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  University of Nottingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The university is also strong in the humanities and social sciences, and in the same year that Sir Peter Mansfield won his Nobel Prize, Professor Clive Granger, who was at the university for 22 years as a student and academic, also won the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
University Park Campus to the west of the city centre, is the original and principal campus of the University and is widely regarded as one of the most attractive in the country.
The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China is the most recent campus, and is located in the city of Ningbo, in the Zhejiang province of China.
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 More doctors in training than ever before : The Department of Health - Pubs and stats: Press releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Derby’s new medical campus is one of four new medical schools and four new centres of medical education that have opened in England since 2000.
New Medical schools: University of  East Anglia, Norwich (UEA); Peninsula Medical School (Universities of Exeter and Plymouth); Brighton and  Sussex Medical School (Universities of Brighton and Sussex); Hull York Medical School (Universities of Hull  and York).
New Centre of Medical Education: University of Durham (collaboration with University of  Newcastle); University of Keele (collaboration with University of Manchester); University of Warwick   (collaboration with University of Leicester); University of Nottingham Medical School at Derby.
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 A History of Nottingham
Nottingham began in the 6th century as a small Saxon settlement called Snotta ing ham.
Nottingham may have had a population of around 1,500 at the time of the Norman Conquest.
Nottingham grew steadily despite outbreaks of plague, which occurred throughout the 16th and early 17th century.
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 Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of the university buildings.
By this time Oxford was a city of two halves: the university city to the west of Magdalen Bridge (from where students traditionally jump into the River Cherwell every May Day morning) and the car town to the east.
Some of these are college schools, dating back centuries, which retain their links with the University and have kept the tradition of single sex education.
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 Society | Trainee doctors increase 60%
Medical school intake has increased by 2,281 places (60%) since 1997, according to figures published by the Department of Health (DoH).
His comments came as he officially opened the new University of Nottingham medical school in Derby, which will train nearly 10% of the 1,000 new doctors promised by the government for the NHS by 2007.
The government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, said it was "one of the most exciting times in medical education for half a century".
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 Wikinfo | University of Nottingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The University of Nottingham is a leading research-intensive University in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England.
The University of Nottingham is famed for its campus, widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in the country.
The University is also in the process of setting up a further campus, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China in the city of Ningbo, in the Shanghai province of China.
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 FAQ - Nottingham University Medical School Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Nottingham's medical course also features a non-optional intercalated BMedSci, which is gained after three years of studying.
Unfortunately, the choice of subject for the degree is limited to medical science, so if you want to do an intercalated degree in journalism or history of medicine, for example, you must wait until later in the course or try another medical school.
Free accommodation is provided in the more peripheral hospitals for medical students during the week, and if students find the cost of travelling prohibitive, the faculty is happy to assist with applications for university hardship grants.
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 sBMJ | Older & wiser?
Schools that require a science background tend to condense the longer undergraduate course into four years, skipping bits they assume you already know and packing the rest into a lengthened academic year.
Informal feedback from graduate entry medical students at Nottingham integrating with undergraduate students in the clinical phase also indicates a concern that their science is not on a par, although they feel their clinical knowledge is probably better.
Medical students often find it difficult to immediately come to terms with a university environment and although they are competent, may fail to achieve at their full potential.
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 University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The University of Nottingham Medical School at Derby was opened in September 2003 by Dr John Reid, the Secretary of State for Health.
It is part of the University of Nottingham and is located in the nearby city of Derby in the East Midlands.
The medical school is attached to Derby City General Hospital and consists of a Medical School Building and a Clinical Sciences Building.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/152/university-of-texas-southwestern-medical-school.html   (605 words)

  
 Reducing Prescribing Errors For Children, University Of Nottingham & The School Of Pharmacy, University Of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Initiatives aimed at cutting the number of errors made when prescribing medicines to children are the focus of a project being led by researchers at The University of Nottingham and The School of Pharmacy, University of London.
Sharon Conroy, in the Division of Child Health, based at The University of Nottingham's Medical School in Derby, is leading the project together with Professor Ian Wong at The School of Pharmacy in London.
The School of Pharmacy, University of London is the only UK institution dedicated entirely to teaching and research in pharmacy and pharmaceutical science.
www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=38095   (928 words)

