Nottingham Trent University
Public university in Nottingham
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| July 1 2024 | Current Executive Team's term of office ends, with a new team taking over leadership of the Nottingham Trent Students' Union. |
| 2023 | Maintained overall Gold rating in the UK Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessment. |
| September 2023 | Confetti London campus opened as an extension of the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, located on Commercial Road in Whitechapel, London. The campus features multiple music studios, a large social space, specialist teaching spaces, and a 600-capacity venue for live music, esports, and virtual production. |
| 2021 | Received the Queen's Anniversary Prize for projects involving digital imaging of architecture and heritage sites. |
| November 2021 | Received the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for a second time, recognizing the university's ongoing research achievements. |
| September 2021 | JoBeth Coleby-Davis becomes the Bahamian Minister of Housing and Transport |
| 2019 | The university began offering qualifications in Artisan Food Production through an affiliation with The School of Artisan Food on the Welbeck Estate. |
| 2019 | Awarded University of the Year by The Guardian and achieved an Athena SWAN Bronze Award for good practices towards gender equality. |
| 2018 | Nene Amegatcher becomes an Active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana |
| 2018 | Awarded the 'Modern University of the Year Award' by the Sunday Times. |
| September 2018 | JoBeth Coleby-Davis became Bahamian Minister of Housing and Transport |
| 2017 | Ben Bradley becomes Conservative MP for Mansfield, Nottinghamshire |
| 2017 | Received the Times Higher Education University of the Year award, recognizing the university's outstanding achievements and development. |
| June 2017 | Achieved Gold rating in the UK Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). |
| 2016 | Nottingham Trent University opened a £6.5 million University Centre in Mansfield in collaboration with West Nottinghamshire College University Centre to extend higher education provisions for Mansfield and Ashfield. |
| 2015 | Nottingham Trent University acquired the Confetti Media Group, including the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies and its related businesses. |
| November 2015 | Nottingham Trent University received the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in the Science and Mathematics category. |
| January 2015 | An article on the Young Independence website criticized the society ban as 'An affront to democracy', and UKIP's Margot Parker MEP supported this sentiment, drawing media attention including coverage by Sky News. |
| January 21 2015 | The University Union officially overturned the ban on the UKIP society, acknowledging that the initial decision was made based on personal political beliefs. |
| 2014 | In the 2014/2015 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) championships, Nottingham Trent University achieved 17th place in the national rankings. |
| 2014 | UKIP students at Nottingham Trent University attempted to form an official party society, which was initially blocked by the Union's Societies Assembly. |
| 2014 | 90% of the university's research was evaluated as 'world-leading', 'internationally excellent', or 'internationally recognised'. |
| 2014 | Edward Peck becomes the third Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, replacing Neil T Gorman |
| 2013 | Boots Library underwent a refurbishment during the summer. |
| 2012 | The university publicly released future plans for enhancing biodiversity and managing the landscape at its Clifton Campus. The peregrine falcon nest site had successfully raised a total of 16 chicks between this year and 2008. |
| 2011 | Trent TV News was awarded 'Best News Programme of 2011' by the National Student Television Association. |
| May 18 2011 | Sir David Attenborough officially opened the university's flagship Newton and Arkwright buildings, which are Grade II listed. |
| 2010 | Daniel Byles becomes Conservative MP for North Warwickshire |
| 2010 | Ben Bradley became Conservative MP for Mansfield, Nottinghamshire |
| 2010 | Lee Westwood, world number one golfer and honorary graduate, opened the new Lee Westwood Sports Centre on the university's Clifton campus. |
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