Nottingham Business School is pleased to invite alumni and their guests to a special black tie dinner to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

The Nottingham Business School 30th Anniversary Dinner will be hosted by our Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Gorman in the magnificently renovated Arkwright building on Friday 30 April 2010.  The evening includes a champagne reception, followed by a three course meal and live entertainment until 1.00 am.

Tickets can be booked online.  In conjunction with Experience Nottinghamshire we have arranged some special deals at local hotels.  However, if you book before Friday 26 March 2010 you will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a two night stay over the weekend of the Anniversary Dinner at Nottingham’s Crowne Plaza Hotel, with dinner for two in the Lace Maker Restaurant on Saturday 1 May 2010.

Relive the nights of ‘Trollied’ and ‘Climax’ at your Students’ Union in Nottingham on Saturday 27 March 2010 - including entertainment and music from original Climax DJs.

Doors open at 9.30 pm to 2.30 am. This is the first alumni event ever to be held celebrating your old student night out.  It is a great opportunity for you to return to campus and organise a get-together with your ‘old’ university friends.  Please email us if you need help contacting your former classmates to join you for a night you’ll “Never Forget”.

Tickets are £5.00 per person* and can be booked online. 

Want to know who’s coming? Check out our online guest list to see who else has booked their ticket.

Laura Belcher (Ba Hons Business Studies 2006) has got hers: “A Saturday at Climax was something we all looked forward to while at Uni. I can't wait to get back to the Union to meet up with old friends and enjoy the tunes of DJ Chopper!”

*Cost of tickets purchased online before Friday 19 March 2010 is £5.00 per person.  No refunds available.  For those who have not purchased tickets, entry at the door on the night of the event will be charged at £8.00 per person. 

BOSA is holding their Annual Lunch on Sunday 21 March 2010 in the Cedric Ford Pavilion at Newark Showground, Winthorpe, Newark, Notts (A1/A46).

The lunch will commence at 12.30 pm for 1.00 pm. Tickets are £22 and includes a welcome drink, three course buffet menu, wine and coffee, plus tea before you leave.

The Speaker for the 9th Reunion Lunch will be Dr Rami Seth who has promised to give a humorous talk after the meal.

Anybody who has attended Brackenhurst - students, staff or administration - is very welcome.  If you are celebrating 20, 25, 30, 40 or 50 years since attending Brackenhurst why not book a table of former students and make a special effort to find those long-lost friends?

For further information, and to purchase tickets, please contact Jill Lewis via the Alumni Association at alumni@ntu.ac.uk  

After a closure of almost three years the Newton and Arkwright buildings is gradually reopening over the 2009/2010 academic year.  A great deal of work has gone into refurbishing these buildings which are the new heart of our City site.  To celebrate there will be an exclusive event for alumni and their guests, hosted by Sir Michael Parkinson, on Thursday 24 June 2010.  This will give alumni their first official glimpse at this magnificent redevelopment.  Booking information will be announced soon, but if you would like to register your interest in advance please contact us.

The School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment and the School of Art and Design are awarding a number of scholarships to NTU alumni who wish to return to the University to study for a postgraduate qualification.  To be eligible for one of these scholarships you must have graduated from NTU since 2005 with a minimum of a 2.1 Honours degree; be a UK or EU applicant; and be applying to commence your postgraduate studies in September 2010.

• For more information on studying a postgraduate qualification in property visit www.ntu.ac.uk/PGscholarships
• For more information on studying for a postgraduate qualification in construction visit www.ntu.ac.uk/constructionscholarships
• For more information on studying for a postgraduate qualification in the School of Art and Design visit www.ntu.ac.uk/art-scholarships

You can also join us at our postgraduate open days on Wednesday 17 March and
Wednesday 12 May 2010 (5.00-8.00 pm in the Bonington Building, Dryden Street, Nottingham).  To book your place visit: www.ntu.ac.uk/adbeopenevents  For further information please contact email opendayqueries@ntu.ac.uk

If you are thinking of returning to university for further study why not attend one of our Postgraduate Open Events where you will have chance to speak directly to academic staff about our courses, tour our facilities and ask any questions you may have.

Nottingham Business School:  Postgraduate and professional courses – Tuesday 9 March and Saturday 17 July.  Full-time masters courses – Wednesday 12 May
Nottingham Law School:  Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) Distance Learning – Saturday 13 February
Social Sciences - Wednesday 17 February, Tuesday 27 April, Tuesday 15 June
Art and Design / Architecture, Design and the Built Environment - Wednesday 17 March, Wednesday 12 May
Arts and Humanities / Education / Science and Technology - Thursday 25 February at the Clifton campus.

To find out more visit the website.

Next year sees the School of Education’s 50th year of teacher training on Clifton campus and the School is planning a special event on Saturday 23 October 2010 to mark the occasion. 

More details will become available soon, but it is hoped that this event will reunite old friends and include tours of the campus and a special buffet dinner.  To ensure you get your invitation, you and your friends can register your interest for this event via email.

In the meantime add your memories to our special Education discussion forum.  Click on "School of Education 50 years" in the left hand navigation.

London – 14 or 15 April 2010 (exact date tbc)
Nottingham – 27 May 2010

Invest in Nottingham is the official inward investment agency for Nottingham. Its aim is to promote Nottingham globally as a preferred business location and a key place to invest.

Invest in Nottingham Day 2010 on Thursday 27 May will showcase what Nottingham has to offer as a business location. It will give guests the opportunity to visit new Nottingham developments and also choose from a selection of Open Days and Seminars, hosted by local businesses. There will be opportunity to meet and network with key Nottingham business people, visit exhibitions and take city tours.

We will also be holding an Invest in Nottingham Day launch in London which will take place on 14 or 15 April 2010 (tbc). This event will give London based guests a chance to meet the Invest in Nottingham Team and key city decision makers.

Keep an eye on the latest updates on the Invest in Nottingham Campaign via www.investinnottingham.co.uk 

As part of Nottingham Business School's 30 year anniversary we are also holding some events for our students – and we would like to invite you back to share your experiences and achievements with them.

13, 16, 27 February 2010:  NBS Post-Application Open Days.  These Open Days provide an opportunity for students who have applied to the School to come along and see the university’s facilities and to get more details about courses and placement opportunities. Perhaps you could give a talk about your placement and how it benefited you and your career.

If you are interested in supporting NBS in this way then please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@ntu.ac.uk

Each year Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham hold a series of sporting events to celebrate sporting excellence, the strong partnership between the city’s two universities, and to raise funds for charity.  The 2010 Annual Charity Varsity Series will raise money for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) which raises awareness of conditions that can lead to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) and Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS, SADS).

A full list of fixtures is given below.  If you are interested in attending any of these matches please email alumni@ntu.ac.uk.

7 February:  American Football, Harvey Hadden Stadium
15 February:  Ice Hockey, Trent FM Arena
24 February:  Swimming, Nottingham University Pool
28 February:  Rugby League, Lady Bay
10 March:  Netball, Clifton Sports Hall
11 March:  Basketball, Clifton Sports Hall
15 March:  Rugby Union, Meadow Lane
22 March:  Football, Meadow Lane
24 March:  Hockey, Beeston Hockey Club
Date and venue tbc:  Cricket

This round table event will focus on implementing change and performance improvement within health and social care. Guest speakers will highlight how utilising tools such as theory of constraints and lean thinking can help to transform healthcare delivery systems.

Speakers:
Tracy Allen, Managing Director, Derbyshire Community Health Services
Jeffrey Worrall, Chief Executive Lead for the Towards Excellence Programme, NHS East Midlands 

Find out more and book your place here

A guest lecture by Charlotte Hogg, Managing Director, Experian UK and Ireland
Tuesday 23 February 2010, 1830-2000

Charlotte’s talk will focus on the current economic climate, key pressures on business today and the outlook for the UK economy.  Find out more and book your place here.

After more than 30 years, NTU will be vacating its space in York House in the summer of 2010.  A few former students, who have fond memories of York House, have asked us to mark the occasion with a special, informal reunion event.  If you were taught in York House and would be interested in visiting the building one last time to help us bid it farewell then please let us know.  If we get enough people come forward we will arrange an event just for you!  Contact us.

Lisa Hawkins (BSc Industrial Studies 1990) and a small group of others are planning a 20 year reunion next year.

The group are hoping to meet in Nottingham on Saturday 3rd July 2010 (venue to be advised). All BSc Industrial Studies 1990 graduates are very welcome.

If you would like to be informed of any details for this reunion please let us know at alumni@ntu.ac.uk or join in the fun on the reunions own Facebook group.
Please pass this information on to any classmates you are still in touch with.