Current students events

Ignite your spark, get that lightbulb moment and develop your idea into a start-up.

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In this lecture, John Hunt will relate his research in biomaterials and bioengineering to the pressing matters arising through advances in medicine that are increasing lifespan and pushing back pensionable retirement age. What do we expect research and innovation in the future to deliver on healthy ageing and independent living? Will it be enough?

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Join NTU Global to find out about opportunities to study abroad in the 2019-20 academic year. If you’re a Year One Art & Design student interested in studying overseas in your second year, drop in to this event to find out how you can see the world while studying.

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Ireland has a rich heritage of ancient monuments with several of them including astronomical alignments to the Sun, New Grange being only one. Dr Frank Prendergast (DIT) will give us an overview in his talk Facing the Sun.

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We're delighted to host this special guest lecture with TANK Magazines editor, Thomas Roueché and Creative Director, Sohrab Golsorkhi-Ainslie.Founded in 1998, TANK is an icon of independent publishing, and continues to be the UK’s most innovative publication for its visual direction, design and content with an urgent mix of fashion, art, politics and critical essays.

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In his inaugural lecture, Professor Collins will show how economic analysis been used to both inform and misinform public policy in a variety of policy settings. Can we rely on economists to provide dispassionate inputs to public policy debates and design?

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The Art and Design Christmas Fair marks the start of the festive season here at Nottingham Trent University. Comprising of over 20 designers and makers, this year’s fair is set to offer an array of unique and handmade gifts – all carefully crafted by our students and alumni.

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Knitting the Gap will focus on the connections between textile, architecture and interaction design. We will explore newly-emerging ways of living in an age of technological innovations, through the design of adaptive and responsive environments in relation to the human body, buildings and their internal spaces.

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We’re delighted to host this special public lecture with architect and researcher, Mariana Popescu. With a strong interest in fabrication processes and use of materials, Mariana and a team of researchers from ETH Zurich’s Block Research Group have recently collaborated with Zaha Hadid Architects to create KnitCandela, a double-curved 3D-knitted concrete shelled pavilion currently on display in Mexico City.

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Drawing on 40 years of design experience in both industry and academia, Peter Ford will explore the way in which attitudes to both design in practice and design in research have changed and evolved over time.

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