Meet our Student Callers: Frida from Indonesia
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. Indonesian student Frida is in her final year of an undergraduate degree in Biology. Why did you choose to study at Nottingham? I’m lucky enough to have a brother that’s also …
Meet our Student Callers: Hisham from Egypt
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: Hazel from Malaysia
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 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 …
#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 …
Academic culture shock: how to handle it
October 16, 2015
Last year, I arrived in the UK to get a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics before starting my MSc Economics and Econometrics course. I hadn’t done any economics modules previously, so that is why I had to take the Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Economics. To be honest, at first I knew nothing about academic culture in …
Welcome to #UoNFreshers!
September 24, 2015
Vicky Torrillas is an exchange student from Luther College, Iowa, USA, starting a year in Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations. Welcome to #UoNFreshers! Have you been around our campuses this week? Freshers Week kicked off on Monday and has been going strong ever since. When I arrived around 10-ish to campus on Monday, …
International student societies: Korean, Hungarian and Islamic Societies
September 10, 2015
With our diverse international and EU student community, Nottingham has a great range of student societies representing the many countries, cultures and religions of the world. This week we have been sharing messages from a few societies on our blog. Find these societies, along with many others, at the Welcome Festival during 21 to 25 September. Korean Society Korean …
International student societies: Omani, Sikh, Bengali and Nordic Societies
September 9, 2015
Joining student societies is a great way to make new friends and settle into student life, so we’re sharing messages from some of Nottingham’s many international and cultural student societies on our blog this week. Find these societies, along with many others, at the Welcome Festival during 21 to 25 September. Omani Society Welcome to the Omani Society …
International student societies: ABACUS, Indian and Egyptian Societies
September 7, 2015
Nottingham’s many student societies are ready to welcome the new students who will be arriving in September and October, so we’ve invited international and cultural student societies to share a message for new international and EU students on our blog. Here are messages from a few of the societies and we will share more later this …
Eid al-Fitr in Nottingham
July 24, 2015
Eid al-Fitr (also known as Id al-Fitr or Eid ul-Fitr) falls on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar. It marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan and the start of a feast that lasts up to three days, depends on the countries. This day is recognised from the astronomical estimate from the …
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