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, with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in

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. Outside the UK, the university has campuses in

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, and

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. Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has about 45,500 students and 7,000 staff, and had an income of £694 million in 2020–21, of which £114.9 million was from research grants and contracts. The institution's alumni have been awarded 3 Nobel Prizes, a Fields Medal, a Turner Prize, and a Gabor Medal and Prize. The university is a member of the

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History

Founding

The University of Nottingham traces its origins to both the founding of an adult education school in 1798, and the University Extension Lectures inaugurated by the

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in 1873—the first of their kind in the country. However, the foundation of the university is generally regarded as being the establishment of University College Nottingham, in 1881 as a college preparing students for examinations of the

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. In 1875, an anonymous donor provided £10,000 to establish the work of the Adult Education School and Cambridge Extension Lectures on a permanent basis, and the Corporation of Nottingham agreed to erect and maintain a building for this purpose and to provide funds to supply the instruction. The foundation stone of the college was duly laid in 1877 by the former Prime Minister

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, and the college's neo-gothic building on Shakespeare Street was formally opened in 1881 by

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. In 1881, there were four professors – of Literature, Physics, Chemistry and Natural Science. New departments and chairs quickly followed: Engineering in 1884, Classics combined with Philosophy in 1893, French in 1897 and Education in 1905; in 1905 the combined Department of Physics and Mathematics became two separate entities; in 1911 Departments of English and Mining were created, in 1912, Economics, and Geology combined with Geography; History in 1914, Adult Education in 1923 and Pharmacy in 1925.

Development

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The university college underwent significant expansion in the 1920s, when it moved from the centre of Nottingham to a large campus on the city's outskirts. The new campus, called University Park, was completed in 1928, and financed by an endowment fund, public contributions, and the generosity of Sir Jesse Boot (later Lord Trent) who presented to the City of Nottingham in 1921. Boot and his fellow benefactors sought to establish an "elite seat of learning" committed to widening participation, and hoped that the move would solve the problems facing University College Nottingham, in its restricted building on Shakespeare Street. Boot stipulated that, whilst part of the Highfields site, lying south-west of the city, should be devoted to the University College, the rest should provide a place of recreation for the residents of the city, and, by the end of the decade, the landscaping of the lake and public park adjoining University Boulevard was completed. The original University College building on Shakespeare Street in central Nottingham, known as the Arkwright Building, now forms part of

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's City Campus.

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commented on the endowment and the architecture in the words

In Nottingham, that dismal town where I went to school and college,
they've built a new university for a new dispensation of knowledge.
Built it most grand and cakeily out of the noble loot
derived from shrewd cash-chemistry by good Sir Jesse Boot.

University College Nottingham was initially accommodated within the

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on 10 July 1928. During this period of development, Nottingham attracted high-profile lecturers, including

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. The blackboard used by Einstein during his time at Nottingham is still on display in the Physics department. Apart from its physical transfer to surroundings that could not be more different from its original home, the college made few developments between the wars. The Department of Slavonic Languages (later Slavonic Studies) was established in 1933, the teaching of Russian having been introduced in 1916. In 1933–34, the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Zoology and Geography, which had been combined with other subjects, were made independent; and in 1938 a supplemental Charter provided for a much wider representation on the Governing Body. However, further advances were delayed by the outbreak of war in 1939.

University status

University College Nottingham students received their degrees from the University of London. However, in 1903, the university was granted its

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which endowed it with university status and gave it the power to confer degrees. In 1948 University College Nottingham was incorporated as The University of Nottingham. In the 1940s, the Midlands Agricultural and Dairy College at

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merged with the university as the School of Agriculture, and in 1956 the Portland Building was completed to complement the Trent Building. In 1970, the university established the UK's first new medical school of the 20th century. In 1999, Jubilee Campus was opened on the former site of the

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, one mile (1.6 km) away from the University Park Campus. Nottingham then began to expand overseas, opening campuses in

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and in China in 1999 and 2004 respectively. In 2005, the

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opened near University Park. The university has used several logos throughout its history, beginning with its coat of arms. Later, Nottingham adopted a simpler logo, in which a stylised version of

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was surrounded by the text "The University of Nottingham". In 2001 Nottingham undertook a major re-branding exercise, which included replacing the logo with the current one.

