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The drive for research knowledge and skills

By Godfred Osei Kwarteng, PhD Public Policy Growing up, I have always loved to inquire why and how things happen the way they do. I am intrigued by learning new ways of doing things better and this has been my drive for knowledge and research skills. As such, I am keen to learn and explore …

Picking a master’s: A challenge, opportunity, or both?

By Yana Angelova, politics student Throughout my undergraduate studies I was uncertain what my future would look like. However, after careful consideration I found that the best path for me is postgraduate studies at the University of Nottingham. Why I chose to study a master’s degree As a current politics student with experience in social …

Two years ago I never thought I could have pursued further study

By Isobel Evans, MSc Marketing Student (2023-2024) and BA American Studies with History Graduate (2020-2023) Two years ago if someone had asked me about pursuing further study, I would have laughed. At that time, I had just finished my second year at Nottingham, studying for an undergraduate degree in American Studies with history. Navigating university …

Turn Your Passion for Space Into a Career

By Cristina Vrînceanu, Postgraduate Research Student “ ‘Space’, it says, ‘is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.’ ” This is how Douglas Adams describes space, but …