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Stargazing

Derby's Starring Role In Live BBC Broadcast
11 January 2013

Around 300 astronomy enthusiasts enjoyed a unique glimpse into the night sky through an ancient telescope as they joined an outside broadcast of ...

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Children Add Colour To Stargazing Live Project
10 December 2012

Children employed their star artistic skills to add colour to a BBC Stargazing Live project at the University of Derby. A 20ft long rotating ...

Professor Brian Cox and Dara O' Briain

Astronomical Milestone Recreated At University For BBC's Stargazing Live 2013
6 December 2012

One of the world's most famous telescopes is being recreated on the University of Derby's grounds for the BBC's hugely popular programme ...

Land speed bike at University workshop

World Superbike Champ's All-British Bid For Motorcycle World Land Speed Record
4 December 2012

Double World Superbike Champion, James Toseland, has launched a UK attempt to break the official world motorcycle land speed record - aiming to ...

Theatre Alumni Masterclass

Graduates' Masterclass On Winning Applause Off Stage
30 November 2012

An award-winning playwright and a Royal Shakespeare Company marketeer were among drama graduates returning to the University of Derby to give a ...

Professor Chris White and Harriet Farren

Route To Olympics Puts Animated Film-Maker On Road To China
27 November 2012

A short animated film about British excitement in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics won a University of Derby student an international prize ...

James Bond Aston Martin

Movie Veteran's Role In James Bond's 50 Years On Film
12 November 2012

James Bond needs more than gadgets and guns to keep looking good after a half-century onscreen - as a speaker who's worked on the super-spy's last ...

Workers in Derby

Whereabouts Of Photographed Workers Sought 26 Years On
9 November 2012

Workers and workplaces captured on film more than a quarter-century ago by a senior University of Derby academic are being tracked down to see how ...

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Britannia Mill Refurbishment Completed On Its Centenary
8 November 2012

The University celebrated one of its most special building's 100th birthday by unveiling its new look on November 2 2012. The Vice-Chancellor, ...

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Singers Offered Free Recording Sessions At £350,000 Studios
29 October 2012

Two lucky bands or solo artists will each win a free recording and video session at the University of Derby's new £350,000 industry-standard ...

Aduu Juma Masudi and Hilary Alexander

Major Exhibition Win For Fashion Student
25 October 2012

A University of Derby fashion student is Paris-bound after winning an international trade exhibition's first ever Young Designer competition. Aduu ...

Professor Dennis McKeag

Fresh Look On Innovative Thinking From University Expert
25 October 2012

An innovation expert who has advised global brand companies will mark becoming a University of Derby Visiting Professor with a free public talk on ...

Bartholomew Beale

Resident Artist To Capture New Images Of Derbyshire
26 September 2012

A graduate of one of the UK's finest art schools will spend a year in Derbyshire creating an entirely new collection of paintings inspired by the ...

Adam Hill

Rock 'n' Research Puts Adam's Teaching On Sound Footing
12 September 2012

Rock concerts aren't usually a site for serious academic research but a University of Derby expert is combining his work for big name musicians ...

Derbyshire

Graduate Releases Latest Collection Of Poetry
6 August 2012

Renowned Derbyshire poet and University of Derby graduate, F Philip Holland, will launch his latest collection of poetry on August 12 (2012). ...

Sound Fountains

Sound Sculptor Set To Make A Big Noise In Belgium
3 August 2012

An artwork that enables you to 'see' sound waves is being installed in a unique 'Sound Forest' at a Belgian beauty spot, by a University of Derby ...

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Exhibition Of Striking Images By Applied Photography Students
1 August 2012

Photos featuring cars, babies, landscapes and a range of other images can now be seen as part of a free exhibition by University of Derby Applied ...

Actor Doug Bradley and Lecturer Russell Cherrington

Fans Feast on Restored Cult Horror
26 July 2012

One of horror master Clive Barker's most famous films has been re-edited by a University of Derby film lecturer - to the acclaim of critics and ...

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Baton Passed From Derby Torchbearer To Games Maker
26 July 2012

As the Olympic Torch ends its journey at the London Olympics' opening ceremony this Friday, another handover has taken place between two ...

Lauren Spencer's work 'Uncollectables: A museum of being'

New Student Works Share Space With Historic Artist
6 July 2012

Images of grinding poverty and a cupboard filled with 'fleeting moments' are among the new University of Derby creative works specially selected ...

Carnival's Golden Moments Hit the Silver Screen
27 June 2012

A documentary film celebrating more than 30 years of the Derby Caribbean Carnival will have its official premiere screening in the city next month ...

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Students Showcase Visions For Regenerating City Site
22 June 2012

Visions of how to redevelop a major city centre site will be exhibited by University of Derby students at the QUAD centre in Derby. Final year BA ...

Craig Ball and his Rapid Evacuation Stretcher

Student's 'Emergency Stretcher' Invention Could Prove A Lifesaver
11 June 2012

A portable rescue stretcher to allow firefighters to more easily haul unconscious or injured people out of danger has been designed by a ...

Caught in The Headlights Film

Gritty Film's Budget Doubled By Internet Appeal
8 June 2012

A film about a taxi driver's misadventures on Derby's 'mean streets' saw its budget double after its University of Derby creators sought funding ...

Alasdair Evans

Creating Fine Art From Death And Destruction
7 June 2012

Real bullets 'frozen in time' and elegantly dressed bird skeletons are among the striking artworks on display in a new show by University of Derby ...

Isy Suttie photo by Adam Humphreys

Life Through The Lens Captured In Stunning University Exhibition
6 June 2012

Powerful images tackling subjects including disability, the armed forces and celebrity form part of a striking photography exhibition by final ...

Jessica Reynolds textiles

Gemstones and Royal Gardens Drive Designers' Imaginations
4 June 2012

Buckingham Palace Gardens and crystals are among the unusual influences on work being displayed by University of Derby Textile Design students at ...

Bhavna Shukla

Soaking Inspired Fashion Student's Weather Watch Website
1 June 2012

Getting caught in the rain is usually more annoying than inspiring - but a University of Derby student is using the experience to start a fashion ...

Artur Conka

Hard-Hitting Student Film On European Gypsies' Grim Lives
31 May 2012

The crippling poverty of Roma gypsies in a mass housing complex in Slovakia has been filmed by a University of Derby student - who lived there as ...

Singer Charlotte Carpenter

Rising Star To Sing Farewell 'Thanks' To City
28 May 2012

Singer-songwriter Charlotte Carpenter will barely have time to tune her guitar after completing her University of Derby degree course in June - as ...

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