My name is Eli and I moved to nottingham 7 years ago as a student. Having come here as an immigrant I have grown to really love Nottingham and call it my home. Since finishing my studies, I have worked on hate crime for Nottinghamshire police, going on to my current role as a equality, […]
More..My name is Anna and I’m one of the 2022 Roosevelt Scholars. I’m a careers consultant at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in the employability team. We support students and graduates with all aspects of their employability from practical recruitment support to finding work experience, networking with employers, and making career decisions. My project will explore […]
More..My name is Natalie, and I am currently working as an Advisor for the Business & Intellectual Property Centre- supporting start-ups and entrepreneurs in accessing resources to grow their businesses. Whilst visiting America, I will be exploring strategies used to encourage economic development- focusing on adult education, employability and entrepreneurship. Having been born and raised […]
More..Hi, I am Zaimal Azad and I am incredibly excited to be awarded one of the Roosevelt Scholarships this year and to join the Scholarship family. I currently work for Nottingham City Council in the Community Partnerships service, where my job is to work with communities and partners across the city to tackle hate crime. […]
More..A passionate and over excitable conservationists who specializes in bat ecology and whilst in the USA I will be researching two subjects: i) How to increase community and youth engagement with wildlife and ii) understanding species re introduction programs. I am hoping to bring information back to Nottinghamshire that will benefit wildlife and people, to […]
More..My name is Gareth Morgan and I’m an education specialist and writer, born and raised in Nottingham. I work as a freelance education project manager for Nottingham City Council and am an associate artist at Nottingham Playhouse. I’ll be travelling in the United States in October and November looking at how primary-aged children in the […]
More..I’m Tori Harrison, a fundraiser for Framework Homelessness Charity and an individual passionate about social justice. By working with not-for-profits in America I hope to find the most effective strategies build relationships between charity and supporter and to encourage greater assistance for homeless people in Nottinghamshire. I’m calling this project Doing good in a modern […]
More..Sarah Edwards works for the Driving Standards Agency and researched the way in which drivers were trained and tested in the US to learn / improve how it is done in the UK. Sarah covered 4500 miles and visited 13 states during her eight week visit and maintained a blog throughout her travels. Sarah lives in Beeston.
More..The more you circulate on your own travels, the better citizen you become, not only of your own country but the world as a whole
Franklin D Roosevelt
