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1965 Golden Reunion – 10 October 2015, Nottingham University

Philip Watson (Economics, 1965) writes: I arose at 6.30am on this day – some 2 hours earlier than normal! I travelled from SE London and caught the 8.29am train from St Pancreas to Nottingham. On the journey there, I met Dorothy (Social Admin.) and her friend from Canada (her name escapes me), when I was …

Guest Blog: Nottingham University Motor-Cycle Club, class of 1984/85

  Written by alumni Adam Rice (Physics Philosophy, 1985) Over the mid-summer weekend the NUMCC had a reunion in the Welsh Borders.  This mainly consisted of going down the country pub, staggering back along meandering watercourses and settling down at our final location to quietly getting through a barrel of beer.  The last less-than-hairy bikers …

August Alumni Fun: Life Cycle and Edinburgh Fringe

August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I’ve been listening to in the late spring and summer.                                     Henry Rollins Goodbye July and hello August!  With summer holidays underway, you may be on the look …

Summer Graduation 2015 – The Second Week

After two wonderful weeks, Summer Graduation is nearly over for another year! The sun has continued to shine and the Alumni Relations team have thoroughly enjoyed meeting graduates, finding out about their next steps and letting them know how they can continue to be engaged as part of the University of Nottingham’s alumni community.     …

Summer Graduation 2015

It’s the first week of Summer Graduation and the University Park campus is electric and busy with excited graduates attending awards ceremonies and celebrating becoming the Class of 2015, with their very proud parents and relatives.  Due to the Sports Centre renovation, the East Midlands Conference Centre has been transformed and will be cater for …

June Reunions

  June has been a busy month for reunions on campus with alumni returning to visit old haunts and catch up with peers.   The Alumni Relations team supported alumni Dr Richard Azurdia and Dr Andy Hartog who arranged the Nottingham Medics Class of 1990 reunion on Saturday 6 June, to celebrate 25 years since qualification. …

Florence Booters Reunion, May 2015

The Alumni Relations team supported Jane Wemyss-Holden (Biology, 1979) in arranging a self-organised reunion along with fellow Florence Booters, Liz Vass (Biology, 1979), Sue Dececco (Geography, 1979) and Janet Williams (Social and Economic History, 1978), all returning to campus during May Fest 2015.  The following is an account of their day written by Jane: “We …

A round the world ticket for our alumni activity – 5 countries in 4 days!

Our international alumni community have been more active than ever over the last two weeks with events in 5 countries in 4 days. Alumni in the USA, Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Chile have all been out in force to network with each other, meet senior University staff, as well as helping to inspire the …

Playing to win: ambition, grit and a great pair of heels.

She’s Sir Alan Sugar’s right-hand woman, Vice-Chairman of West Ham Football Club, a former Business Woman of the Year and Most Inspirational Woman of the Year. She was the youngest managing director of a PLC in the UK in 1997 and was awarded a CBE for services to women in business and entrepreneurship in 2013. …

Winter Graduation 2014

This week has been a busy one for the Alumni Relations team, with only two weeks before Christmas; we have worked hard during the run up to Winter Graduation Ceremony, taking place on campus this week.  Winter graduation will run from Tuesday 9 December to Friday 12 December and during this week we have already welcomed …