The Engleesh’ll Getya
December 8, 2014
Here is the fifth blog from our Emeritus Professor, Malcolm Stevens (FRS) Black-brick Universities 1965 was a great time to be looking for academic jobs in pharmacy. The Robbins Report of 1963 had recommended that 10 Colleges of Advanced Technology (CATs) should be upgraded to universities; five of these institutions had pharmacy schools and were …
Malaysia memories and 3rd year reality
November 23, 2014
Hello all, After a year away I am breaking my silence…I started blogging a bit (well only twice but you know poetic license) in first year. Last year I became even more unfaithful to Pharm Life, however I have a valid excuse…sort of. I was actually cheating on the UK with Malaysia spending a year …
How to be a Champion (an RPS Student Champion)- My Experience
November 17, 2014
Last year, I took the opportunity to get involved in an exciting pilot scheme being run by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). This scheme was named the RPS student champion programme and it’s aims were simple; to reach out to students and inform them what the RPS can offer them. The programme was trialed out at …
My Pre-reg Story (So Far): Applications, Interviews and Offers
November 13, 2014
For a majority of 3rd year pharmacy students nationwide, this summer has been a stressful time. For most of us, pre-registration applications have dominated our summer. Thousands of students have sent applications into community pharmacies, with thousands of others attempting the challenging feat of completing a pharmalife application without either breaking their computer out of frustration …
A busy summer and start to the new academic year
October 6, 2014
This week’s blog is from our Head of School, Professor Clive Roberts: A busy summer and start to the new academic year After the summer examination period many outside University believe this to be a quiet time for academics. The reality is very different (honestly). This is a time when we try and squeeze in …
A Summer of Adventure; Working on the BNF
August 25, 2014
At the end of each academic year at university, my fellow students and I face the beautiful prospect of 3 months of ‘me-time’. Although on paper this looks like 3 months off timetable where exciting plans can be made and you can be on a new adventure every week, it has its drawbacks as well. …
Blog 3: Cometh the 60s
August 18, 2014
The latest blog created by Professor Malcolm Stevens FRS can be seen below: The first two years of my B Pharm degree (1957-1959) were a hard slog with an intensive syllabus leaving little time for other activities. Consistent with the painfully slow upward trajectory of my academic career to that point I managed to pass …
Landladies and Laboratory Classes
June 23, 2014
Blog 2: Landladies and Laboratory Classes In 1957 it was frowned upon by the University for students to rent and share houses and flats in the private sector: Nottingham’s finest, and there were fewer than 1000 at that time, had to be cosseted in halls of residence aping the Oxbridge tradition, or looked after by …
Olivia’s OSCE
June 10, 2014
Olivia Gunapalan, one of our second year Pharmacy undergraduates, has written a blog about the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) which she carried out in January, 2014. See Olivia’s blog below: Some of us have written examinations, some of us have online examinations and then some of us have OSCEs.. OSCEs are the objective structured …
The road to Nottingham Pier
April 28, 2014
I am very pleased to announce that we have a new blogger in town! This eminent person is our very own Emeritus Professor, Malcolm Stevens. He has agreed to share with us ‘His Story’ and the first instalment can be seen below! The 1950’s was not the ideal decade to be in one’s teenage prime. …
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