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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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Maths student Savannah takes us along to the Derby Hall Christmas formal dinner!
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New to the University? See this video for everything you need to know about IT at the University of Nottingham.https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/it-services/
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In 1917, at the height of the First World War, F.B. MacNutt edited a collection of 17 essays entitled The Church in the Furnace. These essays were written by Anglican army chaplains who reflected on…
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‘Woodbine Willie’ – the Anglican World War I padre who gave cigarettes to the troops and wrote poetry - is well known. But the man himself, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy is not nearly so…
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Dr Stuart Bell argues that the early twentieth-century Anglican writer, G.A. Studdert-Kennedy (better known as ‘Woodbine Willie’), is the first modern British theologian in that he…
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Chris Jones, Senior Careers Adviser, talks about how the Careers and Employability Service supports postgraduate taught students to make informed choices about their future.
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Dr Sara Parks introduces the text that lies behind the gospels of Matthew and Luke – to which we give the name ‘Q’. In turn, this allows her to study what this text says about women…
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Dr Tarah van de Weile examines the Genesis story of the aftermath of Noah’s flood. She shows us the complexity of the storyteller’s design and how he want to convey the goodness and order…
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Dr Sara Parks introduces the text that lies behind the gospels of Matthew and Luke – to which we give the name ‘Q’. This notion of Q was put forward to explain a literary problem:…
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Dr Ali-reza Bhojani one of the key questions about morality that confronts theists: is the Good what God commands, or, is what God commands ‘the Good’?
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Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) made the theme of finitude, human finitude, central to his philosophy: humans have ‘being towards death.’ In this video Prof. Agata Bielik-Robson challenges…
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Dr Ali-reza Bhojani introduced the notion that the basis of morality is not simply based in the acts of divine revelation, but is inherent in the moral order that human beings find within themselves.
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Professor Frances Knight introduces the two distance learning MA programmes run by the department: the MA in Church History; and the MA in Systematic and Philosophical Theology. All details in this…
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Full and part-time students on the MMedSci Medical Education course share their experiences of studying the course. Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/MMedSciMedEd
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Take a look around the School of Mathematical Sciences to see the range of study spaces available to our students. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Mathematics
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Nader from Lebanon talks about studying the MMedSci Assisted Reproduction Technology course at the University of Nottingham. Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/art
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Titilayo from Nigeria talks about studying the MMedSci Assisted Reproduction Technology course at the University of Nottingham. Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/art
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Siddiqa from Sudan talks about studying the MMedSci Assisted Reproduction Technology course at the University of Nottingham. Find out more about the course: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/art
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Emmanuel from Nigeria talks about studying the MMedSci Assisted Reproduction Technology course at the University of Nottingham. Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/art
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Dr Pranay Ghosh, a graduate of the MMedSci Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) course, talks about his experience of studying at the University of Nottingham. He graduated with Distinction at…
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Overview and highlights of the MMedSci Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) course given by Dr Walid Maalouf, course director, and some of our international students. Find out more about the…
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It's an All I Want for Christmas is you CARaoke mashup featuring groups from UoN A Capella society including: RadioOctave, Unplugged, Acapocalypse and Men to Boys. Check out the A Capella…
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Thanks to UoN A Capella Society for providing their beautiful voices! Check them out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uonacappella/ Singers from left to right: Lucy Bailey 3rd yr English and…
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Vicky took a trip to the Winter Wonderland Christmas market in Old Market Square. Check out Vicky's channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCETTmGjpLgb8TM-hJTeQTBg
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3rd year Biology students Adreanna and Florence take us on a wine and dine tour of Nottingham city centre. If you're looking for the best places to hang out, grab some grub or enjoy a drink then…
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This brief video demonstrates the key points to include in a basic examination of the gastrointestinal tract in ruminants. Particularly including percussion and auscultation for a displaced…
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MSc Microbiology and Immunology students share their experiences of studying at Nottingham.
Find out more:…
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Our MSc Microbiology and Immunology is a unique course that provides equal learning in the areas of microbiology and immunology. Four students share why they chose the course and what they’ve…
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Energy for Life will build on collaborations between the University of Nottingham and leading research institutions in Asia, Latin America and Africa to help overcome challenges faced by developing…
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Our competitive, internally funded fellowships aim to
attract and retain exceptional early career researchers to deliver
world-leading research.
