Your generosity is helping to build brighter futures for students at the University of Nottingham. The pages of Ambition magazine provide a window into the world of some of the students touched by the generosity of our donor community.
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Issue 5 (2024)
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23 Sep 2024
Why I’m Leaving a Gift to Nottingham
We find out about Jan Jones’ (Chemistry, 1963) time at Nottingham and why she has chosen to support future students by leaving a gift in her will.
Gifts in Wills
Memory Lane
Scholarships
16 Sep 2024
Training Future Pharmacists
Find out how donations to Cascade are helping train the next generation of pharmacists at Nottingham.
Cascade
Supporter impact
Featured
01 Aug 2024
My Scholarship Story
First year American and Canadian Studies student Chanti explains how her scholarship has had a life-changing impact.
Scholarships
Supporter impact
16 May 2024
The gift of opportunity
In conversation with alumni Preet Grewal (Production Engineering, 1988), Roy Twite (Production Engineering, 1988) and first-year Chemical Engineering student, Rene-Ioic Betek.
Scholarships
Career advice
Alumni Interview
16 May 2024
Cath Bromwich Scholarships for Medicine
A fund originally set up to remember her son, formed the inspiration for alumna Cathleen Bromwich to leave a gift in her will.
Supporter impact
Scholarships
Gifts in Wills
09 May 2024
University cricket club ‘bowled over’ by the generosity of alumni
On a sunny day in May, alumni and longtime cricket supporter Alan Budge (1974, Industrial Economics) and his teammates Tom Hillmann (1972, Law) and Chris Yemm (1973, Law) joined Nottingham men's 1st cricket team to officially unveil a new scoreboard that was only made possible thanks to their generous donations.
Sport
Scholarships
Cascade
08 May 2024
A proud tradition of giving at Nottingham
Throughout Nottingham’s history, alumni have played a key role in our growth and development through generous donations.
Scholarships
Supporter impact
Gifts in Wills
24 Apr 2024
New funding for prostate cancer to prevent spread of the disease
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered that prostate cancer is able to spread through a man’s body by taking off the genetic ‘handbrake’ that stops cells growing out of control — and a new project will now work out how to put the brakes back on.
Medical research
Supporter impact
Featured
11 Apr 2024
A Surgeon in the Scrum
We caught up with scholar and Leicester Tigers rugby player Emeka to find out how the support of donors like you is helping him tackle his two passions simultaneously: medicine and rugby.
Scholarships
Sport
20 Mar 2024
From Passion to Podium
For one Nottingham sports scholar, your support is giving him the opportunity to set his sights on competing at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Scholarships
Sport
Supporter impact
Featured
20 Mar 2024
A Will to Succeed
For Georgina Wilson, it looked like a career in medicine would be out of reach, until a scholarship set her on the path to becoming a surgeon.
Scholarships
Gifts in Wills
16 Feb 2024
Hidden Gems: Guess the Artefact
Tucked away just a stone’s throw from Highfields Lake, lies a cornucopia of treasures from thousands of years ago.
Cascade
16 Feb 2024
In the Field
Your donations to Cascade have helped a group of medical students learn valuable new skills to deal with major incidents to potentially save lives.
Cascade
16 Feb 2024
Exploring new Frontiers
The University of Nottingham stands as a beacon of groundbreaking research, particularly in the area of advanced medical imaging technologies (MRI).
University news
Medical research
16 Feb 2024
Growing a Legacy
Take a first look at the plans to reimagine the Walled Garden on University Park as a place to remember those who have left a gift in their will.
Gifts in Wills