Nottingham Trent University (
NTU) is a public teaching and research
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in
NottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
,
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. It was founded as a
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in 1992 from the existing
Trent PolytechnicA polytechnic was a type of tertiary education teaching institution in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. After the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 they became universities which meant they could award their own degrees. The comparable institutions in Scotland were...
(later
Nottingham Polytechnic), however it can trace its roots back to 1843 with the establishment of the
Nottingham Government School of DesignFounded in 1843, the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom and currently has more than 2,500 students.-History:...
which still exists within the university today. Nottingham Trent University is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom with around 24,000 students split over three different campuses.
History
Nottingham Trent University is essentially the result of the amalgamation of many separate institutions of higher education. It originated from the
Nottingham Government School of DesignFounded in 1843, the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom and currently has more than 2,500 students.-History:...
founded in 1843. In 1945 the Nottingham and District Technical College was established. In 1958 Nottingham Regional College of Technology opened and in 1959 the Nottingham College of Education began at
CliftonClifton is a council estate and village in the city of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England founded by Sir Robert Clifton. The estate has a number of shop-clusters and relatively good transport links with the city and surrounding areas. The village is on the A453 which is the main connection...
. In 1964 Nottingham Regional College was opened and in 1966 the original Nottingham College of Design was linked with the Regional College. Together they merged and the institution was upgraded to Polytechnic status in 1970 to become 'Trent Polytechnic'. In 1975 it amalgamated with Nottingham College of Education and in 1988 the official name changed to 'Nottingham Polytechnic'. Under the
Further and Higher Education Act 1992The Further and Higher Education Acts 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within the United Kingdom. The most visible result was to allow thirty-five polytechnics to become universities. In addition the Act created bodies to fund higher...
all Polytechnics and some higher education colleges became eligible for full university status; at this point, the institution officially became 'Nottingham Trent University'.
Structure
With the arrival of Vice-Chancellor Neil T Gorman in 2003, the university underwent a major change in organisation. It is now composed of three colleges and nine schools:
- College of Business, Law and Social Sciences
- College of Art & Design and Built Environment
- College of Arts and Science
Business and industry links
NTU has established industrial links with a number of national and multinational companies including
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,
Toyota,
Boots,
Experian and
Rolls Royce
Representatives from companies hold talks with prospective placement students or those considering careers after graduation.
Across NTU, there are a number of dedicated centres that provide a focus for expertise and business resources, all of which can support organisational and development needs. Aligned to a profession, industry sector, business function or specific subject area, these centres offer a range of activities from tailored educational services and cutting-edge research, to consultancy and the cultivation of new business ideas.
Located in the Maudsley building on the City campus, The Hive is NTU's purpose built centre for enterprise and business development. Here experts can help evaluate and advise on potential business ideas as well as provide a bespoke education in entrepreneurship. Since 2001 the centre has helped 250 start up companies of which 70% have been successful. The centre helps by not only providing advice and guidance but also by providing office space and other facilities to its clients.
Campuses
Nottingham Trent University has three campuses:
City site
Located just north of
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City Centre, the city site is home to over 16,000 students from
Nottingham Business SchoolThe Nottingham Business School is a full service business school located in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The school is part of Nottingham Trent University which was launched in 1992 from the existing Nottingham Polytechnic, however the Nottingham Business School itself has existed since 1980 and...
,
Nottingham Law SchoolNottingham Law School is a law school in the UK with over 100 full-time lecturers and 400 students. It is an academic and professional institution, part of Nottingham Trent University, situated in the East Midlands....
, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, School of Art & Design, School of Social Sciences and the Centre for Broadcasting & Journalism. The City site has recently completed an ambitious £70 million development, which regenerated Newton and Arkwright, two of the University's largest and oldest owned buildings. On Wednesday 18 May 2011, the two buildings were officially opened by Sir David Attenborough.
Clifton campus
Home to over 7,000 students from the School of Arts and Humanities, School of Science and Technology and School of Education. Four miles outside the city centre, the Clifton campus is a self-contained, greenfield site. It hosts an Anthony Nolan Trust Cord Blood Bank, and the newly operational John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, recipient of the largest research grant awarded to a post-1992 university. The Clifton campus has benefited from recent investment including the new
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Sports Centre and new accommodation. Students at Clifton can use their own Students’ Union bar, gym, shop, cafés and library. Clifton campus is linked to the City site by a regular student bus service.
