Press releases

Lockdown-friendly support for people with eating disorders

People who are struggling to cope with eating disorders during the COVID-19 lockdown are getting increased support from an East Midlands charity and communication experts at the University of Nottingham.

Shining a light on the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ on the bicentenary of her birth

The University of Nottingham is to celebrate International Nurses Day on 12 May with the digital launch of a new exhibition marking 200 years since the birth of the world’s most famous nurse, Florence Nightingale.

Keeping regional heritage in the limelight during COVID lockdown

As the physical doors remain closed at UK museums, another ‘virtual’ door opens thanks to researchers in the University of Nottingham’s School of English who are now expanding Keswick Museum’s presence online.

History detectives hunt for the Anti-Apartheid activists of Nottinghamshire

Historians at the University of Nottingham are trying to trace people who were involved in the local and regional campaign against racial apartheid in South Africa from the 1960s to the early 1990s. It’s part of a new research project aiming to fill a significant gap in the recorded history of protest and dissent for which the city and county are globally famous.

Alpine glacier reveals lead pollution from C12th Britain as bad as Industrial Revolution

Air pollution from lead mines in C12th Britain was as bad as it was during the Industrial Revolution and exactly maps the comings and goings of England’s Kings, a new world-first study has shown.

New partnership to explore video gaming’s past, present and future

The ever-evolving story of computer gaming will be under the spotlight in a significant new collaboration between the University of Nottingham and the national gaming heritage, culture and education charity, the BGI.

Degree with a difference – a personalised MA English for distance learners

A new type of postgraduate degree that allows students to choose from a rich palette of English subjects and study from a distance has been launched by the University of Nottingham’s popular School of English.

International concert pianist releases ‘magnetising’ piano music album

A ground-breaking new album of piano compositions that are quite literally ‘magnetising’ is being released by the acclaimed concert pianist and University of Nottingham innovative music researcher Xenia Pestova Bennett.

Theologian calls for renewed debate on Catholics sharing communion

A University of Nottingham theologian is calling for new and formal discussions in the Roman Catholic church to review an ecclesiastical law that prevents Catholics sharing holy communion with other Christian groups.

Prize-winning author Eimear McBride on life, letters and miniature toiletries

Multi award-winning writer Eimear McBride will be joining the University’s own acclaimed novelist Jon McGregor in the second of a series of live events presented by The Letters Page – a literary journal of letters published by the School of English.
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