  
 Category:University of Nottingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Nottingham is a leading research and teaching university in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England.
The University of Nottingham Hillwalking and Rambling Society
This page was last modified 12:56, 7 February 2006.
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 Aimhigher: University of Nottingham
The University's £50 million Jubilee Campus was opened in Nottingham in 1999 by Her Majesty The Queen, and has won major awards for architectural excellence and sustainability.
Nottingham is one of the UK's leading research Universities, earning £80 million in research awards in 2001 and ranking in the top 4 of Universities securing research income from industry and commerce.
Nottingham is perhaps most famous for its pioneering work in the field of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), for which it won official recognition in February 2001 with the award of the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize.
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 HERO - Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK: Euro funding for University diabetes and exercise ...
Researchers at The University of Nottingham are among a network of European scientists who have been awarded ¤12.7 million (around £8.7 million) for a study into the relationship between lack of exercise and the development of diabetes - and the health benefits of regular exercise in its prevention and cure.
It is the first time the European Commission has committed such a large amount of funding to this research topic and recognises that the European Union and the rest of the world is faced with an epidemic of obesity and its often related disease Type II diabetes.
The team's laboratories at the Graduate Entry Medical School, based at Derby City General Hospital, are equipped with state-of-the-art technology for the investigation of human metabolism and how it can go wrong.
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 SJ205R Assistant Registrar - Vacancies - Human Resources Department - University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham Medical School at Derby opened in September 2003 to accommodate the new Graduate-Entry Medicine (GEM) course (90 students per year), and expansion of clinical and translational research.
Several Schools within the Faculty have divisions based in Derby, and there is close co-operation with the local NHS trusts in developing the teaching and research strategy.
The Assistant Registrar provides administrative leadership to the activities in Derby, and oversees a group of administrative staff who provide key support services in relation to GEM admissions, course management and quality assurance, financial management, and student support.
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk /SJ205R   (251 words)

  
 Kenneth John Gurling -- Gurling 326 (7399): 1149 Data Supplement - Longer version -- BMJ
Kenneth volunteered for the army as a medical student at the age of 18 but was sent back to medical school.
After the second world war he was a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps and had the responsibility of being a medical director of hospitals in Somalia and the Sudan.
Long and busy diabetic and endocrinology clinics were combined with being area director of postgraduate medical education and clinical tutor, until the birth of the new Nottingham University medical school in 1970, at which time he was appointed the first postgraduate dean.
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 School of Health and Social Sudies
During vocational training in Nottingham he completed an MPhil thesis in Medical Ethics and shortly afterwards became a GP principal in Derby and part-time Lecturer in General Practice at Nottingham University.
He was a visiting fellow at the Department of General Practice, University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand in 1991/2 researching into the perceived needs of undergraduates in palliative medicine education.
In 1994 he was appointed as a senior Lecturer in primary health care at the Postgraduate School of Medicine, Keele University, and in 1995 he took over a single-handed general practice in Hampton-in-Arden, close to the Warwickshire border.
www.warwick.ac.uk /fac/soc/AppliedSS/RCharlton.html   (290 words)

  
 External examiners' opportunities
The University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for the School of Nursing and Midwifery, for the above course.
The School of Healthcare is seeking an external examiner for a suite of 6 modules concerned with a critical care focus in respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiac surgery.
The School of Midwifery in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences at Kingston University and St George's University of London is seeking to appoint two External Examiners.
www.anglia.ac.uk /ruskin/en/home/faculties/ihsc/news_events/Ext_exam_Ads.html   (1522 words)

  
 QUIETER JET ENGINES — AND KINDER TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Nottingham’s researchers, who are all from the School of Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering, will be working on three major projects with a budget of £830,000 (€1.2m).
Nottingham will be developing new automated fabrication techniques for these complex structural components, which are made from titanium alloys.
We also opened an innovative graduate Medical School at Derby and finalised plans for the next stage of development for our award-winning Jubilee Campus, in addition to progressing plans for a new campus in Malaysia (to open in 2005) and cementing stronger links with our partners in China.
www.newmaterials.com /news/1835.asp   (747 words)

