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 …

Time to put a spring in your step this term? Learn more about the upcoming employer-led skills workshops this term

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 …

Guest Blog: Malena Wong tells us about her experiences on the Save the Children scheme

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. …

How to explain your Award experience to employers

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 …

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 …

Employers on Campus…

During the spring term the following employers will be on campus offering non promotional skills workshops: GlaxoSmithKline – Application Advice Ernst & Young – Know your strengths Tata Steel – Assessment Centres BAE Systems – Interview Technique Deloitte – Assessment Centres Michael Page – Enhance your Employability And lots more……! These sessions are called ‘Skills …

Spring term modules

Welcome back to all of our students returning to the University after the winter break. We hope you all enjoyed the vacation and are looking forward to the spring term! For those of you looking to undertake a module this term, these are some of the modules which are still available: Skills for Employability You …

Are you recruitment ready?

Preparing for the recruitment process can be daunting for some students, but thanks to our Skills for Employability workshops this can be made easier. Hosted by a range of graduate recruiters from various industries this is a great opportunity to find out more. Sessions are aimed at students from all degree subjects and are delivered …