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Vikings for Scouts Project (CSVA) wins prestigious Marsh Charitable Trust Award 2026

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The Vikings for Scouts project, a pioneering collaboration between the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½'s Centre for the Study of the Viking Age (CSVA) and Derbyshire Scout Archaeology (DSA), has been awarded a prestigious 2026 Marsh Charitable Trust Award for its outstanding contribution to community engagement and heritage education.
Date:
29/07/2026

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Read the latest news article which discusses the origin on the River Trent's name. Jayne Carroll, Professor of Place-Names and Early English at UoN, contributes to this discussion, suggesting that the name is older than previously thought.
Date:
06/07/2026

From Memory to Connection: Memory Boxes in Dementia Care

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To mark Dementia Action Week (18–24 May 2026), Boots is funding new research with the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ to explore how Memory Boxes could support everyday dementia care, and the potential for the initiative to be scaled as a social prescribing tool. The research builds on Boots' Memory Box initiative launched for Dementia Action Week 2025, when the retailer distributed over 1,000 boxes to care homes and carers across the UK. This project is co-lead by Professor Tracey Thornley, Professor of Health Policy, and Professor Svenja Adolphs, Professor of English Language and Linguistics.
Date:
14/05/2026

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½'s Literary Map

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A decade after being named a UNESCO City of Literature, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is set to further celebrate its rich writing heritage with the launch of a new literary map highlighting the people, places and tales that earned the city its creative status. The project, led by Dr Matthew Welton, Associate Professor in Creative Writing in the School of English at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, in collaboration with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ City of Literature, commemorates the organisation's 10-year anniversary of the city's prestigious status. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and designed as both a physical guide and a digital resource, the literary map showcases the diverse storytelling culture that has shaped ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ across centuries.
Date:
11/05/2026

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We were ranked 58th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for English Language and Literature, up from our place of 95th last year. The 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject is the biggest yet, with 1,077 new institutions included this year in comparison to 2025. The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ has 45 individual subjects ranked, with 22 featuring within the world top 100, including Linguistics. This further secures our place in the Global top 100 for English studies.
Date:
22/04/2026
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