Cultural

NTU has an outstanding reputation for innovative courses with an international perspective. Our students benefit from our excellent academic teaching staff, world-leading research, links with industry and outstanding facilities.

Our cultural partnerships connect students and staff from across the university with projects and opportunities with key cultural institutions.

Our current cultural strategic partners are; Nottingham Castle Trust, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature.

Working in partnership with key cultural institutions

NTU champions arts and culture and plays an active role in the cultural life of the city. We have Strategic Partnerships with Nottingham Contemporary, the Nottingham Castle Trust, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature and ChalleNGe Nottingham, the Cultural Education Partnership.These relationships span multiple schools and colleges and create opportunities for students, staff and the wider public. We also enjoy mutually beneficial relationships with many more city cultural organisations at course and college level.

Each of our Cultural Strategic Partnerships are bespoke. Common components include opportunities to deliver essential and real-world work experiences for students, whilst providing a valuable resource for our sector partners; collaborative research projects including the hosting of doctoral students; co-design and co-deliver of public engagement programmes that grow audiences and diversity workforces.

NTU’s cultural strategic partners’ speedy responses to the call for isolation

Nottingham Castle, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Playhouse and Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, are just four of the city’s fantastic organisations responding to the COVID-19 crisis creatively and generously.

1 April 2020

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NTU to make costumes fit for a queen with Nottingham Castle

Our Costume Design and Making students are embarking on an exciting new project in partnership with Nottingham Castle to create costumes to be used onsite when it reopens in early 2021.

28 January 2020

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Bonington Gallery and Nottingham Contemporary celebrate creative anniversaries

Nottingham’s contemporary art scene marked two significant anniversaries in 2019, the 10th birthday of the Nottingham Contemporary and the 50th birthday of NTU’s Bonington Gallery.

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Strategic partner Nottingham Contemporary launch RESPONSE publications created by NTU students

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and strategic partner Nottingham Contemporary collaborate to provide students with an opportunity to explore creative talent.

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NTU Staff and Student invited to Granada Book Fair as Nottingham announced as Guest of Honour

The opportunity saw Nottingham Trent University’s strategic partner, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, invite a student to report on the event’s key activity.

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Our research

NTU works collaboratively with its partners on a range of research-based projects. There are opportunities for post graduate study through Collaborative Doctoral Awards delivered in partnership with NTU, cultural partners and with Midlands4Cities funding. There are also opportunities for collaborative research projects led by Principal Investigators from NTU, but developed in partnership, as well as research delivered by NTU but designed and commissioned by our partners.

English academics launch collection of creative writing produced across UNESCO Cities of Literature

NTU's MA Museum and Heritage Development student Feixue Huangdu has attracted over one million Chinese viewers by live streaming tours of UK heritage sites. She has been featured on the BBC, Countryfile and The Independent for her work.

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Digital Holocaust exhibition launched to help us remember

A new digital exhibition created by Nottingham Trent University and the National Holocaust Centre and Museum will tell the story of how the Holocaust has been remembered - and forgotten - since World War II.

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Study to bring 600-year-old treasure to the world

Researchers from Nottingham Trent University are helping to reveal hidden information about 600-year-old medieval manuscript, the Canterbury Roll.

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New Isaac Newton graffiti discovered at Woolsthorpe Manor by NTU PhD candidate

A drawing thought to have been scratched by a young Isaac Newton into the walls of his childhood home has been discovered by NTU PhD candidate Chris Pickup for the National Trust.

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DH Lawrence’s life and works to be reimagined into graphic novels through UNESCO and Nottingham Trent University collaboration

Nottinghamshire’s celebrated author DH Lawrence will inspire a novel way to reveal the rich heritage of his birthplace.

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MRes English Literary Research student works with Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature to deliver ‘Nottwich 2019’

MRes English Literary Research student Dani Louise Olver has recently completed a 10 week placement with Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature to help deliver the Nottwich annual summit.

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Nottingham Castle Trust

The Nottingham Castle Trust is an independent, non-profit organisation, whose goals are education, conservation, and the improvement of Nottingham Castle and its surroundings.

Nottingham Contemporary

Nottingham Contemporary is one of the largest contemporary art galleries in the UK, presenting free exhibitions, special events, and family activities.

Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham Playhouse has been one of the UK’s leading producing theatres since its foundation in 1948, producing bold, thrilling and diverse drama, dance, comedy, and music.

UNESCO City of Literature

Being a UNESCO City of Literature enables the people of Nottingham to use the power of words to create new opportunities and establish the city as a leading destination for lovers of literature worldwide.