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Meet our Student Callers: Hisham from Egypt
January 29, 2016
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our international students. PhD student Hisham has been speaking to students in his native Egypt to help them find out what life in Nottingham is really like, and answer any questions that they have …
Meet our Student Callers: Eve from China
January 22, 2016
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our International Student Callers. Chinese student Eve is in her second year of a BA International Media and Communication Studies course. Eve has been chatting with students in China and answering their questions about life in …
Meet our Student Callers: Hazel from Malaysia
If you hold an offer to study at The University of Nottingham, you might be lucky enough to receive a call from one of our international students. Undergraduate Law student Hazel has been speaking to students in China and her native Malaysia in the hope of letting them know what life in Nottingham is really like. In her …
Looking back on 2015 and forward to 2016
December 21, 2015
As we reach the end of another busy year and look forward to the year ahead, we are busy making arrangements for a party to be hosted on Christmas Day for international and EU students staying in Nottingham over the vacation period. Over 200 students from 48 different countries are joining this event which will …
Applying for scholarships
December 16, 2015
By Trasias Mukama Hi, my name is Trasias Mukama and I am a Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Uganda doing a Masters of Public Health. As the deadline for applications for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship draws closer, I thought this might help you in your preparations. Good luck! Applying for a scholarship may seem a daunting …
From Mexico to UoN
November 27, 2015
By Jorge Luis Aguilar Santana, one of the two winners in our #journeytoUoN competition. Jorge is studying MSc Renewable Energy and Architecture. Hello, I am Jorge. Originally I studied Architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. Being a student of architecture in my home country helped me to figure out which was …
When a dream becomes a reality… the International Scholarship Awards Ceremony
November 20, 2015
By Omowunmi Abimbola Osinubi 12 November, 2015 was a day that I had been looking forward to for a long time. It was the day the international scholarship awards ceremony for The University of Nottingham was held. I can guess you would say that I had been looking forward to it since I got the mail that …
A Journey to the City Built on Knowledge
November 13, 2015
Benedict Egbon is a Nigerian student studying MSc Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) at Nottingham, with funding from our Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship scheme. After three (3) years of ardent, unfruitful and relentless applications, my dream of studying overseas became a reality, thanks to the Developing Solutions Scholarship, through The University of Nottingham. However, my mysteries did not evaporate …
#FreedomToBreathe: Campaign for Indonesia’s smoke disaster
November 11, 2015
Recently, there was a huge forest fire in Indonesia. It happened on some of the big islands in Indonesia such as Borneo, Sumatera, Nusa Tenggara and many more. Several years ago, these fires became an issue in Indonesia, but not as huge as this time. It is a huge problem because the smoke is starting …
Dealing with English writing: CELE consultation
November 6, 2015
As an overseas student whose first language is not English, I found that writing, especially in academia, was not an easy job. In UK universities, most courses give essay assignments. I saw that some people have been used to writing since they were a child, which is good because in my opinion, writing also builds critical …
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