A º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ PhD student will travel to the UN headquarters in Switzerland to promote her work which uses social media to engage people in emergency risk communication.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has been awarded £200,000 for two projects which aim to make the transport sector more environmentally friendly.
A group of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students are set to see their ideas brought to life as their outdoor classroom design for a Leicestershire school has been selected to be developed by an architect.
A researcher at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has been awarded funding by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to explore the role of energy in the UK’s productivity puzzle.
A new food planner created at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ hopes to get staff, students and members of the public thinking more carefully about their meals in a bid to tackle the ever-growing national waste issue.
A project to create new technologies to improve the energy efficiency of buildings is set to get underway as a group of researchers from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ, the University of Nottingham and University of Exeter have been awarded a £1.65m grant from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has been praised by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for the valuable training it provides that equips teams with skills to better assist communities in emergencies.
So which Easter tradition came first? The packaging or the egg? The answer is of course not that surprising (it’s the egg). The tradition of giving people eggs at spring time has roots in ancient pagan festivals and exists in the history of a range of religions.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and artist Anne-Marie Culhane have come together for the seventh year to bring the Fruit Routes project to campus.
Scientists at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ have created a new chemical process which converts industrial CO2 emissions into useable green fuels and chemicals.
What could be more important than sustaining habitable living conditions on Earth?
Solving environmental problems usually just means cleaning up the mess people have made. But scientists are increasingly interested in creating something valuable from pollution.
The Centre of Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART) and Internet of Food Things (IoFT) Network Plus recently held an event at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ London to discuss how the food manufacturing industry can take advantage of opportunities brought forward by the advent of the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0).
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is celebrating the academics and projects which tackle some of the most challenging areas of climate change, ecology, sustainability, technology and renewable energy as part of a two-month initiative to highlight environmental research.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) joined forces in leading a UK aid research project to find innovative, clean and modern alternatives to biomass fuels, such as charcoal and wood.
The next generation of supercomputers is a step closer after a team of physicists found a way to simplify the design of devices used in superconducting spintronics – a promising route to energy-efficient supercomputing.
On Monday 18th March, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ will welcome a host of VIPs from the UK and overseas for a day-long event focused on sustainable development within the Central Asian region.
Staff, students and members of the community gathered at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ last week to celebrate the Green Flag Award which the University received last year.
At the start of January 2019, Dr Jeff Evans, a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography in the School of Social Sciences, boarded the 134m-long S. A. Agulhas II – one of the largest and most modern research ships anywhere in the world.
Dr Duncan Depledge, a leading authority on political geography, international relations, and security studies, will be joining º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ in February.
It’s a new year, and many of us use this as an opportunity to make changes in our life and set goals to better ourselves.
The most unsafe HGVs will be removed from London's roads as part of a world-first scheme that was defined and tested by º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ researchers.
A º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academic is embarking on a 45-day scientific expedition that hopes to increase understanding of one of the largest ice shelves in Antarctica and locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated ship.
It’s less than 20 days until Christmas and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to panic buy because once again gift shopping has been left until the last minute.