Advantage Award prizes – Top tips for applications and interviews

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

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. …

Be the change you want to see in the world!  Get involved in the Students as Change Agents Module

The module, Students as Change Agents is giving students the opportunity to make a difference to teaching and learning while developing project management and communication skills. Projects can be commissioned by schools or students can submit their own idea. Mentored by staff, students are working in groups or individually and taking the lead in a …

Guide to the Nottingham Advantage Award

Over the last few weeks, we’ve had quite a few emails from people wondering what the Nottingham Advantage Award is and how it all works. In response we thought that we’d put together a short guide to answer some of your biggest questions. The Basics The Nottingham Advantage Award is an award which accredits your …