Student Money Matters! One of the 200+ Award modules

The Student Money Matters Project, is one of the Nottingham Advantage Award modules, that gives you the opportunity to be a key part of the University’s contribution to National Student Money Week (NSMW) taking place in February 2016. Within this module you will engage in peer-to-peer education, by researching, designing and delivering a campaign/event/workshop, for …

Your achievements have the potential to go global with the Advantage Award!

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 …

Your University needs you! Become an agent of change and make a difference

Do you want to gain skills in project management and communication? Do you see yourself as a change maker? Yes? Well we have the module for you! Students as Change Agents is a new 10-credit module which will give you a unique opportunity to collaborate with staff and fellow students to make very real changes …

Snapshot: The Nottingham Advantage Award in Photographs

If you’ve ever wondered what sort of fun activities you could get up to as part of the Nottingham Advantage Award, then this blog post is a must read! This week we are featuring some of our latest module pictures so that you can see what you can take part in next year. Whether you …

Keen to go green….?

  Are you conscious of your carbon footprint? Do you recycle your rubbish? Are you keen to be green? Whether you’re obsessed with combating climate change or simply want to play your part in helping to keep the world a greener place we have the perfect module for you!   Our Environmental Sustainability Project Management …

Don’t miss out……places are going fast!

Term has only just begun, but already the Advantage Award is proving to be popular among students. We’ve been inundated with applications for lots of our modules – so much so that we’ve had to close some applications early.   But fear not! We’re still taking applications for lots of great modules, so now’s the …

Are you interested in project managing your own PR campaign?

Take part in one of the following modules to gain real life experience which will look fantastic on your CV and give you lots of examples to talk about during interviews…  PR Project Management https://workspace.nottingham.ac.uk/display/NAAMY/PR+Project+Management To apply for this module in the autumn term you will need to email a paragraph explaining why you would …

Project Management: A Practical Approach – Financial Capability

Would you like the chance to run your own campaign and develop key project management skills? Despite what the module title might suggest, there is no need for you to have any finance-specific knowledge to take part in ‘Financial Capability’. The module involves working as a group to design an exciting campaign or project which …

‘Who’s going home with your mobile phone?’

As part of the PR Project Management module, a group of Advantage Award students have been raising awareness about the perils of not looking after your mobile phone whilst on a night out in the city.  Between 01/09/10 – 31/07/2011 a total of 637 students had their phone stolen whilst enjoying Nottingham’s nightlife. The students …