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News from the school
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- Students can diversify their degree course by choosing a language module for credits with the Language Centre.
- Date:
- 09/01/2018
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- HuiQi Yeo, an MRes (Food Science and Engineering) student at the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ's Division of Food Sciences, has won the Masters Student of the Year Award at the 2017 EFFoST (European Federation of Food Science and Technology) International Conference in Spain.
- Date:
- 04/12/2017
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- The first student to receive funding under a new partnership between the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ and Molson Coors has undertaken a research project that looks to improve the performance of yeast in high gravity brewing.
- Date:
- 13/11/2017
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- When nature turns nasty plants can't run for cover, they have had to evolve to survive what the environment throws at them. Whether that's drought, flooding, saline soils or extreme temperatures, scientists, led by a team at the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ, have now discovered that flowering plants have adopted a single biochemical mechanism to sense multiple environmental stresses, that enhances survival.
- Date:
- 13/11/2017
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- When Pipers Crisps — one of Britain's best-known crisp brands — wanted to understand more about the science behind their premium products and processes they turned to food experts at the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ.
- Date:
- 05/09/2017
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- World leading botanist and pioneer of plant cell research, Professor Edward Cocking has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ in recognition of his achievements in the field of botanical research.
- Date:
- 05/09/2017
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- Beer-lovers in Nottingham and Derby will be able to sample two exciting new brews and get the first taste of a new hop variety never used before commercially thanks to a brewing project run by the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ.
- Date:
- 12/07/2017
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- The º£½ÇºÚÁÏ has agreed a new partnership with Molson Coors Brewing Company UK & Ireland which will see staff at both organisations working more closely with each other in the future.
- Date:
- 12/07/2017
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- Today marks the launch of the new AgriFood Training Partnership (AFTP) which builds on the heritage of the three previous Advanced Training Partnerships (ATPs) in agri-food, food and pasture. These three partnerships were all funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) with the primary aim of translating cutting edge research into applied industry expertise with the agri-food sector. Collectively since 2012, the ATPs have delivered short course training and postgraduate qualifications to over 1500 individuals from more than 700 businesses.
- Date:
- 11/07/2017
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- Food scientists from the School of Biosciences at the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ recently flew out to Belfast to attend the Nursten Postgraduate Flavour PhD Symposium, and for some it provided a rare opportunity to present their research work to a leading network of developing scientists from across the UK.
- Date:
- 11/07/2017