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74-565: ITM Power plc is an energy storage and clean fuel company founded in the UK in 2001. It designs, manufactures, and integrates electrolysers based on proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology to produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity and tap water. Hydrogen produced via electrolysis is used for mobility, Power-to-X , and industry. The company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2004, becoming

148-523: A 60-metre tall artistic structure is the tallest freestanding structure in the UK. The university plans to invest £200 million in a new scheme designed by Ken Shuttleworth , designer of the London ' Gherkin ' and founder of Make Architects . However, the architecture of the Jubilee Campus is not admired by all, and the newly completed Amenities Building and YANG Fujia Building have been labelled

222-509: A PEM material. PEMFCs have some advantages over other types of fuel cells such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). PEMFCs operate at a lower temperature, are lighter and more compact, which makes them ideal for applications such as cars. However, some disadvantages are: the ~80 °C operating temperature is too low for cogeneration like in SOFCs, and that the electrolyte for PEMFCs must be water-saturated. However, some fuel-cell cars, including

296-417: A capacity reservation agreement with Shell Deutschland, with production tentatively occurring from 2025 to 2026. However, its execution is dependent on a final investment decision. HyDeploy is an energy trial to establish the potential for blending up to 20% zero carbon hydrogen into the normal gas supply to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. It was the first trial of its kind in the UK. The £7 million project

370-428: A female to male ratio of 55:45. The university gave offers of admission to 67.7% of its undergraduate applicants in 2022, the 50th lowest offer rate across the country. According to The Times and The Sunday Times League Table 2015, the university received 7.3 applications for every place available, placing it joint 14th in the UK (tied with Edinburgh Napier University ) for the 'Most Competition for Places'. For

444-602: A format of charity fundraising in other cities, which proved to be one of the most profitable charity sources for the university with notably a single RAG raid in 2014 raising £66,552.72 for the Poppy Appeal. However, in April 2017 the raids were controversially banned by the students' union over the fears for the safety on students. The University of Nottingham has a system of halls located on its campus. The halls are generally named either after counties, districts, or places in

518-743: A new institute of public health and a specialist centre for tobacco research. Sutton Bonington Campus houses Nottingham's School of Biosciences and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, and is about 12 miles (19.3 km) to the south of the City of Nottingham, between the M1 motorway, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station , and the Midland Main Line railway. The campus is centred on the historic manor of Sutton Bonington and retains many of its own botanic gardens and lakes. The University Farm, including

592-667: A number of activities and events involving students and staff with the local community. The Student Volunteer Centre sees more than 4500 students each year volunteering in local schools and community organisations, as well as a range of other projects throughout the city of Nottingham. The Union has the largest student-run RAG organisation outside of the US, "Karnival" (abbreviated to "Karni"), which raised £1.61 million in 2012. The Students' Union also runs an international volunteering project, InterVol , which sends student volunteers to work in rural African communities. Karnival also ran "RAG raids",

666-557: A partnership including ITM Power and Shell, it is funded by the European Commission's Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). Following two years of construction, Shell launched Europe's largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at its Rhineland Refinery in Wesseling, Germany. The PEM electrolyser supplied by ITM Power is the largest of its kind to be deployed on a major industrial scale. The project will investigate

740-552: A polymer matrix. One of the most common and commercially available PEM materials is the fluoropolymer (PFSA) Nafion , a DuPont product. While Nafion is an ionomer with a perfluorinated backbone like Teflon , there are many other structural motifs used to make ionomers for proton-exchange membranes. Many use polyaromatic polymers, while others use partially fluorinated polymers. Proton-exchange membranes are primarily characterized by proton conductivity (σ), methanol permeability ( P ), and thermal stability. PEM fuel cells use

814-596: A purpose-built campus at Semenyih, 18 miles (29.0 km) south of Kuala Lumpur city centre. The £40 million Ningbo campus was completed in 2005, and was officially opened by John Prescott , the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, in February 2006. Like the Malaysia Campus, Ningbo Campus builds on the University Park in the UK and includes a lake, its own version of Nottingham's famous Trent Building, and

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888-665: A second UK factory in Sheffield. It also announced that its CEO for 13 years, Graham Cooley, would leave once a successor was appointed. In December the company finalised a capacity reservation agreement with Shell Deutschland. The company announced that future production capacity advanced electrolyser stacks would be secured by Shell under the agreement. ITM Power is currently engaged with industry and academia partners in several projects to deploy its technology and products in existing and emerging markets. The REFHYNE project aims to supply clean refinery hydrogen for Europe. Comprising

