Category: Press

Ahead of the bicentenary of the death of major Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley on July 8, 2022, Amanda Blake Davis and Paul Whickman consider the influence of Derby and the Derbyshire region on Shelley and his wife Mary Shelley.

In this blog, Professor Keith McLay, a historian of war and warfare and Provost - Learning and Teaching at the University of Derby, looks at three examples of instructive on the fallacy of strategic territorial gains in urban war. 

March is anti-racism month, and when the United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination takes place, but still our news channels are filled with stories of racism. Here Clare Francis-Slater, Associate Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education discusses why we still need to talk about racism.

In this blog, Professor Keith McLay, a historian of war and warfare and Provost - Learning and Teaching at the University of Derby, explores the use of nuclear weapons and why the history behind it must be well read and understood.

In this blog, Professor Keith McLay, a historian of war and warfare and Provost - Learning and Teaching at the University of Derby, reflects on some of the ‘given’ Russian reasons for the conflict.

Dr Mark Faghy, Associate Professor in Respiratory Physiology at the University of Derby, discusses the journey that led his team from research in occupational physiology and the possible benefits to respiratory patients, to informing the support and treatments that would improve recovery for patients post pandemic.

In this blog, Professor Keith McLay, a historian of war and warfare and Provost - Learning and Teaching at the University of Derby, discusses the war and economic sanctions of Ukraine. 

Professor Keith McLay, Provost - Learning and Teaching at the University of Derby, comments on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The sudden onset of the global pandemic disrupted businesses worldwide. It also forced us all to find innovations to continue operating. Enterprise Development Manager Angela Tooley takes a look at how we have changed the way we work with small businesses in the face of Covid.

Angela Tooley, Enterprise Development Manager in the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences at the University of Derby, explains why businesses need to embed the learning gained over the last couple of years and use it to exploit new opportunities that have arisen from the rapid shift in both the economy and society.