Celebrating 100 years of Russian and Slavonic Studies at Nottingham
31/01/2017
The Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at The University of Nottingham celebrated its centenary in 2015-6, and over the past year, together with my fellow curator Benjamin Taylor and members of the University’s Web Team, I have been responsible for the creation of an online exhibition marking this milestone, which showcases some of the …
Interview with Rebecca Jeffery, former American and Canadian Studies student and BBC Apprentice candidate
24/01/2017
What are you doing currently and what made you decide on your career pathway? When I graduated in American and Canadian Studies from Nottingham University in 2006 I wasn’t entirely sure where to go next – I knew that I wanted to work in business… but I didn’t know what to focus on! I managed …
Alexandra Depledge, MBE, reflects on how an American and Canadian Studies degree shaped her future success
14/09/2016
Alexandra Depledge graduated with a degree in American Studies and History (with International Study) from Nottingham in 2003. Alex has since gone on to be the founder-CEO of Hassle.com, was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by TechCity Insider for 2014, and has recently been interviewed in a series on “Trailblazing Women” at the Huffington Post. …
Final sneak peak: Windows on Russia
10/10/2013
The eagerly-anticipated book ‘Windows on Russia and Eastern Europe’, written by Nottingham alumni, finally launches on 26 October! In our final sneak peak before the launch, Rod Thornton describes his experience as part of a British army contingent sent to protect fuel supplies in Bosnia… We arrived at the Egyptian barracks in the middle of …
Pulling Back the Screen: Creative Student Internships
23/09/2013
In 2009 the Creative Student Network sent its first interns to work at Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Thanks to the assistance of Nottingham alumnus Peter Rice (now Chairman of Fox Broadcasting) we had the unique chance to give three of our students real world experience of working in Hollywood and see some of the …
More Windows on Russia and Eastern Europe
18/07/2013
In our latest sneak peek of the forthcoming book ‘Windows on Russia and Eastern Europe’, written by Nottingham alumni, we hear from Daniel Vowles, who worked in the Soviet Union at the fall of the Berlin Wall. Doing business was chaotic to say the least… My next “dream” posting was to Kaliningrad. I have to admit …
Windows on Russia and Eastern Europe
16/05/2013
Written by graduates of the University of Nottingham’s Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, the forthcoming book Windows on Russia and Eastern Europe sheds light on how the Communist-controlled lands of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe evolved from Stalinism to Gorbachev’s perestroika to the robber baron days of the 1990s and finally to today’s uneasy mix of …
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