Can’t Decide on a Career? Three Reasons to Apply for an Internship
November 15, 2016
By Claire Kilroy, Inspiring Interns Some people have their whole lives planned out; they know what they want to do, how they’re going to get what they want, and by the time they get to university they’re already halfway there. Then there are the rest of us, who arrive at and sometimes even leave university with …
Volunteering at a Refugee Centre: Learning Languages, Lesson Planning and Leadership
November 11, 2016
By Emilia Symington, BA Theology and Religious Studies Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about the cost? The International Work Experience Grant can offer up to £1000 to support you. Designed to enable students to undertake work experience opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford, the …
How I Found a Placement at Fox Studios, USA
By Chantelle Fairburn, BA Film and Television Studies Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about the cost? The International Work Experience Grant (IWEG) can offer up to £1000 to support you. Designed to enable students to undertake work experience opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford, the …
Three Tips for Teaching English Abroad – And How to Find Funding
By Joel Kingsman, MSci Physics Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about the cost? The International Work Experience Grant can offer up to £1000 to support you. Designed to enable students to undertake work experience opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford, the grant will support expenses …
How I Challenged Myself With a Placement Abroad – and How You Can Too
By Nicola Morton, MSci Biology Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about the cost? The International Work Experience Grant can offer up to £1000 to support you. Designed to enable students to undertake work experience opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford, the grant will support …
My Week in an Emergency Room in Croatia
By Shahzeb Ali, BSc Medical Physiology and Therapeutics Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about the cost? The International Work Experience Grant can offer up to £1,000 to support you. Designed to enable students to undertake work experience opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford, the grant …
What I Learned Volunteering in a South African Animal Sanctuary
By Alex Trimble, BA Film and Television Studies Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about the cost? The International Work Experience Grant can offer up to £1000 to support you. Designed to enable students to undertake work experience opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford, the grant …
How I Maximised My Experiences at Nottingham To Accelerate My Career
November 8, 2016
By Alan Chan, BSc Economics (2013) and MSc Entrepreneurship (2014) When I look over my university experience and career development to date, I always find it interesting how one thing led to another. As I connected the dots, I began to recognize patterns that reveals my entrepreneurial traits that were shaped during my time at …
An Arts Degree is the Best Preparation for the Digital World
November 4, 2016
by Lauren Wilson, English and French graduate As we all know, an arts degree doesn’t prepare you for a particular profession; cue the decision-making over what career you will forge after graduating! However, this ‘open-ended-ness’ is also one of the best things about studying English, languages, music, history of art, the list goes on… A …
Micro Lady in a Big World
November 1, 2016
Sophie Parfitt. BSc Microbiology. Industrial placement student at Redx Pharma, 2016-2017. At least, that’s what my CV will say by the end of this year. There’ll be a lot of trials and tribulations ahead – but I’m certain I’ll learn a lot too! This February, I got a call that frankly I wasn’t prepared for, …
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