Advantage Award prizes – Top tips for applications and interviews
February 8, 2023
By Matt Lumley, Nottingham Advantage Award Coordinator Applications for our prizes are now open. By participating in our prize process, on top of the chance to win a prize, you can gain valuable practice in applications and interviews. It is an opportunity to celebrate your success and gain extra recognition for the effort you put into …
Five Advantages of applying to our Award prizes
February 3, 2023
By Matthew Lumley, Nottingham Advantage Award Coordinator Each year we recognise students who have gone above and beyond during their time with the Advantage Award. Our prizes reward areas such as personal development, inclusion and work in the community. These are also supported by employers Boots, Capital One, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Mars and Save the Children. …
Five questions to ask yourself when applying for Advantage Award modules
December 19, 2022
By Grace Pascoe Autumn-term modules may be well underway now, but you still have time to apply to our Spring-term modules. Looking through the module catalogue can be quite overwhelming – there’s so much to choose from. If you need some help to decide, here are five questions you can ask yourself when applying. …
Keen to boost your employability? Attend an employer-led skills workshop this autumn
November 5, 2015
With autumn term well underway, we have an exciting line-up of employer-led skills workshops coming this November. Whether you already have a clear idea of what career path you would like to take or are still keeping your options open, attending an employer-led workshop will give you the opportunity to develop important skills, equip you …
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 …
Let’s Celebrate!
March 5, 2015
The Celebration Event, hosted every year, welcomes students who have passed all three modules (30 credits) required to complete the Award. Our Celebration Event honours students’ achievements and recognises their personal and professional development through the Award. RSVP here, until Friday 22 May 2015, for students who have completed the Award! …
Stand out from the crowd: Get involved in the Advantage Award!
February 27, 2015
The results are in! With spring term well under way, we look back on what our Class of 2014 graduates think about their Advantage Award. Every student has a mixture of reasons why they get involved in the Award. Here are some snippets from this year’s alumni survey for their reasons for taking part. Do …
Your achievements have the potential to go global with the Advantage Award!
February 19, 2015
With this year’s prize applications deadline approaching, we hear from last year’s winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Global Graduate Award (which is co-supported by GSK this year), Polina Medvedeva, about her experiences completing the Award. “I completed my Award in June 2014, receiving the Award certificate. This was a very exciting time for me; this was when …
Time to put a spring in your step this term? Learn more about the upcoming employer-led skills workshops this term
January 14, 2015
Welcome back after the Christmas break! This week, we are keeping you up to date with the variety of employer-led skills workshops coming up this term… Throughout the spring term, a number of key businesses will be delivering a variety of skills workshops during February and March at University Park. Employers running the workshops …
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, …
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