Gary Mirams, a current Nottingham Research Fellow in…
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Researchers at The University of Nottingham are studying whether simple eye drops could be used instead to treat patients for the condition diabetic retinopathy and prevent blindness in a project…
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2017 marks the five-hundred anniversary of the beginning of the European Reformation. As part of a series of events to commemorate this event which has done so much to share modern Europe and…
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The reformers were faced with many challenges, but one that is often forgotten was the need to justify their actions historically. How did it come about that the church needed reform? To what image…
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Dr Simeon Zahl explores what are the distinctive characteristics of Protestant theology. In years gone by this would have been expressed as the proposition ‘it is acceptance of the doctrine of…
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Famous to the British soldiers of the Great War as ‘Woodbine Willie,’ the Revd G.A. Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929) is also a great forgotten theologian. In this video, Dr Stuart Bell…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses how the experience of the war had a long lasting affect on Christian…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses the experience of one man from Derbyshire in the Great War and how…
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The First World War was the single most important event is shaping modern European society. In this video Dr Stuart Bell discusses the myths that grew up about the Great War and religion.
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Kevin McGinnell and Tom O’Loughlin discuss the challenge of creating an incarnational liturgy fifty years after the close of the Second Vatican Council.
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Dealing with the body of someone who has died – generically referred to as ‘disposal’ – is a crucial intersection of social custom, religious practices, human ritual,…
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Staff and current students discuss the MSC Physiotherapy, Advancing Neuromusculoskeletal Practice pathway, at The University of Nottingham.
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Prof. Frances Knight, an expert on the religious history of the late nineteenth century, examines the religious dimension of the cultural movements we associate with the term ‘Fin de…
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Walter Walsh (1857-1931) published a book called The Secret History of the Oxford Movement in 1897. The book is examined in this video by Prof. Frances Knight, an expert on the religious history of…
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Tables are a part of everyday life, but they also have
significance in many religious rituals which are connected with food / eating. Here Prof. Tom O’Loughlin looks at a range of
meanings…
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The Eucharist is a central ritual of Christians, and a
central to that ritual is the use of a cup of wine for which thanks have been
offered to God. But what is often forgotten is that in this…
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A warm welcome to our new vlogger Hannah. She took her camera on a visit to the Nottingham Winter Wonderland in Old Market Square. Here's what she got up to...
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Things have been getting festive in the VideoBox lately... Happy Christmas everyone :)
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Students tell us what Christmas means to them in the VideoBox.
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Students tell us what Christmas means to them in the VideoBox.
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Students tell us what Christmas means to them in the VideoBox.
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Students tell us what Christmas means to them in the VideoBox.
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Students tell us what Christmas means to them in the VideoBox.
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Students tell us what Christmas means to them in the VideoBox.
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Paul from our very own digital team visited the Sutton Bonington Farmers' Market for it's special Christmas edition. We challenged him to find a secret Santa present for under £10…
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Kevin Riady and Woyram Kofi-Bediako, students on the Ergonomics and Human Factors Master's course, talk about the programme, their experiences at the university, and what life is like in…
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Until very recently the standard model for assessing the place of religion in the Enlightenment was one of simple opposition: Religion represented the superstition and darkness that the rational…
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Dr Simeon Zahl describes his experience, as an American, of
celebrating a relatively modern festival: Thanksgiving in the United States of America.A similar video from the Sacred Calendars…
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How to print, copy, scan using the UoN Print Service
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Joe Scales – and undergraduate in the department – asks two of his teachers why they study theology. There are as many definitions of theology as there are theologians – and here…
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Joe Scales – and undergraduate in the department – asks two of his teachers why they consider it so important for people in general (not just a few experts) to have a basic religious…
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Prof. Tom O’Loughlin examines what is meant when theologians refer to ‘the analogy of being’ (analogia entis). Other videos that look at the same topic include; Why Study the…
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In discussion of ethics and morality one can often hear someone say that ‘the bible says … .’ But this video explores how what ‘the bible says’ is far from a simple…
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Dr Claire Taylor of the Department of History, one of the scholars belonging to that department’s Heresy Network, introduces the value attached to the study of heresy to hear voices from the…
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Archbishop James Ussher (1581-1656) is now known, almost exclusively, for his dating the creation to 4004 BC. But far from being an obscurantist, he was a model scholar of his time – and in…
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For over forty years the question of why the Reformation did not gain significant traction in Ireland in the sixteenth century has fascinated historians. In this video Prof. Alan Ford introduces 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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This MSc will provide you with the knowledge and skills to manage sports injuries and illness and to explore the relationship between physical activity and health. The MSc Sports and Exercise…
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This new MSc offers students from a non-clinical background the opportunity to study sports and exercise medicine. As an MSc student, you will study a series of core modules in sports and exercise…
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Identity is an important topic in seeking to understand a
religion. It expresses itself in culture, rules about food, marriage, dress,
and views of the divine. In this video Dr Carly Crouch looks at…
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Prof. Tom O’Loughlin examines how the use of ‘X’ in everyday discourse is similar to the way that the word ‘god’ is used in Christian theology. Other videos in the…
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On Course for Your Masters Course welcome
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Rabbi Mendy Lent discusses with Prof. Tom O’Loughlin a precious item found in many Jewish homes: a copy of the biblical Book of Esther in its original form as a scroll. Mendy Lent gives an…
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Rabbi Mendy Lent explains the significance of attached to the festival of Shavuot which takes place 50 days after the celebration of Passover. It was this celebration which was continued by the early…
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Rabbi Mendy Lent explains the significance of the festival of Rosh Hashanah to the Jewish people. This festival represents the start of the Jewish New Year.