Campuses

UK campuses

University Park Campus

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University Park Campus, to the west of Nottingham city centre, is the main campus of the University of Nottingham. Set around its lake and clock-tower and with extensive parkland greenery, University Park has won numerous awards for its architecture and landscaping, and has been named the greenest campus in the country in a Green Flag Award. At the south entrance to the main campus, in Highfields Park, lies the Lakeside Arts Centre, the university's public arts facility and performance space. The D.H. Lawrence Pavilion houses a range of cultural facilities, including a 225 capacity theatre space, a series of craft cabinets, the Weston Gallery (which displays the university's manuscript collection), the Wallner gallery, which exists as a platform for local and regional artists, and a series of visual arts, performance and hospitality spaces. Other nearby facilities include the Djanogly Art Gallery, recital hall, and theatre, which in the past have hosted recordings and broadcasting by BBC Radio 3, the NOTT Dance and NOW festivals, and a series of contemporary art exhibitions.

Jubilee Campus

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, designed by Sir Michael Hopkins, was opened by

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in 1999, and is approximately from University Park. The campus' facilities house the Schools of Education and Computer Science, and The

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. The site is also the home of The National College for School Leadership. Additional investment of £9.2 million in Jubilee Campus was completed in 2004, with a second building for Nottingham University Business School opened by

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. The environmentally friendly nature of the campus and its buildings have been a factor in the awards that it has received, including the Millennium Marque Award for Environmental Excellence, the British Construction Industry Building Project of the Year, the RIBA Journal Sustainability Award, and the Civic Trust Award for Sustainability. University Park MMB «73 Portland Building

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The Jubilee Campus won the commendation of the Energy Globe Award judges in 2005. The campus is distinct for its modern and unique architecture, culminating in Aspire, a 60-metre tall artistic structure is the tallest freestanding structure in the UK. The university plans to invest £200 million in a new scheme designed by Ken Shuttleworth, designer of the London '

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. However, the architecture of the Jubilee Campus is not admired by all, and the newly completed Amenities Building and YANG Fujia Building have been labelled the second worst new architectural design in Britain in a recent survey. A fire in September 2014 destroyed the GlaxoSmithKline building which was under construction, but it was rebuilt and officially opened in 2017.

Other campuses

The City Hospital Campus houses staff and postgraduate students specialising in respiratory medicine, stroke medicine, oncology, physiotherapy, and public health. The campus was expanded in 2009 to house a new institute of public health and a specialist centre for tobacco research.

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houses Nottingham's School of Biosciences and the new School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, and is about to the south of the City of Nottingham, between the M1 motorway, Ratcliffe Power Station, and the

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railway. The campus is centred on the historic manor of Sutton Bonington and retains many of its own botanic gardens and lakes. The University Farm, including the Dairy Centre, is at the Sutton Bonington Campus.

was established in 2005 on the former

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Studios site on Lenton Lane. It mainly accommodates administrative functions, but also the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections. A functioning television studio remains at the site, that continues to be rented to the film and television industry. Castle Meadow Campus is a 3.75-hectare site below

, purchased by the university in 2021, having been previously owned by HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs). Existing buildings are to be refurbished with the campus planned to open from 2023

International campuses

Nottingham has introduced overseas campuses as part of a growth strategy. The first stage in this strategy was the establishment in 1999 of a campus in

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, Selangor, Malaysia, a short distance from

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. This was followed in 2004 by a campus in

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, China. The Malaysia campus was the first campus of a British university in Malaysia and one of the first anywhere in the world, earning the

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2001 and the Queen's Award for Industry (International Trade) 2006. In September 2005, the Malaysia campus moved to a purpose-built campus at Semenyih, south of Kuala Lumpur city centre. The £40 million Ningbo campus was completed in 2005, and was officially opened by

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, the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, in February 2006. Like the Malaysia Campus, Ningbo Campus builds on the University Park in the UK and includes a lake, its own version of Nottingham's famous Trent Building, and the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET), China's first zero-carbon building. In November 2012, the university launched a new joint venture in collaboration with the

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: the Shanghai Nottingham Advanced Academy (SNAA). The SNAA will deliver joint courses in Shanghai including periods of study in Nottingham, with teaching and research at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.

