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Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was a famous Muslim jurist from Damascus. This video, part of a series on the concept of benefit (maslaha) in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, explores his dynamic view of…
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A sports facilities access video filmed at David Ross Sports Village with disabled student - Aymun Khan. The video features Aymun's journey through the facility, from the accessible parking to…
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A sports facilities access video filmed at David Ross Sports Village with disabled student and sports scholar - Sean O'Sullivan. The video features Sean's journey through the facility as a…
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A sports facilities access video filmed at David Ross Sports Village with visually impaired student - Agata Cienciala. The video features Agata's journey through the facility as a disabled…
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Dr Ali-reza Bhojani introduced the notion that the basis of morality is not simply based in the acts of divine revelation, but is inherent in the moral order that human beings find within themselves.
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Prof. Thomas O’Loughlin discusses with Dr Sara Parks the origins of the Christian notion of a ‘gospel’ and how it moved from being a political notion in the Roman Empire, to being a…
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Professor Frances Knight introduces the two distance learning MA programmes run by the department: the MA in Church History; and the MA in Systematic and Philosophical Theology. All details in this…
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What makes a good liturgy? Many approaches are taken to this question – and it is a question everyone asks, at least implicitly, after every act of participation. In this video Professor Thomas…
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The University of Nottingham boasts an ambitious tennis set up for all levels of player, from beginner to elite. Our partnerships with the Nottingham Tennis Centre, located adjacent to our University…
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This video demonstrates how to perform a basic musculoskeletal examination of cattle. It includes assessing the cow during movement and under restraint using a halter or cattle crush. It emphasises…
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As pressures mount to find cleaner energy alternatives to fossil
fuels, our world-class researchers are pioneering alternative electrical power
sources that will enable the transportation system of…
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Hosted for the first time in Nottingham, British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Big Wednesday is the UK’s largest event for University team sport. With 11 Green and Gold teams competing…
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University of Nottingham’s Green and Gold took home a record number of medals from the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Individual Championships from Sheffield. Highlights…
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The 6th annual SB Cake Off took place today at our Sutton Bonington Campus. The event raises money for Vets in the Community and the Terrence Higgins Trust. 🍰
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CEO of UK Sport and alumna Liz Nicholl talks about how important the state-of-the-art facilities available at the University of Nottingham are to elite athletes.
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Sarah Hancock, philosophy and theology alumna, works for The Challenge. She gives advice on how you can stand out in the recruitment process, the skills charities look for and the evidence that you…
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2017 was an unprecedented year for research at the University of Nottingham. The largest planned investment in research in the University's history was announced at the Royal Society in London,…
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Today, many products are manufactured from fossil fuels
using energy-intensive petrochemical technologies. We will spearhead the
transformation of energy-intensive economies into low carbon…
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A University of Nottingham graduate, Deng Yaping won six world championships and four Olympic gold medals during her career and as one of the greatest table tennis players of all-time. Our Deng…
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Each year current students welcome alumni back to campus for
a jam-packed day of competition. Both sides battle it out to win the overall
Challenge title with points gained across over 20 sports.…
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On Tuesday 16 May 2017 the David Ross Sports Village (DRSV) was officially opened, with students, Olympians, alumni and guests joining the celebrations. For more information about the DRSV…
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View the best and safest way to lift weights and load/unload the Olympic bars
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Check out our video on how to perform the perfect standing press
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Check out our video on how to perform the perfect deadlift
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Check out our video on how to perform the perfect bent over barbell row
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Check out our video on how to perform the perfect bench press.
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Famous to the British soldiers of the Great War as ‘Woodbine Willie,’ the Revd G.A. Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929) is also a great forgotten theologian. In this video, Dr Stuart Bell…
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Staff and current students discuss the MSC Physiotherapy, Advancing Neuromusculoskeletal Practice pathway, at The University of Nottingham.
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Description: Hear from University of Nottingham international sport scholars about their experience of furthering their studies in Nottingham and competing at the highest level of UK university…
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Second-year Modern European Studies student Phoebe tells us about her Nottingham experience. Start your story... Find courses here: https://goo.gl/ZU5x2H
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We strive to inspire our students to stay active and reach their potential in sport and fitness….with the new £40 million David Ross Sports Village, more student sports clubs than any…
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Nottingham's sustainable energy researchers on how new technologies and materials, systems and people can interact to secure a low-carbon future.