962-610: A short distance from Kuala Lumpur . This was followed in 2004 by a campus in Ningbo , Zhejiang Province , China. The Malaysia campus was the first campus of a British university in Malaysia and one of the first anywhere in the world, earning the Queen's Award for Enterprise 2001 and the Queen's Award for Industry (International Trade) 2006. In September 2005, the Malaysia campus moved to

1036-615: A simpler logo, in which a stylised version of Nottingham Castle was surrounded by the text "The University of Nottingham". In 2001 Nottingham undertook a major re-branding exercise, which included replacing the logo with the current one. University Park Campus , to the west of Nottingham city centre, is the 330-acre (1.3 km ) main campus of the University of Nottingham. Set around its lake and clock-tower and with extensive parkland greenery, University Park has won numerous awards for its architecture and landscaping, and has been named

1110-641: A solid polymer membrane (a thin plastic film) which is permeable to protons when it is saturated with water, but it does not conduct electrons. Early proton-exchange membrane technology was developed in the early 1960s by Leonard Niedrach and Thomas Grubb, chemists working for the General Electric Company . Significant government resources were devoted to the study and development of these membranes for use in NASA's Project Gemini spaceflight program. A number of technical problems led NASA to forego

1184-502: A supplemental Charter provided for a much wider representation on the Governing Body. However, further advances were delayed by the outbreak of war in 1939. University College Nottingham students received their degrees from the University of London. However, in 1943, the university was granted its royal charter which endowed it with university status and gave it the power to confer degrees. In 1948 University College Nottingham

1258-476: Is a 3.75-hectare site below Nottingham Castle , purchased by the university in 2021, having been previously owned by HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs). Existing buildings are to be refurbished with the campus planned to open from 2023. Nottingham has introduced overseas campuses as part of a growth strategy. The first stage in this strategy was the establishment in 1999 of a campus in Semenyih , Selangor, Malaysia,

1332-418: Is a technique by which proton-exchange membranes are used to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen gas. The proton-exchange membrane allows for the separation of produced hydrogen from oxygen, allowing either product to be exploited as needed. This process has been used variously to generate hydrogen fuel and oxygen for life-support systems in vessels such as US and Royal Navy submarines. A recent example

1406-668: Is assisted by Pro-Vice-Chancellors . The governing body is the University Council, which has 35 members and is mostly non-academic. The academic authority is the Senate, consisting of senior academics and elected staff and student representatives. The largest forum is the University Court, presided over by the Chancellor. The office of Chancellor is occupied by Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, following

1480-615: Is currently the largest HRS operator in the UK. UKH2Mobility is a government and cross-industry programme to make hydrogen powered travel in the UK a reality. Industry signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding are: In July 2012, ITM Power, along with four other companies, was selected by the Technology Strategy Board (now Innovate UK ) innovation agency and the Department of Energy and Climate Change in

1554-650: Is due for completion in 2022. ITM Power installed an electrolyser driven hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) named Hfuel at the University of Nottingham in 2012. The refuelling station can provide hydrogen at 350 bar to vehicles and 150 bar to the university's laboratory. In September 2015, it opened the HRS at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham, Yorkshire. Another station, located at

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1628-549: Is heavily involved with providing student activities at the university and has more than 190 student societies affiliated to it. A further 76 clubs are affiliated to the Students' Union's Sports Committee . Nottingham participates yearly in the Varsity Series , a number of sporting events between the students and staff of the university and traditional rivals Nottingham Trent University . The student newspaper Impact

1702-542: Is made up of a number of schools and departments organised into five faculties: Arts, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, and Social Science. Each faculty encompasses a number of schools and departments. The chief officer is the Chancellor , elected by the University Court on the recommendation of the University Council. The chief academic and administrative officer is the Vice-Chancellor , who

1776-459: Is published regularly during term time. The Students' Union radio station is University Radio Nottingham . A range of student theatre takes place at The New Theatre . The Students' Union also operates a student-run professional sound and lighting company, TEC PA & Lighting , who provide services for many events such as graduation, balls, and many other events, both within the university and to external clients. The Students' Union also organises

1850-623: Is still on display in the Physics department. Apart from its physical transfer to surroundings that could not be more different from its original home, the college made few developments between the wars. The Department of Slavonic Languages (later Slavonic Studies) was established in 1933, the teaching of Russian having been introduced in 1916. In 1933–34, the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Zoology and Geography, which had been combined with other subjects, were made independent; and in 1938

