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Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Notts

This blog post was written by final year English student, Hannah Smart.  Here in Nottingham, temperatures have dropped and evenings stood shivering in club queues are making us feel wintery in all the wrong ways. To make sure this really is the most wonderful time of the year, below are just five of the festive …

Alternative Study Resources – For The Traveller, The Procrastinator and The Curious

This blog post was written by second year English student, Emily Hall. Throughout my school life, I put an awful lot of pressure on myself when it came to revision and studying. Since coming to University, I have not only learnt about a broad range of Literature, linguistics and drama, but how to enjoy studying …

Study abroad, but not as you know it

This blog post was written by second year English student, Megan Bowie. This summer I studied abroad for two weeks with our intercampus Overseas Summer School programme at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus! I chose the Creative Writing course because as a joint honours student last year (I am now single honours), I didn’t …

In Praise of the Notebook

This blog post was written by second year English with Creative Writing student, Bethany Mitchell. In a culture where electronic note-taking becomes ever more prevalent, I find myself reflecting on the simple pleasures of the notebook. When we write or make notes on laptops, tablets, or even phones, we erase our thoughts and ideas moments …