Organisation

Faculties and departments

The university is made up of a number of schools and departments organised into five faculties: Arts, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, and Social Science. Each faculty encompasses a number of schools and departments. ;Faculty of Humanities * American and Canadian Studies * Classics and Archaeology * Culture, Film and Media * Cultures, Languages and Area Studies * English * French and Francophone Studies * German Studies * History * History of Art * Humanities * Language Centre * Music * Philosophy * Russian and Slavonic Studies * Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies * Theology and Religious Studies ;Faculty of Engineering * Architecture and Built Environment * Chemical and Environmental Engineering * Civil Engineering * Foundation Engineering and Physical Sciences * Electrical and Electronic Engineering * Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering ;Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences * Health Sciences * Life Sciences *

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* Veterinary Medicine and Science ;Faculty of Science * Biosciences * Plant Science * Chemistry * Computer Science * Mathematical Sciences *

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* Physics and Astronomy * Psychology ;Faculty of Social Sciences * Economics * Education * Geography * Law *

* Politics and International Relations * Sociology and Social Policy

Governance

The chief officer is the

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, elected by the University Court on the recommendation of the University Council. The chief academic and administrative officer is the

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, who is assisted by Pro-Vice-Chancellors. The governing body is the University Council, which has 35 members and is mostly non-academic. The academic authority is the Senate, consisting of senior academics and elected staff and student representatives. The largest forum is the University Court, presided over by the Chancellor. The office of Chancellor is currently vacant, following the retirement of Sir

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. Witty, who became incumbent on 1 January 2013, announced his retirement in November 2017, and the role has been vacant since. He succeeded Yang Fujia, who had been installed in July 2001. The current Registrar is Paul Greatrix.

Vice-Chancellors

The following have served as Vice-Chancellor of the university: * 1948–1965:

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* 1971–1975: John Butterfield * 1976–1988:

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* 1988–2008: Sir Colin Campbell * 2008–2017: Sir David Greenaway * 2017–present:

Academic profile

Academics

Nottingham is a research-led institution, and two academics connected with the university were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2003.

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was jointly awarded the

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. Much of the work on

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(MRI) was carried out at Nottingham, work for which Sir

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received the

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in 2003. Nottingham remains a strong centre for research into MRI. The university has contributed to a number of other significant scientific advances.

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, Professor of Chemistry (1897–1936), made the discovery of

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at Nottingham. Major developments in the

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culture of plants and micropropogation techniques were made by plant scientists at Nottingham, along with the first production of transgenic tomatoes by Don Grierson in the 1980s. Other innovations at the university include

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for deaf children and the brace-for-impact position used in aircraft. In 2015, the Assemble collective, of which the part-time Architecture Department tutor Joseph Halligan is a member, won the

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, Europe's most prestigious art award. Other facilities at Nottingham include a 46

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supercomputer. Nottingham was ranked joint 23rd in the UK amongst multi-faculty institutions for the quality (GPA) of its research and 8th for its Research Power in the 2014

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. More than 80 per cent of research at the university was described as "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" in the UK Funding Councils' 2014 Research Excellence Framework, with 28 out of 32 returns having at least 75 per cent of impact that was either "outstanding" or "very considerable" – ranking the university 7th in the UK on this measure. Nottingham is also in the top seven universities in Britain for the amount of research income received, being awarded over £40 million in research contracts for the 2015–2016 academic year by UK Research Councils, and £159 million in total research awards income. The university is home to the Leverhume Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP). GEP was established in the Nottingham School of Economics in 2001, and conducts research activities structured on the theme of globalisation.

