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 …
Chinese students connect with older people
May 7, 2014
It wasn’t the usual Wednesday afternoon in the office. I was going to accompany some of our Chinese students from the Nottingham University Business School on a visit to the Willows Day Centre in Beechdale. They had all volunteered as part of the Chinese Culture Sharing programme, a project which has been running in local …
Face to Face at the Clay project: a guest blog from one of our postgraduate placement students
May 2, 2014
Hello all, my name is Oliver Matias and I am a Health Psychology Masters student at the University and am fortunate enough to have been offered a Research Assistant placement through an Access and Communities project called Building Enterprise. The project offers paid placements to postgraduates within community organisations to undertake a piece of research. This …
The rewards of collaboration
April 10, 2014
Having worked at the University for 13 years in Community Partnerships and its predecessor Active Communities, I’ve had very many rewarding experiences. These have largely involved students and staff sharing their time and skills with the local community who in return have shared what they know and have to offer. There are too many highlights …