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Joe Scales – and undergraduate in the department – asks two of his teachers why they study theology. There are as many definitions of theology as there are theologians – and here…
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Joe Scales – and undergraduate in the department – asks two of his teachers why they consider it so important for people in general (not just a few experts) to have a basic religious…
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Professor William Kay, one of the world’s leading Pentecostal theologians, introduces a striking, and often controversial, feature of Pentecostalism: its emphasis on healing and the way it…
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In discussion of ethics and morality one can often hear someone say that ‘the bible says … .’ But this video explores how what ‘the bible says’ is far from a simple…
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Archbishop James Ussher (1581-1656) is now known, almost exclusively, for his dating the creation to 4004 BC. But far from being an obscurantist, he was a model scholar of his time – and in…
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For over forty years the question of why the Reformation did not gain significant traction in Ireland in the sixteenth century has fascinated historians. In this video Prof. Alan Ford introduces the…
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Identity is an important topic in seeking to understand a
religion. It expresses itself in culture, rules about food, marriage, dress,
and views of the divine. In this video Dr Carly Crouch looks at…
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Dr Francisca Rumsey discusses the book know as the ‘maryrology’ with Prof. Tom O’Loughlin You can find other videos in the Sacred Calendars series here;…
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Rabbi Mendy Lent discusses with Prof. Tom O’Loughlin a precious item found in many Jewish homes: a copy of the biblical Book of Esther in its original form as a scroll. Mendy Lent gives an…
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Rabbi Mendy Lent explains the significance of attached to the festival of Shavuot which takes place 50 days after the celebration of Passover. It was this celebration which was continued by the early…
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Rabbi Mendy Lent tells the story behind the festival of Purim when Jews still celebrate their deliverance at the time of Queen Esther – as found in the Book of Esther in the bible
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom O’Loughlin how the Catholic Church understands the historic phrase extra ecclesiam nulla salus. McDonald argues that it must not be understood…
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The Firth Lectures take place every other year in the University of Nottingham, and it is the custom to ask the lecturer to conduct a post-graduate seminar on some aspect of her/his work. In 2016 the…
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Take a journey through the years into the research conducted in the field of social sciences. On the way you'll see how this research has informed policies across the globe. To see the whole…
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Prof. Philip Goodchild introduces the thought of Simone Weil
(1909-1943) who has been described as a philosopher, a religious thinker, a
mystic, and linked with any number of philosophers from Plato…
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The Ape Heart Project is a
European-wide research programme led by leading primate specialists at Twycross
Zoo, in collaboration with The University of Nottingham, to investigate why
great apes such…
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Take a look inside David Ross Sports Village as progress continues on the build of this £40m project. Once completed, the facility will be an outstanding, inspirational and accessible sports…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin how the Catholic Church sees the challenges facing ecumenism today:
there has been real progress on many of the historic issues…
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Conor Cunningham looks at the intimate connection between Goodness, Truth, and Beauty as these are studied by theologians. Together these are known as the transcendentals because they are…
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Conor Cunningham introduces one of the great movements in twentieth-century philosophy – phenomenology – which is playing an ever more significant role in theology today. He dos this by…
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Conor Cunningham introduces the work of the French philosopher Michel Henry (1922-2002) and the contribution that he made to theology. Henry’s work, he argues, can be seen as an attempt to draw…
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Conor Cunningham introduces the issue of theism as
confronting ‘deep’ materialism and nihilism. The question that theologians must
address is not the traditional ‘is there life…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin what the Catholic Church sees as the nature of ‘the church’ and how
the notion of ‘the church’ relates to…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin the self-perception of the Catholic Church, in the aftermath of the
Second Vatican Council (1962-5), of Judaism, Islam, Buddhism,…
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Philip Goodchild, the Professor of Religion and Philosophy, notes
that in both our ordinary thinking, and in formal philosophical reflection,
that love, death, and existence are connected. He…
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Philip Goodchild, the Professor of Religion and Philosophy,
explores the notion that human beings have to come to terms with living within
limits if they are to live well. Only when we confront our…
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Are you looking to pursue a career as an athlete while studying a subject you love? At Nottingham we can give you both. Not only do we have the facilities and the academic expertise but we have a…
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The Vet School runs an evening revision club for fourth and final year undergraduates through Twitter. It helps students to develop their reasoning skills and revise important topics and also…
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Professor Judith Mossman (Dept of Classics, University of
Nottingham), and expert on Greek tragedy, introduces one of the most powerful
of the plays of Euripides: The Bacchae. This gives us…
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Plutarch (A.D. 46 – c. 120), from Chaeronea in Boeotia, was one of the most prolific Greek writers of antiquity and his work is exactly contemporaneous with the period of the earliest writings…
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Plutarch (A.D. 46 – after 120), from Chaeronea in Boeotia, was one of the most prolific Greek writers of antiquity and his work is exactly contemporaneous with the period of the earliest…
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Overview of the Humanities Building on University Park Campus - home to the Departments of Archaeology, Classics, History of Art, Philosophy and Theology and Religious Studies.
