Learn more about yourself The idea of travelling, staying in an unfamiliar place, meeting new people and being out of your comfort zone can sound daunting to anybody. Personally, I see myself as an introvert, and social interactions make me a little anxious, so I need a lot of time in the privacy of my own space. But I like the idea of a challenge and testing my boundaries, so almost every time I travel, I choose to spend my time in social spaces. Allowing myself to get comfortable with ...
Why you should travel while you’re a student
Surviving a Masters Degree with a Zoo Biologist
If you're looking at this it is most likely you're at least considering a Masters degree. I am currently studying an MSc at The University of Edinburgh and thought some advice and tips on surviving an MSc could be helpful! My name is Emma Stephenson and I graduated from NTU in 2018 with a 1st Class Honours degree in Zoo Biology. If you've graduated or you’re in your final year now, you'll know that it is an understatement to say that final year is more intense than your previous years. I was ...
Flexible, Paid work as CERT mentors for NTU Students
Can you help first year students settle into life at NTU? CERT Mentors support new first year students with their transition into NTU, and help to build a strong sense of course community, identity and belonging. Through assisting initially in course-specific Welcome Workshops in Welcome Week, you’ll work closely with new students to help them settle into life at NTU and encourage them to take part in the many opportunities offered to students in their School, the wider university and ...
Words of wisdom for young women – International Womens Day
Today is International Women's Day and to celebrate all that is happening on campus today at Nottingham Trent University, we decided to ask our CenSCE staff: What advice would you give to yourself? Leanne's advice: Stop people pleasing People pleasing pleases nobody. It's important to recognise that you are completely allowed to put yourself first. What is it that you want to achieve? Are you truly doing it to make yourself happy? Don't forget to really look at what things might not ...
How resilient are you? Resilience Awards at Forest Fields Primary School
How resilient are you? Tricky question and if we thought of an answer would we naturally be able to put it into words? Well that is what happened at Forest Fields Primary School. All their Year groups, from Year 2 to year 5 were asked to write their own stories about “resilience” What did it mean to them? What does resilience actually look like? How could the trait of resilience be described in a story? Each and every day the pupils at Forest Fields are taught how ...
Why you should be Vlogging as a student
If you have recently read our 'The benefits of blogging' post, then you might be interested in other ways that you can be using your social media game to your advantage. Read on to find out how you can make Vlogging work for you. Developing self Awareness Creating content on a platform such as Youtube, where you are primarily talking to the camera, can give you the opportunity to explore the way you physically and verbally communicate. For example, you might discover things you do ...