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Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was a famous Muslim jurist from Damascus. This video, part of a series on the concept of benefit (maslaha) in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, explores his dynamic view of…
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Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was a famous Muslim jurist from Damascus. This video, part of a series on the concept of benefit (maslaha) in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, examines his attitude toward…
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Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was a famous Muslim jurist from Damascus. This video, part of a series on the concept of benefit (maslaha) in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, explores how he views the caliphate…
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Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was a famous Muslim jurist from Damascus. This video, part of a series on the concept of benefit (maslaha) in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, explores how he viewed the concepts…
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Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was a famous Muslim jurist from Damascus. This video, part of a series on the concept of benefit (maslaha) in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought, explores how he viewed benefit and…
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Inspirational actor, dancer, model and Mencap campaigner Sarah Gordy MBE was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa from The University of Nottingham on 12 December 2018. This video is a…
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The discovery of new bacteria-resistant plastics to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired-infections, one of the UK's most significant heritage regeneration projects, a one-in-a-million…
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2017 was an unprecedented year for research at the University of Nottingham. The largest planned investment in research in the University's history was announced at the Royal Society in London,…
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Community scientists at the University of Nottingham are
calling for people all over the Midlands to help them hunt for an alien invader
which is preying on the UK’s native population of…
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A new and unique smartphone app to help people with asthma manage their condition has been developed by lung experts at the Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit and the pharmaceutical company…
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Scientists
at The University of Nottingham hoping to study the genetics of an ultra-rare
garden snail are asking the public for its help in finding the lonely mollusc a
mate.
The…
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Levels
of a hormone when measured in hair can significantly predict the likelihood of
pregnancy in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment,
scientists at The University of Nottingham…
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The University of Nottingham sponsored three British Science Association Media Fellows in 2016. They were placed with The Times, the FT and BBC Science. Find out how they got on.
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A public lecture presented by Professor Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University, Washington DC, and former High Commissioner of Pakistan to the UK. Recorded live…
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Dr Sarah Pierce from the
School of Life Sciences is on a mission.
Sarah's the Open Air
Laboratories Network (OPAL) community scientist for the Midlands region and is
working with schools and…
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The word fitra is central to Islamic understandings of human nature. Dr Jon Hoover explains how fitra appears in the Qur’an and the Hadith, and how it has been understood by different figures…
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An
international team of researchers has discovered a gene in snails that
determines whether their shells twist clockwise or anti-clockwise – and could
offer clues to how the same gene affects…
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Dr Christina Lee, Associate Professor of Viking Studies in
the School of English, examines the central role played by religion in medieval
societies, and argues that an understanding of the religion…
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Dr Christina Lee, Associate Professor of Viking Studies in
the School of English, looks at how disability and disease were viewed by
Christians during the Middle Ages. She uses evidence that comes…
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Traditional fruit gardens planted by indigenous communities in the Malaysian rainforest increase the diversity of the animals who make it their home. The study, led by researchers at The University…
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Dr Alison Milbank and Professor Tom O'Loughlin talk with Joe Scales, an undergraduate student in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, about the enjoyment they get from teaching…
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Dr Jon Hoover gives an introduction to Ibn Taymiyya. He was
a scholar who lived in Damascus 800 years ago, but is very influential among
many Islamic groups today.
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Dr Musharraf Hussain introduces the basic beliefs of Islam and explores the belief iman with Dr Jon Hoover. This is the first in a series of videos examining Muslim belief in God, Angels, Books,…
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Dr Musharraf Hussain speaks about Islamic belief in Prophets with Dr Jon Hoover. Dr Hussain defines the role of the Prophets, distinguishes between a prophet (nabi) and a messenger (rasul), explains…
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Dr Musharraf Hussain discusses Islamic belief in predestination with Dr Jon Hoover, exploring God's all-knowing creation of all things, the relation between human free choice and God's…
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In the second of two videos, Dr Musharraf Hussain speaks about sin and intercession in Islamic belief with Dr Jon Hoover. The discussion takes up the questions of major and minor sins, God's…
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In the first of two videos, Dr Musharraf Hussain discusses Islamic belief in the Last Day with Dr Jon Hoover. Dr Hussain traces the events of the Last Day from human death to the grave and on to the…
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Dr Musharraf Hussain, speaks about Islamic belief in God with Dr Jon Hoover. They discuss the relationships between the one God and His many attributes and between God's mercy and God's…
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Dr Musharraf Hussain, talks about the Islamic belief in Books with Dr Jon Hoover. The Books are revelations given to prophets, especially the Qur'an. The discussion extends to the verses of the…
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Dr Musharraf Hussain, speaks with Dr Jon Hoover about the Islamic belief in angels, God's agents through which He rules the world. The conversation extends to Gabriel, the angel of revelation,…
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Dr Philip Oldfield from the Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Nottingham talks about his experience as a British Science Media Fellow embedded with the…
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Dr Jon Henderson from the Department of Archaeology at The University of Nottingham talks about his experience as a British Science Media Fellow embedded with the Science team at The Times.
