What I Did Last Summer (And Why You Should Do It Too)
September 4, 2025
My Experience Participating in the Faculty of Arts’ Summer Research Placement at the D.H. Lawrence Museum! By Georgia Darwin – English with Creative Writing student The Placement I’ll be the first to admit I miss university every second I’m not there. So, when the opportunity to get paid, stay in Notts and gain some career-changing …
Researching Villains and Victims: Reflections on My Placement
September 1, 2025
2nd year History student, Daisy Wu, tells us about their experience on the Summer Research Placement Programme This summer, I took on a research placement linked to the Villains or Victims? module. The research explored the complex role of white women in the British Empire and the women who worked for them. My work combined …
Behind the scenes as a Special Collections Assistant
April 17, 2025
Second year Archaeology student, Hannah Gregg, looks back on her placement with Manuscripts and Special Collections which she undertook as part of the Placement Module. My expectations… Like going into any new environment, I was extremely apprehensive before starting, especially as I’d never had experience in the archives before. Moreover, my role as a special …
Feminist Footnotes
August 1, 2024
By Chiara Rebora Chiara took part in the Summer Research Placement Programme and here she reflects on her experience working in Manuscripts and Special Collections. Expectations of my role? When I began this placement, I felt under-qualified and completely out of my comfort zone. I had to remind myself I was selected for this placement …
The Power of the Workplace – Summer Research Placement Programme
July 25, 2024
By Arwen Jenkins With university life being weeks full of flexibility in terms of your own timetable and independently deciding when to do your work, jumping into a 9 to 5 over the summer holidays was quite a big shift. However, the Summer Research Placement Programme (SRPP) in the Faculty of Arts allowed me to …
What to expect in an academic workplace – Summer Research Placement Programme
July 24, 2024
By Hannah Kane Hannah took part in the Summer Research Placement Programme and here she reflects on her experience working in Manuscripts and Special Collections. The thought of working within an academic setting will likely sound daunting. As a member of the university, the likelihood is that you already possess some of the key skills …