Admissions

According to the latest statistics () compiled by the

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, Nottingham is the UK's largest university based on total student enrolment with students; from more than 130 countries. 20% of Nottingham's undergraduates are privately educated, the 17th highest proportion among mainstream British universities. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 78:5:17 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 55:45. The university gives offers of admission to 78.5% of its applicants, the joint 15th lowest amongst the

. According to ''

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'' and ''The Sunday Times'' League Table 2015, the university received 7.3 applications for every place available, placing it joint 14th in the UK (tied with

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) for the 'Most Competition for Places'. For the 2013–14 admissions cycle, the average successful applicant attained 426 UCAS points (the equivalent of ABB at A Level and BB at AS Level), ranking it as the 22nd highest amongst higher educational institutes.

Rankings and reputation

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The university was named ''Times Higher Education'' "University of the Year" in 2006, ''Times Higher Education'' "Entrepreneurial University of the Year" in 2008, and finished runner up in the 2010 ''

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'' "University of the Year". In 2016–17, Nottingham was named 'University of the Year' for graduate employment by ''The Sunday Times''. Nottingham is described by the

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as "one of the UK's oldest, largest, and most prestigious universities". In 2019, it ranked 126th among the universities around the world by ''

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s of the 500 largest companies worldwide. The 2015 Global Employability University Ranking places Nottingham 78th in the world and 11th in the UK. In 2017, Nottingham was ranked Europe's 71st 'Most Innovative University'. More recently in the 2019 ''Complete University Guide'' national rankings, Nottingham placed 1st for Agriculture & Forestry, 2nd for Pharmacology & Pharmacy, 3rd for Social Work and Veterinary Medicine and 4th for American Studies and Physiotherapy. 19 subjects were ranked in the top ten.

Student life

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Students' Union

The University of Nottingham Students' Union is heavily involved with providing student activities at the university and has more than 190

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affiliated to it. A further 76 clubs are affiliated to the Students' Union's Sports Committee. Nottingham participates yearly in the Varsity Series, a number of sporting events between the students and staff of the university and traditional rivals

. The student newspaper ''

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'' is published regularly during term time. The Students' Union radio station is

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. A range of student theatre takes place at The New Theatre. The Students' Union also operates a student-run professional sound and lighting company, TEC PA & Lighting, who provide services for many events such as graduation, balls, and many other events, both within the university and to external clients. The Students' Union also organises a number of activities and events involving students and staff with the local community. The Student Volunteer Centre sees more than 4500 students each year volunteering in local schools and community organisations, as well as a range of other projects throughout the city of Nottingham. The Union has the largest student-run RAG organisation outside of the US, "Karnival" (abbreviated to "Karni"), which raised £1.61 million in 2012. The Students' Union also runs an international volunteering project,

InterVol InterVol is a community volunteering charity based in the United Kingdom.

, which sends student volunteers to work in rural African communities. Karnival also ran "RAG raids" a format of charity fundraising in other cities, which proved to be one of the most profitable charity sources for the university with notably a single RAG raid in 2014 raising £66,552.72 for the Poppy Appeal. However, in April 2017 the raids were controversially banned by the students' union over the fears for the safety on students.

Halls of residence

The University of Nottingham has a system of halls located on its campus. The halls are generally named either after counties, districts, or places in the

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or significant people associated with the university.

Controversies

'Nottingham Two'

On 14 May 2008, Hicham Yezza, a member of staff, and

Rizwaan Sabir The Nottingham Two were a student (Rizwaan Sabir) and a staff member (Hicham Yezza) of the University of Nottingham arrested in May 2008 for suspected involvement with Islamic terrorism. The operation was codenamed Operation Minerva. University sta ...

, a postgraduate student, were arrested at the University of Nottingham and were detained for six days under the Terrorism Act 2000. The university informed the police after finding an edited version of the

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training manual the student was using for his research. Both were released without charge from terrorism offences. In September 2011, Rizwaan Sabir was awarded £20,000 compensation for false imprisonment by

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. The university came under criticism after the only professor involved in terrorism studies at the institution,

Rod Thornton Rod Thornton is a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London. He previously taught at the University of Kurdistan Hewler in Erbil, Iraq and in the University of Nottingham's department of Politics and Internationa ...