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A well-known ‘superbug’ which was thought to have been a static or
non-motile organism has been observed showing signs of active motility by
scientists at The Universities of Nottingham…
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Could spaceflight slow the process of ageing? New research has shown that the effect of spaceflight on a microscopic worm — Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) — could help it to live…
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A new research team at The University of Nottingham is
using MRI scans to learn more about the role of the cerebellum in Developmental
Coordination Disorder (DCD) – also known as Dyspraxia. DCD…
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Stuart Broad was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa from The University of Nottingham on 7 December 2015.
In this video we hear how he feels to receive the degree, what he's…
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Using their state-of-the-art simulation facility in the School of
Psychology scientists at The University of Nottingham are exploring the use of
car driving simulators as tools for training and…
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Dr Jon Henderson discusses ground truthing digital images of underwater sites and how they can be turned into three-dimensional visualisations. The 3D photo-realistic models produced allow non-divers…
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Dr Christina Lee, Associate Professor of Viking Studies in the School of English, looks at what we know about the religion of the Vikings. She introduces their mythology and explored the fact that we…
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Dr Christina Lee, Associate Professor of Viking Studies in the School of English, looks at what we know about the role of women in the Anglo-Saxon church.
Other similar videos you may wish to watch…
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Dr Jasmeet Kaler at The University
of Nottingham has been named this year’s Universities
Federation for Animal Welfare’s (UFAW) Young Scientist of the Year.
Dr Kaler,
a lecturer in…
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The answer to this question will help with the exploration of burial sites around Stonehenge as part of the €8m Stonehenge Hidden Landscape project. It is hoped twenty first century…
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Dr Ahmed Mohammed at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is trying to find out if mindfulness can improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
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Electric fences
and trenches have proved to be the most effective way of protecting farms and villages
from night time raids by hungry elephants. But researchers think they may have
come up with…
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A one thousand year old Anglo-Saxon remedy for eye infections which originates from a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the modern-day superbug MRSA in an unusual research…
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In the second of their 2 part discussion, Professor John MIlbank and Dr Simon Oliver continue to look at the notion of 'the Gift'. Picking up with the idea that a purified gift, given one…
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Many people think that the Hebrew Bible / the Old Testament is simply packed full with violent episodes! Dr Carly Crouch and Tarah Van De Wiele discuss this perception and ask how best way to…
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Dr Carly Crouch and Tarah Van De Wiele discuss how crime – a wrong breaking a law – and the punishment of crime are dealt with in the Hebrew Bible /Old Testament. Crime and its punishment…
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham have identified the mechanism used by plants in stress conditions to sense low oxygen levels and used advanced breeding techniques to reduce yield loss in…
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In The University of Nottingham's Spider Lab Dr Sara Goodacre and Dr Morito Hayashi discuss the spider's ability to 'sail'.
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Continuum robot with improved bending capabilities and payload: design
and demonstration - FP7 MiRoR project: The University of Nottingham.
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Using
magnetic levitation to imitate weightlessness, researchers led by physicists at
The University of Nottingham have manufactured solid wax models of splash form
tektites – the tiny pieces…
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Dr Nick Stevenson talks about the media.
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Dr Warren Pearce, Research Fellow, talks about climate change.
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Dr Nick Stevenson talks about celebrity.
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Dr Nick Stevenson, Reader in Sociology, talks about 'The Commons' - or things that we share.
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Dr Ting Chang discusses Work and Play in Modern Art
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Dr Jon Hoover examines how two great medieval Islamic scholars looked at the issues involved in the question ‘can all human beings be saved by God?’ Is it a case that unbelievers shall…
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Introduction to the Philosophy module 'Advanced Logic' by Dr Mark Jago. Part of the Philosophy 'Module in a Minute' series.
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Introduction to the Philosophy module 'Being Becoming and Reality' by Dr Jonathan Tallant. Part of the Philosophy 'Module in a Minute' series.
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Dr Simon Oliver, from the
perspective of systematic and philosophical theology
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Dr Holger Zellentin, from the
perspective of the Abrahamic traditions
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Dr Carly Crouch, from the
perspective of the Hebrew Bible
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An introduction to the Philosophy module 'Merleau-Ponty' by Dr Komarine Romdenh-Romluc.
