Matthew Lumley
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My highlights as an Advantage Award student representative
February 25, 2021
By Vandita Singhal, BSc Hons Finance, Accounting and Management I completed the Nottingham Advantage Award in my penultimate year. This meant that in my final year, I wanted to make a positive impact on other students’ journeys on the scheme. This led to me deciding to become a student representative. I was able to share useful insights …
How to make your mark in the Advantage Award prize process
February 11, 2021
By Vishnupriya Prathap, MPharm Pharmacy, fourth year Winner – Contribution to community prize supported by Teach First The Nottingham Advantage Award allows you to develop professional skills. You also get to meet highly motivated students from diverse backgrounds across the University. I completed modules in volunteering, employability and project management. Following these, I thought why not gain extra recognition by applying for an employer supported prize? Being awarded the Contribution to community prize supported by Teach First has given me a confidence boost. It has encouraged me to continue pursuing ventures favouring causes …
Get a spring in your step with the Advantage Award
December 17, 2020
By Matthew Lumley, Nottingham Advantage Award officer The Advantage Award is not just about completing modules. Even if you have already completed the Award, we offer you many other ways to boost your employability and skills. Read what is coming up this spring. Find your next module Some spring module applications are closing at the end of …
My employer experience after winning an Advantage Award prize
December 3, 2020
By Noor Farisan, BA Hons Economics Winner – Leadership prize supported by Mars The Nottingham Advantage Award recognises students for their skills and rewards them with prizes sponsored by prestigious employers. My main motivation for applying for the Leadership Prize was that my values aligned with Mars’ core values. I was interested in finding out how these values could be incorporated …
How the Advantage Award can enhance your PhD and employability
November 9, 2020
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 helped me as a Science student
November 5, 2020
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
November 4, 2020
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
November 3, 2020
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 …
How to showcase the Advantage Award to employers
October 22, 2020
By Matt Lumley, Nottingham Advantage Award officer The Nottingham Advantage Award gives you recognition for your extra-curricular activities. It is also a great way for you to build your skills and experience. However, it can be difficult to work out how best to showcase your achievements to an employer. In our modules you will have been introduced to self-reflection …
Why you should join the Nottingham Postgraduate Advantage Award
October 15, 2020
By Samantha Wilson, MA History The start of the academic year is a hectic time for postgraduate students. This is true whether you are in the first year of a course or the third. You have to decide which extra-curricular activities to do and how to best to manage your time. When navigating this challenge, I recommend that you consider the Nottingham Postgraduate Advantage Award. To complete the scheme, I took two Award modules – French and Experience Heritage – and completed an end-of-year reflection. I chose these two modules to immerse myself in things I enjoy, but could not experience solely through my course. This article will …
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