Think for the Future
February 21, 2014
First year student and managing Director of Think for the Future, Oliver Bream McIntosh tells us how his project is benefitting from funding from alumni and friends of The University of Nottingham through the Cascade fund. Tell us a bit about the Think for the Future project and how this came about? The project has …
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 …
Why did you choose The University of Nottingham?
February 6, 2014
Cast your minds back to when you were applying to University, what were the main factors which affected your decisions? Why did you choose to come to Nottingham? Making the decision to continue onto further education is arguably more complicated than ever before, with a multitude of factors playing a role in which institutions to …
Alumni celebrate at Varsity Ice Hockey
January 31, 2014
Written by Tom Barnes (International Security and Terrorism 2013) Monday 27th January saw the opening event of the 10th annual varsity series between the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent. Whilst other university rivalries include boat races along the Thames and rugby union at Twickenham, Nottingham’s offering is a high octane and brutal clash at …
A new alumni network in Romania
January 24, 2014
The inaugural meeting of Nottingham’s new Romanian alumni network was held at a restaurant in Bucharest on 18th December 2013. A group of enthusiastic Nottingham alumni, now living and working in Romania or still based in the UK but returning home for Christmas, enjoyed an informal dinner and shared their experiences and good memories of the …
Make this the year…
January 10, 2014
As 2014 gets underway, and everyone makes their new year’s resolutions, I got to thinking about what I wanted to achieve this year; one of the things on my list is to make more time to see old friends. We keep in touch through Facebook etc… and nearly all of our communication ends with; “let’s …
2013 in pictures
December 19, 2013
As 2013 draws to a close, we take a look at the highlights from the year and look forward to another fantastic year of reunions and events in 2014. If you would like to organise a reunion in 2014 for your year group please don’t hesitate to contact me at malvika.johal@nottingham.ac.uk . The team would …
How the Cascade funded Lakeside Literacy project inspired me to teach…
December 11, 2013
Written by Abigail Blaylock When I was small, I had this favourite picture from The Wind in the Willows. It was of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad having a picnic in the middle of a hollow tree. For children, hollow trees were everywhere, in the chronicles of Narnia, for the Famous Five to hide in, for …
When two paths cross
December 6, 2013
Written by Anthea Morris (Mathematics 1996 and now Director of Better2Know) Like most people alumni, I am not the person who turns up to business meetings with their Nottingham University tablet cover but 20 years after starting at Nottingham, I am continually meeting new people who graduated from our university, and it is a great …
Alumni in the Big Apple
November 27, 2013
Written by Hannah Curnock, International Alumni Manager – Europe and the Americas Last week, on Monday 18th November, more than 30 alumni from across the New York area gathered in the Bookmarks Rooftop Lounge at the top of the Library Hotel on Madison Avenue for after-work drinks and nibbles. As well as enjoying great cityscape …
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