Falling in love at Nottingham…
February 14, 2014
As we celebrate Valentine’s day today, I got to thinking about the couples who found love while studying here. As well as gaining a world class degree many also found their partners for life…. Like Pat and Dickie Bond from Devon who met at the University ‘hop’ in Christmas 1954. They were never an item …
Playing with fire!
October 10, 2013
Over the last 100 years there have been iconic people, places and events associated with The University of Nottingham. Alumni remember them all and many stories about them have been featured in Alumni Exchange Magazine. For the first time the Remembering Nottingham Blog will reproduce some of these articles. Feel free to add your own …
Class of 2013 – Their favourite memories
July 31, 2013
We asked our Class of 2013 to tell us their favourite university memory, what is your favourite memory from your time at Nottingham?
Remembering Nottingham – The Manchester Chapter
June 25, 2013
We asked all our alumni who attended the recent alumni reception in Manchester to leave their favourite memories of the university. These will be posted here shortly. In the meantime what were your favourite memories? Please leave these in the comment section below.
Wings in the Portland Ballroom – surely not?
June 19, 2013
Written by Simon Harvey Over the last 100 years there have been iconic people, places and events associated with The University of Nottingham. Alumni remember them all and many stories about them have been featured in Alumni Exchange Magazine. For the first time the Remembering Nottingham Blog will reproduce some of these articles. Feel free …
Is this lovely man our oldest alumnus?
November 8, 2012
By Simon Harvey It’s that time of the year when Vic Taylor puts on his University scarf and his University-branded fleece to keep out the cold weather. Vic has a strong affinity with The University of Nottingham. Such a desire to wear his University colours would not be a surprise in itself, especially if he’d …
Wheelie Bins, Traffic Cones and Shopping Trolleys!
September 27, 2012
Melissa Wadams (Ancient History and Archaeology 2002) recalls her favourite memories of Freshers week 1999! I’ve just returned to the University, to work, ten years after I graduated. Moving back here was very exciting; it felt like I was returning to University, the chance to re-live all those endless possibilities. I had to remind …
“Has anyone seen a box of kettles?”
September 21, 2012
Alumnus John Coffield (English Literature and Language 2011) reminisces about his freshers week experience in 2008. As the international section of this year’s intake of freshers buzz around the Portland Building like so many slightly lost-looking foreign bees, and with Sunday being D-Day for the landing of our home students (as a hall tutor I’m …
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