Peter’s tips for your Chevening Scholarship application
September 29, 2020
Peter Paul Akanko is a Chevening Scholar from Ghana, beginning an Msc Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management course at the University of Nottingham. I am the founder and CEO of Kente Master Limited, a social enterprise which is into the production of high quality original kente (woven Ghanaian fabric) products while leveraging on digital technology to …
“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 …
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 …
Finding inspiration and support through International Family Link
April 25, 2014
International Family Link is a scheme run by The University of Nottingham which helps international students link up with people from the local community, who help them integrate into life in Nottingham. Doris Richardson, an MSc Midwifery student from Ghana, shares her story about meeting a wonderful person from Nottingham who has provided her with …
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