Press releases

The University of Nottingham has been awarded a prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education for its groundbreaking research tackling modern slavery.

A new shared vision for realising future financial services growth in the East Midlands was welcomed by participants in a visit to the University of Nottingham last week, to showcase financial services as the UK’s highest productivity sector and the key to achieving faster economic growth.

The inaugural Review of Mathematical Education (RoME 2025) is published today by the University of Nottingham’s Observatory for Mathematical Education.

UN Tourism has appointed University of Nottingham academic Professor Marina Novelli to the prestigious role of Chair of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE), for the 2025-2029 term.

As online fraud and romance scams continue to make the news headlines on a weekly basis, a new report authored by Professor John Gathergood from the University of Nottingham, sheds light on why so many people – regardless of age, background or education – can fall victim to financial scams, costing UK consumers around £500m every year.

An urban geographer at the University of Nottingham has been awarded a prestigious 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research.

A new scoping review by the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham has highlighted the urgent need for scientifically rigorous and regularly updated estimates of modern slavery prevalence in the UK.

Ask anyone to name a river they associate with Nottingham, and they will likely say the Trent. A brand-new exhibition at the University of Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts, now puts the lesser-known River Leen at the centre of the story of modern Nottingham.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and Tufts University in the US have measured the risk of forced labour behind ingredients in recommended US diets, and hope their findings will inform how governments and institutions buy food at scale.

A study examining more than 40 years of homicide trends has revealed generational, gendered, and racial inequalities.