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The life and times of a Student Caller

By Christopher Hallett (Geography) This term was my first campaign working as a student caller. I found talking to alumni provided a refreshing insight into life after university and I was particularly stimulated by the broad range of alumni I spoke to,  both in age and discipline. Often we are matched to our own subjects and interests so that the …

My guide to starting your own business – Part 3

Written by: R L (Bob) Hall (BSc, PhD; University Of Nottingham ) Owner & MD of Top & Jeffries Limited; Co-owner & Chairman of Fuel Additive Science Technologies Limited, Shropshire, UK Welcome to the third in the series of my blog discussing “ Starting your own business – what I wish someone had told me …

Cascade Funds the Lakeside Literacy Project

Written by Abi Blaylock  The Cascade-funded Lakeside Literacy Project gives creative writing students the chance to develop and lead literacy workshops for local schoolchildren at Lakeside Arts Centre. So far this academic year eight second and third year student volunteers have worked with more than two hundred inner-city kids in the Djanogly Gallery, using the …

My guide to starting your own business – Part 2

Written by: R L (Bob) Hall (BSc, PhD; University Of Nottingham ) Owner & MD of Top & Jeffries Limited; Co-owner & Chairman of Fuel Additive Science Technologies Limited, Shropshire, UK The Law of Unintended Consequences Welcome to the second on my series, entitled “My guide to starting your own business” If you missed the …