• UoN’s Graduation Without Borders

    University of Nottingham alumni, ambassadors and famous faces are helping to mark the graduation of 10,000 students in a 24-hour virtual celebration on the 24th July....
  • Impostor Syndrome At Uni: Accepting Your Authentic Self

    At any talk or network event, there is always an inspirational speaker with admirable confidence stood in front of me, so I intuitively ask if they’ve ever experienced feelings of unworthiness. They all say yes. Impostor Syndrome, characterised by low self-esteem, self-doubt, and feelings of inadequacy, plagues too many...
  • University of Nottingham To Own UK’s First ‘Quiet’ Halls

    The University of Nottingham has become the first university in the UK to own an officially accredited lower noise student accommodation, as it chooses Lincoln Hall to be a ‘Quieter Hall’. From the start of the new academic year in September, Lincoln Hall, situated on University Park campus, will...
  • Proportion of Chemsitry professors in the UK who are female

    Equality And Diversity Crisis In Chemistry

    On the 4th of June 2020, a highly respected chemistry journal published an ‘offensive and misguided’ opinion piece claiming efforts to improve ‘diversity of the workforce’ were resulting in ‘discrimination against the most meritorious candidates’....
  • UoN To Take Part In National Coronavirus Testing Methods Research Project

    The University of Nottingham will be collaborating in a national research project launched by the U.K government to evaluate the accuracy of new coronavirus diagnostic tests and test their effectiveness in different settings, it has been reported....
  • Open Letter from UoN Students Prompts Further Action

    An open letter from the BME Students’ Officers and seven student societies representing black students at the University of Nottingham has prompted a more detailed response from the Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, regarding the death of George Floyd and the University’s stance on the Black Lives Matter movement. The first...
  • Herd Immunity: The Past and Present 

    Many people have heard of Darwin’s Theory of Survival of the fittest; only those who are the best adapted for their environment and able to adapt to change survive and pass on their genes to future generations. Herd immunity is an idea which follows a similar concept. However, in this case, it is a way...