Boost your employability through sports: a graduate’s journey
November 14, 2023
By Amrina Kaur, Employability Officer We spoke to Adam, a recent University of Nottingham graduate, who’s on a mission to share the secrets of career success through sports. Tell us about yourself “I graduated from the university in 2022 with a MEng Mechanical Engineering. Today, I’m a Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer at Renishaw, diving into exciting …
Sportsmanship: your secret to professional success
October 24, 2023
Amrina Kaur, Employability Officer In our last blog post, we explored how participating in sports has helped employees in the workplace, and how to showcase your sporting experience during the application and interview process. If you missed it, you can read it first. We discussed with employers how the core principles of good sportsmanship can …
The Career Skills My Sport Has Taught Me
September 6, 2023
By Giada Pedretti, Neuroscience graduate At university, I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with a high-level team. University helped me grow a lot, both personally and professionally, and through many ups and downs. I graduated in July with a first-class MSci degree and I will start working shortly as a Research Assistant in chronic pain, alongside coaching …
The Role Sport Played in Developing My Career Skills
September 13, 2022
By Josh Borlant, Economics student During school years, I had always been involved in sport, playing football, rugby and golf for respective first teams, as well as externally for local clubs and at county level. Having come to university, I chose to carry on playing football and I haven’t looked back. I’ve had an incredible …
Unlock careers skills through participation in sport at university
October 1, 2020
By Molly Riley, sport and exercise science student We asked Molly about her involvement in sport at Nottingham and how it is helping her develop career skills. What activities have you been involved in? In my first year, or what we had of it, I was involved in the Sport for Good Nottingham project and Ultimate …
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