Hello from Notts Fire and Rescue Service
November 23, 2016
Today we have a guest blog from Guninder Nagi, a Risk Reduction Officer working in Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Community Safety Team: Stay safe and enjoy life! Are you at risk from fire? Partying, smoking and drinking may all be part of the student lifestyle for some, but could be putting you at higher risk of fire. …
“Ey up mi Ducks”….hello and welcome to Nottingham!
October 3, 2016
We are very pleased to share our second guest blog of the year with you, from Jo Cox Brown of the Malt Cross and Street Pastors: “Ey up mi Ducks” translates as “Hello, Welcome to Nottingham, Students” and is a term of endearment you will hear a lot from locals like me! We love that you have chosen …
Welcome to your new home and community!
September 15, 2016
Welcome back to Nottingham! Now that Autumn term is just around the corner, we know that many returning students will be in the process of moving back to Nottingham. Read on if you are making that unforgettable step of moving out of halls into your first student house and becoming part of the local community…. To welcome you back …
#endofyear
May 31, 2016
Whether you are graduating from the University of Nottingham or just packing up ready to depart for the summer we have put together some key messages to help you ensure that this end of summer term is a good one. Clearing Out- hopefully you have already seen the information about our end of term waste campaign ‘Don’t …
Student Photography Competition with Nottingham In Bloom!
April 18, 2016
The Summer round of the Nottingham In Bloom Student Photography Competition is now open for entries. Caroline Elmhirst and Julie Walker have written a guest blog to describe the Nottingham In Bloom campaign and to officially open the competition for Summer term entries. Nottingham In Bloom The Nottingham in Bloom campaign is a city-wide partnership led by …
Save Money AND Do Your Bit for the Environment!
February 12, 2016
Greatly impressed by the work that goes on in the buildings and grounds on campus to increase our sustainability, we wanted to share some tips with students living off campus. Considering the environment can lead to personal rewards – being energy efficient at home will reduce your energy bills and your carbon footprint, as well as making you …
Could you feed 60 people a fresh hot meal for £50? Tasty Tuesdays in Lenton can! (with the help of their brilliant volunteers)
January 11, 2016
A guaranteed feel-good factor if you spend just a few minutes reading this blog about a local charity with a fantastic volunteer team providing a weekly hot meal for the community! The Project Tasty Tuesdays in Lenton is a weekly free meal for everyone in the community and has been running since summer 2014. This project aims to …
Season’s Greetings from Off Campus Student Affairs
December 8, 2015
We can’t quite believe that the last week of term is already upon us. However, as the end of term is fast approaching, we are offering some advice to help you keep your property and possessions safe during the break. Keeping your property in order and noise levels down as you celebrate the end of term will also help to keep …
Living in Lenton- a local resident’s perspective
September 25, 2015
What is your name and where do you live? My name is Virginia and I live on Harrington Drive in Lenton. I’ve lived in Lenton for 21 years – I originally moved here as an undergraduate student at the university! Why do you live in Lenton? I like Lenton a lot; and after studying for …
Student Volunteering: Nottingham Education and Health Support
June 4, 2014
The Nottingham Education and Health Support (NHES) is a registered charity whose main aims are to see young people and their families overcoming severe educational, health, language and economic barriers to achieve their true potential. NHES believe that no young person should be disadvantaged by their background and provide a wide range of activities to …
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