Celebration Event 2014
July 4, 2014
A big thank you to everybody who attended the 2014 Celebration Event! We’re pleased to announce that over 140 students and VIPs participated in the event and we received excellent feedback. We hope you had fun and enjoyed the cake! As you may know, the Celebration Event commends students who have successfully completed the Nottingham …
Help next years’ freshers ease into university life by becoming a peer mentor!
May 7, 2014
We’re on the lookout for students to help next year’s freshers with their transition into university life. As a peer mentor, you’ll be paired with one or more newcomers to The University of Nottingham. Your job will be to meet your mentees at mutually convenient times throughout their first term to discuss how they’re getting …
Working or volunteering this summer? Get it accredited!
April 29, 2014
Do have a part-time job, vacation job or volunteering position for this summer? If so, why not get it accredited and join more than 2,500 students who are already taking part in the Nottingham Advantage Award? Our popular Part-time Jobs, Vacation Jobs and Volunteering module runs over the summer holiday period and consists of two …
Guest Blog: Malena Wong tells us about her experiences on the Save the Children scheme
April 15, 2014
My First Fundraising Project As a student taking an English degree, I get asked a lot of questions about my future career. Many times, people have asked me, ‘so, you want to be a teacher?’ The unbelievable number of times I have felt embarrassed by questions like this prompted me to explore my career options. …
Guest Blog: Caroline Chan tells us about her experiences of the Career Skills in Politics module
April 3, 2014
We caught up with Caroline Chan, a second year politics and economics student currently enrolled on the Nottingham Advantage Award. She told us all about her experiences of the Career Skills in Politics module and explained how it helped her to develop her skills and interview technique. Over to Caroline: “I decided to enrol onto …
How to explain your Award experience to employers
March 10, 2014
Whether you have completed the Nottingham Advantage Award, or have just finished your first module, you will have great experiences to draw on when it comes to clinching that all important job. Everybody knows that an interview can be daunting, but with a little bit of know-how, it needn’t be. Explaining your Award experience to …
Georgina Pearce wins the High Performance prize, supported by Accenture
May 30, 2013
Second year English student, Georgina Pearce, is the winner of the High Performance prize, supported by Accenture. Accenture was looking for a candidate who demonstrated excellence in their field. The certificate and prize of £200 was presented by Sharon Bell, Associate Director of the Careers and Employability Service, on behalf of Accenture. In addition to …
Liam Flain wins the Professional Development prize, supported by PwC
Second year Finance, Accounting and Management student, Liam Flain, is the winner of the Professional Development prize, supported by PwC. This year, PwC was looking for a candidate who demonstrated their commitment to professional, personal and career development. At the event, Sarah Speight, Academic Director of the Nottingham Advantage Award, presented Liam with his certificate …
Designing a social enterprise….
December 20, 2012
This year the Advantage Award introduced an exciting new module. Brought to you jointly by PwC and Teach First, the module invited students to exercise their creativity by designing and project managing their own Social Enterprise. As part of the module, students were tasked with conducting research in the Nottingham community to identify social issues …
‘Doing Business in Asia’ – My time at our Malaysia Campus by Tracy Seng
November 1, 2012
The University of Nottingham International Summer School, Malaysia, was an amazing experience both academically and socially. Doing Business in Asia was a fascinating topic to study as the University attempted to cover a lot of the basic material across all business areas so that we had a, somewhat, full view. With this, I felt that …
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