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Fri 21 Feb 2025
Development programme will provide bespoke support for aspiring female athletes
Aspiring female athletes across a range of sports will benefit from access to Nottingham Trent University expertise and facilities through a new ‘Female Athlete Development Programme’.
Nottingham Business School Partners with the Digital Pound Foundation
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Frequent e-scooter use linked to riskier riding habits
Thu 13 Feb 2025
How do the folds in our brain help boost brainpower?
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Forgotten WWII air raid shelter brought back to life for lessons in local history
Thu 13 Feb 2025
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Expert blog: A model for legal education in challenging times for access to justice
Dr Liz Curran, Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education at Nottingham Law School, comments on the release of a research report examining the impact of law students providing access to justice during their studies.
Expert blog: Meta's farewell to fact-checking opens the door to more social media chaos
Dr Tine Munk, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, discusses why it is unrealistic to expect social media users to take on the critical and challenging task of monitoring misinformation.
Expert Blog: Jimmy Carter Obituary - his life, ethics and politics
Dr Colin Alexander (Senior Lecturer in Political Communications) discusses the life, ethics and politics of former US President Jimmy Carter, who died in December 2024.
Expert blog: Design and Technology education at a crossroads - crisis, opportunity, and the path forward
Associate Professor Alison Hardy on why the curriculum needs to recognise Design and Technology education as a priority in a world driven by technological systems.
Expert blog: It might be 2024, but there’s still no room at the Inn for Mary and her newborn
Associate Professor Liz Curran, Nottingham Law School, explores legal support for women and children escaping domestic violence.
Expert blog: The importance of children seeing themselves in their reading material
Reading for enjoyment is an important focus for primary and secondary schools. Dr Emma Vardy and Dr Loren Abell at Nottingham Trent University along with former student Mary Scorer, now an Educational Psychologist Doctorate Candidate at the University of Nottingham, have been focusing on the importance of representation in reading material to promote reading for enjoyment in schools.
Expert blog: The Labour Party Budget: Instrumentalism, Working People, and Investment? Mazzucato, Picketty, Starmer and Reeves
Starmer and Reeves and the interpretation of Piketty and Mazzucato.
Expert blog: Connection, togetherness and trust – the importance of the tether in guided running
By Marit Hiemstra, PhD researcher and guide runner in the School of Science and Technology
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