The Final Frontier: Working in Space
April 2, 2018
By Chris Jones, Senior Careers Adviser – Faculties of Science and Engineering At a distance of 100km away (straight up), space is nearer to Nottingham than London is. However, despite its proximity and the advancements in space technology, it is still a hugely challenging business to get rockets into space, and only 600 people on …
What Do You Want to Do When You Graduate?
March 12, 2018
By Jennifer Balloch, Employability Education Projects Officer: Faculty of Science How did I get from wanting to be a marine biologist to becoming an Employability Education Projects Officer? The link isn’t obvious, and it’s actually why I’m writing this blog. Not so you can read about my career journey, but so you can think of the …
Why Your Personality Is the Key to Finding Your Ideal Profession
March 5, 2018
By Rebecca Heasman, Employability Officer, Sutton Bonington Campus Many people say that pursuing your passion is the key to finding career fulfilment and success. But have you ever stopped to think that understanding your personality preferences and characteristics could be just as important? Identifying your natural tendencies and patterns of thinking, feeling and acting is a …
How To Become a Journalist: Advice From People Who Have Made It
March 2, 2018
By Laura Sage, BA Hons English (2017) The work of a journalist appears both crazy and exciting from an outsider’s perspective. Constantly situating themselves in the middle of the action, they see news unfolding as and when it happens. Journalists also create the news. They approach the world in a way that draws the interesting …
Learning Styles: How to Recognise What You’re Great At
February 26, 2018
By Rebecca Luxon, Employability Officer: Science As a university student, it’s a common assumption that you spend much of your life studying in order to successfully pass rigorous and regular sets of exams. Yet, have you ever thought about how well you actually remember what that lecturer was explaining last Tuesday afternoon? Or how much …
Emerging Technologies: Interview with the CTO of Thomson Reuters
February 23, 2018
By Mirae Tejura, second-year student, studying management When many of us think of emerging, futuristic technologies, we picture driverless cars, personal robot assistants, voice-activated everything. Heavy research and development in the driverless car industry suggests this soon may be a reality. We are still in the early stages of learning, creating and exploring what we can …
What Is the Internet of Things?
February 19, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer: Jubilee Campus In a nutshell, the Internet of Things (IoT) allows everyday objects to be sensed or controlled remotely through the internet in order to automate a process. It could be anything a lightbulb in your home, which is being controlled by your mobile phone; or a smart city, where …
The Future of Work: Cyber Security
February 12, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer, Jubilee Campus Cyber security is how we protect computers, hardware, and software. This could be through technology, processes or measures that we take to protect ourselves from cyber crimes. As more things become reliant on technology, and our homes and businesses contain more internet-controlled devices, it is more important than ever …
What Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution, How Will It Affect My Career?
February 2, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer, Jubilee Campus If you aren’t aware of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) yet, the likelihood is that you are going to hear more about it over the coming months and years. We are in an exciting and progressive era with advances in technology, such as robotics, artificial intelligence and the …
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. …
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