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January 29, 2016
With the return of the Employer Supported Prizes and the Celebration Event, the spring term encourages Award students to reflect on their Award experience, especially those who have completed the Award before graduation. Kate Gosschalk, who has successfully completed the Award shares her experience: What encouraged you to take part in the Award? I …
Nominate your favourite award module for the Module of the Year Award 2016!
January 15, 2016
2016 marks the return of the respected Module of the Year Award. Students taking part in the Nottingham Advantage Award will have the opportunity to voice their opinion and vote for a module they feel has had a positive impact on their professional and personal development, in turn recognising the effort and success of the …
Be the voice of the Award students!
October 23, 2015
With the new academic year underway, the Award team are in the search to appoint two budding students to represent the Award student community. The Steering Group gather three times a year, holding meetings to provide a strategic overview of the Award and carry out ongoing moderation of Award modules. The successful student representatives …
Show don’t tell – how the Award can help you!
October 12, 2015
‘Show don’t tell’ is the advice given by many careers advisers to students preparing for interviews. Your covering letter may include statements like ‘I’m a keen team player’, ‘I possess proven skills in leadership’ or ‘I adapt easily to change’, but unless you can back them up, statements like this will be left hollow. Taking …
Cupcakes and Canapés, oh my! The Award’s Celebration Event 2014-2015
June 23, 2015
On 9 June 2015, we celebrated students’ achievements at this year’s Celebration Event! Held in the Great Hall on University Park, we welcomed students who have completed the Award as well as recognised the students who have achieved employer-supported prizes. From 3pm students, employers, module convenors and staff of the Careers and Employability Service …
How can you use the Award to your Advantage?
March 13, 2015
Calling all final year students! The Nottingham Advantage Award team are delivering a new student workshop on ‘How to use the Award to your Advantage!’on Tuesday 24 March, 2-3.30pm. Thisworkshop targets final year students who have already completed the Award or are in the process of completing it this year. The aim is …
Here Come the Girls!
February 4, 2015
Enterprise Rent-A-Car supports this fantastic prize, offering £150 Capital Bond vouchers which can be used in many high street shops! Are you this year’s Female Entrepreneur of the Year? Enterprise Rent-A-Car have invested heavily in supporting female employees to move into management roles within their company, ensuring women form a representative proportion at all levels. …
What it takes to become the Accenture High Performance Prize Winner!
January 29, 2015
Thinking about applying for one of this year’s employer-supported prizes? Deborah Okperin, was announced as the co-winner of the ‘Accenture High Performance Prize’ at last year’s Nottingham Advantage Award’s annual Celebration Event. Accenture were looking for a candidate who could demonstrate that they had gone above and beyond expectations in their extracurricular activity and work. Deborah won …
Finding the time for your future: How to do the Nottingham Advantage Award with a busy schedule
December 9, 2014
Did you know that fitting the Nottingham Advantage Award in with your studies is much easier than it sounds? The amount of time that you need to spend on an Award module can sound daunting, but actually most of our modules are spaced out over a semester or even a year. We interviewed Shareen Akhtar, …
Looking back, moving forward: Applying for next year’s Award modules
August 7, 2014
This year has been filled with some huge successes! Not only did The University of Nottingham become the most targeted university by The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, but our survey showed that 100% of students who have completed the Nottingham Advantage Award would recommend it to others. Our Celebration Event this year was one …
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