Goodbyes are always hard
October 21, 2016
By Amber Baba Jan from Pakistan, who has recently completed MSc Advanced Nursing at The University of Nottingham, funded by a Commonwealth shared Scholarship. Throwback to one of the pictures I took when I started my journey to The University of Nottingham and now I’m counting my last few days in this beautiful country, amongst the …
Looking back to my first days as a foundation student at the university
July 13, 2016
Petrified cannot even begin to explain how I felt as I arrived in Nottingham and left everything I know behind in Swaziland. I was enrolled on the engineering foundation course and I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I just came in blind faith hoping for the best and as I write this, I can’t …
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 …
Welcome Programme 2015
September 21, 2015
Vicky Torrillas is an exchange student from Luther College, Iowa, USA, starting a year in Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations. Another year comes around, and another Welcome Programme for the international students takes place. Some picked their BRPs, some roamed around campus trying to find the right building and others started mingling in the line to get …
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 …
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