How the Advantage Award can enhance your PhD and employability

By Hayfa Sharif, PhD Medicine  During these difficult circumstances we have been going through with the pandemic, my research and life was put on hold. This is where I realised how the Nottingham Advantage Award can help change your life.  Joining my third Award module – COVID-19 student volunteers – gave me a reason to keep working and made things feel ‘normal’ again.  …

How the Advantage Award showed me the world through a new perspective

By Cara Chambers, BA Hons Geography Throughout my Geography degree I have been encouraged to gain as much experience of the world as possible.  The Award has helped me achieve this by providing opportunities to consolidate skills that are vital before and after graduation. It opens doors to learn about different world perspectives and to …

How the Advantage Award helped me as a Science student

By Diya Nakrani, MSci Hons Natural Sciences For those of you on vocational degrees, your next steps following your degree may be obvious. That is not always the case for science students.   After a science degree, what is the next step? Pursuing a PhD and researching? Maybe something that is not scientific at all?   I chose to do the Nottingham Advantage …

My Medicine and Health Sciences student journey on the Advantage Award

By Hollie Hyde, BSc Hons Nursing (Adult) The Nottingham Advantage Award enhances your employability skills whilst gaining valuable experience outside your field of study. You can gain recognition for the extra work you do on top of your degree. Any modules that you do will be evidenced. You can pick a total of three modules throughout …

Enhancing the Engineering student experience through the Advantage Award

By Ada Taylor-Pearce, MEng Hons Architectural Environment Engineering  I was immediately attracted to the mentoring and buddying schemes the Award modules had to offer. During my first year, I did not have any form of guidance and struggled settling in. I believed that the Nottingham Advantage Award would help boost and develop a range of skills. These would enhance my CV and provide the experiences employers look for.  This …