, decided that, because of the university's lack of guidance to him regarding their position over possession of terrorist publications, he was no longer willing to risk possible arrest by teaching terrorism studies at the university, although he would continue in his other responsibilities. As a result, terrorism studies are no longer being taught at the University of Nottingham. For a 2011 conference of the

British International Studies Association The British International Studies Association (BISA) is a learned society that promotes the study of international relations and related subjects through teaching, research, and facilitation of contact between scholars. BISA has an international m ...

, Thornton prepared a paper which alleged the university had engaged in systematic persecution against Yezza, Sabir, and junior academics in the department. One of Thornton's colleagues at Nottingham complained to BISA about alleged

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content of Thornton's paper, and a spokesman for the university called it "highly defamatory of a number of his colleagues". The paper was later removed from BISA's website., In early May 2011, Thornton was suspended by the university for the "breakdown in working relationships" caused by the paper. In an open letter published in ''

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'', 67 international researchers including

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asked for Thornton's reinstatement and an independent examination of the university's actions, saying that Thornton's paper "carefully details what appear to be examples of serious misconduct from senior university management over the arrest of two university members"., , In 2011, a campaign was launched calling for the reinstatement of Rod Thornton and for a public inquiry into the university's actions. In March 2012 it was announced that Thornton was leaving his job as a lecturer at Nottingham, and that, "for his part, Dr Thornton accepts that the article which he published on the BISA website in April 2011 contained a number of inaccuracies." Thornton apologized for any offence he might have caused.

COVID-19 pandemic response

In the 2020–21 academic year, students of the University of Nottingham organised large-scale campaigning against the university management team and specifically the Vice-Chancellor,

, for wider academic, welfare, and financial support for studentake, due to the on-going

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. As of 4 February, the university administration initiated a safety net policy, for a variety of assignment types, in partial compliance with student demands. However demands for a wider university policy to support students with welfare support have yet to be made, with further complaints arising due to minimal financial support being provided to home students and additional issues arising for international students - resulting in a number of go-fund me pages being created to help international students pay their tuition. Student campaigners are yet to comment on the development of this situation.

Attitudes towards Catholicism

At the start of the 2021–22 academic year,

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, Bishop of Nottingham, appointed Fr David Palmer to position of

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to the university. The university actively blocked his appointment on the basis of his views on

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and

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. This triggered mass international criticism, including from Ann Furedi, a former chief executive of the

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with strongly pro-choice views, who described the decision as "stupid" and stated "I disagree with his views on abortion but as a Catholic priest he’s expressing a mainstream Catholic view. Universities can’t tell chaplains what religious beliefs to express". Fr Palmer's criticism of abortion and euthanasia were entirely in line with the Catholic Church's teaching. The university are yet to comment on the development of this situation or the media coverage which it has generated.

Notable people

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D.H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...

, novelist Peter Mansfield Leipzig.jpg,

, physicist who was awarded the 2003

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Ian Kershaw Sir Ian Kershaw (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's leading experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is pa ...

, historian, one of the world's leading experts on Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich Martynpoliakoff.jpg, Sir

Martyn Poliakoff Sir Martyn Poliakoff (born 16 December 1947) is a British chemist, working on gaining insights into fundamental chemistry, and on developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluid ...

, Research Professor in Chemistry and known for his leading role in

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, economist awarded the 2003

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The university has been associated with a range of notable alumni and staff in a number of disciplines: Nobel prize or Fields medal winners; Sir

– Nobel Prize in Economics, Sir

–

for contributions to

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– Nobel Prize–winning physicist, and

Caucher Birkar Caucher Birkar ( ku, کۆچەر بیرکار, lit=migrant mathematician, translit=Koçer Bîrkar; born Fereydoun Derakhshani ( fa, فریدون درخشانی); July 1978) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian Kurds, Kurdish mathematician and a profes ...

– Fields medal-winning mathematician. Academics: * Sir

Arthur Elijah Trueman Sir Arthur Elijah Trueman (26 April 1894 – 5 January 1956) was a British geologist. Life Trueman was born in Nottingham, the son of Elijah Trueman, a lacemaker, and his wife Thirza Newton Cottee. He was educated at High Pavement School in No ...

