The Nottingham Advantage Award gives you the opportunity to develop essential life and work-based skills through the completion of extracurricular modules
With a variety of online and face-to-face modules from buddying and coding to transitioning into the workplace and volunteering, you’re certain to find something that will spark your interest. The Award is designed to fit around your studies.
With more than 2,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students taking part, the Advantage Award has numerous benefits, here are just a few:
Five reasons to take part in the Award
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Identify and develop new and existing life and work-based skills
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Reflect on experiences gained during your modules, and learn how to articulate them for success during the job and internship recruitment process
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Collaborate with your peers outside your course, for example, engineers, medics and arts students working on a cross-discipline projects
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Broaden your interests and meet new people by choosing a module that’s completely different from your degree
5
Gain formal recognition for an activity you’re already involved in, for example, peer mentoring or a part-time job
The Placement and Internships Scheme module was instrumental in helping me shape my career aspirations by reflecting on my experiences and critically evaluating my strengths and weaknesses and how these skills apply in real-world settings.