Student led projects
We are here to help you put your ideas for projects, events and campaigns into reality. We are looking for projects that will benefit local Schools and Sixth Form Colleges, but will also consider ideas that benefit the wider community.
We are looking for some great ideas for projects, but remember you will need to get in quick! Have a look at the application timeline at the bottom of this page so you can see the important dates. Don't be put off by the short-listing and interviews, we want to make sure that we fully understand the aims of your project so that we can support you as best we can.
You shouldn't worry if you have missed the application deadline as you can always get in touch to discuss your project with one of our team with the intention of starting in the new academic year.
Your Volunteering Officer will guide you through the whole process, and to give you some inspiration here is a list of our current student led projects.
Student Led Projects running this Year
- ANTS (A Nice Time on Saturdays) - ANTS is a student-led group committed to helping children who have suffered bereavement. They run activity days once a month during University term time for children aged between eight and eleven.
- SpeakPlus - This project develops ‘public-speaking’ skills for Year nine pupils, developing self-confidence as well as essential communication skills that are necessary both in school and in employment after school.
- A Day Trip to France - This project brings French Culture and living to local primary schools. The school pupils participate in a variety of French games, songs and even try French food.
- It's a Girl Thing - This project aims to engage teenage school girls who may not aspire to reach higher education by producing a magazine where current issues can be faced and addressed.
- The Xmas Factory - Nottingham Trent University Design students share their passion for art and design by running a creative club for school pupils to design, produce and eventually sell a Christmas card or decoration.
- Conservation on Planet Earth - This project educates children in local schools about the world around them with a focus on endangered animals all over the world and the habitats they live in e.g. orangutans in Borneo.
- Future Artists Nottingham (F.A.N) - A new group of artists currently studying Fine Art who are concerned with the type of art that students are exposed to while studying at school. F.A.N will be going into a local secondary school and running a series of workshops with their year ten GCSE class.
- Articulate - Articulate run arts and crafts sessions with children and young people who have recently suffered a bereavement or domestic abuse.
- Urban Dance Fitness - This projects promotes a healthy lifestyle for teenagers by running a dance related fitness classes at a local Nottingham City youth club.
- Access Debating - This project runs debating workshops for a family of local schools. The pupils debate a variety of issues such as 'should there be a school uniform'. The pupils are then invited into the University for a friendly debating competition.
- Theatre Express - Drama workshops, to help encourage creativity of secondary school pupils which include vocal expression, imagination tasks and activities, which will lead to a production at the end of the project.
- Varsity in the Community Tag Rugby - Now in its tenth year, the project recruits student coaches to teach tag rugby to local primary schools who then come together to play in a tournament ran by the students.
To find out more about the application process and starting your own Student Led Project, all you need to do is email the Volunteering Team.
| Application and selection stage | Dates |
|---|---|
| Information sessions for any potential projects | October |
| Application closing date | End of October |
| Short-listing and Interviews | November |
| Pre-Project training sessions | November -January |
| Projects begin | Term Two |