Brackenhurst campus
Home to over 1,000 students from the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences. Approximately 14 miles from the city centre, Brackenhurst campus is a countryside estate with woodland, a lake and landscaped gardens. Contrasting the country house built in 1828 are facilities including the high-tech glasshouse and new Veterinary Nursing building. The Veterinary Nursing Centre was purpose built in 2007 and was made a RCVS accredited Veterinary Nursing Centre. Inside there is a simulation Veterinary Practice offering students hands on experience at the University.
Estate regeneration
2005 saw the start of a regeneration project to update much of the University's estate. Improvements to date include:
City site
- The Art & Design Bonington Building on the City site was completely refurbished in 2006, with a new front section, a two-storey atrium, an increased number of exhibition spaces, and a cafe. It is the home to Bonington Gallery which exhibits a wide range of work. Nottingham-born fashion designer, Sir Paul Smith officially re-opened the building.
- The Chaucer Building on the City Site, home of Nottingham Law School, Centre for Broadcast Journalism and the School of Social Sciences has been fully refurbished, with new paintwork, signage, reception, lecture theatres, and lifts. A new entrance, fascia and foyer dedicated to the Centre for Broadcast Journalism was completed in February 2009 and officially opened by Sir Michael Parkinson.
- The complete refurbishment of the Newton and Arkwright buildings and the construction of a glazed link building between the two was completed in 2011 and officially opened by Sir Michael Parkinson. The complex includes ten new lecture theatres, high-tech teaching rooms, offices, a student services centre, computer rooms, cafes and a restaurant. It is also home to the new Nottingham Conference Centre
Nottingham Conference Centre is a modern conference facility in the heart of Nottingham city centre. It was created in 2009 as part of the Newton-Arkwright regeneration development at Nottingham Trent University and designed by Hopkins Architects....
, a purpose-built facility for corporate and academic conferences in the East Midlands.
- The demolition of Byron House located on Shakespeare street. It will be replaced with a new £60 million development composed of a new Student Union complete with cafes, bars, health centre and a night club. The development will also include a significant amount of student accommodation. Work on this new development is scheduled to begin in January 2012,
Clifton campus
- A new £8 million Computing & Informatics building was opened on the Clifton campus in 2006.
- New Centre for Effective Learning in Science (CELS) building opened in 2006.
- The Trent Astronomical Observatory was opened in 2006 at a cost of £150,000. The dome shaped building houses the 20" Newtonian telescope which is capable of capturing satellites orbiting the Earth, Moon, Sun, planets and other stars in our galaxy as well as in others.
- The John van Geest Cancer Research Centre was established in 2008, as a new research centre within the School of Science and Technology, as a direct result of core funding from the John and Lucille van Geest Foundation.
- The world number one golfer and honorary graduate Lee Westwood
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opened the new Lee Westwood Sports Centre on the university’s Clifton campus in October 2010. The new centre has sport and athlete support facilities, including sports halls, studios and fitness suites, and a nutrition training centre.
- An extention to the former Toyota-Lexus training centre will be transformed into a state-of-the-art superlab which will provide the university with enhanced research capability as well as improved teaching facilities. The new development is scheduled to open in April 2012.
- The university plans to demolish the George Eliot Building and replace it with a brand new student hub and reception area for the clifton campus.
Brackenhurst campus
- The suite of glasshouses and polytunnels at Brackenhurst campus were opened in 2006.
- New accommodation residences at Brackenhurst campus built in 2006.
- In 2008, His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex opened the East Midlands’ first state-of-the-art Veterinary Nursing Centre and Animal Unit at Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst campus.
Developments
- The City site benefited from the completion of the Nottingham Express Transit
Nottingham Express Transit is a light-rail tramway in the Nottingham area in England. The first line opened to the public on 9 March 2004, having cost £200 million to construct. The scheme took sixteen years from conception to implementation...
(NET) light rail system in December 2003, which provides a tram stop outside the Boots Library. This allows a direct link to Nottingham city's main railway station.
