Meet our Student Callers: Shruti from India
February 6, 2016
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our international students. Indian student Shruti has been speaking to lots of students in her home country to let them know what life at Nottingham is really like. In her role as an International …
Meet our Student Callers: Rebecca from Italy
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our student callers. Italian student Rebecca shares her favourite things about studying at Nottingham. Why did you choose to study at Nottingham? I chose to study at Nottingham because it was the only …
Meet our Student Callers: Jingjing from China
February 5, 2016
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our international students. Chinese student Jingjing is studying a PhD in the School of Education. She shares her tips for international students. Why did you choose to study at Nottingham? Most of my friends chose …
Meet our Student Callers: Wei from China
January 29, 2016
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our international students. Chinese student Wei is studying a PhD in Interpreting and Translation. Over the past few months, she has been talking to lots of Chinese students and giving them advice about life at Nottingham. …
Meet our Student Callers: Frida from Indonesia
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our international students. Indonesian student Frida is in her final year of an undergraduate degree in Biology. Why did you choose to study at Nottingham? I’m lucky enough to have a brother that’s also …
Meet our Student Callers: Hisham from Egypt
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our international students. PhD student Hisham has been speaking to students in his native Egypt to help them find out what life in Nottingham is really like, and answer any questions that they have …
Academic culture shock: how to handle it
October 16, 2015
Last year, I arrived in the UK to get a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics before starting my MSc Economics and Econometrics course. I hadn’t done any economics modules previously, so that is why I had to take the Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Economics. To be honest, at first I knew nothing about academic culture in …
The city I now call home: being @UoN
October 2, 2015
I completed two weeks in Nottingham yesterday. But looking around now, I feel like I’ve been part of this place, forever. The academic teaching has finally started and gearing up in full swing. Yes, like many of you out there I am daunted by the massive shift in the way of learning, from undergraduate to …
Getting ready for Nottingham: my #journeytoUoN
September 15, 2015
It’s September, yet the beaming sunlight peeking through the little opening of my room’s curtains make it appear like the peak of summer. That’s New Delhi. At 30+ degrees Celsius, the Indian capital feels like pre-heated oven, ready to bake you. And here I am, wrapped in layers of sheets, huddled in a corner of …
What to expect during your first month in the UK
September 11, 2015
I remember the euphoria and all the hectic activity when I was getting ready to go and finally came to UK one year ago. Excited, worried, anxious, all those feelings are mixed. Will I be able to adapt in a totally unfamiliar environment, where the weather is extremely different, people speak a different language, have …
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