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An introduction to the Philosophy module 'History of Western Philosophy' by Dr Andrew Fisher.
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An Introduction to the Philosophy module 'Environmental Ethics' by Dr Neil Sinclair.
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An introduction to the Philosophy module Philosophy of Mind by Dr Mark Jago.
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An introduction to the Philosophy module Feminist Philosophy by Dr Komarine Romdenh-Romluc,
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An introduction to the Philosophy module Metaethics by Dr Andrew Fisher.
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Underwater archaeologists surveying the worlds oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the early Bronze Age. This suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece,…
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History of Art 'Module in a Minute' video for the module American Visual Culture by Dr Mark Rawlinson.
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History of Art 'Module in a Minute' video for the module Art and Power: Paris 1937 by Dr Lara Pucci.
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History of Art 'Module in a Minute' video for the module Women in the Italian Renaissance by Dr Gabriele Neher.
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Mark Ovenden graduated from The University of Nottingham in 1985 with a degree in Geography, with subsidiaries in Economics and International Relations.
During the Summer 2014 graduations Mark was…
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In the malaria research labs at The University of Nottingham Dr Rita Tewari and her team are trying to identify the best drug and vaccine targets for malaria. Here she explains how.
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Dr Rita Tewari heads up the malaria research labs at The University of Nottingham. She knows all to well what it's like to have the disease. She's had it seven times.
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A
lecturer in dietetics at The University of Nottingham has helped to start a
campaign to encourage more men to consider taking up careers in the field of
nutrition.
As
part of Dietitians Week,…
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The first major exhibition on Vikings at the British Museum for over 30 years which opened on 6 March in London highlights a new research project by Viking experts at The University of Nottingham. …
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Dr Christian Karner, Associate Professor of Sociology, talks about nationalism, and the links between globalisation and neo-nationalism which have recently emerged.
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As the latest Warner Bros fantasy blockbuster, The Hobbit, hits the cinema screens, Dr Alison Milbank of the University's Department of Theology and Religious Studies, offers her insights into…
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A study by psychologists at The University of Nottingham has shown that babies who are weaned using solid finger food are more likely to develop healthier food preferences and are less likely to…
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Dr Cecilia Goria answers your questions about the Digital Technologies for Language Teaching degree.
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A
group of university students are enjoying a specially designed fruit smoothie a
day to discover whether it can improve their appearance and make them feel
healthier. Their efforts are part of a…
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Undergraduate mechanical engineering student, Jon Sheldon, talks about his experience studying at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus as a UK scholarship student.
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Dr Kirsten Harris and Dr Stephen Pihlaja talk about the School of English and the English courses on offer at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
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Celebrating the first £100 million raised for Impact: the Nottingham Campaign and how this money is already transforming lives locally, nationally and internationally.
For more information…
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On
March 10 241BC a huge naval battle took place off the coast of Sicily between
the Romans and their archenemies the Carthaginians. It put an end to the First
Punic War and set the Roman Republic on…
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A major breakthrough in the search for alternatives to antibiotics and the treatment of infection could provide microbiologists with a whole new insight into the way germs co-exist with or attack…
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus have begun the search for a new class of injectable materials that will stimulate stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue in degenerative…
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Corrosion costs the oil and gas industry billions of dollars every year, it can also have far reaching environmental consequences. But so far no one has managed to stop corrosion happening. Experts…
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Sivaruby Kanagaratnam is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. She is working for the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. Oil binding capacity of low value palm oil products to reduce…
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The development of a new Crops for the Future Research Centre begins alongside the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
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A captive bred Sumatran orangutan and a University of Nottingham neuroscientist in Malaysia are hoping to explain some of the mysteries of the visual brain and improve the lives of captive bred…
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A new Centre of Excellence for Post-Harvest Biotechnology has opened at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. It aims to reduce food losses and improve overall quality and food safety.
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Researchers at The University of Nottingham say Schmallenberg Virus — which causes deformities and neurological defects in unborn lambs and calves — has made a grim return this year.…
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham play a key role in a new £7m research programme to help maintain the world's production of wheat. It is the first study of its kind in the UK for…
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MEME - the Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants - is a research project led by Dr Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz from the School of Geography at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Searching…
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MEME - the Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants - is a research project led by Dr Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz in the School of Geography at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Checking…
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MEME - the Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants - is a research project led by Dr Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz in the School of Geography at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Deploying…
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MEME - the Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants - is a research project led by Dr Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz in the School of Geography at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. The…
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