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Sam Nield, maths alumnus, is a tax associate at PwC. He secured an internship in his second year and was offered a job at the end of his degree. Sam talks about what he does on a day-to-day basis…
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The discovery of new bacteria-resistant plastics to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired-infections, one of the UK's most significant heritage regeneration projects, a one-in-a-million…
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In 1917, at the height of the First World War, F.B. MacNutt edited a collection of 17 essays entitled The Church in the Furnace. These essays were written by Anglican army chaplains who reflected on…
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‘Woodbine Willie’ – the Anglican World War I padre who gave cigarettes to the troops and wrote poetry - is well known. But the man himself, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy is not nearly so…
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Dr Stuart Bell argues that the early twentieth-century Anglican writer, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy (better known as ‘Woodbine Willie’), is the first modern British theologian in that he…
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Dr Ali-reza Bhojani explains the distinction between sharia (what is the right way to live as known within the mind of God), the exposition by jurists – fiqh –of what this is from sources…
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Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) made the theme of finitude, human finitude, central to his philosophy: humans have ‘being towards death.’ In this video Prof. Agata Bielik-Robson challenges…
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In this follow-up vlog, Professor John Atherton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, outlines some of the headline faculty level results following the campus…
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Every two years the University of Nottingham appoints an eminent theologian to deliver the Firth Lectures which comprise of two public lectures (since 2012 these are available on YouTube) and a…
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In this video, John Barclay, the Firth Lecturer for 2018, presented a fresh reading of grace and gift in Paul's theology – and especially what is found in 2 Corinthians. This shows us that…
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In his book, Paul and the Gift (2015) John Barclay presented a fresh reading of grace and gift in Paul's theology, studying it in view of ancient notions of ‘gift’ and shining new…
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Take a look around the School of Mathematical Sciences to see the range of study spaces available to our students. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Mathematics
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'Building the support needed to conduct leading research' In his second vlog, Professor John Atherton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,…
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In his first-ever vlog, Professor John Atherton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, highlights the real opportunities we all have to get involved in local…
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Professor Karen Cox, Deputy Vice-Chancellor 2013 2017, speaks about the importance of the Athena SWAN Charter, and equality, diversity and inclusion, to the University of Nottingham.
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Our competitive, internally funded fellowships aim to
attract and retain exceptional early career researchers to deliver
world-leading research.
Gary Mirams, a current Nottingham Research Fellow in…
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Researchers at The University of Nottingham are studying whether simple eye drops could be used instead to treat patients for the condition diabetic retinopathy and prevent blindness in a project…
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2017 marks the five-hundred anniversary of the beginning of the European Reformation. As part of a series of events to commemorate this event which has done so much to share modern Europe and…
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Despite the passing of 500 years, the ideas of the Reformation are still exerting their influence on theology today. So argues Dr Simeon Zahl in this video where he notes that while these ideas are…
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How has the memory of the Reformation been an important element is the creation of English identity? In this video, Prof. Frances Knight argues that for an older generation – perhaps brought up…
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How ever remember the past is related to how we see what is happening in our present. In this video Dr David Gehring – of Nottingham’s Department of History – looks at how our…
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The reformers were faced with many challenges, but one that is often forgotten was the need to justify their actions historically. How did it come about that the church needed reform? To what image…
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Dr Simeon Zahl explores what are the distinctive characteristics of Protestant theology. In years gone by this would have been expressed as the proposition ‘it is acceptance of the doctrine of…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses how the experience of the war had a long lasting affect on Christian…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses the myths that grew up about the Great War and religion.
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Kevin McGinnell and Tom O’Loughlin discuss the challenge of creating an incarnational liturgy fifty years after the close of the Second Vatican Council.