– geologist *

Milton Wainwright Milton Wainwright (born 23 February 1950) is a British microbiologist who is known for his research into what he claims could be extraterrestrial life found in the stratosphere. Biography Wainwright graduated from the University of Nottingha ...

– microbiologist * Sir

Keith O'Nions Sir Robert Keith O'Nions FRS HonFREng (born 26 September 1944), is a British scientist and ex-President & Rector of Imperial College London. He is the former Director General of the Research Councils UK as well as Professor of the Physics and C ...

– ex-president and rector of

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* Jeremy Lawrance – professor of

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studies'LAWRANCE, Prof. Jeremy Norcliffe Haslehurst', in ''Who's Who 2014'' (London: A. & C. Black)
online edition
by Oxford University Press, December 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014 (subscription site) *

Ivy Pinchbeck Ivy Pinchbeck, (9 April 1898 – 10 May 1982) was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of women. Her book of 1930,''Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750 – 1850'' was a pioneering effort in women's hi ...

– economic and social historian of women *

Helen Willetts Helen Willetts is a meteorologist on the BBC. She appears regularly on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 2. Willetts is an occasional weather forecaster on the BBC News at Ten on BBC One. Early ...

– meteorologist * Sir

– professor in chemistry and featured in ''Periodic Table of Videos'' * Stewart Adams – contributor to the development of ibuprofen * Sir

– historian * Sophie Harker – winner of IET's 2018 Young Women Engineer of the Year Award and the

Sir Henry Royce Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet, (27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933) was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for reliability and longevity. With Charles Rolls (1877–1910) and Claude ...

Medal. *

Monica Partridge Prof. Monica Partridge born Monica Agnes McMain (25 May 1915 – 2008) was a British linguist and Russian and Serbo-Croatian scholar who was a benefactor to the University of Nottingham. She was the first woman to be a Professor at her university ...

– first woman at Nottingham to be made a professor in 1967 Festival des Vieilles Charrues 2015 - London Grammar - 092

Arts and media: *

Emma Barnett Emma Barnett (born 5 February 1985) is a British broadcaster and journalist. She has been the main presenter of ''Woman's Hour'' on BBC Radio 4 since January 2021. Barnett worked for BBC Radio 5 Live for six years, beginning in 2014, after th ...

– journalist, presenter of BBC ''

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'' and ''

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'' *

Andrew Grima Andrew Grima (31 May 1921 – 26 December 2007) was an Anglo-Italian designer who became known as the doyen of modern jewellery design in Britain. Early life Grima was born in Rome to Italian-Maltese parents and raised in London, where he atten ...

– British jewellery designer *

Graham Dury Graham Dury (born 1962 in Clifton, Nottingham) is a British cartoonist. He is known for his work with '' Viz'', having contributed to the magazine from its early years. He co-conceived and personally created '' The Fat Slags'', one of the maga ...

– cartoonist *

Haydn Gwynne Haydn Gwynne is an English actress. She was nominated for the 1992 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for the comedy series ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1991), and won the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured ...

– actress *

D.H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...

– writer *

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...

– writer *

Ruth Wilson Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her performances as the eponymous protagonist in ''Jane Eyre'' (2006), as Alice Morgan in the BBC psychological crime drama ''Luther'' (2010–2013, 2019), as Alison L ...

– actress *

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– actor * Clive Tyldesley – football commentator Business: * David Ross – co-founder of

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Kweku Adoboli Kweku Adoboli (born 21 May 1980) is a Ghanaian investment manager and former stock trader. He was convicted of illegally trading away US$2 billion (£1.3 billion STG) as a trader for Swiss investment bank UBS. While at the bank he pr ...

–

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Rogue Trader of "the biggest fraud in British history" * Jonathan Browning – former president and CEO of

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Steve Holliday Steven John Holliday FREng, born 26 October 1956, is a British businessman and engineer. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of National Grid plc from 2007 to 2016. Early life Born in Exeter, Holliday is the son of Michael J. Holliday and ...

