Meet our Student Callers: Ioana from Romania
July 7, 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. Romanian student Ioana has been speaking to students all over Europe to let them know what life at Nottingham is really like. Why did you choose to study at Nottingham? The reason …
Student life in Nottingham – outside the library
February 13, 2015
Nottingham is the fourth destination of my academic life. After Athens, Amsterdam and Barcelona (where I did my bachelors, masters and research masters respectively) I took the decision to move here in order to pursue my PhD aspirations. Fortunately it wasn’t long until my concerns of whether this move was the right one (besides in …
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 …
A guide to Nottingham’s healthcare services, by its most accident-prone student
August 22, 2014
Sometimes, I wonder if I attract injuries and accidents… Ever since I was a child, I have always managed to hurt myself. Whether it was running around during break-time, playing with my brother at home or even at big family celebrations I always managed to injure or hurt myself. My family used to think that …
Nottingham Food World Cup competition
June 9, 2014
The University of Nottingham Food World Cup is our new competition for international and European students. To coincide with the FIFA World Cup in Brazil this summer, we are celebrating world food with a competition where you can post recipes from your home country and our Facebook followers will vote for their favourite recipes. The …
Finding my ‘home away from home’ in Nottingham
June 6, 2014
One may wonder how you can possibly be safe, comfortable and in one’s own comfort zone 5500 miles away. Being the baby of the family, it was a hard decision, but it had to be made if I wanted to further pursue my interest in Economics. Eventually, after a lot of warm hugs and few …
Escape into the city
May 30, 2014
After a whole week of gibberish (not the right term for workaholics), as the beloved heart and mind linger swarming with work load and assignments, all we want is to take a break. While many opt for weekends away to countryside or back home, the misfortune that lurks upon my poor fellow students (“I am …
What Nottingham taught me about life, love and football
May 2, 2014
I was taking a long walk around University Park Campus, listening to music in my headphones, when the sun was setting and the darkness was spreading its wings. I saw a bright light over a small distance and the sound of cheering. Out of curiosity, I started to move in the direction of the light. …
A Spaniard in Nottingham
March 14, 2014
My name is Juan, I’m a final year Law student and this is my experience spending a few months studying at The University of Nottingham in the most famous wet island in the entire world. I had been to England before, but not further than London, which is not the most typical English city. Before …
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