How studying at Nottingham helped me set up my own business
May 23, 2014
Alumni of The University of Nottingham have excellent career prospects. Nottingham was recently voted the most sought-after university by Britain’s leading graduate employers (The Graduate Market in 2014 – High Fliers Research). Nottingham students who would rather be their own boss can access the University’s EnterpriseLab (now known as the Ingenuity Lab) in order to learn about the practical …
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 …
Homesickness! How will you handle it?
March 28, 2014
Dear reader, the excitement and enthusiasm of planning a trip abroad includes the usual packing, perusing guidebooks, surfing Google Maps and practicing the language, but scarcely a second thought on how to deal with homesickness. Unfortunately for me, none of the guidebooks I read before I came to Nottingham gave advice about dealing with homesickness, …