Other videos you may wish to watch…
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Rabbi Mendy Lent tells the story behind the festival of Purim when Jews still celebrate their deliverance at the time of Queen Esther – as found in the Book of Esther in the bible
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom O’Loughlin how the Catholic Church understands the historic phrase extra ecclesiam nulla salus. McDonald argues that it must not be understood…
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Prof. Philip Goodchild introduces the thought of Simone Weil
(1909-1943) who has been described as a philosopher, a religious thinker, a
mystic, and linked with any number of philosophers from Plato…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin how the Catholic Church sees the challenges facing ecumenism today:
there has been real progress on many of the historic issues…
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Conor Cunningham looks at the intimate connection between Goodness, Truth, and Beauty as these are studied by theologians. Together these are known as the transcendentals because they are…
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Conor Cunningham introduces one of the great movements in twentieth-century philosophy – phenomenology – which is playing an ever more significant role in theology today. He dos this by…
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Conor Cunningham introduces the work of the French philosopher Michel Henry (1922-2002) and the contribution that he made to theology. Henry’s work, he argues, can be seen as an attempt to draw…
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Conor Cunningham introduces the issue of theism as
confronting ‘deep’ materialism and nihilism. The question that theologians must
address is not the traditional ‘is there life…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin what the Catholic Church sees as the nature of ‘the church’ and how
the notion of ‘the church’ relates to…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof. Tom
O’Loughlin the self-perception of the Catholic Church, in the aftermath of the
Second Vatican Council (1962-5), of Judaism, Islam, Buddhism,…
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John Milbank and Simon Oliver discuss the significance of
the work of Blessed Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) for the way we do theology
today. Nicholas, in challenging the role of the Principle of…
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Looking for some advice about funding your postgraduate degree? Look no further! Useful…
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Dr Steve Cox and Zak Gittins talk about a scheme in Mathematical Sciences where undergraduates in their second year and beyond assist first-years in their transition to university. PASS [Peer…
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All religions use time as a central element in the way they celebrate. They have a sacred year – a sequence of festivals arranged in an annual cycle. Here Rabbi Mendy Lent introduces the…
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Dr Conor Cunningham tells the story of the ways we can look at an apple. A piece of fruit, a quick healthy snack, but also the starting point for a more involved understanding of the universe and why…
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Using mathematical modelling to understand our brain functions and ultimately solve real world problems.
Visit the website for the School of Mathematical…
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How mathematics can be used to design amplifiers with the lowest distortion.
Visit the website for the School of Mathematical Sciences:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Mathematics/index.aspx
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How we use maths in the field of Physics? Described here is how one mathematician is trying to make sense of how the universe works using mathematics.
Visit the website for the School of…
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The game of roulette is used to explain probability theory.
Visit the website for the School of Mathematical Sciences:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Mathematics/index.aspx
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Plutarch (A.D. 46 – c. 120), from Chaeronea in Boeotia, was one of the most prolific Greek writers of antiquity and his work is exactly contemporaneous with the period of the earliest writings…
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Archbishop Kevin McDonald discusses with Prof.
Tom O’Loughlin the significance of the Roman Catholic statement on that
church’s view of other religions, and especially how the Catholic…
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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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Mr Neil Smyth (the Senior Librarian for the Faculty of Arts) discusses with Professor Tom O’Loughlin (Department of Theology and Religious Studies) how the library can help those who are…
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Professors Alan Ford and Tom O’Loughlin look at the problems today – both for society and religion - that the legacy of older disputes between Catholics and Protestants throw up. They ask…
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