Campuses of the University of Nottingham
The campus also has a number of green roofs as part of the Garden in the Sky Project and University wide goal to be more sustainable.
[4] London architect Morley Horder created the Trent Building in the classical architectural style.
It was designed by the architect Harry Faulkner-Brown and won the RIBA East Midlands Regional Award for Architecture prize in 1974.
[11] It houses the university's arts, humanities, law and social sciences collections and a European Documentation Centre.
The plans for the building were drawn up in 1948 but post war restrictions on capital expenditure delayed the start of construction work until March 1953.
The campus plan and the buildings for first phase of the campus were designed by the architects Michael Hopkins and Partners following selection through an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions and won the 2000 BCI Award for "Building of the Year" and the 2001 RIBA Journal Sustainability Award.
The campus name derives from the fact that 1998 was the Golden Jubilee of the granting of the Royal Charter that made the university an independent degree-granting organisation.
The Hopkins buildings also contains many innovative environmental elements such as living roofs (Sedum) aiding storm drainage, insulation and promoting biodiversity, and solar panels.
Particularly striking is the library, the Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly Learning Resource Centre, a circular building situated in the middle of the lake with only one, spiraling, floor.
They produced a revised campus plan, which moved away from Hopkins' north–south orientation, and creates an east–west axis beyond the confines of the site.
The new plan is centred on the Aspire sculpture, designed by Make Architects,[24] which was the country's tallest piece of free-standing art until the construction of Orbit in 2012.
[28] During the construction of the lab a large fire broke out on 12 September 2014[29] and burnt the building down, resulting in a delay of completion.
External sports facilities run alongside the university between the main road and the railway line.
[31] It was from there that a group of 21 German officers, led by Captain Karl von Müller, escaped through a tunnel dug from one of the huts.
In addition to a five-year course, there is also a six-year program which includes a preliminary year to teach basic biology and chemistry relevant to the degree.
All officers of the 'SB Guild' are non-sabbatical and elected annually by an anonymous ballot, which follows the Students' Union procedure of using STV.
[citation needed] Current strengths lie in soil and root biology, plant science and microbiology.
Langley-Evans had a particularly notable tenure which featured a number of reforms which resulted in a reorganisation of the Divisional structure of the School and a radical change in the diversity of the academic staff.
The latter included a significant increase in the number of women[36] and people of colour achieving associate professor and professorial appointments in the School.
Notable past and current staff include John Monteith, Keith Campbell (biologist), Malcolm J. Bennett, Edward Cocking, Stephen E. Harding, Brian Heap and Joanne Hort.
It also has a key educational role by providing an environment for effective tuition of students in Biosciences, and Veterinary science.
The first foundations of the current site at Sutton Bonington date back to the founding of the Midland Dairy Institute in the mid-19th century.
In 1900 the agricultural department of Nottingham University College was combined with the Dairy institute at Kingston, and additional buildings were erected shortly afterwards.
It however became apparent that the institute was rapidly running out of space, and construction of a brand new purpose-built site at Sutton Bonington began.
As the Second World War started the college was once again appropriated, this time to be used as a training centre for the Women's Land Army (WLA).
After a year, however, it was decided that it was unnecessary to provide this level of training, and the college was returned to its original purpose.
Some elements of the School of Biosciences (Environmental Science) retained space at the University Park Campus as their degree courses were delivered at that site.
Controversially, the building of the new school was partly funded by leasing out the halls of residence, catering facilities, bar and shop, to private companies (CRM and Sodexo).
[41] Since 1908[42] Sutton Bonington has had an official (Met Office listed) automatic weather monitoring station situated on the university campus.
Below are average temperature and rainfall figures taken between 1981 and 2010 for the official weather station at the Sutton Bonington campus itself.
