How studying at Nottingham helped me set up my own business

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

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?

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, …