The Power of First Love
November 9, 2015
This blog post was written by PhD English student, Nicole Jones from the School of English. Exploring new and wonderful texts is one of the best things about being an English student. But sometimes (especially if you’ve caught one of the recent bugs going around) it’s tempting just to climb into a bed with a cup …
Radhika’s Top 5 Autumnal Writers 2015
November 6, 2015
This blog post was written by final year American Studies and English student, Radhika Chond from the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies. To get you in the spirit for university and the world of academia… Reading lists are out and you may be faced with a waterfall of new material to sink into. I’ve got …
A Fish Out of Water!
November 2, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and Philosophy student, Rishi Davda from the School of English. Wells Fargo Bank!… Never heard of it? Neither had I, until I was lucky enough to carry out a work placement at, what I later found out was the world’s largest bank. It seemed strange to …
Banned Books Week
October 30, 2015
This blog post was written by final year American Studies and English student, Radhika Chond from the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies. The last week of September/early October has recently been recognised as Banned Books week and so avid readers took the chance to celebrate the fREADom to read by sinking into one of these forbidden …
Summer in Nottingham
October 26, 2015
This blog post was written by final year English student, Una Kunhya from the School of English. Firstly I would like to wish everyone a happy new academic year and hope you all had a wonderful Summer holidays. When the final trip to Ocean the local club (more commonly known as GraduOcean) is over, everyone fills up …
D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre Placement Diaries: Week Three
October 23, 2015
This is my last week as Festival of Culture Assistant here at D.H. Lawrence Heritage and I’m feeling pretty sad about leaving! It’s amazing to know you’re a part of such an interesting and diverse programme of events – and it feels even better when the events are well-attended and go as planned! This week …
D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre Placement Diaries: Week Two
October 21, 2015
In a series of three diary entries, second year undergraduate student, Amy Wilcockson describes her placement with the D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre. The brand-new D.H. Lawrence Festival of Culture, organised by D.H. Lawrence Heritage, features over 40 diverse events and attractions and runs throughout August until the 19th September. I’ve been lucky enough to be …
D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre Placement Diaries: Week One
October 19, 2015
In a series of three diary entries, second year undergraduate student, Amy Wilcockson describes her placement with the D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre. I was lucky enough to start a placement at one of Nottinghamshire’s premier tourist attractions – especially for those of us interested in or studying the Arts! D.H. Lawrence Heritage is based in …
The Third & Final Year
October 13, 2015
For me, coming to back Nottingham this September has not been the smoothest of transitions – after spending 7 weeks travelling in South East Asia, the realisation that it’s not only inappropriate to wear bikini bottoms all the time, but that it is frankly impossible (due to the near on artic temperatures) came as a …
Moving back…
October 5, 2015
As an inhabitant of the Pennines, nothing about moving back to Nottingham is as pleasing as the prospect of slightly better weather. After coming back from working in Spain as an au pair this Summer, I have never felt so fed up of the rain and grey skies of West Yorkshire. Not that I expected …
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