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Kathryn Moss at 2nd December 2015 Teaching and
Learning Seminar: Connecting with the Professions
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Prof. Tom O’Loughlin examines the various meanings of the word ‘disciple’ in early Christian discourse. #a2zoftheology
Other videos you may wish to watch include;
Why Study...the…
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Agata Bielik-Robson, Professor of Jewish Studies, looks at the notion of human finitude and offer a challenge to the views of Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) and his notion of ‘being towards…
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Agata Bielik-Robson, Professor of Jewish Studies, uses the term ‘philosophical Marranos’ of a group of moderns thinkers, such as Levinas and Derrida, whose common Judaism may be a key to…
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Agata Bielik-Robson, Professor of Jewish Studies, looks at the tradition of speculation that can be traced by to Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-72) – and especially the notion of 'tsimtsum'…
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In the final video discussing Arthur Schopenhauer (1788- 1860), Professor Richard Bell starts this conversation by looking at Schopenhauer's main work "The World, as Will and…
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Take a virtual tour of the David Ross Sports Village due for completion in late 2016. For more information visit: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/facilities/david-ross-sports-village.aspx
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Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) affects less than 400
people each year but it can be so severe in some cases it has led to
amputation. The condition is so rare it is often misdiagnosed.
The…
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A highlights video of The University of Nottingham's Lacrosse team, playing at the BUCS Big Wednesday in the championship final. The team came second overall, winning silver. Filmed by Alex…
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In their latest conversation, Dr Simon Oliver and Professor John Milbank discuss the Analogy of Being. Starting with the works of Thomas Aquinas, the 13th Century theologian and the use of language…
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Professor William Kay, one of the world’s leading Pentecostal theologians, discusses the origins of Pentecostalism at the end of the nineteenth century with Dr Frances Knight. He describes how…
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Prof. Richard Bell introduces the life and thought of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860). The video gives an account of his epistemology – and how he was influenced by Kant – as a basis for…
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Electric fences
and trenches have proved to be the most effective way of protecting farms and villages
from night time raids by hungry elephants. But researchers think they may have
come up with…
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In the second of their 2 part discussion, Professor John MIlbank and Dr Simon Oliver continue to look at the notion of 'the Gift'. Picking up with the idea that a purified gift, given one…
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In this video we follow a group of 3rd year Geography students as they embark on a field trip to Mexico! There are various opportunities to attend field trips organised by the School of Geography,…
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Prof. Richard Bell introduces the life and thought of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860). The video gives an account of his epistemology – and how he was influenced by Kant – as a basis for…
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A short video of Jonathan Tallant discussing his recent work looking at the philosophy of time using art history.
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In the first of a 2 part discussion, Professor John MIlbank and Dr Simon Oliver introduce the notion of 'the Gift'. Beginning with the French Anthropologist, Marcel Mauss (1872 - 1950) they…
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Professor William Kay, one of the world’s leading Pentecostal theologians, gives his vision of the importance of theology. It is concerned with ‘thinking logically about God’ and…
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The benefits of Continuing Professional Development Services.
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In all human quests for understanding - be they religious, theological, philosophical, or literary - the intertwined themes of love and death keep returning to challenge us. It is an endless…
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Rogationtide is the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascension Thursday: it was, and to some extent still is, a time when God’s blessing was asked upon the springtime and the work in the…
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Lammas – from ‘Loaf Mass’ – is the original harvest thanksgiving feast when the first loaf, baked from the newly harvested grain, was presented in the local church. Because it…
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Most of the time of most humans for most of history has been spent obtaining and preparing food for our survival. So for theists, food is both the gift of God and the work of human hands, and each…
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Introduction to the Philosophy module 'Advanced Logic' by Dr Mark Jago. Part of the Philosophy 'Module in a Minute' series.
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Introduction to the Philosophy module 'Being Becoming and Reality' by Dr Jonathan Tallant. Part of the Philosophy 'Module in a Minute' series.
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In a world where we think of work as being a Monday to Friday affair, where food comes from a shop, and where ‘work’ and ‘religion’ belong in separate compartments, a festival…
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Dr Simon Oliver, from the
perspective of systematic and philosophical theology
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Prof Philip Goodchild, from the
perspective of ethics and philosophy
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An introduction to the Philosophy module 'Merleau-Ponty' by Dr Komarine Romdenh-Romluc.
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An introduction to the Philosophy module 'History of Western Philosophy' by Dr Andrew Fisher.
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An Introduction to the Philosophy module 'Environmental Ethics' by Dr Neil Sinclair.
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An introduction to the Philosophy module Philosophy of Mind by Dr Mark Jago.
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An introduction to the Philosophy module Feminist Philosophy by Dr Komarine Romdenh-Romluc,
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An introduction to the Philosophy module Communicating Philosophy by Jonathan Tallant
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