- The university's in-house managed learning environment has been replaced, after university-wide use of the Virtual Learning Portal (VLP) for five years (4.85 TB
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of materials served and 6.7 million logins during the 2006/07 academic year). The in-house MLE has now been replaced by Desire2LearnDesire2Learn Incorporated is a provider of enterprise eLearning solutions and develops online Learning Management Systems used at more than 450 institutions around the world...
from the 2008/09 academic year onwards with the Virtual Learning Portal being officially retired at the end of 2008.
- The university has partnerships with many universities and colleges throughout the world. Since 1998 NTU has awarded a number of business and law degrees for Griffith College Dublin
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. The law degrees since 2004, have been recognised by King's InnsThe Honorable Society of King's Inns , is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of Ireland...
, Dublin as satisfying the requirements of entry to that institution, the first independent institution to do so.
- In July 2005, the university purchased the Belgrave Centre, thus releasing Nottingham Law School from its ongoing rental commitment along with the added benefit of providing rental income from the Government Office of the East Midlands, which had a tenancy agreement until 2010 for approximately half of the building.
- The university entered into a partnership with Kaplan Inc. to form the "Nottingham Trent International College" (NTIC) which, through foundation courses and pre-masters courses, helps international students to progress to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at NTU and other UK universities..
- In June 2008 Sir Michael Parkinson was named as the first Chancellor, responsible for a number of duties, including representing the university on special occasions and conferring degrees at graduation ceremonies (although he was absent from all the 2009 graduation ceremonies). The official installation as Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University took place in a special ceremony on Tuesday 11 November 2008, at the Royal Concert Hall
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, NottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
.
- Nottingham Trent University co-hosts Gamecity
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, a five day video game festival which takes gaming out into the streets, shops and cinemas of Nottingham. It takes place in October each year.
- In February 2010 the university launched a historic lace archive of more than 75,000 intricate lace samples, considered to be of national and international importance.
Research
The university’s teaching is underpinned by its research. Its world-leading research ranges from cancer immunotherapy and airport security systems to social policy and cultural studies, and the university is currently holding £22 million in research grants and contracts.(Financial Year 2008/09.) The University held its own in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, although it entered fewer academics than some of the other leading new universities.
The John van Geest Cancer Research Centre was established in 2008, as a new research centre within the School of Science and Technology, as a direct result of core funding from the John and Lucille van Geest Foundation. The School of Science and Technology is host to research facilities including the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre, the Natural Sciences Research Centre, the Imaging and Display Research Facility and the Van Geest Cancer Research Centre; for physiological and sport related research the School boasts an Environmental Chamber capable of replicating extreme environmental conditions. The School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences has a greenhouse, Veterinary Nursing Centre and Animal Unit.
Nottingham Trent University is home to the following research units:
- Betting Research Unit
- Political Forecasting Unit
- International Fraud Prevention Research Centre
- International Centre for Public Services Management
- International Centre for Talent Management and Development
- Centre for Business Performance and Lean Leadership
- Communication for Inclusion Research Unit (CIRU)
- Emergency Services Research Unit (ESRU)
- Nottingham Crime Research Unit
- Nottingham Centre for Study and Reduction of Hate Crimes, Bias and Prejudice
- Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit (SOCAMRU)
- Specific Language Impairment Research Unit (SLIRU)
- The International Gaming Research Unit (IGRU)
- Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering
- Centre for Research in Advanced Textiles (CReATe): containing the Advanced Fibre Materials; Textiles Practice; Textile Collections and Archives research groups
- ICAn - Institute for Cultural Analysis
- Strategy in Communication (SinC)
- Theory, Culture & Society Centre
- NIfER
- Raymond Williams Centre for Recovery Research
- Centre for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
- Centre for Travel Writing Studies
- Centre for Research in the Romantic Era
- Centre for Creative Writing
- Contesting Euro Visions
- ReFrance: Contemporary French Studies
- Energy and Environmental Security
- Teaching and Learning Languages
- Energy and Environmental Security
- Centre for Museum and Heritage Management
- The Centre for Legal Research
- Biomedical, Life and Heath Sciences Research Centre
- The John Van Geest Research Centre
- Physical Sciences, Engineering and Computing Research Centre
Boots Library
The Boots library is the flagship library of Nottingham Trent University. It is situated in the centre of the City site and supports the schools of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment,
Art & DesignFounded in 1843, the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom and currently has more than 2,500 students.-History:...
