Award winning community project
February 18, 2015
On a bright afternoon in early February, I found myself having afternoon tea with the Vice Chancellor and the Head of University Security, wondering quite how this had happened and whether I was still in bed having one of ‘those’ dreams. Strange as it was, I quickly realised it wasn’t quite weird enough to inhabit …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …