University of Nottingham Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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| Motto | Sapientia Urbs Conditur "A City is Built on Wisdom"'' |
|---|---|
| Established | 1798 (University College 1888, Royal Charter 1948} |
| Chancellor | Professor Fujia Yang |
| Vice-Chancellor | Sir Colin Campbell |
| Location | Nottingham, UK |
| Students | 27,000 |
| Member of | Russell Group, Universitas 21, EUA |
| Homepage | www.nottingham.ac.uk |
The University of Nottingham is a leading research and teaching university in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England. The university originated as an adult school founded in 1798, becoming a University College in 1888 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1948. It is a member of the Russell Group of leading British universities, and of Universitas 21, an international network of research-led universities.
In 2004, it had more than 27,000 registered students, with more than 10 applicants per place. This included over 4,000 international students from more than 100 countries. Its current Chancellor and President is the distinguished Chinese physicist Professor Fujia Yang, and its Vice-Chancellor Sir Colin Campbell.
The University of Nottingham's main campus is widely regarded as one of the most attractive in the country. The University now has several further campuses, but all share similar design features, being 'garden campuses' situated around a lake with extensive greenery.
(For details of Nottingham halls of residence see: University of Nottingham Halls of Residence.)
The University also has one of the largest medical schools in the United Kingdom, and runs courses at a number of teaching hospitals. The main teaching hospital, the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) is located just across the road from the University Park Campus. In September 2003 the doors opened for the first intake at a new medical school, University of Nottingham Medical School at Derby in the nearby city of Derby, offering a 4 year fast-track postgraduate medicine course. On top of these, a few years ago the University of Nottingham took on a number of nursing teaching sites (formerly the Mid Trent Nursing College), these are located across the East Midlands and include sites at Boston, Derby, Lincoln, Mansfield as well as Nottingham.
Nottingham is a strong research university, and had 26 departments rated 5 or 5* (internationally excellent) in the UK Funding Council's 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. The University has contributed to a number of significant scientific advances. Professor Frederick Kipping (1863-1949), Professor of Chemistry (1897-1936), made the discovery of silicone polymers at the University (but completely failed to realise the commercial significance of what is now a multi-billion pound industry). Much of the pioneering work on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was done at Nottingham, work for which Nottingham Professor Sir Peter Mansfield FRS received the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 2003 (the same year that Professor Clive Granger, a former Nottingham student and academic, who was at the university for 22 years, won the Nobel Prize for Economics).
Major developments in the in vitro culture of plants and micropropogation techniques were made by Plant Scientists at Nottingham, along with the first production of transgenic tomatoes by Professor Don Grierson in the 1980's
Other innovations at the university include cochlear implants for deaf children and the brace-for-impact position used in aircraft.
The University is currently the subject of an international academic boycott after a breakdown in negotiations with the Association of University Teachers (AUT) on pay and conditions for academic staff. The AUT claims that Nottingham has failed to honour a commitment to follow a national agreement reached in March 2004. Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the AUT, said "The university has totally misjudged the mood of its own staff and of the global academic community. I find it amazing the university is prepared to damage its international reputation just for the sake of avoiding meaningful talks. They have had seven weeks to work with us to find a solution but have refused to do so. Even at this late stage I would urge them to return to negotiations without any conditions attached." However, Nottingham claims that "The University of Nottingham’s actions are completely in line with its undertakings in respect of the National Framework Agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the AUT and the employers’ group, the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA)." and "The University has sought to negotiate with the AUT from the start, and remains willing to resume talks — once ‘greylisting,’ described as a ‘barrier to negotiation,’ is lifted."
The boycott has led to disruption at Nottingham, with lectures scheduled to be given by lecturers from other universities being cancelled, participants withdrawing from conferences and, in the case of a Royal Geographical Society conference, the whole conference being moved to London.
The University also attracted controversy in 2001 when it accepted £3.8m from British American Tobacco for the creation of a centre of corporate responsibility. The donation caused Professor Richard Smith, Editor of the British Medical Journal to resign from his post as professor at the university, a 20 strong Cancer Research Team to move to London, and the Cancer Research Campaign to stop its £1.5m fundraising campaign for the renovation of the University's cancer research facilities.
The University Radio Station, University Radio Nottingham (or URN) has won approximately a third of all the BBC Radio 1 awards for student radio. The radio station also held the world record for the longest continuous radio broadcast at 42 hours.
Campus 14 is a bar crawl of fourteen bars on the University Park campus and is a well-known campus tradition. It was officially banned by the university in 2001 after complaints from the local health authority about the number of stomachs they were having to pump.
In 1985 students at the university managed to fit 27 people into a Ford Sierra car.
The Chief Officer of the University is the Chancellor, elected by the University Court on the recommendation of the University Council. The chief academic and administrative officer of the University is the Vice-Chancellor, who is assisted by five Pro-Vice Chancellors. The university is divided into five faculties, each headed by a Dean, and 32 schools of study.
The University's governing body is the University Council, which has 33 members, mostly non-academic. Its academic authority is the Senate, consisting of senior academics of the University and elected staff and student representatives. The University's largest forum is the University Court, presided over by the Chancellor.
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