Top 10 University for Work Experience
February 11, 2025
By Chris Colegate, Careers and Employability Consultant – Placements The University of Nottingham has been ranked seventh place in the Rate my Placement Best Universities for Work Experience table. This position is informed by student feedback on the support, resources and opportunities made available to them and we are very pleased to feature so highly …
How my internship experience strengthened my career aspirations and confidence
October 8, 2024
By Havanah Virtue-James, MNutr Nutrition and Dietetics student As a second-year dietetic student, I completed a two-week hybrid internship at Nottingham CityCare. I wanted to do this internship to get real insight into how dietitians work in the community. I also wanted to see how they collaborate with other professionals and how each of these …
Sun, sea, and internships: Interning in Valencia
July 11, 2024
By Steven Dhariwal, chemical engineering with a placement year student As a former intern at ProtoQSAR in Valencia, Spain, I am here to share my experience from last summer. If you’re interested in hearing about the highlights of my experience and the valuable lessons I learned, keep reading. To start off, I was an Intern …
How my placement impacted my career aspirations
March 7, 2024
By Hemakshi Soni, BA Sociology and Social Policy © via Unsplash by Elio Santos Last summer, I undertook a four-week placement as a Social Media Assistant. Through this experience, I learned a range of valuable skills and deepened my understanding of my strengths, passions and interests which has helped me with future career choices. The …
Why should you attend the Bright Network Festival?
February 8, 2024
By Lucy Rayner-Thomas, Chemistry student Like many people, I do not know what I want to do after I graduate and during the summer holidays I started to think about what I could do to explore my career options and to see what opportunities were available to me. As a start, I decided to attend …
Thinking of taking a gap year after university?
November 16, 2023
Zoe Waite, Liberal Arts. Often there is a taboo regarding taking a year out after university. The choice to take a year out is sometimes associated with someone’s initial career plans not working out, and a gap year was a plan B. Though disruptions to career plans are a completely valid reason to take a …
Talk to industry professionals at the careers fairs
October 13, 2023
Maisie Southon, Marketing and Communications Officer Three questions that university students are frequently asked: 1. What are your plans after you finish university? 2. Where are you going to apply after completing your studies? 3. Have you chosen a career path? Don’t panic, you don’t have to know exactly where you’re going to do. You’re …
How Bright Network Internship Experience Helped Decide on My Career Path
November 8, 2022
By Alice Bennett, Politics and International Relations student blogger During a summer of frantically applying for internships and work experience at the last minute, taking part in the BRIGHT Network internship saved me from wasting three months of free time, made a great addition to my CV and, most importantly, was a starting point for …
How I Secured a Graduate Job in the UK as an International Student
September 22, 2022
By Malaika Cornelio, Economics student At the beginning of my academic journey after starting my economics degree, I envisioned a career path closely related to my degree, such as policy analysis. However, during my second year of university, I veered off this path to explore a career in tech to challenge myself and diversify my …
Top Tips to Make Your Overseas Career Dreams a Reality
August 11, 2022
By Brydie Youngman Ornelas, Communications Specialist, Genentech, USA BA Jt. Honours English and American Studies with International Study Abroad, 2018 A large part of my decision to study for a BA Joint Honours degree in English and American Studies at UoN was the opportunity to study abroad at a North American university. Little did I …
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