,
Nottingham Business SchoolThe Nottingham Business School is a full service business school located in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The school is part of Nottingham Trent University which was launched in 1992 from the existing Nottingham Polytechnic, however the Nottingham Business School itself has existed since 1980 and...
,
Nottingham Law SchoolNottingham Law School is a law school in the UK with over 100 full-time lecturers and 400 students. It is an academic and professional institution, part of Nottingham Trent University, situated in the East Midlands....
and Social Sciences. It is located in a modern purpose build building, completed in 1998 at a total cost of £13 million. The library contains more than 533,000 books and 2500 journals in addition to DVDs, newspapers and magazines. The library is set over four levels plus a further level dedicated to 24 hour computing facilities. The library is divided into three zones based on a traffic light system - silent study (red), quiet study (amber) and group study (green). Other facilities within the library include multiple bookable group study rooms (each with a computer), photocopying, scanning and computer workstations with internet access and specialist software on every level. The Boots library is supported by branch libraries on the Clifton and Brackenhurst campuses which primarily serve the schools located there, and include additional Animal Planet digital facilities.
Rankings and Reputation
In 2007,
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wrote that Nottingham Trent University is "one of the top places in the country for graduate employment", and the university has significant international recognition for its work in Art and Design, Communication, Business, Cultural and Media Studies and English Language and Literature, and for its Professions allied to Medicine, French and Law.
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Sport
Many NTU sports scholars have competed in the recent summer and winter Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games and various world championships across the globe. NTU alumni include England Rugby player
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, GB Hockey players
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, Adam Dixon and
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.
The world number one golfer and honorary graduate
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recently opened the new Lee Westwood Sports Centre on the university’s Clifton campus. The new centre has sport and athlete support facilities, including sports halls, studios and fitness suites, and a nutrition training centre.
NTU is consistently ranked in the top 20% of institutions in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) championships and is the current champion in the hugely popular Varsity series against local rival The University of Nottingham.
Nottingham Trent Students' Union
Nottingham Trent
Students' UnionA students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
(NTSU) provides student activities and events, a Student Advice Centre, leisure and retail services, democratic representation and night-time entertainment at all three NTU campuses.
- RAG
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is NTSU’s fundraising department, where volunteers plan events to raise funds for local, national and international charities, as chosen by the members.
- There are currently over 130 societies and sports clubs affiliated to NTSU.
- Stride is the Students’ Union’s free training and development programme for NTU students, with courses targeted specifically at student employability, personal development and study skills.
- The student magazine - Platform - is published online every month during the academic year.
- Fly FM
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- the students' union radio station - broadcasts online non-stop during term, and has won three Gold Student Radio Awards in the past three years.
- The Students' Union television station - Trent TV - broadcasts programmes online including coverage of Freshers Week and the annual NTSU Awards, student nights out in Nottingham and 'Trent TV News' - for which the station was awarded ‘Best News Programme of 2011’ by the National Student Television Association.
On the City site, the Union is based in the Byron House building. Facilities include two bars (The Pulse and Sub), a coffee shop and diner and a sports hall. The Students' Union executive committee is also based there. The building is home to the Union's "Climax" night on a Saturday, with a capacity of 2,000 students accommodated by both bars and much of the remaining building, which is transformed into a nightclub space for the event. Work will begin in 2012 on the new £60 million development composed of a new Student Union complete with cafes, bars, health centre and a night club.
On the Clifton campus, the Students' Union is based in the Benenson and DH Lawrence buildings. Facilities there include 'The Point' bar and diner, the main NTSU reception (Union Central) and the Clifton branch of the SU Express shop. Clifton's flagship night, Double Vision is held every Friday night in The Point.
On Brackenhurst campus, the Students’ Union is situated between Brack Bar and the Orangery (a small cafe and coffee shop). Weekly student nights are held in the bar, including 'Chillout Thursday' and 'Live Friday' (a live music night). The SU Express shop also operates at Brackenhurst campus.
