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Students Help NTU Move Towards Sustainability Targets with Real-World Problem Solving
11 March 2024As part of a Sustainable Development Challenge - sponsored by property industry leaders, Jansons Property – students in their second year at the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment (ADBE) were given the task of developing sustainable solutions.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2024/03/students-help-ntu-move-towards-sustainability-targets-with-real-world-problem-solving
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Development work begins on Home Farm workshops
15 February 2023Nottingham Trent University's agricultural studies Home Farm workshops, based at Brackenhurst Campus, to be developed and updated to enable student recruitment and portfolio growth in this subject area. Among other updates, the construction will have asbestos roofs removed and works will reconfigure up to 400 square metres of learning space.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/02/development-work-begins-on-home-farm-workshops
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RIBA-winning Lyth building officially opens
3 February 2023Nottingham Trent University's Lyth building, located on Brackenhurst Campus, is officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony, featuring School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences Dean, Professor Dawn Scott, and Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Edward Peck. Lyth family members and Evans Vettori architects were in attendance.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/02/riba-winning-lyth-building-officially-opens
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Primary school pupils grow their passion for plants at NTU
16 January 2023NTU PhD student Xanthea Heynes has been using her research expertise in sustainable agriculture to teach and enlighten eco warriors from a local Nottinghamshire primary school on their recent visit to NTU's Brackenhurst Campus and the glasshouse and vertical farming facilities.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2022/12/primary-school-pupils-grow-their-passion-for-plants-at-ntu
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Hedgehog road safety in primary schools
9 December 2022NTU PhD student Lauren Moore has been using her research to enlighten and inspire children at three primary schools in Nottinghamshire to learn how to better accommodate wildlife in their gardens, schools and villages.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2022/12/hedgehog-road-safety-in-primary-schools
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Employability project nominated for prestigious Green Gown Award
3 November 2022Nottingham Trent University’s Sustainability Employability Award has been highlighted as a sector-leading initiative to enhance graduates' employability.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2022/11/employability-project-nominated-for-prestigious-green-gown-award
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Two NTU nominations for prestigious Green Gown Award
3 November 2022Nottingham Trent University’s Sustainability in Enterprise initiative has been highlighted as sector leading for benefitting society and colleague Sheri Scott has been recognised as a sustainable staff champion.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/07/two-ntu-nominations-for-prestigious-green-gown-award
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Sustainability in Enterprise project hits milestone of supporting over 200 locals SMEs
24 October 2022The SiE project has helped over 200 local businesses to understand and reduce their current carbon emissions. Financial support is available to help act in all areas, and that includes people - the core of any organisation.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2022/10/SiE-project-hits-milestone-of-supporting-over-200-locals-SMEs
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Conservation Society Lead Wildflower Expansion at Brackenhurst
10 May 2022The Conservation Society (ConSoc) have sown wildflowers across the outside areas surrounding accommodation blocks at Brackenhurst as part of their efforts to create habitats and support species on the campus.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2022/05/conservation-society-lead-wildflower-expansion-at-brack
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NTU support Gather Social to recruit graduate sustainability advocate
17 January 2022Recent NTU alumni, Amy Young, shares her experience and her aspirations for her graduate placement at Nottingham-based small business, Gather Social.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2022/01/ntu-support-gather-social-to-recruit-graduate-sustainability-advocate