– former CEO of

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* Tim Martin – founder and chairman of

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Simon Nixon Simon Justin Nixon (born August 1967) is a British billionaire businessman, the co-founder of and former deputy chairman of Moneysupermarket.com. Early life Nixon was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire in 1967. He was educated at St Richard Gwyn ...

– billionaire businessman, co-founder of

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, dropped out *

John Rishton John Frederick Rishton (born 21 February 1958) is a British business executive who served as the CEO of Rolls-Royce from March 2011 to July 2015. Biography Rishton holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Nottingham. He joi ...

– former CEO of

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* Richard Scudamore – CEO of the

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* Sir

– former CEO of

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John Timpson John Harry Robert Timpson, (2 July 1928 – 19 November 2005) was a British journalist, best known as a radio presenter. Early life Born at Ridgeholme, 53 The Ridgeway, Kenton, Middlesex, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, a boys' ...

– Chairman of Timpson * Tan Sir Francis Yeoh (Honorary Doctor of Laws) – Managing Director of YTL Corp Berhad Group * Ruth Yeoh – executive director of YTL Singapore *

Peter Rice Peter Rice (16 June 1935 – 25 October 1992) was an Irish structural engineer. Born in Dublin, he grew up in 52 Castle Road, Dundalk in County Louth, and spent his childhood between the town of Dundalk, and the villages of Gyles' Quay and ...

– president of

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Politics and public service: *

Tedros Adhanom Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ( ti, ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelt ti, ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ, label=none; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, and ...

– Director General of the World Health Organization *

Jonathan Van-Tam Sir Jonathan Stafford Nguyen-Van-Tam (born 2 February 1964) is a British healthcare professional specialising in influenza, including its epidemiology, transmission, vaccinology, antiviral drugs and pandemic preparedness. After hospital wor ...

– Deputy

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Najib Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

– former Prime Minister of

* Sir

John Sawers Sir Robert John Sawers FRUSI (born 26 July 1955) is a British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previousl ...

– former head of

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Paul Dibb Paul Dibb AM (born 3 October 1939) is an English-born Australian strategist, academic and former defence intelligence official. He is currently emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre that is part of ...

– Australian strategist and former Director of the Joint Intelligence Organisation *

Theresa Tam Theresa Tam (; born 1965) is a Canadian physician and public servant who currently serves as the chief public health officer of Canada, who is the second-in-command of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Tam initially took the role as ...

– Canada's Chief Public Health Officer *

Azlan Shah of Perak Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah ( Jawi: ; 19 April 1928 – 28 May 2014) was the 34th Sultan of Perak and served as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1989 to 25 ...

– 9th

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of Malaysia (King of Malaysia) *

Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman ( Jawi: ; 19 July 1922 – 27 December 2008) was the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia from 26 April 1994 until 25 April 1999 and the tenth Yang Di-Pertuan Besar (Ruler) of Negeri ...

– 10th

of Malaysia (King of Malaysia) * Kemebradikumo Pondei – acting managing director of

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Jeremy Browne Jeremy Richard Browne (born 17 May 1970) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton Deane from 2005 to 2015. He served as both Minister of State for Europe and the Americas and Minister of Stat ...

–

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for the Home Office * Anthony Joseph Lloyd – Police and Crime Commissioner for

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* Mazen Sinokrot – Minister of Economy,

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Michael Dugher Michael Vincent Dugher (pronounced ; born 26 April 1975) is a former British Labour politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley East at the 2010 general election. He has held several senior positions within the par ...

– former

Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), previously Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, is a position in the Official Opposition Shadow Ca ...

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– Iranian politician * Divya Maderna – member of Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan *

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Bibliography

* Fawcett, Peter and Neil Jackson (1998). ''Campus critique: the architecture of the University of Nottingham''. Nottingham: University of Nottingham. * Tolley, B. H. (2001). ''The history of the University of Nottingham''. Nottingham:

Nottingham University Press Nottingham University Press (NUP) was the academic press of the University of Nottingham, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Iris ...

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Derek Winterbottom, ''Bertrand Hallward: First Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, 1948-1965. A Biography'' (The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 1995)

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