Partner universities
- Ching Yun University
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- Espeme
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-EDHEC Business School, Lille-Nice, FranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- University of Economics in Katowice
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List of Vice-Chancellors
- Professor
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Neil T Gorman (2003-date)
- Professor
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Ray Cowell (1992-2003)
Honorary graduates - class of 2011
- Samantha Morton
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- Actress
- Sir Peter Blake CBE - Artist
- Adrian Searle
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newspaper
- Dr Angela Gallop - Forensic Scientist
- Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green - the First Children’s Commissioner for England
- Dr Bryan Jackson OBE - a regional champion for the East Midlands
- Eleanor Sharpston QC - Barrister, Academic Lawyer and one of Europe’s Senior Law Officers
- Lord Bhikhu Parekh - Political Scientist
Honorary graduates - class of 2010
- Sir David Attenborough
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- Broadcaster and Naturalist
- Billy Connolly
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- Comedian, Musician, Presenter and Actor
- Dame Judi Dench
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- Film, Stage and Television actress
- Lord Falconer of Thoroton - British Labour
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Politician
- Hilary Marlowe - Facilitator and supporter of medical research
- Geoff Mulgan
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- Chief Executive of the Young FoundationThe Young Foundation was launched in the spring of 2006 following the merger of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre. It is named after Michael Young, the British sociologist and social activist who created over 60 organisations including the Open University, Which? and...
based in LondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- Michael Rosen
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- Broadcaster, Children's Novelist and Poet
- Mr Robert Rubin - a Champion for global business ethics
- Dr James Smith, Mrs Marina Smith and Dr Stephen Smith - a mother and two sons who founded a Centre for remembrance of the Holocaust
- Mr Peter Wright - Prison Governor recognised for leadership and progress in the Criminal Justice System
Notable alumni
- Matt Berry
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- Actor, Writer and Comedian
- Olav Bjortomt
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- Quiz Setter for The TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
and notable contestant
- Hazel Blears
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MPA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for SalfordSalford was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The borough constituency dated from 1997 and was abolished in 2010.A parliamentary borough of the same...
and Chair of the Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
- Ana Boulter
Ana Boulter is a British television presenter, who currently lives in Hong Kong. She attended The Minster School in Southwell Notts, and then Nottingham Trent University and studied broadcast journalism. She presented CBBC between 1998 and 2001, as well as BBC regional programme Inside Out and has...
- Actress, Television Presenter
- Daniel Byles
Daniel Alan Byles FRGS MP is an English mountaineer, sailor, ocean rower, polar adventurer and Conservative Party politician...
- Guinness World Record holding Ocean RowerOcean rowing is the sport of rowing across oceans. The sport is as much a psychological as it is a physical challenge. Rowers often have to endure long periods at sea without help often many days if not weeks away. The challenge is especially acute for solo rowers who are held in especially high...
and Polar Explorer, ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MPA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for North Warwickshire-Notes and references:...
from 2010
- Vernon Coaker
Vernon Rodney Coaker is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gedling since 1997; Coaker was appointed Minister of State for Schools and Learners in June 2009, a post he held until Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010...
- Labour Party MP
- Shane Cullinan
Shane Cullinan is a composer and arranger whose work ranges from compositions for TV and film to orchestral pieces and opera.Born in 1975, Cullinan has worked independently as a composer and arranger since graduating from Nottingham Trent University....
- Composer
- Alan Dapre
Alan Dapré is a British writer who has successfully written for television, radio and publishers for over 20 years. He worked as a creative and originator for Ragdoll Productions for eight years, and his episodes of Brum, Boohbah and Blips are broadcast worldwide...
- Children's Author, BBC RadioBBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
and Television Playwright: BrumBrum may refer to:* Birmingham, England** Brummagem, a colloquial name for Birmingham, England or the Birmingham dialect** Brummie, inhabitants of Birmingham or the Birmingham dialect** University of Birmingham...
, BoohbahBoohbah is a 2003 children's television series produced by Ragdoll Productions and aimed at children between three and five years old. It premiered in 2003 on GMTV and CITV in the United Kingdom, in the United States on PBS and PBS Kids Sprout. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre...
