Graduation Congratulations!
July 10, 2012
Today marks the start of the summer graduation ceremonies here at the University, congratulations to all of our students who are graduating! This year has been a big year for the Advantage Award, we started the year with just over 1,000 students taking part, a figure which now stands at 2,300. We’ve also recently had …
Adlan Wafi Ramli reflects on completing the Nottingham Advantage Award
June 11, 2012
Hello everybody! On Friday last week, I logged into My Career (a website to check on your personal details and mostly regarding activities for your career development) and found out that I passed my 3rd and final module – Arabic! I was just so ecstatic to finally know that I have completed the Nottingham Advantage Award. …
Celebration Event 2012
May 21, 2012
This years annual Nottingham Advantage Award Celebration Event took place on the 9th May 2012 in the Senate Chamber. The event was attended by completing award students, representatives from a variety of graduate recruiters, university staff and members of University Council. This year, for the first time, the event included the presentation of additional prizes …
Gemma Robertson wins the Outstanding Contribution to the Community Prize supported by Teach First
May 18, 2012
Final Year English student, Gemma Robertson, has successfully completed the Nottingham Advantage Award and is the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to the Community Prize supported by Teach First. Teach First were looking for a candidate that had demonstrated outstanding contribution made by a student to their community throughout the award. The prize from Teach First was …
Madeleine Hardie wins the Personal Development Prize supported by Experian
May 17, 2012
Final Year Politics student, Madeleine Hardie, has successfully completed the Nottingham Advantage Award and is the winner of the Personal Development Prize supported by Experian. Experian were looking for a candidate that had demonstrated personal development from confidence to self-awareness in activities throughout the award. Maddie was nominated for the prize by the judging panels from other …
William Lobo wins the Leadership Prize supported by Barclays Retail and Business Bank
May 16, 2012
Final Year Economics with French student, William Lobo, has successfully completed the Nottingham Advantage Award and is the winner of the Leadership Prize supported by Barclays Retail and Business Bank. Barclays were looking for a candidate that had demonstrated that they had developed and utilised leadership qualities and attributes in activities throughout the award. The prize from …
Lucy Stone wins the Global Graduate Prize supported by the Vice-Chancellor
May 15, 2012
Final Year English student, Lucy Stone, has successfully completed the Nottingham Advantage Award and is the winner of the Global Graduate Prize supported by the Vice-Chancellor. The panel of judges were looking for evidence that they demonstrated a range of ‘Global Graduate Attributes’ not only reflected in their education at Nottingham, but also that they are prepared …
Annalise Grice wins the Professional Development Prize supported by PwC
May 14, 2012
Final Year English student, Annalise Grice, has successfully completed the Nottingham Advantage Award and is the winner of the Professional Development Prize supported by PricewaterhouseCoopers. PwC were looking for a candidate that had demonstrated commitment to developing their employability, career development and professional development in activities throughout the award. The prize from PwC was 6 months mentoring …
A student taking part had this to say…
April 2, 2012
Earlier on in the academic year, taking part in the Inside Employment: Investigation into Finance Careers module run by the Careers and Employability Service, allowed a group of students to explore and learn more about the Financial Services industry. The module was hugely collaborative in its nature and provided the students with great opportunities to network …
What does it take to be a good leader…?
March 2, 2012
As part of the Experian Leadership module 15 students have completed Leadership training, run by Experian here at the University. Students attended a full day of intensive training and were given a few weeks to put their new found skills in to practice before returning to present their experience to a panel of staff from …
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