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Location
Speaker's House (The State Rooms)
Date(s)
Tuesday 25th October 2016 (16:00-16:45)
Contact

For more information, email nottinghamday@nottingham.ac.uk.

Please note the change of venue and the slightly adjusted starting time.

Online registration available here

Description

“University Challenge”: The University of Nottingham vs House of Commons

About the event

Parliament’s most erudite MPs, including Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson MP, take on university brainboxes in a one-off battle of the intellects between The University of Nottingham’s brainiest professors and a selection of Westminster’s finest, hosted by expert quizmaster and Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt. Hon. John Bercow MP.

Question Master: Rt. Hon. John Bercow MP (Speaker, House of Commons)

‘House of Commons’ team:

  • Chris Bryant MP (Rhondda)
  • Stella Creasy MP (Walthamstow)
  • Jo Johnson MP (Minister of State for Universities and Science)
  • Jess Phillips MP (Birmingham Yardley)
  • Rt. Hon. Anna Soubry MP (Broxtowe)

‘The University of Nottingham’ team:

  • Dr Paul Greatrix (Registrar)
  • Professor Sir David Greenaway (Vice-Chancellor)
  • Professor Sarah O’Hara (Pro‑Vice‑Chancellor for Education and Student Experience)
  • Professor Todd Landman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Social Sciences)
  • Professor Zoe Trodd (Co-Director of the Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice)

Supported by The University of Nottingham

Get in touch

Email us: nottinghamday@nottingham.ac.uk