- Steven Dixon Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
presenter
- Nick Easter
Nick Easter is a rugby union rugby player who plays at No. 8 or Flanker for Harlequins and England.He is the brother of Sale Sharks player Mark Easter and the nephew of author Anne Easter Smith. His father John, played squash professionally and reached number 1 in Britain and No.9 in the world...
- Professional Rugby Union player
- Bobby Friction
Paramdeep Singh Sehdev , better known as Bobby Friction, is a DJ, television presenter and radio presenter from west London.He studied Contemporary Arts at The Nottingham Trent University....
- 1 Xtra DJ
- Nick Freeman
Nick Freeman is an English solicitor. Freeman is the owner of Manchester based legal practice Freeman & Co., and is best known as a celebrity defence lawyer, specialising in traffic and speeding offences.He has been nicknamed "Mr...
- Solicitor
- Jonathan Glazer
Jonathan Glazer is an English director of films, commercials and music videos.-Biography:After studying theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, Glazer started out directing theatre and making film and television trailers, including award-winning work for the BBC...
- Film and Video Director
- Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy is an English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Hardy fought in various promotions such as Cage Force and Cage Warriors before signing a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2008. He was...
- Mixed Martial Artist, UFC Welterweight contender
- Steve Hogarth
Steve Hogarth also known as "h", is the lead vocalist and occasional keyboardist/guitarist with the British rock band Marillion. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with The Europeans and vocalist with How We Live...
- Lead Singer of MarillionMarillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
- Adrian Jones
Adrian Jones was an English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses. He was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, attending the grammar school there, and initially studied at the Royal Veterinary College; he subsequently joined the army as a veterinary officer, attaining the...
- General Manager, LegoLand Florida
- Martyn Jones
Martyn David Jones is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Clwyd South from 1987 until his retirement at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...
- Former Labour Party MP
- Samson Kambalu
Samson Kambalu is a Malawi-born British conceptual artist. His first book, The Jive Talker, was published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and by Free Press in the USA in 2008.- Life and work :...
- Artist, Writer
- Paul Kaye
Paul Kaye is an English comedian and actor. He achieved notoriety in 1995 portraying the character of Dennis Pennis, a shock interviewer on The Sunday Show...
(Dennis Pennis) - Actor, Comedian
- Paul Kenton - award winning BBC Panorama journalist
- Neal Lawson
Neal Lawson is a political commentator in the United Kingdom.He was born on the 21st March 1963 in Lewisham and brought up in 1960s/70s in Bexleyheath . He got into politics through his father who was a printer in Fleet Street and joined the Labour Party at 16...
- Political commentator
- Adam Leventhal
Adam Leventhal, born 13 November 1979 in London, is an English television presenter, journalist and Watford FC supporter He started his career in 1995 at Capital Radio, London working on the award winning Capital Gold Sportstime...
- Presenter - Sky Sports NewsSky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....
- Ruth Liptrot
Ruth Liptrot is an English television presenter, currently working for Five.-Biography:Born in Wigan, Lancashire, Liptrot studied Broadcast Journalism at Nottingham Trent University.-Career:...
- Journalist
- Ed Macfarlane - Lead Singer of Friendly Fires
Friendly Fires are an English band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently signed to XL Recordings. Their self-titled debut album was released on 1 September 2008 and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize on 21 July 2009.-History:Friendly Fires...
- Jon McCarthy
Jonathan David "Jon" McCarthy is a former footballer who played over 500 games in his career, many of which were in the Football League....
- Footballer
- Shane Meadows
Shane Meadows is an English film director, screenwriter, occasional actor and BAFTA winner.-Background:Meadows grew up in the Westlands Road area of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. His father was a long distance lorry driver and his mother worked in a fish and chip shop...
- Director - This is England-Track listing:#"54-46 Was My Number" - Toots & The Maytals#"Come On Eileen" - Dexys Midnight Runners#"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell#"Underpass/Flares" - Movie Dialogue From This Is England#"Nicole " - Gravenhurst...
- Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Timothy "Tim" Noble and Susan "Sue" Webster , are two British artists who work as a collaborative duo, and are associated with the post-YBA generation of artists.-Early lives and careers:...
