An expert in the laws protecting human rights defenders will visit the University this week. Hina Jilani, a leading lawyer in Pakistan and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, will address staff and students in a special lecture on Thursday 14 February, hosted by the Human Rights Law Centre.

One hundred and thirty bell-ringers past and present will gather in Nottingham this weekend to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

A campaign gets underway this week to help disadvantaged Nottingham teenagers work their way into Higher Education.

Bacteria often get bad press, with those found in water often linked to illness and disease. But researchers at The University of Nottingham are using these tiny organisms alongside the very latest membrane filtration techniques to improve and refine water cleaning technology.

A research centre dedicated to reducing the planet's carbon footprint will be launched at The University of Nottingham this week.

It can kill in four hours and more than 300 people in the UK die from it every year — and hundreds more are left with permanent disabilities. Now researchers will work on a potential vaccine for meningitis B, thanks to a £200,000 grant from the medical charity Meningitis UK.

The blood of the Vikings is still coursing through the veins of men living in the North West of England — according to a new study which has been just published.