Well actually not! Have fun, go out, play sport, join a club, go for coffee, chat, snooze, go to the cinema. But pace yourself! You need to learn how to discipline yourself so you are ready for lectures. I've talked about balance in other blogs and will repeat it here because it's SO important. Whatever… Continue reading Party on dudes!
So a quick word about fun. Yes your studies should be fun. But... well you know what I mean! Don’t feel you have to go to EVERY party. I have seen time and time again students get carried away by freshers week and carry on partying for weeks and suddenly find it is exam time… Continue reading Fun
Walking around a sunny Warwick campus, I feel joyful. But it's not the sun. its that the campus has suddenly come alive again as Welcome Week is under way. I see hundreds of (mostly) young people finding their way around, seeking out friends and thirsty for a new experience. So despite the leaves starting to… Continue reading Why I love this time of year
So you've finally got rid of your parents. You've met the people in your flat and been to a social. What next? Students at most universities are usually presented with some options to ease their way into university life - and I know there is a mind bogglingly vast array of things to do this… Continue reading What to do in Welcome Week
So you've taken time to get to know yourself and met with a careers advisor, so you are starting to get an idea what career to pursue. You will have been advised to create a CV and this is something you have got a good draft of. There is lots of great advise around about… Continue reading Final year? No job? Don’t worry ( 3 / 5 )
OK. So you've taken the advice of the first of these blogs which was Don't panic Ignore your career for the exam period (but ONLY this period!) Get to know yourself So now let's move to the next stage - where should you apply? Having got to know yourself, you hopefully will be starting to… Continue reading Final year? No job? Don’t worry ( 2 / 5 )
The first advice is the most important: As this blog goes out, many of you are in the middle of exams. You absolutely should concentrate on revision and your coursework submissions in the weeks leading up to the assessment period. What has been done - or not done - before this time has… Continue reading Final year? No job? Don’t worry ( 1 / 5 )
