At the University of Nottingham, we're not just a place of learning, we're a powerhouse of change. We are built on the ethos that education can unlock potential and transform lives. From Nobel prize winners to entrepreneurs, engineers and artists, we have long been home to those with the vision and ambition to do things differently.
Core to this is our sector-leading research facilities. We've far too many to list them all but here's seven highlights that we can use to make your programme unforgettable.
Clinical Skills Centre
All medical based Summer/Winter schools are delivered by The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, utilising our Clinical Skills Centre, a multidisciplinary centre based in Queen’s Medical Centre. With simulated hospital wards and other care giving settings students get the opportunity for hands on experience in a safe and supportive environment.
The unit supports the teaching, learning and assessment of a wide range of clinical skills including Dietetics, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy.
Located in one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals, connected to our University Park Campus via the Ningbo Friendship Bridge.
Clinical Skills Centre overview
Biodiscovery Institute
The Biodiscovery Institute is a world-leading hub of interdisciplinary research excellence that is shaping the future of health and biotechnology. Housing all the equipment needed for biodiscovery research, from dedicated tissue culture suites to state of the art imaging labs.
The Institute brings researchers and students together from an exciting range of disciplines with a shared propose: to help people lead healthy lives and safeguard the health of our planet.
Find out more about the Biodiscovery Institute
VR Laboratory
Based in the university’s Engineering Science and Learning Centre (ESLC), The VR Centre contains 40 high image quality VR headsets allowing students to choose their own VR experience.
In addition to the in-situ technology, 90 wireless headsets are available to be used in locations across campus, allowing students to experience VR in a wide range of settings.
The VR experience is not exclusively for our Engineering Summer/Winter Schools and can be tailored to the wide range of options we have on offer, from surgical techniques to just for fun experiences like zombie fighting.
VR Centre overview
COBOT Maker Space
The COBOT Maker Space support the exploration, research and design of human-robot interaction.
Set within a reconfigurable environment, the variety of spaces allow students to explore how robots can be utilised within everyday life. From hospital and care home settings, to the museum room, the variety of applications is vast. Able to support people with tasks that are uncomfortable, repetitive or impossible, COBOTs can bridge gaps in our senses, augment our own capabilities, and compliment them.
Explore the COBOT Maker Space
Digital Centre of Excellence
Located in Business School South Building on Jubilee Campus, the Digital Centre of Excellence has been designed to support the integration of digital partner technology into existing and new taught courses. With a physical teaching space for focussed on areas with digital content.
Digital 4.0 is changing the way companies work. Data is now the new currency, and businesses are becoming intelligent enterprises using technology and data to generate a deeper understanding of customers and the way their own businesses operate.
Increasingly, graduates are required to be cloud, AI and data-ready for the workplace. Today’s digital platforms are typically cloud-based and are becoming more accessible to the business graduate. Businesses use these systems daily and we will support you so that you will have the digital skills necessary to pursue your chosen career in an increasingly competitive employment market.
More about the Digital Centre of Excellence
Centre for Dairy Science Innovation
The University of Nottingham is one of the few UK universities with access to its own working farm that is utilised for both teaching and research purposes.
It is here that you will be introduced to how digital technologies are utilised to reshape the future of agriculture and livestock farming. Our Centre for Dairy Science Innovation was the first of its kind in the UK to operate a fully automated milking system. Students will be introduced to how data is collected and analysed within this area to support higher milk yields and optimum herd health.
Within the sector of Agri-Tech, we have also our Hounsfield facility, a world leading multidisciplinary research centre taking plant phenotyping one step further, all the way to the root. Utilising state of the art imaging techniques including X-ray, Computer Tomography and Laser Ablation Tomography to understand plant and soil interactions and their responses to environmental stressors addressing global food security concerns.
Video overview of the Centre for Dairy Science Innovation
Omnifactory
Omnifactory are redefining the manufacturing sector through the use of Automation and Robotics. Here you can see large scale automated production robots, whilst gaining an understanding of how AI and Machine Learning can be utilised to make production processes more reliable.
Experience how VR and Simulations are employed to explore new possibilities, accelerating the development and commissioning of new systems. Learn the role that IoT and Edge Computing technologies play in filtering and processing shop-floor data as close to the source as possible, improving response times and reducing the load on our network and central servers.
Explore the Omnifactory