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Towards achieving global freshwater sustainability

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As the UK has just experienced one of its driest springs on record, Professor Simon Gosling reflects on his research into sustainable solutions for managing the planet's freshwater.
Date:
30 June 2025

VIDEO: Blue-greening cities to reduce urban heat

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Find out how University of Nottingham researchers are working to understand and mitigate the problems caused by heatwaves in Nottingham and similar areas.
Date:
07 May 2025

VIDEO: Blue-greening cities to reduce urban heat

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Find out how University of Nottingham researchers are working to understand and mitigate the problems caused by heatwaves in Nottingham and similar areas.
Date:
06 May 2025

Companies are profiting from government immigration policies

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Geographer Thom Davies and co-researchers have found that Since 2015, well over £2 billion in UK government contracts have been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings in the English Channel.
Date:
30 April 2025

What's Hot in Notts? Impact Podcasts

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The School of Geography's Dr Meghan Alexander, Dr Emily O'Donnell and Professor Simon Gosling have recently contributed podcasts to UoN's Hot in Notts Impact podcast series, related to climate change.
Date:
04 March 2025

New study reveals the revolutionary farming system built by lost Amazon civilisation

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?An international team of researchers has recently discovered that an ancient civilisation in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to successfully produce maize crops throughout the year.
Date:
11 February 2025

Curriculum changes for 2025/26 academic year

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Admissions Director Dr David Beckingham introduces exciting developments in our undergraduate programmes that are expected for 2025.
Date:
06 December 2024

Nottingham academic wins Young Scientist Sustainable Development Goals award

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A University of Nottingham academic has been named as the recipient of the Young Scientist Sustainable Development Goals award at the World Young Scientists Summit 2024.
Date:
25 November 2024

Shrub cover that causes increased risk of forest fires in Southeastern Australia at highest level ever recorded

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New research from the University of Nottingham has highlighted that increased cultural burning by Indigenous Australians prevented high-intensity fires for millennia.
Date:
14 November 2024

Midlands4Cities Collaborative Doctoral Award

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Apply by 13 January 2025 for our project 'Conferencing British Geography: Disciplinary History told through Annual Conferences (1949-2029) and their Archives'.
Date:
09 October 2024
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