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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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Jan Jones sitting in the Walled Garden.
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
Shaha standing in front of some steps.
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
Preet, Rene & Roy
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
Cath Bromwich, standing with Barrie Hayes-Gill, David Dewar and Barrie Hayes-Gill.
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
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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
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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
Hollywood scholars
07 May 2024 Nottingham scholarship students are headed to Hollywood

Thanks to the generous ongoing support of alumni and entertainment executive Peter Rice, eight determined scholarship students are heading to Hollywood for summer internships.

Scholarships News and views
Prostate Researchers
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
JamesHazell2
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
Game Counters
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
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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
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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
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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