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National Personal Safety Day

Today is National Personal Safety Day, and to mark the day we’re sharing some top tips from the Streets Ahead campaign to maximise your personal safety while you’re out. You should always plan ahead – think about where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. Do you know your route and whether it’s …

Welcome to Living In The Community

The new term is here and it isn’t just our campuses which are buzzing with the return of our students. Lots of you are now living in the local communities of Nottingham – whether it’s Lenton, Dunkirk, Radford, Beeston or elsewhere. As members of these communities, we hope you’re going to have a fantastic year …

Love Your Stuff – 2013 Campaign

Burglary in Nottingham has decreased in recent years, but there is still more to be done. By working closely with students and the police we are very hopeful that we can spread the crime prevention message further. This idea is central to the University’s community work and through the Love Your Stuff campaign we are …

Have a Clear Out and Help Fight Heart Disease

Do you live on the Lenton Triangle? Cottesmore Road Bute Avenue Teversal Avenue Rothesay Avenue Kimbolton Avenue Derby Grove Albert Grove Balfour Road Douglas Road Seely Road If so, you’re in luck! The University has teamed up with Nottingham City Council and the British Heart Foundation to help you with your end of year clear …

Keep Your Stuff Safe

‘Keep your stuff safe, don’t give anyone the opportunity’ is the tagline of Nottinghamshire Police’s new campaign to encourage people to look after their personal belongings and avoid becoming victims of crime. The campaign focuses on mobile phone theft, but reminds you to keep your personal belongings personal and shares the following top tips to …

Launching Be A Sweet Neighbour

Our Be a Sweet Neighbour project launch was on 20th of March in the Portland Building, alongside Nottingham in Bloom’s launch for their Student Garden Competition. Egle, one of the students involved in the Advantage Award PR Project Management module, reflects on how things went in today’s blog.   The Be A Sweet Neighbour campaign …

Be A Sweet Neighbour – Campaign Launch

Today we welcome our Advantage Award student Marianne to the blog to tell you all about the launch of the Be A Sweet Neighbour campaign on Wednesday.     This Wednesday we are launching our ‘Be a Sweet Neighbour’ campaign, alongside the Nottingham in Bloom Campaign. Visit us in the Portland Building between 11 and …

Be a Sweet Neighbour – Project Update

This year, our PR Project Management Advantage Award students are working on a project to promote neighbourliness among students living in the local community. The campaign is called ‘Be a Sweet Neighbour’ and will be officially launched on 20th March in the Atrium. Today, one of our students, Catherine, talks about what they’ve been working on so …

Why be a Sweet Neighbour?

This year, our PR Project Management Advantage Award students are working on a project to promote neighbourliness among students living in the local community. The campaign is called ‘Be a Sweet Neighbour’ and will be officially launched on 20th March in the Atrium. Module leader Zoe Baker introduced the module in her blog entry last …

Love Your Stuff – February 2013

The start of February brought with it the Lenton and Dunkirk Week of Action. If you live in those areas, hopefully you will have seen leaflets advertising everything that was going on, or maybe been along to some of the events. Maybe you even found one of our student ambassadors on your doorstep on a …