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Nesta (formerly NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is a British foundation, registered as a charity, which supports innovation. Nesta was originally funded by a £250 million endowment from the UK National Lottery. The endowment is managed through a trust, and Nesta uses the interest from the trust to meet its ...
Alessandro Nesta Ufficiale OMRI [4] [5] (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˈnɛsta]; born 19 March 1976) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. Usually deployed as a centre-back , he is widely considered as one of the best defenders of all time.
Nesta Guinness-Walker (born 1999), English footballer; Nesta Piper (born 1982), Montserratian cricketer; Nesta Roberts (1913–2009), Welsh journalist; Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1085–before 1136), also known as Princess Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr; Nesta Toumine (1912–1996), dancer, choreographer, artistic director and teacher in Canada
In 2018, the company received $4 million in funding from the University of Oxford Innovation Fund III. [8] [9] In 2020, the company received an additional $10m (USD) in Series A funding, with the investment round led by Nesta Impact Investments, who announced that "BibliU is playing a leading role in the digital transformation of higher education and seeks to support inclusive access to ...
Nesta Wyn Ellis was born in the Hiraethog Rural District, Denbighshire, and brought up in Snowdonia, North Wales, where her extracurricular training in the performing arts began. She was educated at Llanrwst Grammar School in Llanrwst , Denbighshire, and at the University of Liverpool , where she graduated B.Sc.
Devine, Nesta. Education and public choice: A critical account of the invisible hand in education. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. Devine, Nesta, and Ruth Irwin. "Autonomy, agency and education: He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." Educational Philosophy and Theory 37, no. 3 (2005): 317–331.
Nesta Obermer OBE, (née Sawyer; 14 September 1893 – 3 October 1984), was a British philanthropist, playwright and artist. Born in Norfolk , she began writing as a child when illness forced her to be confined for a lengthy period.
Nesta Helen Wells (9 July 1892 – 17 February 1986) was a British physician, and police surgeon (now known as forensic medical examiner). When she was appointed in 1927, she was the first female police surgeon in the United Kingdom.