1924-528: Is supplied to the cathode and combines with the electrons and the hydrogen ions to produce water. The reactions at the electrodes are as follows: The theoretical exothermic potential is +1.23 V overall. The primary application of proton-exchange membranes is in PEM fuel cells. These fuel cells have a wide variety of commercial and military applications including in the aerospace, automotive, and energy industries. Early PEM fuel cell applications were focused within

1998-644: Is the construction of a 20 MW Air Liquide PEM electrolyzer plant in Québec. Similar PEM-based devices are available for the industrial production of ozone. University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham , England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus ( University Park ) with Jubilee Campus and teaching hospital ( Queen's Medical Centre ) are located within

2072-484: The Sutton 13 group of top-ranked universities in the UK. Sutton Trust universities are regarded as the UK's "most prestigious", "elite" and "most selective" universities offering around 30,000 places annually. The 13 universities are used as a benchmark for monitoring social mobility by academics, educational organisations and the government. Nottingham is a research-led institution, and two academics connected with

2146-589: The Assemble collective, of which the part-time Architecture Department tutor Joseph Halligan is a member, won the Turner Prize , Europe's most prestigious art award. Other facilities at Nottingham include a 46 teraflop supercomputer. Nottingham was ranked joint 23rd in the UK amongst multi-faculty institutions for the quality (GPA) of its research and 8th for its Research Power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework . More than 80 per cent of research at

2220-534: The City of Nottingham , with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire . Outside the UK, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia , and Ningbo, China . Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has more than 46,000 students and 7,000 staff across

2294-519: The Higher Education Statistics Agency , Nottingham is the UK's 9th largest university based on total student enrolment with 34,840 students; from more than 130 countries. 20% of Nottingham's undergraduates are privately educated , the 17th highest proportion among mainstream British universities. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 78:5:17 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with

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2368-638: The Toyota Mirai , operate without humidifiers, relying on rapid water generation and the high rate of back-diffusion through thin membranes to maintain the hydration of the membrane, as well as the ionomer in the catalyst layers. High-temperature PEMFCs operate between 100 °C and 200 °C, potentially offering benefits in electrode kinetics and heat management, and better tolerance to fuel impurities, particularly CO in reformate. These improvements potentially could lead to higher overall system efficiencies. However, these gains have yet to be realized, as

2442-637: The United Kingdom to develop ways of using clean energy on transport systems. ITM's assigned project was to build an electrolysis based hydrogen refueller to be used as transport fuel on the Isle of Wight . The plan is to make the Isle of Wight carbon neutral , by having residents create fuel at their home. Proton-exchange membrane PEMs can be made from either pure polymer membranes or from composite membranes, where other materials are embedded in

2516-635: The Virgo Consortium , and participates in the Sutton Trust Summer School programme as a member of the Sutton 30 . In November 2023, it was announced that the University of Nottingham had become the first university in the UK to be awarded an Athena SWAN Gold Award for its commitment to advancing gender equality. The University of Nottingham traces its origins to both the founding of an adult education school in 1798, and

2590-480: The 1920s, when it moved from the centre of Nottingham to a large campus on the city's outskirts. The new campus, called University Park, was completed in 1928, and financed by an endowment fund, public contributions, and the generosity of Sir Jesse Boot (later Lord Trent) who presented 35 acres (14 ha) to the City of Nottingham in 1921. Boot and his fellow benefactors sought to establish an "elite seat of learning" committed to widening participation, and hoped that

2664-581: The 2010 Sunday Times "University of the Year". In 2016–17, Nottingham was named 'University of the Year' for graduate employment by The Sunday Times . Nottingham is described by the Fulbright Commission as "one of the UK's oldest, largest, and most prestigious universities". In 2019, it ranked 126th among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings . In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which assesses

2738-403: The 2013–14 admissions cycle, the average successful applicant attained 426 UCAS points (the equivalent of ABB at A Level and BB at AS Level), ranking it as the 22nd highest amongst higher educational institutes. The university was named Times Higher Education " University of the Year " in 2006, Times Higher Education "Entrepreneurial University of the Year" in 2008, and finished runner up in

2812-551: The 2015–2016 academic year by UK Research Councils, and £159 million in total research awards income. The university is home to the Leverhume Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP). GEP was established in the Nottingham School of Economics in 2001, and conducts research activities structured on the theme of globalisation. According to the latest statistics (2022/23) compiled by

