Final Years: How to Boost Your Employability at The Last Minute
January 31, 2018
By Aléz Odendaal, Inspiring Interns Your years at university are messy and wonderful. Each new term brings both the opportunity and responsibility to grow as a person. That makes for a lot of change in a short space of time. But while you were trying to remember everything you’d learned in class, and coming to grips …
Become a Teacher – Why on Earth Would You Do That?
January 30, 2018
By Stephen Sharkey, Project Coordinator There is no denying that teaching is complex, challenging and, at times, can occupy a huge amount of your life. However, for six hours a day, you have the unique opportunity to spend time with young people who could make a difference to your life, as you do to theirs. …
ParliaMentors: Making a Difference in the Community
January 26, 2018
By Joshua Holt, BA Hons International Relations (2017) Parliament can often seem like a distant concept. You decide who you want to sit there on your behalf, but often that’s where your engagement ends. It’s not uncommon to start feeling pretty detached from the whole process. Among our generation, it’s even worse. Do you often hear people say they feel disconnected with Britain’s …
Employer-Supported Prizes: Five Advantages You’ll Get by Applying
January 23, 2018
By Matthew Lumley, Nottingham Advantage Award Team Each year employers sponsor prizes rewarding students who have excelled during their time with the Nottingham Advantage Award. In 2018, there are eight prizes you could win. These are supported by Boots, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Experian, EY, Mars, Save the Children, Teach First, and also our Vice-Chancellor’s Global Graduate prize. Applications …
My First Taste of International Affairs at the UN
January 19, 2018
By Hemanth Kalathuru, final year, economics Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about cost? The International Work Experience Grant can offer up to £750 to support you. Designed to help students take up work experience opportunities they might not otherwise be able to afford, the grant will support expenses such …
How the International Work Experience Grant Funded My Month in Sri Lanka
January 16, 2018
by Abigail Bennetts, third-year, psychology student Two weeks after finishing my second-year exams, I flew out to Sri Lanka to spend five weeks living in jungle surroundings on a mental health placement. One of the best parts of it all? The Careers and Employability Service awarded me £750 towards my trip through the International Work …
How to Impress on Your Internship in Five Easy Steps
January 12, 2018
by Sinead Butler, second-year, English and Philosophy student Yep, it’s that time of the year again. The process of searching for spring or summer work experience has begun. It’s also never too early to start thinking about how to impress on your internship when you do secure one. Going into a new working environment and …
Why Learning To Code Will Make You Future-Proof
January 8, 2018
By Indiana West, Digital Content Producer and English and Professional Writing Graduate Not many things have the ability to split the nation in two. Marmite, Brexit, milking your tea before or after the water… Now, it seems that there’s one more we can add to that list: computer coding. There are those who can and those who …
Why I Chose a Graduate Scheme and How I Landed My Place on One
By Alex McQuillan, MEng Mechanical Engineering (2016) During my final year, I decided to apply for graduate schemes because I wanted a definitive progression system and structure including set salary increases, professional development courses and rotations around various departments. I felt that working in different departments would give me a better understanding of a company …
Take the Trendence Survey: What Are Your Career Aspirations?
January 5, 2018
The Trendence graduate survey is an annual research piece which analyses the careers aspirations of students across the UK. In 2016/17 we surveyed over 62,000 students – including over 1,300 University of Nottingham students – and here is what we found… 1. Nottingham students take part in lots of extra-curricular activities We asked what type of …
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