“Eyup me duck!” Culture shocks and pleasant surprises
December 12, 2014
After graduating with a degree in Pharmacy in 2005 from Ghana, I worked for 7 years in Korle bu Teaching Hospital, the largest teaching hospital in my country. Even though I longed to further my education with an international second degree, the cost of studying in the UK was prohibitively high and out of reach …
My life in ABC as a Chevening Scholar at Nottingham
December 5, 2014
It is exactly the 2 months’ celebration today after my arrival at The University of Nottingham. I even did not notice that time flew by so quickly without a second thought, because my story about the life here could not be described as boring words. Let’s start with ABC. A. Awful vs Accommodated My first …
Ira Paulo Pozon’s advice to Nottingham students
November 14, 2014
Ira Paulo Pozon is Legal Counsel to the Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines. He studied LLM International Commercial Law at Nottingham in 2013-14, funded by Chevening Scholarships, and will graduate in December. This blog post is adapted from a speech Ira gave at our Scholarship Celebration for 2014 international scholarship winners on …
My thoughts on the scholarship celebration event
At times, I imagine if there’s a way we can communicate as human species, beyond the realm of spoken and written words because sometimes, words fail to fully convey the entire depth of certain emotions or feelings. One such occasion was when I got the email which told me that I had been offered a …
A Ghanaian Engineer in Nottingham
October 3, 2014
Nana Awere Damoah, who studied MSc Chemical Engineering at Nottingham in 2005-06 with funding from Chevening Scholarships and our Developing Solutions Scholarship scheme, recalls his studies at Nottingham and how this has boosted his career. I joined Unilever Ghana Limited in 2000 as the Quality Audit Manager, after graduating in 1999 with a degree in Chemical Engineering and …
A mature international student’s experience at Nottingham
April 17, 2014
This blog post by Felix Abrahams Obi, a recent Nottingham graduate, is adapted from an article in Africa Health, Volume 36, Number 3 (March 2014), entitled “Studying abroad: a mature student’s experience”. A rare opportunity came my way in April 2012 when a representative of The University of Nottingham visited Nigeria to hold counselling sections …
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