How to cope with feelings of loneliness

Yes, it’s OK to feel lonely. It’s OK to feel isolated and distant from your current place. Everyone has been to the point where they felt like the world was against them and nothing seems to be in place. They can’t figure out what has happened and how it happened. They detach themselves from the …

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 …

What I learned from the Nottingham Advantage Award IT Consultancy Project

As I said in my previous blog post, before I came to the UK, I had never taken part in any volunteer programmes. Why? Because my background is in IT, while the main problems in my home country (Indonesia) are related to social issues, health, education, and the economy. I did not know how to …

Student Volunteer Awards 2015

Do you know about the Student Volunteer Awards? I had never heard about it until I got an invitation email to come in to the event. How could I get an invitation to the event? Apparently the Student Volunteer Centre sent me an invitation because I got nominated for one of the award categories. Wondering …

Finding home away from home: volunteering in Nottingham

Moving to a country like UK, which has a totally different culture and environment from my home country, Indonesia, was challenging at first for me. I thought I would miss the sense of living within a close-knit community, and of course, the tropical sun that I could always enjoy every day at home. It turned …