Degree

Getting a degree is hard work! Those long nights of studying for exams,  all those times you’ve tried to complete your assignment the day it’s due, the hours you’ve spent in lecture halls and libraries to get that grade you’re after. However, many people believe that different degrees vary...

Rory Jones, features writer and soon to be graduate, offers his insight into the opportunities that university offers, regardless of how you got here. Students, With my time at the University of Nottingham drawing to a close, I thought I would take this opportunity to address you – as...

Our three agony aunts, Auntie Carol, Auntie Barbara and Auntie Angela answer questions and queries sent in by some of our Impact contributors. In this first round of the podcast they cover how to deal with estate agents, how to balance time at uni and thinking about options after...

A new year, a new start. I’ve been here before / It’s all new to me. Just the same old / A strange, different timetable, campus, ID, IT. Last year seems suddenly so far away as I walk into this new term, so Similar / Different compared to last...

When deciding to go to university there are always those niggling (and slightly stressful) thoughts at the back of your mind: ‘am I choosing the right degree? Will this help me to get the right job? How am I going to compete with all the cleverer people around me?!’....

University can be a very scary time. New friends, new city, new subjects… how can one cope with so many different changes? At college, I was consistently placed amongst the worst. In fact, my result were bad. Quite literally, they spelt BBAD. BAD. But at the University Of Nottingham now,...

University is a time of personal growth, learning and preparation for the world of work. But after a year and a half of being here, I’ve found that I have gained many more valuable lessons from general student life than from my degree itself. From cooking and cleaning skills...