Working full-time, studying part-time and keeping long-term goals in mind
March 1, 2023
Lots of blogs will tell you about ways to manage your time with conflicting responsibilities, however, what I want to discuss is: How I identified my ‘why’ which helped to focus my choices. How I found alternative ways to pursue my long-term goals when plans changed. Whilst studying part-time with Nottingham University’s distance learning MA …
Joining a society: my time at Impact Magazine
August 25, 2022
When I started at Nottingham, I immediately searched for what societies I could join here. The pandemic was affecting all aspects of life, including the possibility of the University hosting in-person lectures and events. Therefore, I knew that my best hope in making friends would be through joining societies, and I was right! I originally …
Life as a ‘lecturer’
August 10, 2018
How do academics also act as a support network, both academically and personally, within the School of English at the University of Nottingham? Given the opportunity to partake in a period of work experience at the termination of my year 12 studies I opted to spend the week within the School of English at the …
The End of My Raleigh Experience
March 26, 2018
This blog post was written by third year English student, Anna Parry. It is nearly six months now since I’ve been home from my ten weeks volunteering abroad in Tanzania, Africa with Raleigh International. The experience that I had was incredible, a summer I will never forget. Looking back now, it seems that I lived …
Hold the Vision, Trust the Process
February 12, 2018
This blog post was written by third year Classical Civilisation and English student, Rosanna Bell. When people would say ‘university years are the best years of your life’, I took it as pressure to make it so. Suddenly, in my third and final year, I’m increasingly questioning whether my university experience will fulfil this expectation. …
I’m a Souprunner: An Invaluable Way to Volunteer Your Time
February 5, 2018
This blog post was written by third year English student, Anna Parry. Like many students at University, I wanted to volunteer my time and give something back to my community. For a year I convinced myself that it would be too difficult; too time consuming; and that my help wasn’t wanted or needed. It wasn’t …
Reflection on a Year as an Intern
November 20, 2017
This blog post was written by third year English student, Emily Harbottle. It can be difficult to know where to start when looking for work experience and internships whilst at University, and is often a very daunting task, especially considering the likelihood of repeated rejection. When I decided to apply for a placement with Catena …
From A Level to Degree Level
September 23, 2017
Hi, my name’s Chris, I’m an A level student studying in Nottingham. For my work experience I spent a week in the School Of English. During my time here I had the opportunity to speak to staff about studying English at university, finding out information which I couldn’t find anywhere else. I thought this would …
The t-rex-perience my English degree gave me to enter the lost world of digital marketing
September 14, 2017
Why the dinosaur puns? Those prehistoric creatures helped to train my English academic skills into digital marketing abilities, through a placement which the University of Nottingham’s School of English arranged. This is the story of how a bewildered English student became a digital marketing executive at a leading agency. It’s a fact that many people …
5 Minutes with Elizabeth Ingham
May 1, 2017
This blog post was written by third year English student, Elizabeth Ingham. It originally appeared in the Manuscripts and Special Collections newsletter, Discover. You can view the full issue here. Which course are you studying here at the University? I’m doing an English BA degree. Why did you apply for a Student Placement in Manuscripts …
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