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Dealing with the body of someone who has died – generically referred to as ‘disposal’ – is a crucial intersection of social custom, religious practices, human ritual,…
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Kevin McGinnell and Tom O’Loughlin discuss the complexity of how liturgy is perceived / received / celebrated in contemporary multi-ethnic urban Britain. An underlying assumption of most…
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Over 300 University of Nottingham students headed to Sheffield for the 2017 British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Championships. With individual finals taking place across nine…
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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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Prof. Frances Knight, an expert on the religious history of the late nineteenth century, examines the religious dimension of the cultural movements we associate with the term ‘Fin de…
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Walter Walsh (1857-1931) published a book called The Secret History of the Oxford Movement in 1897. The book is examined in this video by Prof. Frances Knight, an expert on the religious history of…
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Peter studied a PhD in Organic Chemistry and now works in a private practice specialising in pharmaceuticals. His PhD has given him a sound technical grounding which is really sought after within the…
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) is the most famous of the sixteenth-century reformers who began his attach on the practices of the Catholic Church five centuries ago in 1517. Here Dr Simeon Zahl looks at…
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In a spectacular world premiere, Nottingham-based digital artist Barret Hodgson illuminated the University's iconic Trent Building with a visual feast of digital projections which capture…
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The Eucharist is a central ritual of Christians, and a
central to that ritual is the use of a cup of wine for which thanks have been
offered to God. But what is often forgotten is that in this…
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Footwashing has been part of the ritual inheritance of Christians since at least the time John composed his gospel, but it has also been a much misunderstood and avoided ritual. Here Thomas…
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Innovative technologies help health services respond to huge challenges such as ageing populations and increases in chronic conditions. Find out how our cutting-edge research is being applied by…
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Carwyn started his career as a medical sales rep (also known as 'carrying the bag') and he talks about what this involves, the training and progression routes. Carwyn is now Partner at Open…
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Dr Frances Knight explores some of the religious dimensions
of the life and works of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and in particular his Ballad of Reading Goal and De Profundis. She also examines…
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Until very recently the standard model for assessing the place of religion in the Enlightenment was one of simple opposition: Religion represented the superstition and darkness that the rational…
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Professor Jeremy Gregory examines the case that the history
of religion is as close as we can get to ‘total history’: looking at all
aspects of individuals in societies in the past in the…
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Dr Simeon Zahl describes his experience, as an American, of
celebrating a relatively modern festival: Thanksgiving in the United States of America.A similar video from the Sacred Calendars…
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In this film, you see a GP talking to a patient who has repeatedly presented to the surgery for abdominal problems for which no organic cause has been found. The GP asks the patients at length about…
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In this film, the GP is seeing a patient who has a depressive disorder. The patient describes symptoms including low mood, tearfulness, reduced energy, reduced motivation, early morning wakening,…
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In this film, the GP is seeing a patient who has presented several times before with complaints of palpitations and shortness of breath. The patient describes the onset of her problems, which was a…
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In this film, you see a psychiatrist who works in the liaison psychiatry department seeing a patient who has recently been treated in the emergency department for wrist lacerations. The lacerations…
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In this film, a psychiatrist assesses a man who has been referred by his GP. The patient demonstrates flight of ideas, pressure of speech, disinhibition, punning, grandiose delusions, and second…
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In this film, an on-call psychiatrist is assessing a young man who has been referred urgently by his GP. The psychiatrist takes a history in which she elicits persecutory delusions, third person…
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Dr Claire Taylor of the Department of History, one of the scholars belonging to that department’s Heresy Network, introduces the value attached to the study of heresy to hear voices from the…
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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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This MSc will provide you with the knowledge and skills to manage sports injuries and illness and to explore the relationship between physical activity and health. The MSc Sports and Exercise…
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This new MSc offers students from a non-clinical background the opportunity to study sports and exercise medicine. As an MSc student, you will study a series of core modules in sports and exercise…
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The University of Nottingham sponsored three British Science Association Media Fellows in 2016. They were placed with The Times, the FT and BBC Science. Find out how they got on.
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All religions use time as a central element
in the way they celebrate. They have a sacred year – a sequence of festivals
arranged in an annual cycle. Most also have a sacred month or a sacred…
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Dr Francisca Rumsey looks at the importance of liturgy in
Christianity. She takes her starting point on its importance the fact that
human beings are ritual animals. We constantly communicate with…
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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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Dr Francisca Rumsey reflects in the significance of the
Second Vatican Council (1963-5) in conversation with Prof. Tom O’Loughlin
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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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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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John Milbank and Simon Oliver discuss the significance of
the work of Blessed Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) for the way we do theology
today. Nicholas, in challenging the role of the Principle of…
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Augustine was born in Roman North Africa in 354
and died as Bishop of Hippo, also in North Africa, in 430. He was one of the
most prolific Christian writers of all time and all western Christian…
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Video created by John Tullis.
