At the Heart of Volunteering and Community
October 24, 2014
On Tuesday 14 October 2014 I attended the Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service’s (NCVS) Annual Event at their offices on Mansfield Road. What a great way to meet with people from various organisations across Nottingham. The theme of the event was ‘At the Heart of the City’ and it is true that the NCVS has …
Communicating Nutrition
October 6, 2014
Our guest blog is written by Tamsin Stanger who is a 3rd year Nutritional Biochemistry student based at the Sutton Bonington Campus. Tamsin took part in a Nottingham Advantage Award Module, Communicating Nutrition, in the Spring of 2014. The module is jointly run by Community Partnerships and the Careers & Employability Service and involved Tamsin …
Knowing me, knowing you – part V
October 3, 2014
Welcome to the fifth blog in our ‘get to know you’ series, this time it’s the turn of……. Name Chris Holmes How long have you worked here? I’ve been in this role since April 2013, so at the time of writing nearly 18 months. Where do you work? I’m based in room A20 at the …
Interesting Times
September 17, 2014
September sees the commencement of a new academic year and many of our volunteering projects get underway once more. One long-standing scheme, the Undergraduate Community Internship Programme, starts in the first week of term and I’m busy tying up all the loose ends and preparing for the induction which is supported by the Careers and …
Knowing me, knowing you – part IV
August 1, 2014
Welcome to the fourth blog in our get to know you series. Today we feature…. Name Jill Bennett How long have you worked here? I have worked at the King’s Meadow campus at the University for 9 years. During this time I have always been employed with Community Partnerships although my role has evolved quite …
Knowing Me, Knowing You Part III
July 18, 2014
This is the third of our get to know you series which this time features… Name: Kryssa Roycroft What do you do? I’m the newest member of the team and joined Community Partnerships just over two weeks ago. I am responsible for the administration of the Catalyst project, which helps to promote, facilitate and …
Knowing Me Knowing You Part II
June 25, 2014
This is the second of our get to know you series which this time features… Name: Jacqui Storey How long have you worked here ? I started at the University in the summer of 2001 as a Marketing and Communications Officer for what is now called Business Engagement and Innovation Services. After a year in that …
Knowing me, knowing you
June 13, 2014
This blog entry, from Chris Annable, is the start in a series of posts that will give you a bit more insight into the work of the Access and Communities team. Look out every other week for entries from other team members. Name: Chris Annable What do you do? I’m the programme and partnership …
Nottingham Skillsbank
June 2, 2014
Our new blog is a guest blog written by Caroline Berrill from Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service. She writes about Nottingham Skillsbank which is a new service co-developed with The University of Nottingham’s Community Partnerships Team. It focuses on bringing together skilled volunteers and community organisations in Nottingham. Skillsbank was germinated at a meeting at the …
Cornering the Community at May Fest
May 19, 2014
The University’s annual community open day, May Fest, took place on 10th May and proved again that there really are only two certainties in life –that the Chemistry Thunder and Lightning lecture will sell out and that it will rain at May Fest. Thankfully the forecast was a little off track for those of us …
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