  
 Action Medical Research - Touching Lives A–Z: Meet the researchers
Brendan is based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, and is currently working on improving the comfort of prosthetic limbs for below-knee amputees.
He describes Keele as “a small village off the M6, with a primary school, church, pub, the University and a motorway service station!” Anand is currently looking at ways of improving arm function after stroke.
Raheela is based at the University of Nottingham’s Medical School in Derby, and is currently working on two Action Medical Research projects, both looking at premature labour.
www.action.org.uk /touching_lives/a-z/101   (177 words)

  
 British Nursing News Online - Daily nursing news & archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Researchers from the University of Southampton have warned that mothers-to-be who diet during pregnancy are putting their children at risk of heart attacks and strokes later in life.
The study, which was funded by the Medical Research Council and the charity WellChild, is published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
The injection, which makers hope could soon be available in schools, is designed for use by children as young as nine as well as young women.
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The Coroner for Derby and South Derbyshire had agreed to the protocol for nurses in nursing homes confirming the fact of death.
Dr Coleman reported that the university was currently considering courses and would involve the LMC at a later stage.
Dr Grenville reported that Central Derby PCT was intending to be more proactive and to be involved at an early stage in the development of the medical school.
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 UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
This has always been a sensitive area, since the earliest critics of industrial society seized on the fate of `child martyrs' in the mills and slums of the new industrial centres.
We concentrate on a number of key issues, notably ideas on childhood, relationships between children and their parents, child labour in agriculture and industry, children and the school system, child health, and moves to rescue children from the streets.
Reformatory Schools for the Children of the Perishing and Dangerous Classes.
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 Where to find the Medical School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Nottingham City Transport services 12 and 13 (which run along University Boulevard) and services 35, 37 and 38 (which run along Derby Road) depart from Friar Lane in the city centre at the western end of the Old Market Square.
Friar Lane is approximately 10 minutes' walk from both Nottingham railway station and Victoria Bus Station.
Nottingham City Transport service 13 (which runs along University Boulevard) has a stop in Queen's Road, about 5 minutes' walk from the station, turning right out of Station Road.
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 School of Electrical Engineering, Nottingham University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The University campus extends over an area of parkland roughly one and a quarter kilometres long and three quarters of a kilometre wide, situated about four kilometres to the west of the city centre.
Halls of Residence are spaced around the north and west perimeter of the campus, University flats are in the west, the arts and administrative buildings in the south and centre, and the science area and medical school to the east.
The School now has 25 academic staff supported by over 20 techniciaans and secretarial staff, and is housed in a modern tower in the north-east corner of the campus.
www.eee.nott.ac.uk /_Pgrad/msctron.html   (1269 words)

  
 jobs.ac.uk - Search Results for: University of Nottingham
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Universities of Nottingham, Barcelona and Strasbourg - University of Nottingham
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 ASGBI: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The University of Nottingham Medical School at Derby - School of Biomedical Sciences - Graduate-Entry Medicine wishes to appoint a Lecturer/Associate Professor in Anatomy following the retirement of Dr S Monkhouse.
The University has established an innovative four-year graduate-entry medicine (GEM) course and Anatomy is a successful and popular component.
It is based in a new medical school building on the site of Derby City General Hospital.
www.anatsoc.org.uk /asgbi9.htm   (924 words)

  
 Action Medical Research - Touching Lives in November 2005
Many of our supporters have told us that giving a donation to Action Medical Research in memory — whether in lieu of flowers or on important dates through the year — is a meaningful way to remember someone special.
Action Medical Researchers in Oxford have been using a new system to assess problems in the feet of children with cerebral palsy.
Action Medical Research Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, was the guest of honour at a special lunch in Edinburgh on 31st June, attended by both current and new supporters.
www.action.org.uk /touching_lives/2005/11   (458 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Life | Body of evidence
Craig Sharp, professor of sports science at Brunel University, made this point at a recent Royal Institution event at which the limits of human performance were debated.
Jonathan Robinson, an applied sports scientist at the University of Bath's sports development department, underlines the importance of technique.
Seventeen years ago, the Australian Institute of Sport started a national Talent Search Programme, which scoured schools for 14-16-year-olds with the potential to be elite athletes.
www.guardian.co.uk /life/feature/story/0,13026,1275956,00.html   (1362 words)

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