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Prof. Roland Deines explores the ways that the study of
ancient Galilee, around the time of Jesus, can throw light on the historical
Jesus and the origins of his movement as we hear of it in the…
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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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Dr Steve Cox and Zak Gittins talk about a scheme in Mathematical Sciences where undergraduates in their second year and beyond assist first-years in their transition to university. PASS [Peer…
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All religions use time as a central element in the way they celebrate. They have a sacred year – a sequence of festivals arranged in an annual cycle. Here Rabbi Mendy Lent introduces the…
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Why bother with the study of theology in a university? Why bother with the study of religion – if you do not consider yourself religious? These are the questions address by two theologians…
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The word fitra is central to Islamic understandings of human nature. Dr Jon Hoover explains how fitra appears in the Qur’an and the Hadith, and how it has been understood by different figures…
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Using mathematical modelling to understand our brain functions and ultimately solve real world problems.
Visit the website for the School of Mathematical…
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How mathematics can be used to design amplifiers with the lowest distortion.
Visit the website for the School of Mathematical Sciences:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Mathematics/index.aspx
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How we use maths in the field of Physics? Described here is how one mathematician is trying to make sense of how the universe works using mathematics.
Visit the website for the School of…
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The game of roulette is used to explain probability theory.
Visit the website for the School of Mathematical Sciences:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Mathematics/index.aspx
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof.
Tom O’Loughlin the significance of the Roman Catholic statement on that
church’s view of other religions, and especially how the Catholic…
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Traditional fruit gardens planted by indigenous communities in the Malaysian rainforest increase the diversity of the animals who make it their home. The study, led by researchers at The University…
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Dr Alison Milbank and Professor Tom O'Loughlin talk with Joe Scales, an undergraduate student in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, about the enjoyment they get from teaching…
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Professors Alan Ford and Tom O’Loughlin look at the problems today – both for society and religion - that the legacy of older disputes between Catholics and Protestants throw up. They ask…
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Professor Tom O’Loughlin points out a complexity in the use of
the word ‘eucharist.’ It is usually thought of as just a technical name for a
ritual – the ritual practiced…
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In the first of two videos, Dr Musharraf Hussain discusses Islamic belief in the Last Day with Dr Jon Hoover. Dr Hussain traces the events of the Last Day from human death to the grave and on to the…
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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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Professor Alan Ford examines the origins of sectarianism in Ireland seeing it as an interesting example of how religions relate to identity and how that can easily mutate into extremist and…
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Monsignor Kevin McGinnell discusses with Professor Tom O’Loughlin one of the most remarkable, but least remarked upon, developments among Christian churches working together in recent decades:…
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Professor Alan Ford discusses the origins of sectarianism in Ireland by linking it to the Reformation's self-understanding of being in an apocalyptic struggle with the Antichrist - understood as…
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Monsignor Kevin McGinnell discusses with Professor Tom O’Loughlin the statement produced by a meeting of liturgists from across a wide spectrum of English-speaking churches knows as the Reims…
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I am a PhD student. My research area and my
passion is Number Theory. I am happy I can do what I love.
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I am a
PhD student at The University of Nottingham. In this video I talk about my
enthusiasm for my subject and what attracted me to study maths.
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I'm a postdoctoral scholar at The University of Nottingham,
that means I'm not a student anymore but not quite a faculty academic yet.
Here I talk a bit
about how I got where I am now and…
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I'm a research fellow at the University of
Nottingham funded by the Leverhulme Trust. My working life is spent trying to
use maths to understand how plants grow, and my home life is spent…
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I am an Anne McLaren postdoctoral research fellow at the
University of Nottingham. In this video I talk about how maths has taken me
from astronomy to my current research on the spread of infectious…
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If you're visiting the University for an open day why not drop into the School of Mathematical Sciences and take part in an hour workshop where you'll learn a systematic method (algorithm)…
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