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i dont know anything about the nottingham course per se but some post grad courses will take relevant life experience (such as volunteering) into account particularly when you have a first degree but it isnt relevant. (bournemouth are a good example of this)

there is also the option of doing a post grad course by distance learning and paying for it by working while you study. I did the msc in countryside management from birkbeck college london in this way , while a freind of mine is currently doing one from exeter university