2020 news

University researchers team up with healthcare innovator to cut medication errors

Grant from Innovate UK will fund a study by psychology academics into the efficacy of healthcare company's new product

Posted: 30 September 2020
D2N2 provides funding for University centre in biomedical science

The £1.75 million Facility for Omics Research in Metabolism (FORM) will focus on the effect that foods, vitamins, supplements, and drugs have on the human body

Posted: 28 September 2020
Ambitious genomics project seeks to understand how aquatic species thrive together

New project aims to answer important questions about the ecology and evolution of symbiosis in marine and freshwater environments.

Posted: 23 September 2020
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University and councils team up to help Derbyshire firms create ‘net zero’ homes

Housing providers, developers, suppliers and installers invited to take part in free virtual 'retrofitting' conference in October.

Posted: 23 September 2020
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TV host Radzi to present University’s virtual Open Day Live event

TV personality will be guiding prospective students on a virtual tour of the University at an Open Day with a difference.

Posted: 18 September 2020
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Compassionate imagery helps suppress physical pain response, research finds

Psychology academics reveal first study to monitor the impact of compassion on physical pain responses.

Posted: 8 September 2020
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Research into 1980s crime trends could predict how policy affects future offending rates

Researchers find links between industrial decline and unemployment and offending and police caution rates.

Posted: 7 September 2020
University invites Midlands businesses to sign up to employee mental health support scheme

Project aims to help companies to support employees to manage mental health, reducing absenteeism, presenteeism and high staff turnover.

Posted: 17 August 2020
Study reveals how Omega-3 can help the brain to regulate impulsive reactions to aggressive behaviour

Experiment examines how fatty acids in our diet can affect our response to threats 

Posted: 12 August 2020
University’s Head of Diagnostic Imaging awarded National Teaching Fellowship

Advance HE confirms Derby academic is among its list of 2020 winners

Posted: 11 August 2020