My Experience at Bain & Company: True North Scholarship for Black Heritage Students
May 5, 2022
By Ella Onyems, final year economics student and winner of the 2021 True North Scholarship What is the Scholarship? Bain and Company, a leading global management consultancy, offers the chance for talented students from typically underrepresented backgrounds to gain experience from leading employees at Bain alongside the chance to win a £10,000 prize. The programme …
Thinking of Starting a Business? Discover the Ingenuity Lab
By Josef Bone, Marketing and Digital Officer We know that a degree from the University of Nottingham opens up a whole host of career options, with our graduates going on to succeed in roles across a range of sectors. But did you know that last year, we were second in the UK for graduate start-ups, …
“I Want to Gain Experience”
April 26, 2022
By Alex Owusu, Employability Officer Gaining work experience can be a vital tool in helping you develop transferrable skills, gain exposure to an industry or role and secure future job opportunities. Before starting your search, it’s important to consider a few different questions to aid your decision making. Why do I want to gain experience? …
How to Choose the Right Law Firm For You
April 14, 2022
By Tom Robinson, qualified lawyer and co-founder of Next City Lawyer It’s hard to meaningfully distinguish between large commercial law firms as a student. But by the time you apply for vacation schemes, law firms expect you to know the type of firm that you want to work for – even though you have not …
Don’t Underestimate the Skills You Have Gained in the Pandemic!
April 12, 2022
By Anna Scrivener, Employability Education Projects Officer I’m noticing a tendency for students to feel they have to apologise for the things they haven’t been able to do during the pandemic i.e. in person work experiences that were cancelled, sports teams that couldn’t play, or societies that didn’t meet. I want to challenge that mindset. …
Exploring Careers in Sustainability
April 7, 2022
By Sarah Ainger, Senior Careers Adviser An increase in public awareness of environmental challenges has led to organisations investing in sustainable working practices. As a consequence, job opportunities in this area have also been growing. But how can you start to build a career in sustainability? Here we look at four ways to explore careers …
The Change in Legal Services and What’s Needed When Applying to Law Firms
April 5, 2022
By Modupe Allen, second year law student What do the websites of Gunnercooke and Mishcon de Reya reveal to potential lawyers of the future about the change in legal services and what’s needed when applying to law firms? The above question was posed by Craig Sharpe from Axiom DWFM who recently came to Nottingham to …
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