2886-801: The Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET), China's first zero-carbon building. In November 2012, the university launched a new joint venture in collaboration with the East China University of Science and Technology : the Shanghai Nottingham Advanced Academy (SNAA). The SNAA will deliver joint courses in Shanghai including periods of study in Nottingham, with teaching and research at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The university

2960-628: The Dairy Centre, is at the Sutton Bonington Campus. King's Meadow Campus was established in 2005 on the former Central Independent Television Studios site on Lenton Lane. It mainly accommodates administrative functions, but also the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections. A functioning television studio remains at the site, that continues to be rented to the film and television industry. Castle Meadow Campus

3034-678: The HyFive project was opened in February 2017. Located at the Cobham Motorway Service Area on the M25 motorway , it was the first HRS in the UK to be located on a forecourt and Shell's first in the UK. In 2020, the company set up the ITM Motive division to manage its HRS assets. In 2021, the division was established as a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary, owning and operating a portfolio of 12 publicly accessible HRS assets. It

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3108-944: The National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, London, opened in May 2016. It was the first of three such stations launched under the pan-European HyFive Project, funded by the FCH JU and the UK Government Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). The second HyFive station was opened at East London's Centre of Engineering Manufacturing Excellence ( CEME ) in October 2016. This station uses a solar photovoltaic array to produce renewable hydrogen on-site for public and private fleets operating fuel cell electric vehicles to recharge. The third and final HRS under

3182-629: The UK, China and Malaysia and had an income of £811.2 million in 2022–23, of which £129.5 million was from research grants and contracts. The institution's alumni have been awarded one Nobel Prize, a Fields Medal, and a Gabor Medal and Prize. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities , the European University Association , the Russell Group , Universitas 21 , Universities UK ,

3256-484: The University Extension Lectures inaugurated by the University of Cambridge in 1873—the first of their kind in the country. However, the foundation of the university is generally regarded as being the establishment of University College Nottingham, in 1881 as a college preparing students for examinations of the University of London . In 1875, an anonymous donor provided £10,000 to establish

3330-576: The Wallner gallery, which exists as a platform for local and regional artists, and a series of visual arts, performance and hospitality spaces. Other nearby facilities include the Djanogly Art Gallery, Recital Hall and Theatre, which in the past have hosted recordings and broadcasts by BBC Radio 3, local community theatre partnerships, contemporary art exhibitions, and cultural festivals. Jubilee Campus , designed by Sir Michael Hopkins ,

3404-596: The aerospace industry. The then-higher capacity of fuel cells compared to batteries made them ideal as NASA's Project Gemini began to target longer duration space missions than had previously been attempted. As of 2008 , the automotive industry as well as personal and public power generation are the largest markets for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. PEM fuel cells are popular in automotive applications due to their relatively low operating temperature and their ability to start up quickly even in below-freezing conditions. As of March 2019 there were 6,558 fuel cell vehicles on

3478-934: The campus and its buildings have been a factor in the awards that it has received, including the Millennium Marque Award for Environmental Excellence, the British Construction Industry Building Project of the Year, the RIBA Journal Sustainability Award, and the Civic Trust Award for Sustainability. The Jubilee Campus won the commendation of the Energy Globe Award judges in 2005. The campus is distinct for its modern and unique architecture, culminating in Aspire ,

3552-541: The company floated on the AIM Market raising £10 million. Its first sale was an electrolyser for the University of Birmingham , UK. In 2011, ITM Power GmbH, the company's German subsidiary, was incorporated. The company raised £52 million via a second equity fundraise in 2019. This included a strategic investment of £38 million from Linde plc and the establishment of the joint venture, ITM Linde Electrolysis (ILE), to provide green gas solutions at industrial scale. ILE

3626-672: The company sold a 24MW PEM electrolyser unit, the largest in the world, to Linde. The unit will be installed at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany. Production is due to start in the second half of 2022.   In March the company marked its first deployment in Japan with the sale of a 1.4MW electrolyser to Sumitomo Corporation . August marked the official opening of Bessemer Park in Sheffield. The facility has an electrolyser manufacturing capacity of 1GW per annum, making it