- Artists
- Christian O'Connell
Christian O'Connell is an English radio DJ who presents the Absolute Radio weekday breakfast show.He has formerly hosted BBC Radio Five Live's weekend sports game show Fighting Talk alongside the weekday breakfast show on indie music station Xfm London...
- Broadcaster, Absolute Radio
- Mike Parry
Mike Parry is a British journalist and radio presenter.-Early life:Born in Chester, Parry attended The King's School, Chester, and later Trent Polytechnic.-Journalism career:...
- Broadcaster
- Louisa Preston
Louisa Jane Preston is a British journalist. She currently works on BBC London news, the Greater London regional new programme, as a newsreader / occasional reporter, mostly working the early morning bulletins on BBC Breakfast.-Early life:...
- Journalist
- Alex Rodman
Alexander "Alex" Rodman is an English footballer who plays for Aldershot Town as a striker.-Early career:Born in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, Rodman began his career with Leamington. While with The Brakes, Rodman was named as the 2005–06 FA Cup's "Player of the Round" for the third qualifying...
- Professional Footballer at Aldershot Town F.C.Aldershot Town Football Club is an association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden Fourth Division club Aldershot Football Club...
- Donald Rodney
Donald Gladstone Rodney was a British artist. He was a leading figure in Britain's BLK Art Group of the 1980s and became recognised as "one of the most innovative and versatile artists of his generation." Rodney's work appropriated images from the mass media, art and popular culture to explore...
- Artist
- Mark Simmonds
Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body...
(Member of Parliament) - MP for Boston and Skegness
- Alan Simpson - MP for Nottingham South (Students' Union President 1969-70)
- Six By Seven
Six By Seven were a Nottingham-based rock band who consisted of Chris Olley on vocals and guitars, James Flower on keyboards, Sam Hempton on guitar and Christian Davis on drums...
- Nottingham-based rock band
- Simon Starling
Simon Starling is an English conceptual artist and was the winner of the 2005 Turner Prize. He lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin, and is a professor of art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.-Biography:...
- Turner Prize Winner, 2005
- Simon Taylor-Davis - Guitarist in the Klaxons
Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....
- Sarah Travers
Sarah Travers is a Northern Irish journalist. She currently works as a reporter and presenter on BBC Newsline.-Broadcasting career:...
- Journalist
- David Tress
David Tress is a British artist noted particularly for his deeply personal interpretations of landscapes in and around his home in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales...
- Anglo-Welsh Artist
- Glenis Willmott
Glenis Willmott is a British politician, currently leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party and Labour member of the European Parliament for East Midlands....
- Labour MEPA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for East Midlands
- Nick Waplington
The artist and photographer Nick Waplington was born 1970 in Aden and lives in New York City. The eldest of three children, he traveled extensively during his childhood as his father worked as a scientist in the nuclear industry. He studied art at Worthing Art College, Trent Poly and The Royal...
- Artist and Photographer
See also
- BioCity Nottingham
BioCity Nottingham is a bioscience science park in central Nottingham in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest bioscience innovation and incubation centre.-History:In 2002, laboratories and office space were donated to Nottingham Trent University by BASF...
- Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design
Founded in 1843, the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom and currently has more than 2,500 students.-History:...
- Nottingham Conference Centre
Nottingham Conference Centre is a modern conference facility in the heart of Nottingham city centre. It was created in 2009 as part of the Newton-Arkwright regeneration development at Nottingham Trent University and designed by Hopkins Architects....
- Nottingham Business School
The Nottingham Business School is a full service business school located in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The school is part of Nottingham Trent University which was launched in 1992 from the existing Nottingham Polytechnic, however the Nottingham Business School itself has existed since 1980 and...
- Nottingham Law School
Nottingham Law School is a law school in the UK with over 100 full-time lecturers and 400 students. It is an academic and professional institution, part of Nottingham Trent University, situated in the East Midlands....
- FlyFM
Fly FM is the student radio station of Nottingham Trent University's student union. It broadcasts online at FlyFM.co.uk on term-time, and in March 2011 started to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; with live programming between the hours of 9am and 11pm during weekdays. It is also broadcast...
- Varsity Series (Nottingham universities)
The Varsity Series comprises a number of sports events pitching the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University against each other in a university rivalry, organised for the benefit of charity. The university that wins the most events is declared winner. One point and half a point are...
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