.
“Many more people than I could ever have imagined took part, including my aunt’s two daughters. Everyone worked so hard at fundraising, with amazing results. The weather was appalling with loads of rain, but nobody moaned, everyone was cheerful and we just did it!”
The Life Cycle 6 team are due to set off on Friday 19th August. For more information about the research and to sponsor the team visit the Life Cycle pages.
Tags: Breast Cancer Research, BreastCancerAndMe, Life Cycle, Life Cycle 6, Robin Hood Way
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HELM team shortlisted for Learning Technologist of the Year
August 16th, 2016
The Health E-Learning and Media (HELM) team have been shortlisted for an ‘Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Learning Technologist of the Year Award 2016’ in the Community Choice Voting category. These awards celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
Show your support by taking time to vote for this innovative team, who have made significant impact across the curriculum in research and within the community. In addition, their international reputation has been secured through their HELM Open educational healthcare resource developments.
You can vote by following instructions on the Association for Learning Technology website. All voting closes at 12pm Wednesday 7 September.
Twitter users can vote for HELM by tweeting: “My vote for #altc Community Awards #LTA12“. #LTA12 is the code for HELM. Only one such tweet will count as a vote from a Twitter account. Retweets don’t contribute towards the vote, but are a good way to spread the word!
You can also email LTAwards-vote@alt.ac.uk and must include “#LTA12” in the subject line. Again, only one vote is counted per email account.
Also, make sure to view the video celebrating HELM team and their work.
Tags: Faculty of Medicine, health, HELM, learning, Learning Technology, School of Health Sciences, technology
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How a 1400 mile bike ride is helping women like Caroline
August 15th, 2016
Working as an oncologist Caroline Humber dealt with cancer daily. But last year she went from consultant to patient when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She is one of a group of women helping to promote the University’s Life Cycle 6 campaign which this year is raising money for breast cancer research.
The campaign’s flagship fundraising event starts this Friday (19 August) when a team of University of Nottingham staff, led by Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir David Greenaway, set off on a 1,400 mile endurance ride to raise money.
Last August Caroline was on holiday with her husband Steve and two girls, Frankie and Olivia, when she noticed a change in her breast.
She went to her GP thinking it was nothing but in 10 days later she was starting chemotherapy.
“It was overwhelming”, she said. “I’d always examined myself but after I’d been swimming I could feel a little chord under my boob. A scan showed it was cancer underneath my breast and in the nodes under my arm and then suddenly I was having chemotherapy.”
Caroline had eight sessions of chemotherapy before a mastectomy and then radiotherapy. She is still taking medication.
“I didn’t even think about having breast cancer until I was going down to theatre for the mastectomy but I knew that I’d dealt with everything in stages but the side effects of the chemotherapy were awful.”
Caroline, who lives in Desford, Leicestershire, studied medicine at The University of Nottingham — under Professor John Robertson, the same professor who is leading the University’s pioneering research.
She said: “I’m an oncologist but I don’t treat breast cancer. I was glad because it meant my knowledge was out of date. I had a good understanding of how I would react to the chemotherapy but not the latest treatments or the survival rates. I’d rather not know.
“I worry it will come back, I worry about my girls, I worry what to expect but I was told I’ll need 10 years of hormone treatment and this lifted me.”
Professor Robertson and his team are working to develop the first blood test to detect breast cancer and are using new techniques to help make treatments more effective and target aggressive types of the disease such as Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
Caroline said: “I found out about the Life Cycle 6 campaign and wanted to help. The money raised is going directly to the labs and you can actually see the projects developing.
“I had an aunty die from breast cancer at a young age. If there can be a diagnosis earlier, through a blood test, it can only be a good thing.
“My future is uncertain and research into new drugs to treat secondary breast cancer is needed, and often overlooked. For me the work The University of Nottingham is doing is scientifically interesting and could be something that helps me in the long run.”
The Life Cycle 6 endurance team will cycle to the ‘four corners of the UK’ before arriving back in Nottingham for a community bike ride. As well as sponsoring the team the University is encouraging people to hold their own fundraising events such as bake sales, dress down days, sky dives and charity discos. A list of ideas and more information features on the Life Cycle website.
Tags: breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research, Campaign and Alumni Relations Office, charity, fundraising, Life Cycle, Life Cycle 6, research
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Cripps Health Centre rated ‘best GP surgery in Nottingham’
August 11th, 2016
Cripps Health Centre has been named the top GP practice in Nottingham, according to the GP Patient Survey carried out on behalf of NHS England.
79% of patients rated their experience at Cripps Health Centre as ‘very good’, placing The University of Nottingham Health Service first out of 57 practices in the Nottingham area. A total of 4,500 patients were consulted for the survey, which collected data during July-September 2015 and January-March 2016.
With around 41,000 patients, Cripps Health Centre is the biggest single-site GP practice in the country, and serves mainly University students and staff.
Dr Matthew Litchfield, a GP at the centre, said: “We all work hard to deliver a good service. Wherever you practice medicine, the doctors, nurses and other staff are the prime factors that make a difference.
“Patients appreciate that we have short waiting lists, and that if people have a condition that needs to be seen that day, then we see everybody. It’s an open-ended promise, and it’s up to the patient to decide if they need to be seen.”
This follows news that the University has received a £9 million gift to develop a new health centre, which will allow for the existing surgery and dental centre on University Park to be repurposed. The vision for the new facility is centred on a coordinated approach to student health and wellbeing and will allow the University, and surrounding community, unrivalled healthcare facilities within Higher Education.
For more information about the GP Patient Survey and a top ten for GP surgeries in the area, read the Nottingham Post article.
Tags: Cripps Foundation, Cripps Health Centre, Health care, local, Nottingham, survey
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