3700-451: The development of suitable PEMs. The fuel for the PEMFC is hydrogen, and the charge carrier is the hydrogen ion (proton). At the anode, the hydrogen molecule is split into hydrogen ions (protons) and electrons. The hydrogen ions permeate across the electrolyte to the cathode, while the electrons flow through an external circuit and produce electric power. Oxygen, usually in the form of air,

3774-420: The discovery of silicone polymers at Nottingham. Major developments in the in vitro culture of plants and micropropogation techniques were made by plant scientists at Nottingham, along with the first production of transgenic tomatoes by Don Grierson in the 1980s. Other innovations at the university include cochlear implants for deaf children and the brace-for-impact position used in aircraft. In 2015,

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3848-531: The feasibility of introducing similar technology in other industry plants. In October 2020, the REFHYNE II consortium, which aims to install a 100-MW electrolyser at Shell's Energy and Chemicals Park, Rheinland, secured a EUR-32.4-million grant from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency. The project will use 100 megawatts of TRIDENT electrolyser stacks reserved from

3922-475: The first hydrogen company publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). LSE has also granted the company a Green Economy Mark. ITM Power is headquartered in Sheffield within the world's largest electrolyser factory. It also operates from a further two Sheffield-based sites and an office located in Hesse, Germany. ITM Power was founded in June 2001 in Saffron Walden, Essex and originally manufactured fuel cells before expanding into electrolysers. In 2004,

3996-417: The former site of the Raleigh Bicycle Company , one mile (1.6 km) away from the University Park Campus . Nottingham then began to expand overseas, opening campuses in Malaysia and in China in 1999 and 2004 respectively. In 2005, the King's Meadow Campus opened near University Park. The university has used several logos throughout its history, beginning with its coat of arms. Later, Nottingham adopted

4070-410: The gold-standard perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes lose function rapidly at 100 °C and above if hydration drops below ~100%, and begin to creep in this temperature range, resulting in localized thinning and overall lower system lifetimes. As a result, new anhydrous proton conductors, such as protic organic ionic plastic crystals (POIPCs) and protic ionic liquids , are actively studied for

4144-424: The greenest campus in the country in a Green Flag Award. At the south entrance to the main campus, in Highfields Park, lies the Lakeside Arts Centre, the university's public arts facility and performance space. The D.H. Lawrence Pavilion houses a range of cultural facilities, including a 225 capacity theatre space, a series of craft cabinets, the Weston Gallery (which displays the university's manuscript collection),

4218-418: The largest in the world to date. In October the company raised £250 million to expand manufacturing capacity to 5GW per annum by 2024. Full-year results revealed that annual pre-tax losses almost doubled to £46.7m on the back of £5.6m of revenues. The firm admitted that it has scrapped its 5GW annual capacity target by 2025, now aiming for 1.5GW per annum by 2023. It also scrapped its previous decision to open

4292-437: The move would solve the problems facing University College Nottingham, in its restricted building on Shakespeare Street. Boot stipulated that, whilst part of the Highfields site, lying south-west of the city, should be devoted to the University College, the rest should provide a place of recreation for the residents of the city, and, by the end of the decade, the landscaping of the lake and public park adjoining University Boulevard

4366-409: The quality of research in UK higher education institutions, Nottingham is ranked joint 25th by GPA and 7th for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted). The 2024 QS University Ranking placed Nottingham University 100th globally and 17th nationally. Nottingham is ranked 2nd in the UK (after Oxford) and 13th in

4440-436: The retirement of Sir Andrew Witty . Witty, who became incumbent on 1 January 2013, announced his retirement in November 2017. He succeeded Yang Fujia , who had been installed in July 2001. The outgoing Registrar is Paul Greatrix, who finishes in post at the end of 2024. The following have served as Vice-Chancellor of the university: The university is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities, and

4514-449: The road in the United States, with the Toyota Mirai being the most popular model. PEM fuel cells have seen successful implementation in other forms of heavy machinery as well, with Ballard Power Systems supplying forklifts based on the technology. The primary challenge facing automotive PEM technology is the safe and efficient storage of hydrogen, currently an area of high research activity. Polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysis

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4588-422: The second worst new architectural design in Britain in a survey. A fire in September 2014 destroyed the GlaxoSmithKline building which was under construction, but it was rebuilt and officially opened in 2017. The City Hospital Campus houses staff and postgraduate students specialising in respiratory medicine, stroke medicine, oncology, physiotherapy, and public health. The campus was expanded in 2009 to house

4662-482: The university was described as "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" in the UK Funding Councils' 2014 Research Excellence Framework, with 28 out of 32 returns having at least 75 per cent of impact that was either "outstanding" or "very considerable" – ranking the university 7th in the UK on this measure. Nottingham is also in the top seven universities in Britain for the amount of research income received, being awarded over £40 million in research contracts for

4736-495: The university were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2003. Clive Granger was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics . Much of the work on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was carried out at Nottingham, work for which Sir Peter Mansfield received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2003. Nottingham remains a strong centre for research into MRI. The university has contributed to a number of other significant scientific advances. Frederick Kipping , professor of chemistry (1897–1936), made

4810-413: The use of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells in favor of batteries as a lower capacity but more reliable alternative for Gemini missions 1–4. An improved generation of General Electric's PEM fuel cell was used in all subsequent Gemini missions, but was abandoned for the subsequent Apollo missions. The fluorinated ionomer Nafion , which is today the most widely utilized proton-exchange membrane material,

4884-410: The work of the Adult Education School and Cambridge Extension Lectures on a permanent basis, and the Corporation of Nottingham agreed to erect and maintain a building for this purpose and to provide funds to supply the instruction. The foundation stone of the college was duly laid in 1877 by the former Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone , and the college's neo-gothic building on Shakespeare Street

4958-494: The world in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs of the 500 largest companies worldwide. The 2015 Global Employability University Ranking places Nottingham 78th in the world and 11th in the UK. In 2019, Nottingham was ranked Europe's 87nd 'Most Innovative University'. Subject Rankings 2025 UK Complete University Guide: Subject League Tables 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings: By Subject The University of Nottingham Students' Union

5032-647: Was completed. The original University College building on Shakespeare Street in central Nottingham, known as the Arkwright Building, now forms part of Nottingham Trent University 's City Campus. University College Nottingham was initially accommodated within the Trent Building , an imposing white limestone structure with a distinctive clock tower, designed by Morley Horder, and formally opened by King George V on 10 July 1928. During this period of development, Nottingham attracted high-profile lecturers, including Albert Einstein , H. G. Wells , and Mahatma Gandhi . The blackboard used by Einstein during his time at Nottingham

5106-401: Was developed by DuPont plastics chemist Walther Grot. Grot also demonstrated its usefulness as an electrochemical separator membrane. In 2014, Andre Geim of the University of Manchester published initial results on atom thick monolayers of graphene and boron nitride which allowed only protons to pass through the material, making them a potential replacement for fluorinated ionomers as

5180-631: Was formally opened in 1881 by Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany . In 1881, there were four professors – of Literature, Physics, Chemistry and Natural Science. New departments and chairs quickly followed: Engineering in 1884, Classics combined with Philosophy in 1893, French in 1897 and Education in 1905; in 1905 the combined Department of Physics and Mathematics became two separate entities; in 1911 Departments of English and Mining were created, in 1912, Economics, and Geology combined with Geography; History in 1914, Adult Education in 1923 and Pharmacy in 1925. The university college underwent significant expansion in

5254-544: Was funded by Ofgem and led by gas network Cadent in partnership with Northern Gas Networks, with ITM Power supplying the electrolyser system. 100 homes and 30 university faculty buildings on a private gas network at Keele University in Staffordshire received the blended gas during the first phase which ended in March 2021. The trial was designed to determine the level of hydrogen which could be used by gas consumers safely and with no changes to their behaviour or existing domestic appliances. A second phase launched in August 2021 and

5328-608: Was incorporated as the University of Nottingham. In the 1940s, the Midlands Agricultural and Dairy College at Sutton Bonington merged with the university as the School of Agriculture, and in 1956 the Portland Building was completed to complement the Trent Building. In 1970, the university established the UK's first new medical school of the 20th century. In 1999, Jubilee Campus was opened on

5402-518: Was incorporated in January 2020. ITM signed a collaboration agreement with Iwatani Corporation of America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Iwatani Corporation, for the deployment of multi megawatt electrolyser-based hydrogen energy systems in North America. ITM enacted a third fundraise, raising £172 million in equity that included a £30 million investment from Snam S.p.A . In January

5476-577: Was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999, and is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from University Park. The campus' facilities house the Schools of Education and Computer Science, and The Nottingham University Business School . The site is also the home of The National College for School Leadership. Additional investment of £9.2 million in Jubilee Campus was completed in 2004, with a second building for Nottingham University Business School opened by Lord Sainsbury . The environmentally friendly nature of

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